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34 Cards in this Set
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To Whisper |
Low volume talking (sussurrare) |
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Have you ever been given any words of wisdom? |
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Never give up |
Non mollare |
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A gut feeling |
Instinct, stomach ? |
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Will power |
If at first you don't succeed try and try again |
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Brush yourself off and start again |
Don't dilly dally, hurry up, don't esitate |
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Gut |
Intestino |
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Tricky (adj) |
Difficult, challenging |
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Bitter |
Amaro |
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A bitter experience |
A bad experience |
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Absolutely fatal |
Injuries, deadly |
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Will power |
Determination |
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Misery guts |
Miserable person |
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Wink at someone |
Joke with somebody |
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Give someone a cheeky wink |
To joke with somebody |
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Miscarriage |
medical : a condition in which a pregnancy ends too early and does not result in the birth of a live baby law : an unjust legal decision |
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To miscarry |
Loss of pregnancy |
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Thyroid gland |
Produces hormones |
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Injection |
Iniezione |
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Disease |
Disturb, to be ill |
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Contentment |
the state of being happy and satisfied : the state of being content |
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Stillbirth, Stillborn |
the birth of a dead baby |
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Contempt (n) |
Hate |
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To contempt for someone |
To hate someone |
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Restrain |
: to prevent (a person or animal) from doing something : to prevent (a person or animal) from moving by using physical force : to keep (something) under control |
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To astound someone |
Make someone surprised. The magician will astound you with his latest tricks. What astounds me is that they never apologized. |
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Quicksilver |
Mercury |
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To clutch |
To hold strongly |
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To Dart |
1 : to throw with a sudden movement 2 : to thrust or move with sudden speed 3 : to shoot with a dart containing a usually tranquilizing drug |
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To feel astonished |
To feel surprised |
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To start from scratch (idiom) |
To start at the beginning |
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Itchy |
Prurito |
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I have got itchy feet (idiom) |
I like traveling |
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Toddler |
a young child who is just learning to walk |
