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78 Cards in this Set
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sovvracarico
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overloaded, burdened
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sfratto
sfrattare |
eviction
to evict, dishouse |
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porta a porta
di casa in casa |
door to door
from house to house |
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la maglia nera
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a prize awarded to the one coming in last in a competition. cf. yellow shirt.
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ambedue
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both
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spiaccicato
spiaccicare spiaccicarsi |
crushed, squashed (bug)
to crush, squash to get squashed |
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raffica
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flurry, gust (snow)
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proseguimento
buon prosequimento |
continuation
enjoy your stay, or trip. |
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a casaccio
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at random, haphazardly
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ripensarci
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to rethink it, think back, to go over
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avvolgere
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to envolop, wrap in, enshroud
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quaggiú
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down here, in this world, here below
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aurora
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dawn
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scrigno
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casket
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il plotone di esecuzione
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the firing squad
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incitare
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incite, urge,
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compatimento
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indulgence, forbearance
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cingere
cinse |
put arm around sbdy
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un singulto
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a sob
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uggiolando
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whining
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porca
troia |
slut, whore,
slut |
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lapidi
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tombstones
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schifezza/e
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filth, disgusting thing, trash, rubbish, crap
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accattoni
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beggers
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barbuto
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bearded
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appena in tempo
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just in time.
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strinato
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singed, scorched
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sfottere
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tease
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astanteria
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casualty ward, il pronto soccorso
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piuttosto
alquanto abbastanza follows a verb, before adj. eg. ab. buono, a. bene..a. spesso abbstanza facilmente |
rather,
a lot, quite a few enough, quite well, rather |
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pure
oppure eppure neppure |
too, also, as well
or else, otherwise yet, still, but not even |
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al giorno d'oggi
oggigiorno |
nowadays.
nowadays, in these times, these days |
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due alla volta
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two at a time
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raffigurante
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representing, portraying
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insigne
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prominent, distinguished, famous
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nell'esistere di tutti il bene é sempre una goccia piú del male.
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in all the existing good there is always one drop more of the bad.
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svitato
adj= |
unscrewed
nutty, screwy |
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contenzione
letto di contentzione |
constriction
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volto cupo
face gloomy |
gloomy face
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svettare
su=over |
spire,lop, stand out
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malaticcio/i/e
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sickly, ailing, unhealthy
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manubrio
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barbell, handle, handle-bar
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(n) testata
dare un testata a qcn. testata nucleare |
butt heads, butt,
to head butt sbdy. nuclear warhead |
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alati
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winged, fig=sublime
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seccando
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withering, dying
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incatenato/i
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chained, shackled
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impiccarsi
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to hang oneself
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scampati
from scampare |
escapees
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vangelo
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gospel
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spezzate
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broken
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superbia
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pride, haughtiness, arrogance
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segnato da
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marked(marred) by
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affarismo
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commercialism, jobbing,profiteering
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essere in balia di
balia |
to at the mercy of....
wetnurse, nanny, nurse |
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imbattersi in
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to run into, come upon, bump into,
meet with (a person or a problem) |
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bestemmia
the religious form of a parolaccia |
blasphemy, oath, swear word
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infreddolito/i
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shivering, cold, chilly
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vecchio indementito
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old dement
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interminabile
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endless, interminable
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nonché
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as well as, as well
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fetente
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stinking, rotten, tepid
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rimbambire
rimbambenti-example of them rimbambirsi |
to fuddle, to turn into a moron,
to lose senses, intellectual capacity due to ageing. |
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una testa calda
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a hot head
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un fior di.
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persone che eccelle in un dato campo O
un esemplare di particularmente ben riuscito di qualcosa. |
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stravitzi di notte
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excesses, debauchery
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stavolta
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this time
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spazientito
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impatient
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verdetto
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verdict
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mettersi a posto
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to make oneself presentable.
put in place, fix,put away, used by mafia for liquidation. |
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estorsione
estorcere estorsore |
extortion
to extort extortionist |
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in meno di
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less than
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rintracciato
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tracked down
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apporto(n)
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contribution, supply
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tutela
sotto la tutela di tutela ambientale |
wardship, guardianship, protection
under the protection of environmental protection |
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uccisione
omicida |
killing, murder
murderer/adj=homicidal, murderous. |
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coniuge/i
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spouse
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relitto
rallentatore la carriera di Berluscuni é come un treno relitto al rallentatore |
wreck
slow motion The career of Berlusconi is like a train wreck in slow motion. |
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il perché e il per come
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the whys and wherefors
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