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43 Cards in this Set
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difidente
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mistrustful, suspicious
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sorprendente
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astonishing , surprising
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servitú
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servitude, bondage, slavery
servants |
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andamento
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progress, trend,proceeding
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spinoso
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prickly, thorny
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prova di forza
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a test of strength
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tarchiato
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heavy set, stocky, square built
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corrugamento (N)
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wrinkling
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anteguerra
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prewar
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esercitare
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excercise
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dimestichezza
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familiarly, experience, be acquainted with.
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a suo giudizio
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in his opinion, judgement.
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trabicculo
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jalopy, wreck, boneshaker.
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impratichirsi
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to practise, get to know
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destare
destare scalpore fare un scalpore |
to wake, arouse, cause
cause an uproar, sensation. make a fuss |
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natica (che)
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buttock(s)
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denigrare
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rundown, criticize, treat with disrespect
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imbrogliare
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to cheat, deceive, fool, muddle up.
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sussiego
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haughtiness, self-importance
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allentare
la morsa(grip) il gelo allenta la morsa |
to loosen, slacken
the cold loosens its grip |
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boiata
non dire boiate |
rubbish, nonsense
don't talk rubbish |
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schifezza
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filth, trash, obscenity, disgusting thing.
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a fare due passi
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talk a walk
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sfrontato
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cheeky, impudent, bold
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attempato
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elderly
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per filo e per segno
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with great precision, word for ford,
un abbondanza di particulari to know backwards and forwards, or like the back of ones hand. |
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strafare
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to overdo it, do too much, gild the lilly
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redicolizzato
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ridicule, scorn, mock
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movente
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motive
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questurino
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cop, policeman, copper
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e per certi versi
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in some ways
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innanzitutto
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in the first place, first of all
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a dire il vero
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to tell the truth
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gracile
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weak, puny, frail. slight, delicate
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agognare (a) (a fare)
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yearn (for) (to do)
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suscitare
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provoke, cause, generate, instigate
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intricata
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intricate
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ridicolizzare
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to ridicule, scorn, mock
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spaccio droga
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drug dealer
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museo cere
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wax museum
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latitante
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fugitive
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monitorare
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to monitor
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istantanea
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snapshot
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