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1
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Sensible

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rational, realistic

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Humble

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Modest

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Selfish

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Self-centred

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Conservative

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Close, Narrow

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To Mingle

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tolerant, open, broad-minded

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To beast

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Big-headed

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to spare

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to put aside, save

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make up smone’s mind

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to decide

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to catch sight of smth

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to spot

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to admire

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to look up to smth

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to despise

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to look down on smth

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12
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work off stress

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to blow off steam

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13
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place of birth

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neck of the woods

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bring up (a child)

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raise a child

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15
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meet the expectations

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live up the hype

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avere i piedi per terra

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be down to earth

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person who thinks ahead

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long sighted

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goffo

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clumsy

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19
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dire tutto

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spill the beans

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probabilità

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likelyhood

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21
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permaloso

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touchy

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22
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fake news

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hoax

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partial

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biased, one sided

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ventilatore

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fan

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cassette

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tapes

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housework

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to do the chores

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27
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living without electricity

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off the grid

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temporary success

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fad

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29
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explain a message-smth

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get (mex) over-across

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30
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to communicate

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get through

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subject comes up sponteniousely

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to crop up

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32
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persuade smone not to do smth

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talk someone out of smth

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33
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persuade smone to do smth

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talk smone into smth

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34
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discuss when there is a misunderstanding

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talk over

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35
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invent things

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make up

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fare pace

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make up

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perdere la calma

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to lose temper

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get a chance to say anything

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say a word in edgeways

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got the wrong idea

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miss the point

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any sense

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head or tail

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misunderstand

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get the wrong end of a stick

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argue

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have a go at smone

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try

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have a go at smth

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suggest smth

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drop hints

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talk endlessly

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go on

46
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difference between apply for and to

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apply for a job; apply to a company

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to be sure

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to be bound to

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avere difficoltà

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turn sour

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andare dritto al punto

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stick to the point

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girarci intorno

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go round houses

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busy routine

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daily grind

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cambiare una ruota

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to change a tyre

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evident otusider

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stick out like a sore thumb

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smth recurrent in the family

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run in the family

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cannot hide feelings

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wear my heart on my sleeve

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look back and reflect

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look in the hindsight

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put at risk

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put in jeopardy

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be in conflict with

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be at odds with

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get used to smth

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get to grips with

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to be persuasive

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the gift of gab

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myths

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old wive’s tales

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similar ppl go together

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birds of a father flock together

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andare dritto al punto

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stick to the point

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raccogliere informazioni

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to gather information

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parziale (persona, recensione)

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biased, misleading

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not turistic places

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off the beaten track/ path

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trappola per turisti

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tourist trap

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to cry

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to weep

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mafia

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mob

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Quote e azioni

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stocks and shares

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Tragitto casa lavoro giornaliero

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daily commute

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ricoperto di problemi

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overwhelmed by probl

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buco/mancanza nek mercato

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gap in the market

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Avvincente

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absorbing

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Coinvolgente/ intetessante

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engrossing

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spaventoso/ terribile

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appalling

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Trito e ritrito/ inflazionato

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hackneyed

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Innovativo/ d’avanguardia

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cutting-edge

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Irrilevante/ insulso

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trivial

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Oggetto/ persona odiosi

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hideous

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tetro

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dismal

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venti contrari

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headwinds

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più povero-stare peggio

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worse off, ex ppl are worse off now than were before

84
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disordini, rivoluzioni

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upheavals

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essere coerente/ compatibile con

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to be consistent with

86
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mezzi di sostentamento

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livelihood

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