2023-01

Question 1

nothing too haughty

Answer 1

nulla/niente di troppo altezzoso

Question 2

This time I wasn’t in on the joke.

Answer 2

Questa volta non partecipavo allo scherzo.

Question 3

early school leaving

Answer 3

abbandono scolastico

Question 4

hop on one foot

Answer 4

saltellare su un piede

Question 5

vapid walking haircut

Answer 5

un insulso taglio di capelli ambulante

Question 6

The truth was that she didn’t feel like staying alone

Answer 6

La verità era che non se la sentiva di restare sola.

Question 7

unemployment rate

Answer 7

tasso di disoccupazione

Question 8

van

Answer 8

furgoncino

Question 9

waste, ruin, fritter

Answer 9

sciupare

Question 10

it’s brand new

Answer 10

è nuovo fiammante

Question 11

to keep the past buried

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per mantenere il passato sepolto

Question 12

He’s going to steal the truck and leave us here.

Answer 12

Ruberà il camion e ci lascerà qui.

Question 13

There’s a hole, a chasm, a void in front of me, and I decide to jump

Answer 13

C’è un buco, una voragine, un vuoto davanti a me, e decido di buttarmi

Question 14

maybe I spoke out of turn

Answer 14

forse ho parlato a sproposito

Question 15

return the favour

Answer 15

restituire il favore

Question 16

I care a lot more than you think

Answer 16

me ne frega molto più di quanto credi

Question 17

harmful, harm

Answer 17

nocivo, nuocere

Question 18

friendly, welcoming, warm

Answer 18

ospitale, accogliente, caloroso

Question 19

I don’t think I would have minded

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Io non credo che me la sarei presa

Question 20

recycling bins

Answer 20

bidoni per differenziata

Question 21

I think I got my line wrong anyway.

Answer 21

Comunque penso di aver sbagliato battuta.

Question 22

I’m grasping at straws

Answer 22

Mi arrampico sugli specchi

Question 23

pluck feathers

Answer 23

strappare le piume

Question 24

Sounded like a load of waffle to me

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A me sono sembrate un sacco di ciance

Question 25

skills shortage

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carenza di competenze

Question 26

(ice) skating

Answer 26

pattinaggio, pattinare (su ghiaccio)

Question 27

crapper, pot, WC, toilet

Answer 27

cesso, vaso, water, toilette

Question 28

you've barely spoken to the girl.

Answer 28

le hai a malapena parlato.

Question 29

He doesn't drink, doesn't tell dirty jokes.

Answer 29

Non beve, non racconta barzellette sporche.

Question 30

play along

Answer 30

stare al gioco

Question 31

I put a lot of work in

Answer 31

mi sono impegnato molto

Question 32

turn off the lights

Answer 32

spegnere le luci

Question 33

it would it be nice if you stopped attacking us

Answer 33

sarebbe carino se la smettessi di aggredirci

Question 34

the seven deadly sins

Answer 34

i sette peccati capitali

Question 35

Suppose we didn't make liftoff.

Answer 35

Metti che non sopravviviamo al decollo.

Question 36

Do you think piling something up makes it "cuisine"?

Answer 36

Credi che ammonticchiare qualcosa lo renda "cuisine"?

Question 37

But behind the alarmism a different truth is hidden.

Answer 37

Ma dietro l'allarmismo si nasconde una realtà diversa.

Question 38

single-use, disposable

Answer 38

mono uso, usa e getta

Question 39

I'm hung over, so shoot me.

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Ho i postumi della sbornia, sgridami.

