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Floods (of tears)

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Heavy crying (pianto intenso)

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Scene

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Scenata

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Dumblings

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Gnocchi

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Flabbergasted

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Shocked

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Loose

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Not attached or tight

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Netball

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a game similar to basketball, played with a soccer ball, usually outdoors.

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(Absolutely) mortified

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Heavily embarassed (mortificato)

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Dull

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Boring and not interesting at all

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Livid

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Furious, very angry

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Quarrel

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Argument (lite)

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Insurance

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Protection from damage (car/medical)- assicurazione

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Firefly

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Lucciola

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Flypaper

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Sticky strip for trapping insects- carta moschicida

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Paperclip

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Fastener for papers (fermaglio, graffetta)

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Clipboard

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Writing board (tavoletta portablocco)

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Marsh

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Wetland (palude, acquitrino)

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Boardwalk

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Walkway across marsh (passerella, pontile)

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Walkway

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Path (sentiero, passaggio)

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Wayside

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At the roadside (bordo della strada)

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Survivalist

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An expert in surviving in tough situations (survivalista)

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Resourceful/resourcefulness

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Capable in difficult situations (ingegnoso/ingegnosità)

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Openness

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Willingness to hear new ideas (apertura)

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Agreeableness

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Will to agree/pleasing

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Grit/gritty

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Determination/brave

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Neat/neatness

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Tidy/tidiness (ordinato/cura)

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Eloquence/articulate

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Someone who speaks well (eloquenza, articolato-eloquente)

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To adorn

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To decorate (adornare)

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Motion sick(ness)

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When ears, eyes and body send conflicting messages to the brain (ex. While driving). It can cause nausea and headache.

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Off-pick

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Not at the most popular and expensive time

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Lamppost

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Lampione

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Dark horse

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Someone who is strong but seems weak

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Mediation

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Working to agree on something/helping people agree

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33
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Dump

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Rubbish tip (discarica)

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Lecturer

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Speaker at university/conference (professore, conferenziere)

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Salary-slip

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A piece of paper given to an employee to show how much they have earned and any deductions (amounts taken off for income tax etc…) in a particular period

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Lightbulb

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Lampadina

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37
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Halt

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Stop

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38
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A toss-up

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Choice between similar things

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39
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Tucked up

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Comfortably in bed

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Hidden away

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Heavily hidden

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(Natural) pods

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A long, narrow, flat part of some plants, such as beans and peas, that contains seeds and has a thick skin (baccello)

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Office block

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Palazzo di uffici

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Tablecloth

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Large piece of cloth that covers a table during a meal and protects or decorates it (tovaglia)

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Moody

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Temperamental (lunatico, instabile)

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Lodge

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Cabin (capanno)

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Fireplace

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Caminetto

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Planchette

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Planchette (per sedute spiritiche)

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Coup d’etat

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Stroke of state (colpo di stato)

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Bona fide

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Real, genuine

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Faux pas

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Embarassing act in a social situation

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Persona non grata

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A person who is not wanted or welcome in a particular country

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52
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Post-mortem

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Examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death

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53
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Blasè

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Not easily impressed, excited or worried by things

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54
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Non sequitur

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A statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement

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55
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Contretemps

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Unexpected occurance

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56
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Nèe

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Originally called, born…

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57
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Spiel

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Elaborate speech/story, usually told by salesman

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58
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Ad lib

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Without previous preparation

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Alibi

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Piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, especially a criminal one, its alleged to have taken place

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Cuisine

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A style or method of cooking, especially as characteristic of a particular country

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Siesta

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Afternoon sleep

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Wanderlust

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A strong desire to travel

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Cache

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Hiding place or hidden store

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Cache

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Hiding place or hidden store

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Forte

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Strong point

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Avant garde

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Ahead of fashion

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Rapport

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Relationship or understanding

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Vigilante

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Self-appointed guard

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Kudos

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Prestige, admiration for something

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Résumé

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Al fresco

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Tete-à-tete

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Private conversation between two people

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Incognito

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Avoiding being recognized

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Quid pro quo

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Something that is given to a person in return for something they have done

