2. Basile Flashcards
(200 cards)
1
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a fior di labbra
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in a whisper
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a frotte
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in their 100s, in droves
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a stento
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with difficulty
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a tutto spiano
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flat out; lavishly
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abbaglio
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blunder
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abbrancare
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grasp, seize
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accasciarsi
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collapse, lose heart
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accigliare
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frown
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adagio
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slowly, with care, gently
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affannoso
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laboured, painstaking, frantic
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aggio
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premium
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aggiogare
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to yoke, subjugate
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allampanato
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lanky
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androne
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entrance hall
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apparecchiare
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to set/lay the table
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annaspare
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to flounder/grope
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appassire
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wither, fade
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arrancare
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cause
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assorto
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engrossed
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asta
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pole; arm; bar; auction; stroke
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astio
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rancour, resentment; hold a grudge
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autovettura
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[motor] car
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avvampare
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to flare up, become red, blush
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avventore
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customer
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azzerare
to make equal to zero, reduce to zero, reset
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baita
mountain hut
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battigia
water’s edge
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battuta
cue; witty remark; beating; service; bar; key stroke
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botola
trapdoor
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botto
thud; rattle
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bradipo
sloth
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brillo
tipsy, merry
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brina
(hoar) frost
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brizzolato
greying, grey-haired
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canovaccio
canvas; dishcloth; tea towel; duster. plot
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caseficio
creamery
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caspita
good heavens! for goodness sake!
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catorcio
wreck, crock, clunker
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cerotto
(sticking) plaster
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cialda
wafer
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cianfrusaglia
nick-nack, bits and pieces
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cigolio
squeaking, creaking
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ciocco
log
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coccio
fragment (of pottery); potshard
45
cocciuto
stubborn, pig-headed
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conca
valley; basin
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corredare
provide/furnish/equip with
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corrugare
frown, knit one’s brow
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covare
to smoulder; sit on; be sickening for, nurse
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cruscotto
dashboard
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destare
to wake (up); arouse, awaken
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dileguare
dispel, disperse
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dimora
residence
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dinanzi
ahead; in front of; in the presence of; before
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dirimpetto
opposite
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disbrigo
dealing with, handling
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entroterra
hinterland
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esito
result, outcome
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espianto
removal
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falce
scythe
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falda
later, stratum; brim; tails; lower slope; pitch; flake
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filastrocca
nursery rhyme
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fottere
fuck, screw; pinch, swipe; do t dirty on sb
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fragoroso
deafening, ear-splitting
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gabbare
to deceive, trick, dupe
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galera
prison
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giratondo
ring-a-ring-o’roses
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grezzo
coarse, rough
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ignoto
unknown
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imbambolato
vacant, blank
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imbottito
upholstered, padded
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imbrociato
sullen, cross, sulky
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impacciato
embarrassed; awkward, clumsy
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incrinare
to crack, damage
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individuare
to identify, locate, pick/single out; be characterised
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inerpicarsi
to clamber up
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inghippo
trick
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intenerire
to touch, move (to pity)
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lancinante
stabbing, shooting; piercing
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le vette innevate
the snow-capped peaks
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lessare
to boil
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livido
livid; bruised, black and blue; leaden
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lusingare
to flatter
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macigno
rock, boulder
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malandrino
mischievous, roguish; rascal
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mangianastri
cassette-recorder
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massello
ingot; solid
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matterello
rolling pin
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mattone
brick; heavy going
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mollare
let go; drop; cast off; punch, slap; ditch
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mozzare
to cut off; dock; take someone’s breath away
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muffa
mildew, mould
