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63 Cards in this Set
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vanitoso
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vain
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potere corrompe
assoluto potere corrompe asolutam ente |
power corrupts
absolute power corrupts absolutely |
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mangiare giú un rospo
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slug en camel
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mi lascia dire
mi lasci dire-du form |
permit me to say
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vasetto
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a jar (eg. marmelade)
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famigerata
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infamous, notorious,
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patire di freddo
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suffer from the cold, fryser.
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lievito
lievito per dolce |
yeast
yeast for cookies cakes etc., |
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a digiuno
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fasting
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repulsione
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repulsion, revulsion
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rinnegare
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deny, renounce, disclaim
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peraltro
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moreover
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incommensurabile
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immeasurable, incalucable
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egemone
un IO egemone |
dominant, ruling
a ruling/dominant ego. |
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imposto
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imposed
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sorgere
sorga |
rise, arise, spring out, crop up
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subire
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to subject to/come under
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crimine
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a crime
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basarsi su
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to be based on.......
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invidiabile
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enviable
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di giorno
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in daylight
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lettore/i
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readers
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incattirvirsi
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to turn nasty
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equiparare
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to equalize, to level, to recognize,
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buffoni
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fools, jesters
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la fretta é del diavolo
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haste is the devils work.
haste is of the devil. |
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un uomo perbene
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a (decent)respectable man.
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scottante
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pressing, delicate, urgent
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costringere
costretto |
force, constrain, compelle
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forze armate
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armed forces
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in aggiunta
per di piú inoltre |
in addition
in addition furthermore |
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avvilirsi
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to be sad, gloomy, mope, depressed
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un segnale di fumo
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a smoke signal
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destreggiarsi
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manage, succeed, handle, cope,get along
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spaccarsi (spaccare)
ti spacco la faccia ti spacco in due |
to break, crak , split
i'll smash your face it. I'll break you in two |
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rompicoglioni
rompiscatole |
pain in the ass
bother, pain in the neck, pest |
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ritenere
ritenersi |
to consider, to reckon, to think, to believe,
to consider oneself, to regard oneself |
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comedia cazzo
un bugiardo cazzo incazzare ficcare nel culo prendilo in culo |
fucking comedy
a fucking liar piss off stuff it up you butt stick it up your ass |
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intravedere
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catch a glimpse of
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inoltrare
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to forward, to send onward(eg letter)
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contrito
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contrite, apologetic, repentant
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staccare la spina
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pull the plug
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ficcare
ficcare un dito in un occhio di qcn. |
to shove, stick, stuff
stick a finger in sbds eye |
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flebile
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feeble, tremulous,frail, faint
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belva
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wild beast
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idoneo(adj)
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suitable, appropriate, fit
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porta girevole
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revolving door
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concitato
parlare in modo concitato |
excited, wild
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ti spacco
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i'll break you
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fighetto/fichetto
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pretty-boy
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stazza
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wt. tonnage
person: a hugh frame |
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scaraventare
scarvantarsi scarvantarsi fuori dalla macchina |
to fling,hurl
to fling or hurl oneself at to rush out of the car |
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surriscaldarsi
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to overheat
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fraintendere
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to misunderstand, misinterpret
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malinteso
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misunderstanding, misapprehension,(noun)
mistaken, erroneous(adj) |
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figuriamoci/
figurati |
you must be kidding
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che era in vena di
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that was in the mood to ..
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fare a meno
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do without
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polluzione notturne
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nocturnal emission
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a quanto pare
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apparently
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lí per lÍ
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at first, offhand
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spossato
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exhausted, worn out.
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di farsi vivo
lui non ha fatto vivo non si é fatto su di sé |
dare notizie di sé soprattuto dopo molto tempo.
give news of oneself. did not give news of himself |
