Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

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1
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Take off

A

Remove
Rimuovere

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2
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Account for

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Explain
Spiegare

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3
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Rule out

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Eliminate

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4
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Come down

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Decrease
Decrescere

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Call for

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Need, require
Aver bisogno, richiedere

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Carry on

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Continue
Continuare

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Cut down

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Reduce
Ridurre

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8
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Do away with

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Annul, cancel
Annullare, cancellare

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9
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Snap up

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Buy
Comprare

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To be snapped up

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To be bought
Essere stato comprato

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11
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Get away

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Escape
Scappare

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12
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Walk down

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To walk fast, farther then
Camminare lungo…

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13
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Show off

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Show something that you have, search for the admiration of others
Mostrare/mostrarsi

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14
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Add up

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Make sense
Aver senso

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15
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Ask after

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Chiedere di (inquire about)

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16
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Back down

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Yield in an argument
Urlare in una discussione

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17
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Bargain for

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Tenere in considerazione (Take into account)

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18
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Bear sth out

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Confirm the truth
Confermare la verità

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19
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Break down

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Lose control of the emotions
Perdere il controllo (delle emozioni)

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20
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Break off

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Stop talking
Smettere di parlare

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21
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Break up

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Come to an end
Finire

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22
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Bring sth about

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Cause to happen (essere causata da)

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23
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Bring sth off

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Succeed in doing sth
Riuscire a fare qualcosa con successo

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24
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Bring sth on

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Scatenare una malattia (cause the onset of n illness)

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25
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Bring sth on oneself

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To cause trouble to happen to oneself
Farsi del male da soli, essere la causa di qualcosa che ci succede

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26
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Bring someone round

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Influence someone to your point of view
Influenzare qualcuno

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27
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Bring sth up

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To mention sth
Menzionare

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28
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Carry sth off

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Complete successfully (ex despite a problem)
Completare con successo

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29
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Carry out

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Complete a plan
Completare un obiettivo

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30
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Catch on

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Become popular (colloquial)
Diventare popolari

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31
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Come about

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Happen
Succedere

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32
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Come down to

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be in the end a matter of (sth)
Essere alla fine una questione di qualcosa

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33
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Come in for

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Receive (a criticism, blame)
Riceve una critica

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34
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Come off

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Take place successfully (avvenire con successo)

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35
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Come out

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Appear
Apparire

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36
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Come up

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Occur (a problem - colloquial)
Accadere di un problema

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37
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Come up against

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Meet a difficulty
Andare incontro a una difficoltà

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38
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Come up to

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Equal (expectations or standard)
Eguagliare

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39
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Come up with

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Think of (an aswear, a plan, a solution)
Pensare a, farsi venire in mente un’idea/soluzione

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40
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Count on

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Rely on
Contare su qualcuno

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41
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Crop up

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Happen unexpectedly (colloquial)
Succedere inaspettatamente

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42
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Do away with

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Abolish (colloquial)
Abolire

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43
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Do away with (second meaning)

A

Murder (colloquial)
Uccidere

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44
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Do sth up

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Decorate (colloquial)
Decorare

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45
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Draw up

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Come to a stop (fermarsi, parcheggiarsi)

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46
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Draw up (2nd meaning)

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Organize (a document)
Organizzare un documento

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47
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Drop in

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Pay a visit (far visita) - colloquial

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48
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Drop off

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Fall asleep (colloquial)
Addormentarsi

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49
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End up

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Finish in a certain way or place
Finire in un certo modo

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50
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Face up to

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Have courage to deal with (responsibilities)
Avere il coraggio di affrontare delle responsabilità

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51
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Fall about

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Show amusement (laughing, colloquial)
Mostrare divertimento

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52
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Fall back on

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Use as a last resort (ultima risorsa)
Usare come ultima risorsa

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53
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Fall for

A

Be deceived by (colloquial) = cascarci

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54
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Fall for somebody

A

Fall in love with

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55
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Fall out with somebody

A

Quarrel with
Litigare con qualcuno

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56
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Fall through

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Fail to come to completion
Non riuscire a portare a termine, a completare qualcosa

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57
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Feel up to

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Feel capable of doing
Sentirsi in grado di fare qualcosa

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58
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Follow up

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Act upon a suggestion
Agire seguendo un suggerimento

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59
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Follow up (2nd meaning)

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Take more action
Fare di più, agire di più

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60
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Get sth across ( es. get an idea across)

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Be understood
Essere capiti

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61
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Get at

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Imply (about personal matters) , colloquial
Implicare

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62
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Get someone down

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Make to feel depressed
Far deprimere qualcuno

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63
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Get down to

A

Begin to seriously deal with
Iniziare seriamente a far fronte a qualcosa

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64
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Get off with sth

A

Avoid punishment
Evitare una punizione, passarla franca

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65
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Get on for

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Approach a certain age, time or number
Raggiungere una certa età, tempo o numero

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66
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Get on

A

Make progress (especially in life)
Fare progressi nella vita

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67
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Get over

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Be surprised
Essere sorpresi

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68
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Get sth over with