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nenia
dirge, monotonous tune; tale of woe
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non destare il can che dorme
let sleeping dogs lie
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orma
footprint, track, trace, mark
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ottone
brass
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pallina
marble
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paffuto
plump, chubby
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padreterno
God the Father, God Almighty
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paragonabile
comparable (to)
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per un pelo
by a hair
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perno
(king)pin, gudgeon; pivot, hinge; mainstay
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pinguedine
fatness, corpulence
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poppata
feed
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la prassi
normal procedure
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prepotenza
arrogance, arrogant behaviour
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radunare
gather, assemble, rally; collect
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radura
clearing
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rame
copper
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rammicare
grieve
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rebbio
prong
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repentino
sudden, unexpected
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riaffaccere
to propose again, put forward again
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ridestarsi
to be roused again, rekindled
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rimarginare
heal
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rimuginare
to turn sth over in one’s mind; brood over
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rinfusa
higgledy-piggledy, in confusion
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rissa
fight, brawl
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risucchiare
to swallow up
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ritrarre
to portray, depict; withdraw
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rubizzo
lively, sprightly
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salma
body
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sbadigliare
to yawn
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sbirciare
to peep at, cast sidelong glances at, eye
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sbocconcellare
to nibble (at sth)
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sbornia
to get plastered
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scalfire
to scratch, undermine
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scansare
to move (aside), shift; dodge; avoid
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scheda
(index) card; ballot paper; inset; brief report
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scheggiare
to splinter, chip
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schiacciare
crush; push; press; flatten
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schianto
crash; all of a sudden; great! terrific!
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schiattare
burst
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schioccare
to crack, snap, click, smack
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scialle
shawl
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scodinzolare
to wag its tail
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scolpire
to sculpt, sculpture; carve; engrave
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sconfitta
defeat
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scontroso
surly, sullen; touchy
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sconvolgimento
confusion, devastation
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scorrere
to run, flow, slide easily, pass (by)
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scroscio
roar, thunder
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setacciare
to sift, sieve; search, comb
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sfacchinare
to toil, drudge
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sfacciato
insolent, cheeky, impudent
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sfinito
exhausted, worn out
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sgabello
stool
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sganciare
unhook, unfasten, undo, drop; fork out
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sgretola
to split, cause to flake off
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sguaiato
coarse, vulgar
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siero
serum
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similpelle
Leatherette
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sintonizzare
to tune (in)
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sipario
curtain
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smaltire
to digest, lose, get over; sell off; drain away
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snodarsi
to be hinged, wind
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sodo
hard, firm. (hard-boiled)
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sommesso
soft, low, subdued
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sopire
soothe
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soppiatto
secretly, furtively
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guardare di sottecchi
steal glances at
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spaccio
trafficking, dealing; shop
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spalluccia
shrug
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spazzare
to sweep
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spiazzare
to wrong-foot, catch off guard
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spiccare
jump, leap, take wing; issue
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spietato
ruthless, pitiless, cruel, bitter; fierce
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spiovente
sloping; arcing shot
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spiraglio
chink, narrow opening; glimmer, gleam
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spossatezza
exhaustion
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squarcio
gash, hole, rip; passage, excerpt
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staccare
to remove (from); separate, divide; unyoke
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stagliarsi
to stand out against; be silhouetted against
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stanare
to drive out
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stazza
tonnage; rating
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stemperare
to dissolve
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stento
hardship, privation; with difficulty, barely
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strabuzzare
to open one’s eyes wide
179
strafare
to overdo it
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strozzato
blocked, throttled; strangulated
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struggere
to consume
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struggimento
yearning
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sventolare
wave, flutter
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svogliato
listless, lazy, indolent; lazybones
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tepore
warmth
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tinteggiare
to paint
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traballare
to stagger, totter; to be shaky
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traboccante
brimful, overflowing
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tracannare
to down, gulp down
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traguardo
finish, finishing post/line; aim, goal
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trasecolare
to be dumbfounded
192
tregua
truce; rest, respite
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ustionato
burnt
194
vagito
crying, wailing
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velo
veil; film, layer
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vergare
to write; to cane, to beat
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vestaglia
dressing gown
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vicolo
back alley
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zattera
raft
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zigomo
cheek bone
