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56 Cards in this Set
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(to) alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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unalloyed
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pure
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arrest
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to suspend, holding one's attention
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august
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venerable
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bent (noun)
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inclination, proclivity
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broach
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(stappare, accennare) bring up, begin to talk about
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brook
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(tollerare) to tolerate, to endure
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cardinal
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major
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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dye
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(tinta), (tingere)
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(to) color
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to change, to distort, affect
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(to) gloss
(to) gloss over |
(chiosare), (commentare)
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consequential
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pompous, self-important (presuntuoso oltre che consequenziale)
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(to) damp
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diminish in intensity
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die (noun)
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(dado), (ma anche stampo)
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(to) essay
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to test or try (mettere alla prova)
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(to) exact
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to demand, to call for
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(to) fell
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(abbattere) to cause to fall
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(to) flag
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to decline
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flip
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sarcastic, impertinent, (as a flippant remark)
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(to) ford
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(guadare)
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(to) grouse
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to complain, grumble
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(to) guy (also noun)
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(assicurare con un cavo, cavo) cord, cable attached
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(to) intimate
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to imply, suggest
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(to) list
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to lean to one side
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(to) lumber
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(muoversi pesantemente) to move heavily
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meet (adj.)
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(idoneo) fitting, proper
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(to) milk
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(mungere, sfruttare) to exploit
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(to) mince
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(parlare con affettazione, tritare, camminare a passettini) speak too carefully
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nice (adj.)
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extremely precise
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fell (adj.)
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(feroce) inhumanly cruel
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obtain
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(esistere) to be estabilished, accepted
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pedestrian
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(pedone, banale) commonplace
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pied
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(variegato) multicolored
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pine
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(languire, affliggersi) to lose vigor
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grief
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(affanno)
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yearn
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(languire)
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plastic
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not rigid
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pluck (noun)
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(coraggio) courage, bravery
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(to) prize
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(forzare con una leva), to pry
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(to) rail
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(fornire di cancelli, inveire), complain about
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rent
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(strappato, lacerato), past of rend
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quail
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(avvilirsi, sotomettersi) lose courage, turn frightened
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qualify
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(rettificare) to limit
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sap
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stupid
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nitwit
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stupid
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scurvy
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(spregevole, disprezzabile), contemptible
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despicable
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(disprezzabile)
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singular
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unusual
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stand
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a gropu of trees
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(to) steep
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(immergere), to saturate, completely soak
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strut
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(montante), supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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(to) table
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to remove from consideration
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(to) tender
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(trattare con tenerezza, offrire) to proffer, to offer
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(to) waffle
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(cianciare) to equivocate
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wag
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(buontempone) wit, joker
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