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Verbatim

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In a way that uses exactly the same words as were originally used

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Carte blanche

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Complete freedom to act as one wishes

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Ad infinitum

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Aplomb

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Confidence and style

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Entrepeneur

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A person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit

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In camera

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In private

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Psychic research

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The study of mental phenomena, especially powers like telepathy

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Seance

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A meeting to communicate with spiritis

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Hoax

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A trick to make people believe something which is not true

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Confidence tricks

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Deliberate attempt to deceive someone, usually for money

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Recurring

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Happening again and again

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Trunk

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Main part of a animal, person, tree (tronco, torso)

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Branch

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Part of the tree that grows out from the trunk (ramo)

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Optician

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Eye doctor

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Vest

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Type of sleevesless underwear, that covers the upper part of the body (canottiera)

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Drapes (US)-Courtain (UK)

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Gasoline (US)-Petrol (UK)

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Fuel (benzina)

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Blunt

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Pin

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Despise

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Receipt

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Mark (a bill) as paid (ricevuta)

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Gate-crasher

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Someone who comes to a party without being invited

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Attic

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Space or room inside the roof of a building (soffitta)

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Catwalk

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Models walk along this at fashion shows

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Honey moon

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A holiday taken by two people that just got married

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Beauty-spot

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A small dark mark on a woman’s face

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Manslaughter

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Accidentally killing someone

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Manslaughter

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Accidentally killing someone

103
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Bandage

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Woven material used to cover up a wound

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Hay fever

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Allergic reaction to pollen

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Traffic warden

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He or she who makes sure you don’t park for too long or in the wrong places

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Elbow grease

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Nest egg

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Sum of money saved for the future

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Bottle-neck

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Narrow section of road

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Loop-hole

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A small mistake in an agreement or law that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

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Brainwave

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A sudden clever idea

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Sandwich course

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College course consisting of periods of study with perios of work

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Book worm

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Book lover

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Couch potato

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Someone who watches a lot of television

114
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Figurehead

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Someone who has the position of leader but who has no real power

115
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Frank

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Honest and open

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Idle

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Fierce

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Ferocious aggressiveness

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Clumsy

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Awkward in movement or in handling things

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Naughty

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Badly behaved

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Cobweb

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Old and dusty spider’s web

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To Ebb

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When the sea moves away from the coast and falls to a lower level (bassa marea)

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Verge

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Coating

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A thin layer/covering something

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Asinine

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Stupid and foolish

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Glyph

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Hieroglyphic character or symbol

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To egg

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To encourage to do something stupid

127
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Zest

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Great enthusiasm and energy

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Gusto

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Enjoyment in doing something

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Gusto

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Enjoyment in doing something

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Collier

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A coal miner

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Scope

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Range of a subject covered by a book, discussion ecc…

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Adder

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A small venomous snake

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Verbalise

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Express ideas or feelings in words

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Jotter

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Small pad or notebook (taccuino)

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Purloin

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Purloin

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Umpteen

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Many; a lot of

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Deed

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Intentional act (especially a very bad or good one)

139
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Sirloin

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Beef cut from the loin (controfiletto)

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Slant

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To (cause to) lean in a nn-vertical position

141
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Belittle

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Dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant

142
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Disparage

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Regard as being of little worth (screditare)

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Jiffy

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A moment; a very short time

144
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Inquiry

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The act of asking for imformation

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Swoon

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Faint from extreme emotion (svenire)

146
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Corkscrew

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Device for pulling corks from bottles (cavatappi)

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Promptness

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Timeliness (prontezza)

148
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Tip

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Rounded extremity of something (punta)/ useful information/ extra money for service (mancia)

149
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Blackcurrant

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Edible black berry

150
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Picky

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Giddy

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Having a sensation and tendency to fall

152
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Work do/school do

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School/work event

153
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Planetary

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Involving planets

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Pathway

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Path/way of solving something

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Sheer

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Overwhelming or startling (assoluto)

156
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Detect

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Seeing through machines

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Stellar

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Perceive

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To see (percepire)

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Prohibitively

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Making something impossible

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Inherent(ly)

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An essential partof something/it is part of its nature

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Habitable

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You can live there

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