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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Retrieve / retrieving

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Recuperare

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2
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Newsworthy

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Interessante / degno di nota

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3
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Normativa, regolamento

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Policy

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4
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Intentional

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Deliberate

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5
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Come from (deriva da)

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to stem from

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6
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To take as granted

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Assume

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7
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Scavare a fondo

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They dug deeper

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8
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The most important (thing)

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The major (thing)

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9
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People living in a house

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Household

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10
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Twice a day

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Twice-daily

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11
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Fare il pendolare / il pendolare

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To commute / commuter

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12
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Tragitto

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A commute

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13
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Leave

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Drop of

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14
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Fare la spesa

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To d the grocery shopping

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15
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To put first

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To give priority / to give utmost importance

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16
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Passeggino (AM)

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Stoller

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17
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Passeggino (BR)

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Buggy

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18
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Collect (BR)

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Pick up

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19
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Ricoveri ospedalieri

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Hospital admissions

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20
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Essere ricoverati

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To be admitted to the hospital

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21
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Essere ricoverati

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Hospitalized

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22
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To be responsible for / to be the reason for (TRAD)

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Rendere conto di, rispondere di

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23
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To be responsible for / to be the reason for (syn)

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Account for

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24
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Upkee

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Maintenance

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25
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Maintenance

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Take care

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26
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Denigrare

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Put down

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27
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Primo piano

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Close-up

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28
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Modi di interpretare qualcosa

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Ways of looking at

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29
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Thorough, minute

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Precise, detailed, specific

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30
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To major

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To pursue an academic major

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31
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Academic major

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Specialisation

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32
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Envision

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Create a mental picture of what is going to happen

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33
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Harmonious

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With a sort of balance

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34
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Wrinkles

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Rughe *lines that appear on a person’s face as they get older

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35
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To do a facelift

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Surgery or operation to tighten the skin in order to make someone’s face look younger

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36
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Reconstruct

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To subject an organ to surgery to re-form its structure or correct a defect

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37
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To force

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To oblige

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38
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To compel by physical, moral or intellectual means
To press, drive or effect against resistance

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To force

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39
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Sketch

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To make a rough draft

40
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Enables

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Gives the possibility

41
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Have common ground

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Have common aspects

42
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In terms of

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Regarding, with respect to, in relation to

43
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Avvantaggiarsi

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Benefit from / take advantage of

44
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In internet / per mail

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On / through / via internet, email

45
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Ultimi anni

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Late few years

46
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La nostra vita

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OUR lives

47
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Nel mondo odierno

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Today’s world / nowadays

48
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While

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Conversely, whereas

49
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Agenda

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Diary, organizer

50
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Faccende domestiche

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Household chores, housework

51
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Quasi mai

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Hardly ever

52
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Inclined

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Keen on, prone

53
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Scoppiare a piangere

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To burst into tears

54
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Da grandi

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As grown-ups

55
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Luogo di villeggiatura

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Holiday resort

56
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Tessuto urbano

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Urban fabric

57
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Insomma

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In short

58
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Landfill disposal

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Smaltimento (in discarica)

59
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Pipe

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Tubo

60
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Electrical wiring

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Impianto elettrico

61
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Wire

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Filo/cavo

62
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Wage

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Stipendio

63
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Cork

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Sughero

64
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Distressed

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Angosciato

65
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Moisture

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Umido

66
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Areas

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Ambiti

67
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Thoroughly

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Accuratamente

68
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Saving

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Risparmio

69
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Mount, assemble

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Montare

70
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To be provided

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Essere forniti

71
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Maintenance

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Upkeep of a property or equipment (mantenimento, manutenzione)

72
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Upkeep

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Mantenimento, manutenzione

73
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To serve a purpose

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To be suitable for a task

74
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Drainage systems

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Rete fognaria, drenaggio

75
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To be drain

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To be exhausted

76
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To adress the problem

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To tackle the problem

77
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Harness the power of sth

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Bring the power under one’s control and use it

78
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Comulative

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Sth that has an impact each time it happen

79
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Dwellers —> to dwell

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Residents –> to live as a resident

80
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Merely

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Only, simply, just

81
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Intervention

A

Intervento

82
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Intervention - verb?

A

Intervene

83
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Wheat

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Frumento

84
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Corn

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Grano

85
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Vast

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Large

86
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Delibertely

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Intentionally, pursposedly, on purpose = di proposito
≠ unintentionally

87
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Select

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Choose, pick (put thought into it and then you make your choice)

88
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To breed wheat

A

Coltivare , to make reproduce

89
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Yield

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Resa = amount of sth that is produced

90
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Allegedly / allege (verb) => alligation

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Presumibilmente / presumere => insinuazione —> neg. connotation

91
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Staple

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Primary, the main, major

92
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Quest

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A difficult search for something
= ricerca

93
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Nutritious

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Nutriente

94
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To hold potential

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Avere un potenziale
Hold (detenere) ≈ Have

95
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Numerous

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Several, a large number of, great in number

96
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Guadagnare (qualcosa in senso figurato)

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To gain

97
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Guadagnare (soldi)

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To earn

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