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Bollire dalla rabbia

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To boil with anger

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Raccapezzarcisi

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To make heads or tails

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Mettere radici

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To settle

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A ragion veduta

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After due consideration

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Non sentire ragione

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To not listen to reason

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Gonfio come una rana

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Conceited

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Serbare rancore

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To bear a grudge

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Far razza a se'

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To be standoffish

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Vivere di rendita

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To live off of interest

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Non dare requie

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To give no peace

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Senza requie

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incessantly

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Tutto da ridere

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Good for a laugh

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A rigor di termini

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Strictly speaking

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Di rilievo

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Significant

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Vedere tutto roseo

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To see the bright side of everything

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Seguire a ruota

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To follow right behind

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partire come una saetta

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To take off like a rocket

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Pagarla salata

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To pay dearly for something

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Una risposta salata

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A sharp retort

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Rimanere di sale

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To be spellbound

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Sapere di sale

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To taste bitter

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Fare il saputo

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To throw off ones knowledge

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far piangere i sassi

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To make a stone weep

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fare gli scongiuri

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To knock on wood

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Fare uno sconquasso

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To ruin everything

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Fare una scorpacciata di..

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To stuff oneself

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far sul serio

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To mean business

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Le alte sfere

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The powers that be

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Stare sul sicuro

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To play it safe

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Silenzio di tomba

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Dead silence

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Andare in solluchero

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To go into rapture

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Conciliare il sonno

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To make one sleepy

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Prendere di sorpresa

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To catch by surprise

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dare spago

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To give someone rope

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Voltare le spalle

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To give the cold shoulder

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Camminare sugli specchi

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To skate on thin ice

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Divorare la strada

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To eat up the road

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A tamburo battente

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At once

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procedere a tastoni

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To inch along

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Fuori tema

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Beside the point

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Anticipare i tempi

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To speed up

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Essere al timone

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To be at the helm

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Tizio, caio e sempronio

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Tom, Dick and harry

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Essere sotto il torchio

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To be under pressure

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Avere torto marcio

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To be utterly wrong

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Trovare da ridire

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To find fault

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mangiare ad ufo

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To sponge off

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Tanto vale che

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One might as well

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Vale a dire

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That is to say

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Parlare a vanvera

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To talk through ones hat

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Masticare veleno

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To eat ones heart out

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Schizare veleno

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To vent one's spleen

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predicare al vento

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To waste ones words

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fare il verso a

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To mimic

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In via confidenziale

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Off the record

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Aguzzare la vista

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To strain to see

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Che s'e visto, s'e visto

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That's final

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La vita di Michelaccio

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The life of Riley

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Avere voce in capitolo

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To have a say in the matter

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la voce velluttata

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Persuasive voice