Vocabulary Flashcards
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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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work off stress
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to blow off steam
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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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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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dire tutto
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spill the beans
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probabilità
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likelyhood
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permaloso
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touchy
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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
tapes
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housework
to do the chores
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living without electricity
off the grid
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temporary success
fad
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explain a message-smth
get (mex) over-across
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to communicate
get through
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subject comes up sponteniousely
to crop up
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persuade smone not to do smth
talk someone out of smth
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persuade smone to do smth
talk smone into smth
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discuss when there is a misunderstanding
talk over
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invent things
make up
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fare pace
make up
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perdere la calma
to lose temper
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get a chance to say anything
say a word in edgeways
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got the wrong idea
miss the point
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any sense
head or tail
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misunderstand
get the wrong end of a stick
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argue
have a go at smone
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try
have a go at smth
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suggest smth
drop hints
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talk endlessly
go on
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difference between apply for and to
apply for a job; apply to a company
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to be sure
to be bound to
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avere difficoltà
turn sour
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andare dritto al punto
stick to the point
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girarci intorno
go round houses
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busy routine
daily grind
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cambiare una ruota
to change a tyre
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evident otusider
stick out like a sore thumb
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smth recurrent in the family
run in the family
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cannot hide feelings
wear my heart on my sleeve
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look back and reflect
look in the hindsight
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put at risk
put in jeopardy
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be in conflict with
be at odds with
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get used to smth
get to grips with
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to be persuasive
the gift of gab
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myths
old wive's tales
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similar ppl go together
birds of a father flock together
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andare dritto al punto
stick to the point
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raccogliere informazioni
to gather information
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parziale (persona, recensione)
biased, misleading
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not turistic places
off the beaten track/ path
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trappola per turisti
tourist trap
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to cry
to weep
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mafia
mob
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Quote e azioni
stocks and shares
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Tragitto casa lavoro giornaliero
daily commute
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ricoperto di problemi
overwhelmed by probl
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buco/mancanza nek mercato
gap in the market
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Avvincente
absorbing
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Coinvolgente/ intetessante
engrossing
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spaventoso/ terribile
appalling
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Trito e ritrito/ inflazionato
hackneyed
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Innovativo/ d'avanguardia
cutting-edge
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Irrilevante/ insulso
trivial
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Oggetto/ persona odiosi
hideous
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tetro
dismal
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venti contrari
headwinds
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più povero-stare peggio
worse off, ex ppl are worse off now than were before
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disordini, rivoluzioni
upheavals
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essere coerente/ compatibile con
to be consistent with
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mezzi di sostentamento
livelihood
