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1
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Fascia sportiva

A

sports headband

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A cosa serve?

A

What is it for?

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3
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Stretto

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Narrow (di scarsa lunghezza)
Tight (serrato)

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4
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“Quanto”: numerabile e non numerabile

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How Many = Numerabile
How Much = Non Numerabile

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Stai attento!

A

Be Careful!

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6
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Nessuno (2 modi)

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No One (preferito)
Nobody (a little more informal)

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7
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Leggermente

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Slightly

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Masticare

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To chew

To Munch (chew noisily)

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Masticare

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To chew

To munch (noisily)

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10
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Intrinseco

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Intrinsic, innate

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11
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Mutuo

A

Mortgage

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12
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Annuncio di lavoro

A

Job Post

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13
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Vested In

A

garantito dalla legge, conferito

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14
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Sostenere, supportare (6)

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To support
To promote
To affirm
to assert
to claim
to argue that

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15
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né

A

neither…nor

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16
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assumere (una segretaria)

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To hire (a secretary)

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17
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rispetto a

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as compared to, compared to

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18
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Obnoxious

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Odioso, detestabile

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19
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Candor

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Schiettezza, imparzialità

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20
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To flag

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Contrassegnare

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21
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Contrassegnare

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To label, To characterize

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22
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appositives

A

a noun or noun phrase which is set off by commas and which
modifies another noun]

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23
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dash

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-

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24
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quotation marks

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single ‘ ‘
double “ “

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25
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coil

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spirale

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26
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molla

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spring

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27
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although, even though

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anche se

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28
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despite, in spite of

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nonostante

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29
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nevertheless

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ciononostante

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30
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Al contrario

A

on the other hand
on the contrary

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31
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a differenza di

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instead of
unlike
differently from

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32
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Throughout

A

Durante tutto il

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33
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Durante

A

During
Throughout

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34
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To Involve

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Coinvolgere

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35
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To engrave

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Incidere

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36
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Allegation

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(Accusa)

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37
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To Mishandle

A

Condurre male

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38
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To carry out

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Performare, condurre

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39
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Cease-fire

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Cessare il fuoco

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40
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To dispatch

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Spedire, inviare (personale)

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41
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Lease

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Locazione, affitto

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42
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Eviction

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Sfratto

43
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Along with, in addition to, together with

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Insieme a

44
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Vacate

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(Liberare, sgomberare)

45
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To cope

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(Superare, reagire)

46
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To settle

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Stabilirsi o risolvere

47
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To owerthrow (political)

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Detronizzare, deporre

48
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Relapse

A

Ricaduta

49
Q

A bribe

A

Mazzetta per corrompere

50
Q

Arson

A

Incendio doloso

51
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(A Bruise)

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Livido

52
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To grind

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Macinare

53
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(To encroach)

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Sconfinare, Invadere

54
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Tronco

A

Trunk

55
Q

Stem, stalk

A

Stelo

56
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(Gnarled)

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Contorto

57
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A ladder

A

La scala a pioli

58
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(A Blaze)

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Incendio

59
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Neat

A

Ordinato, in ordine

60
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Overpass

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Passaggio sopraelevato, cavalcavia

61
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(To mow)

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Tosare il prato

62
Q

abroad

A

all’estero

63
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to cast

A

gettare, stendere, distendere (il dubbio)

64
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invece

A

instead of
rather than
but

65
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enunciare(4)

A

to enunciate
to state
to express
to declare

66
Q

affermazione(4)

A

statement
claim
assertion
affirmation

67
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ancora oggi (2)

A

still today
even now

68
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diffuso (3)

A

widespread
common
popular

69
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mettere le mani su

A

get the hands on

70
Q

(Lump)

A

Bozzolo, grumo

71
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Fur

A

Pelliccia

72
Q

Beaver

A

Castor

73
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To withstand

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Resistere, sopportare

74
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Claw

A

Artiglio

75
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(To forage for)

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Andare alla ricerca di cibo (animali)

76
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(Burrow)

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Tana, rifugio

77
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Inesplorata

A

Uncharted

78
Q

to witness

A

essere testimone di

79
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relative (name)

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parente

80
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Trunk (elephant)

A

Proboscide dell’elefante

81
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L’ho sperimentato sulla mia pelle

A

I Tried it myself
I lived through it myself (events)

82
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essere soggetti a variazioni

A

to be subjected to

83
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parlare fra loro

A

to talk to each other

84
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L’ho provato in prima persona

A

I tried it myself
I lived through it myself (evenement)

85
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Ridimensionare

A

To Downsize, to cut back

86
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Guardare dall’alto

A

To look from above

87
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Fazzoletto

A

Tissue

88
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(dim)

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fioco, tenue

89
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leap

A

balzo, guizzo

90
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faint

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tenue, vago

91
Q

coal

A

carbone

92
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shelf

A

mensola, scaffale

93
Q

lagoon

A

laguna

94
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(keen)

A

entusiasta di

95
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unwavering

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deciso, risoltuo, incrollabile

96
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thus

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perciò

97
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to yield

A

dare la precedenza, cedere

98
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(to endow)

A

conferire

99
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to squabble

A

litigare, bisticciare

100
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favorevole

A

favorable

101
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multare

A

to fine, to charge, to penalize by an amount

102
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malattia

A

illness, disease, sickness

103
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quaderno

A

notebook

104
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povertà

A

poverty

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