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70 Cards in this Set
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To heat up |
The oven takes a while to heat up |
To become hot or warm |
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Tap |
I turned on the hot tap but the water was cold. |
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Fare |
I left my bus pass at home, so I paid the fare in cash |
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Mug |
I received as gift a mug from my friend Sara when she came back to home |
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Toothpaste, toothbrush, shower cap |
My mum has been brushing her tooth with the same toothpaste for years. I brushes my tooth with a soft toothbrush. |
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Skyscraper🏙️ |
New York is the most famous city for its skyscrapers |
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On weekdays |
On weekdays Alba always wakes up at 7.30 am |
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Give up |
I'm going to give up smoking |
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Give out |
I can't tell you that. I'm not allowed to give out that information. |
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Give away |
I don't need this sofa. I'm going to give it away/ throw away |
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Give it back |
Why did you take Jack's pen?You have to give it back |
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To hold |
Passangers must hold a valid ticket |
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To got the hotel |
I hot the hotel really late. |
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Peak time |
There is a lot of traffic at peak time in Rome |
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A premise |
It is forbidden to chew gum on the school premises. Anyone caught chewing gum will be reported to the principal |
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To catch- caught- caught |
The dog caught the stick in its mouth. |
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IN which DAY do you go to Rome? |
IN-DAY |
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ON which MONTH is the pop concert |
ON-MONTH |
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High heels |
Wearing high heels is not comfortable |
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In charge of |
As secretary, Jess is in charge of taking down the minutes of the meeting. |
Essere responsabile |
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Refined |
Contrasto is a refined restaurant |
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high end |
Contrasto is a hig end restaurant |
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Drought |
The risk of fire are increasing dramatically as a consequence of the droughts |
No rain |
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Prompts |
Look at the picture oh Hele and use the prompts to write sentence. |
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Come around (1) |
Please come around and see us some time. |
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Come around (2) |
Your mother hasn't yet come around from the anesthetic |
To became conscious again |
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Take off (1) |
(Contest: games) When your piece lands on one of the person's pieces, you take it off the board and you send it back to the beginning. |
Togliere. |
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Take off (2) |
The plane took off an hour late. |
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Take off (3) |
If you're hot, why not take off that jumper? |
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To see off |
The dog saw off the cat that was eating its food. |
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To pull to |
The 14-year-old said his "legs were buried under the rubble", but he was pulled to safety by his friend Zulfikar, who later died after himself becoming trapped. |
Tirato al sicuro/messo al sicuro |
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Rubble |
Macerie |
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To have a chat |
I like taking time to have a chat with colleagues even is this means spending more time at work |
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To fix a time |
I prefer people to fix a time to meet me rather than come to my office or my desk at anytime |
To make an appointment |
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To keep up with the times |
She likes to keep up with the latest fashions |
to learn about or be aware of the news, current events |
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To take on challenge |
I need to take on challenges to make my job interesting |
Agree to do something difficult. Affrontare |
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To plan a strategy |
When planning a strategy, it is useful to look at what has worked well in the past |
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To pool our ideas |
Mettere insieme le nostre idee |
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Put forward a proposal |
Suggerire, proporre |
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To hold a meeting |
Tenere un meeting |
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Come up with a solution |
I'll have to come up with a solution |
Inventarsi, farsi venire in mente |
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To deal with |
When I deal with clients and bosse, I like to be overly formal. |
Quando ho a che fare con/ occuparsi di |
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Should have +past participle |
To maintain that professional distance, you should have stuck with "sir" |
Used to give advice about what someone could have done in the past that would have been better than what they actually did |
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To get rid of |
Amin cleaned his desk and got rid of all the paperwork relating to past projects. |
To throw away ( buttare via) |
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Rather |
It's rather cold outside. I think I'll take a sweater with me |
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Know of |
My friend said knew of a good Italian restaurant. I've never eaten there, but she said the food was really tasty |
To have heard of someone or something and have a little information about them or it |
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Pass on |
That was really helpful information, so I passed it on to Bob so that he knew it as well |
To tell someone something that someone else has told you |
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How do you spell your last name? |
Come si fa lo spelling del tuo cognome? |
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Firm |
The meeting was originally at the conference centre, but it's been moved to the office of one of the firms representing the clients |
Company |
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To wear off To wear, wore, worn |
The effects of the drug will soon wear off |
to gradually disappear or stop |
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To slip by |
Time is really slipping by, I want to get a handle on how the end of the project is going. I'm concerned that this nee client might slip by us. We need to make sure they are happy. |
To pass quickly |
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To get a handle on |
Time is really slipping by, and I wan to get a handle on how the end of the project is going. She got a handle on nee vocabulary by using it in daily conversation. |
To learn and understand something |
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To brief, briefed, briefed |
The Managing Director briefed the company about the new recruitment policy |
Informare. |
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Via (preposition) |
Donna enjoyed talking via webcam because she could see the person she was speaking to. |
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Minor |
This is a minor point, but are you sending out the emails in the morning or afternoon? |
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Fresh |
After a good night's sleep, Paula felt fresh and ready to face the day |
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In good shape |
Looks like we're in good shape then. |
Sembra che siamo in buona forma |
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Not to mention |
We want to get people when they are fresh and awake, not to mention the fact they 'll have gone through their emails from the night before |
Per non parlare del fatto che avranno esaminato le loro e-mail dalla sera precedente. |
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Be that as it may, I'm not sure that it's a good idea to postpone the meeting until tomorrow. Everyone is here and I think we're in good shape to keep going today. |
Ad ogni modo (be that as it may) |
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To catch up |
I wanted to catch up with you to see how you've managed since your promotion to project manager |
Volevo un incontro di aggiornamento |
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To hand out |
We' re expecting a big crowd at tomorrow's opening event. We'll have a number of promotion items to hand out to shoppers. We'll give away the usual calendars and pens. In addition, this year we have notebooks to hand out |
Distribuire |
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Leave of absence |
Baroness Michelle Mone will take an immediate leave of absence from the House of Lords following a Covid contracts scandal |
Congedo |
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Alleged links |
The Tory peer, 51, is at the centre of storm over her alleged links to a firm awarded PPE contracts worth more than £200million . |
Sospetti legami |
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Coal |
Carbone |
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Nod |
Fare cenno con la testa |
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Betrayal |
Tradimento |
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Appaling |
Shocking |
Tremendo, scioccante |
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To helve |
To split |
Dividere, dimezzare |
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Helves |
Divide the pizza into halves |
Metà |
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Used to |
When I was four, I used to eat ice cream every day |
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