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Approachable

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Disponibile

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Bump into

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Incontrare per caso

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Come across as

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Risultare essere

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Distant

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Distaccata, fredda

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Flow

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Andare avanti fluidamente

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Get thrown together

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Capitare per caso insieme (es. In un gruppo)

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Happen to

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Risultare essere

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Not think much of

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Avere considerazione di qualcuno

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Strike up

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Iniziare per caso

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Take someone under one’s wing

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Prendere qualcuno sotto la propria ala ) proteggere qualcuno e guidarlo

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Turn out

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Si è scoperto…

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Aesthetically pleasing

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Bello esteticamente

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Evoke + emotions

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Suscitare delle emozioni

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Feel emotionally attached to

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Sentirsi emotivamente legati a qualcosa

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Have sentimental value

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Avere un valore sentimentale

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It takes me back to

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Mi riporta a…

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All shapes and sizes

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Di tutti i tipi, in tutte le forme

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Serve as / be a manifestation of

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Essere un modo per esprimere; essere espressione di qualcosa

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Stumble across/upon

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Ritrovare per caso

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A vague/vivid recollection

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Vago/vivido ricordo

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Spare

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Di scorta, di ricambio

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Ordeal

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Calvario

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To grasp

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Cogliere, afferrare, aggrapparsi

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The Handle

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Il manico

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To handle

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Gestire, farcela con ≈ deal with

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Shabby

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Trasandato

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Carpet-bag

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Sacca da viaggio

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To hold out

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Offrire, porgere

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To hold out (2nd meaning)

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Resistere, essere sufficiente

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To prevent someone doing sth / from doing sth

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Impedire a qualcuno di fare qualcosa

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Track

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Binario

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Bend

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Curva della strada

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Dwell

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Dimorare, risiedere o rimuginare sopra

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Marble

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Biglie

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Scrawny

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Magro, ossuto

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Anyhow

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Ad ogni modo

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To defer (ex. a question)

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Posporre, rinviare

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Worldly

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Terreno, mondano

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Sth pulls out

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Rimuovere, togliere, estrarre

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To know the knack of it

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Conoscerne il trucco, il metodo

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To soack

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Inzuppare

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42
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As of now

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Fino ad ora

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Adaptation

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Aggiustamenti, adattamenti, modifiche

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Affordable

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Accessible, economico

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Corporation

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Società, multinazionale

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Cutting-edge

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All’avanguardia

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Emerging

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Emergenti

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48
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Luxury

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Di lusso

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Market

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Mercato

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50
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Reverse engineer

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Decodificare

51
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Reverse

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Inverso : “de-“

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Enhance

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Esaltare, migliorare

53
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Commitment

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Impegno

54
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Prendere un impeno

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Make a commitment / be committed

55
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Compound

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Composto

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Policy

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Regolamento, normativa

57
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Politics

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Politica

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Deliberate

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Intentional = intenzionale
≠ unintentional

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To stem from

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To come from
= derivare da

60
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Assume

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To take as granted
= assumere, dare per scontato

61
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To dug deeper

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Scavare a fondo

62
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Major

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The most important

63
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Household

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People living in a house (ex family)

64
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Twice-daily

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Twice a day

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To commute

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Fare il pendolare

66
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A commute

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Il tragitto

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Drop of

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Leave
≠ pick up

68
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To do the grocery shopping

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Fare la spesa

69
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Give priority

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To put first
To give utmost importance

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Passeggino (BR) e (AM)

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Buggy (BR)
Stoller (AM)

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Hospital admissions

A

Ricoveri

72
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To be admitted to the hospital

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Essere ricoverati
≈ to be hospitalized

73
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Maintenance / Upkee

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The act of taking care of

74
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A charity?

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An association

75
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Donate to charity?

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Beneficienza

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A coup

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Un colpo di stato

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Infographic image

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Immagine con dati

78
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Embarck on

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Imbarcarsi su

79
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Fall through

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Cadere in mille pezzi, fallire

80
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Feel stuck

A

Sentirsi stretti

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Follow the crowd

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Seguire la massa

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Further (v)

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Proseguire, portare avanti

83
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Get away

A

Escape form

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Stay put

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To remain in the same place or position

85
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Uphill struggle

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Una faticaccia
(Senso figurato) una salita ripida

86
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Dazzling

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Impressionante, affascinante

87
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Star-studded cast

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Un cast fatto di grandi stelle del cinema

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An action-packed

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Ricco di azione

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Gripping

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Avvincente, coinvolgente

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Compelling

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Convincente, persuasivo

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A must-see

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Da non perdere

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Tear-jerker

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Storia strappalacrime

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Baffling

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Sconcertante, incomprensibile
≈ confusing

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To glide

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To move

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Walk down

A

Walk faster, farther than
= camminare lungo…

96
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Ways of looking at

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Modi di interpretare

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Automotive

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Automobilistico

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Detailed (synonyms)

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Precise, specific, thorough, minute (minuzioso)

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To go hand-in-hand

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Andare d’accordo, andare di pari passo

100
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To major

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= Specializzarsi
To pursue an academic major, specialisation

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Envision *syn

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= Imagine, visualise
To creare a mental picture of what is going to happen
≠ for-see

102
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Harmonious

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With a sort of balance
= armonioso

103
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Wrinkles

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= Rughe
lines that appear on a person’s face as they get older

104
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To do a facelift

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Fare un lifting facciale
= surgery or operation to tighten the skin of a person’s face inorder to make them look younger

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Reconstruct

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= ricostruzione degli organi
to subject an organ to surgery to re-form its structure or correct a defect

106
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To force

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To oblige, to compel by physical, moral or intellectual means, to press, drive or effect against resistance

To force sth of -ing

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Sketch

A

Bozza
= to make a rough draft, or outlife of

108
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To enable *syn

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to give the possibility,
to provide with means and opportunity,
to make possible/practical
≈ let, allow, permit, empower

109
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Have common ground

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Have common aspects

110
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In terms of *syn

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Regarding
With respect to
In relation to

111
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Infectious

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Infettivo

112
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Route

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Path = way

113
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A relief map

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Mappa dei rilievi

114
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To filter out…

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Filtrare, mettere in evidenza
to focus on the one thing that is being highlighted

115
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Fulfill

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Achieve, accomplish
= realizzare, raggiungere, compiere, soddisfare

116
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To Dig

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Search and find, excavate

117
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Mark the spot

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Indicare il punto

118
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Humming along

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Canticchiando

119
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tools

A

Strumenti

120
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Prominent

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Famous, notorious
= Illustre, noto, rinomato

121
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Impractical

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Inattuabile, irrealizzabile, senza senso pratico
= useless, pointless, serve no purpose

122
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Striking

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Stunning, breathtaking

123
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Unreliable

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Inaffidabile
= not to be trusted

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