Question 40

a warm and passionate south

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un meridione caldo e appassionato

Question 41

the sound of cicadas in the background

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il suono delle cicale in sottofondo

Question 42

take out a mortgage

Answer 42

accendere un mutuo

Question 43

under the weather, subdued

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giù di corda, sotto tono

Question 44

melt, melting, dissolve

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scioglimento, sciogliere

Question 45

profit, advantage, self-interest

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tornaconto

Question 46

workaholic

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drogato di lavoro, stakanovista

Question 47

barter

Answer 47

baratto, barattare

Question 48

I've supported them since I was six

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tengo per loro da quando avevo sei anni

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polluted, pollute

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inquinato, inquinare

Question 50

sultry heat, intense frost

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il caldo afoso, il gelo intenso

Question 51

pheasant

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fagiano

Question 52

fish farming

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allevamenti ittici

Question 53

with tears in her eyes

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con lacrime agli occhi

Question 54

Slow, sluggish and plodding.

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Lento, fiacco e a fatica.

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chav

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tamarro

Question 56

homeless shelter

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rifugio per senzatetto

Question 57

Pride goeth before the fall, arrogant

Answer 57

La superbia precede la caduta, superbo

Question 58

turn off the tap

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chiudere il rubinetto

Question 59

secular

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laico

Question 60

spinning top

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trottola

Question 61

lust, lustful, luxury

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lussuria, lussurioso, lussuoso

Question 62

backward, underdeveloped, developed

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arretrato, arretratezza, sviluppato

Question 63

in case you haven’t noticed

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nel caso che non te ne sia accorto

Question 64

cable car, funicular

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funivia, funicolare

Question 65

biodegradable

Answer 65

compostabile

Question 66

organic waste

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i rifiuti organici

Question 67

And so on in the era of professional carelessness

Answer 67

E via così nell'era del pressappochismo professionale

Question 68

compelling

Answer 68

avvincente

Question 69

collapse

Answer 69

frana, franare

Question 70

southerners, northerners

Answer 70

terroni, polentoni

Question 71

Did I miss the sappy eulogy?

Answer 71

Mi sono persa l'elogio melenso?

Question 72

criticize harshly

Answer 72

criticare aspramente

Question 73

pay off a mortgage

Answer 73

estinguere un mutuo

Question 74

scale such heights

Answer 74

scalare tali altezze

Question 75

Listen, I don't want to seem presumptuous.

Answer 75

Senti, non voglio apparire presuntuoso.

Question 76

I can't stop getting uglier.

Answer 76

Non riesco a smettere di imbruttire.

Question 77

Don’t take it out on my mum

Answer 77

Non prendertela con mia madre

Question 78

He manages to cross every imaginable landscape

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Riesce ad attraversare ogni paesaggio immaginabile.

Question 79

gurgle, bubble

Answer 79

gorgoglio, gorgogliare

Question 80

sum up

Answer 80

sintetizzare

Question 81

loose, without packaging

Answer 81

sfuso, senza imballaggio

Question 82

It would be very harmful to the child.

Answer 82

Sarebbe molto dannoso per la bambina.

Question 83

dispel, debunk, do away with

Answer 83

sfatare

Question 84

drill, chainsaw, lawnmower

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trapano, motosega, tagliaerba

Question 85

draw attention

Answer 85

richiamare l'attenzione

Question 86

Don't be prone to anger, for anger leads to murder.

Answer 86

Non essere iracondo, poiché l'ira porta all'omicidio.

Question 87

avarice, miserly

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avarizia, avaro

Question 88

tax rate

Answer 88

tasso fiscale

Question 89

debate

Answer 89

dibattito

Question 90

The swamp is full of fireflies

Answer 90

La palude è piena di lucciole

Question 91

I don't understand shit about this thing.

Answer 91

Non ci capisco una minchia in questa storia

Question 92

tongue twister

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scioglilingua

Question 93

northern hemisphere

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emisfero settentrionale

Question 94

throw stones at

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scagliare pietre contro

Question 95

spill, upset, overturn

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rovesciare

Question 96

cheap, cheapskate, miser, stingy

Answer 96

tirchio, tirchione, taccagno, avaro

Question 97

gluttony, gluttonous

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gola, goloso

Question 98

soak bread in coffee

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inzuppare pane nel caffè

Question 99

touchy, immoral, standoffish, irritable

Answer 99

permaloso, vizioso, scostante, irritabile