WORDS

Question 1

“A company/person purports to be able”

Answer 1

claims/professes/appears to be able

Question 2

flawed

Answer 2

adjective

characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection

• “a fatally flawed strategy”*
• “a flawed hero”*

Question 3

rife

Answer 3

adjective

widespread, of common occurrence

“The area is rife with pickpockets”

“Poverty is rife in this part of the city” (In questa parte della città la povertà è diffusa)

“The streets here are rife with crime”

Question 4

wring, wrung, wrung

(wrings) (wringing)

Answer 4

verb

• to twist “the farmer wrung the chicken’s neck”
• wring something = stringere la mano “he wrung his hand”
• “wring out the towel/dishcloth” = strizzare l’asciugamano bagnato (“if you wring out the towel it will dry faster”)
• “to wring a confession out of a suspect”
• “the man was wringing his hands”

Question 5

Economical

Answer 5

adjective

“thrifty (frugale, parsimonioso), efficient”

• not the same as ECONOMIC
  e. g. “Economic considerations –> monetary considerations”

Question 6

mandate

Answer 6

verb

• command*
• whereas “have a mandate” –> have authority from voters

Question 7

conflate

Answer 7

verb

confondere

Question 8

rival somebody/something

Rivaling the pyramids of Egypt, the army of terra-cotta warriors was created …..

Answer 8

verb

Rivaleggiando con / competendo con