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49 Cards in this Set
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aperto il fuoco
aprire il fuoco |
opened fire
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cupo/a
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dark, sullen somber
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cangiante
3 dif. meanings |
shot eg by a gun
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sfiorare
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to brush lightly, touch lightly, to skim, graze
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chiassoso
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noisy, loud (fest), rowdy,
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scalpitante
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pounding, stomping, pawing on the ground.
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stanare
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to start, to dig out, to flush out, eg enemies or criminals.
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la bara
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coffin
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bisturi
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scalpel
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momentaneamente
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at the moment,temporarily,
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mentire
stia mentendo |
to lie
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pensatore
libero pensatore |
thinker, philosopher
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indecifrabile
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indecipherable
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decrepitezza
decrepito |
decrepitude, febleness, frailness,
decrepit, antiquated, superannuated |
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fiorire
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to flower, to bloom, to blossom
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allietare
allietarsi |
to enliven, cheer up, to delight
to cheer up |
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radioso
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radiant, bright
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sfacciato
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impudent, cheeky
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un voto noto
ignoto-unknown |
a known face
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ricambiare
scambiare |
to return, exchange, repay(a favor), reciprocate.
to exchange somehting for somthing. swap., switch |
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scotante
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stand offish, disagreeable.
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pregi e difetti
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merits and faults
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orde
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hordes
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spocchia
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arrogance, conceit,
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incazzato
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pissed off
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affannate
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breathless, panting, sheezy, short of breath
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ripararsi
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to protect oneself, to shelter (da),
to take refuge |
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occhialuto
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spectacled, four-eyed, wearing glasses
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truffe
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scams, frauds, hoax
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in confronto a
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in comparison with, compared with
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scampo
cercare scampo non c'é scampo |
escape, safety
seek safety there is no escape |
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quantomeno
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at least, not less than
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altalenante(adj)
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full of ups and downs, back and forth, up and down.
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tramutare
da=from, in=into |
transform, to change to turn into
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ostentato
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ostentatious
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assediare
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besiege, beset, harass
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abolire
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abolish
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soprappensiero
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thoughtfully, pensively
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pacatamente
pacare |
quietly, calmly
placate, appease, calm, pacify |
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rinnegare
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renounce, deny, disclaim
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staccato
staccare |
detached
tear off, take down, to blow off, |
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peraltro ingenuo
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however naive....
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sorgere
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to rise, to arise (eg. the sun)
to stand up, |
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codesto
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that one,
this ,that, these, those.(adj) |
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spodestare
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to depose, oust, take away
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sopravvento
prende il sopravvento |
the upper hand.
take the upper hand |
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fuorviante(adj)
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misleading
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allietare (da)
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to enliven, gladden, delight (by)
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altrove
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elsewhere, somewhere else,
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