A

Come to an end of something usually unpleasant
Riuscire a superare un momento o qualcosa di difficile, spiacevole

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69
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Get round to

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Find time to do
Trovare il tempo per

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70
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Get up to

A

Do something (usually bad when about children) = combinare qualcosa

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71
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Give someone away

A

Betray
Tradire

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72
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Give off

A

Send off a smell or gas (iniziare a puzzare)

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73
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Give out

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Be exhausted
Essere esausti

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74
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Give over

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Abandon, devote or stop (–> colloquial)
Abbandonare, lasciare

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75
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Give up

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Rinunciare

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76
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Give up (2nd meaning)

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Believed to be dead or lost
Dare per disperso o morto

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77
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Go back on

A

break a promise
Rompere una promessa

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78
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Go in for

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Make a habit of
Far diventare qualcosa un’abitudine, abitarsi a fare

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Go in for (2nd meaning)

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Enter competition
Entrare in una competizione

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80
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Go off

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Become bad (food), expire
Diventare cattivo (cibo)

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81
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Go on

A

Happen (neg)
Succedere (qualcosa di negativo)

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82
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Go round

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Be enough
Essere abbastanza

83
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Go through with

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Complete a promise or plan (usually unwillingly)
Portare a termine una promessa o un piano (di solito in modo svogliato)

84
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Grow on

A

Become more liked (colloquial)
Piacere di più alle persone

85
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Hang onto

A

Keep (colloquial)
Tenere

86
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Have (got) it in for

A

Be deliberately unkind to someone
Trattare qualcuno male deliberatamente

87
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Have it out with

A

Express feelings so as to settle (a problem)

88
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Have someone on

A

Deceive (colloquial) = ingannare

89
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Hit it off

A

Get on well with (colloquial)
Andare d’accordo

90
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Hit upon / Hit on

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Discover by chance (often an idea)
Scoprire per caso, avere un’idea all’improvviso

91
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Hold out

A

Offer (with hope)
Offrire con speranza

92
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Hold up

A

Delay = ritardare

93
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Hold up (2nd meaning)

A

Use an a exemple as
Usare qualcosa come esempio di

94
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Hold with

A

Agree with (an idea)
Essere d’accordo su un’idea

95
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Keep up

A

Continue
Continuare

96
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Lay down

A

State a rule (ex. Lay down the law) = stabilire delle regole

97
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Let someone down

A

Disappoint, break a promise
Deludere qualcuno, rompere una promessa

98
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Let in on

A

Allow to be part of a secret
Includere nella conoscenza di un segreto

99
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Let someone off

A

Excuse from punishment
Escludere da una punizione

100
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Let on

A

Inform about a secret (colloquial)
Informare su un segreto

101
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Live it down

A

Suffer a loss of reputation
Soffrire una perdita di reputazione

102
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Live up to

A

Reach an expected standard
Raggiungere uno standard prestabilito

103
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Look into

A

Investigate
Investigare

104
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Look on

A

Consider
Considerare

105
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Look someone up

A

visit when in the area
Visitare qualcuno se si è in quella zona, fare un salto

106
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Make for

A

Result in
Risultare essere

107
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Make off with

A

Run away with
Scappare

108
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Make out

A

Pretend
Fingere

109
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Make out (2nd meaning)

A

Manage to see or understand
Riuscire a vedere o a capire qualcosa

110
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Make someone out

A

Understand someone’s behaviour
Capire il comportamento di qualcuno

111
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Make smth up

A

Invent
Inventare

112
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Make up for

A

Compensate for
Compensare per qualcosa

113
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Miss something out

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Fail to include (non includere, dimenticare qualcosa in un punto)

114
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Miss out (2nd meaning)

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Lose a chance (colloquial)
Perdere un’opportunità

115
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Own up

A

Confess (colloquial)
Confessare

116
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Pack in

A

Stop an activity
Smettere un’attività

117
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Pay someone back

A

Take revenge
Vendicarsi di

118
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Pick up

A

Rispondere al telefono

119
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Pick up (2nd meaning)

A

Improve
Migliorare, elevare

120
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Pin someone down

A

Force to give a clear statement
Sforzarsi di dire qualcosa con precisione

121
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Play up

A

Behave or work badly
Comportarsi o lavorare male

122
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Point sth out

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Draw attention to a fact
Prestare attenzione a un determinato fatto

123
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Pull smth off

A

Manage to succeed
Riuscire a succedere in qualcosa

124
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Push on

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Continue with some effort (non mollare)

125
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Put across

A

Communicate ideas
Scambiarsi delle idee

126
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Put down to

A

Explain the cause of
Spiegare la causa di

127
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Put in for

A

Apply for a job
Candidarsi per un lavoro

128
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Put oneself out

A

Take trouble (to help someone) = disturbarsi

129
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Put someone off

A

Discourage, upset
Scoraggiare

130
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Put someone up

A

Offer accommodation = ospitare

131
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Put up with

A

Tollerare

132
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Rip someone off

A

Charge too much (quando ti fanno pagare di più, “derubare”)

133
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Run someone down

A

Criticize
Criticare

134
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Run down

A

Lose power
Perdere di potere

135
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Run into

A

Meet
Incontrare

136
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Run to

A

Reach an amount / have enough money
Raggiungere un certo quantitativo di denaro

137
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Run over/through

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Check
Ricontrollare

138
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Run up (a bill)

A

Consumare senza pagare una bolletta

139
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Run up against (a problem)

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Encounter (riscontrare)

140
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See someone off

A

Go to a station/airport to say goodbye to someone
Congedarsi, salutare qualcuno che parte

141
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See through

A

realize the truth about
Realizzare (la verità di) qualcosa

142
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Send (sth, someone) up

A

Make fun of by imitating
Prendere in giro imitando

143
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See about

A

Start working
Iniziare a lavorare

144
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Set in

A

Establish itself (weather) —> I think this rain has set in for the day
Stabilirsi, iniziare a (piovere)

145
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See out

A

Give in detail in writing
Descrivere nel dettaglio quando si scrive

146
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Set out (2nd meaning)

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Arrange
Organizzare, mettersi d’accordo

147
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Set out (3rd meaning)

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Start an action
Iniziare un’azione

148
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Set up

A

Establish
Stabilire

149
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Set on / upon

A

Attack
Attaccare

150
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Sink in

A

Be understood gradually
Capire per gradi

151
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Slip up

A

Make a mistake (colloquial)
Cappare, fare un errore

152
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Sort sth out

A

Find a solution = risolvere

153
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Stand by

A

Keep to an agreement; stare sempre vicino a qualcuno (stand by me)

154
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Stand for

A

Represent
Rappresentare (stare per)

155
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Stand for (2nd meaning)

A

Tolerate
Tollerare

156
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Stand in for

A

Take the place of = rimpiazzare

157
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Stand up to

A

Resist, bear stress = resistere

158
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Step down

A

Resign = rinunciare, fare un passo indietro

159
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Step up

A

Increase
Aumentare

160
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Stick up for

A

Defend (yourself, your rights)
Difendere i propri diritti o se stessi

161
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Take in

A

Deceive = ingannare

162
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Take it out on

A

Make someone else suffer because of one’s own feelings = Prendersela con qualcuno perché si è presi male

163
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Take off

A

Imitate
Imitare

164
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Take on

A

Acquire a new characterstic
Acquisire una nuova caratteristica

165
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Take on (2nd meaning)

A

Do something extra
Fare qualcosa in più

166
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Take out (insurance)

A

Sign an insurance agreement = stipulare un’assicurazione

167
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Take someone out

A

Portare fuori qualcuno / far fuori qualcuno

168
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Take over

A

Gain control of
Prendere il controllo di

169
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Take to someone

A

Develop a liking for
Quando qualcuno inizia a piacerti

170
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Take up (time)

A

Occupy time
Occupare il tempo

171
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Talk out of / into

A

Dissuade form, persuade into
Dissuadere da, persuadere nel fare

172
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Tell someone off

A

Scold = rimproverare

173
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Tie in with

A

Be in agreement with = essere d’accordo con

174
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Track someone down

A

Rintracciare

175
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Try out

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Test something
Testare

176
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Turn sth/someone down

A

Reject an offer
Rifiutare (un’offerta)

177
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Turn out

A

Happen to be in the end

178
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Turn out (2nd meaning)

A

Come to a meeting or form a crown (riunirsi in folla)

179
Q

Turn up

A

Be discovered by chance
Scoprire per caso

180
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Turn up

A

Arrive (often unexpectedly)
Arrivare (inaspettatamente)

181
Q

Wear off

A

Lose effect (of a drug)
Perdere effetto (una droga)

182
Q

Work out (at)

A

Calculate
Calcolare

183
Q

Work out

A

Allenarsi

184
Q

Give in

A

Surrender
Arrendersi

185
Q

Carry on

A

Continue, go on
Continuare a fare

186
Q

Fall through

A

Cadere in mille pezzi, fallire

187
Q

Settle down

A

Stabilirsi

188
Q

Stand out

A

Distinguersi

189
Q

Stumble into

A

To start doing something by chance, without having intended to do it
Iniziare a fare qualcosa per caso

190
Q

Drop of

A

Leave
Andarsene

191
Q

Key sth in

A

to put information into a computer or machine using a keyboard
= digitare, inserire (enter by typing)

192
Q

Nest egg

A

Savings = risparmi

193
Q

Rattle

A

Picchiettare (?)
to make a noise like something knocking repeatedly, or to cause something to make this noise

Irritare

194
Q

Self-employed

A

Lavoratore in proprio

195
Q

Settle on sth

A

Accordarsi su (un prezzo)

196
Q

Subsidy

A

Sussidio
= government founding

197
Q

Takings

A

Entrate, ricavi

198
Q

Thrifty

A

Parsimonioso

199
Q

Trickery

A

Inganno, imbroglio

200
Q

Venture out/into/outside

A

Avventurarsi, rischiare

201
Q

A venture

A

A new activity that may not be successful

202
Q

Break out

A

Scoppiare (di malattie)

203
Q

Cloud over

A

Annuvolarsi