book words

Question 1

a flash of

Answer 1

a sudden sensation of

Question 2

heavyweight

Answer 2

peso massimo (sport + figurativo (powerful person or company))

Question 3

rep

Answer 3

rappresentante

Question 4

pity
to pity

Answer 4

sad fact (peccato)
provare pena per

Question 5

arched

Answer 5

arcuato/inarcato

Question 6

gambit

Answer 6

stratagemma

Question 7

to bulldoze

Answer 7

abbattare/demolire
bulldoze s into st = force to do/intimidate (figurative)

Question 8

flustered

Answer 8

agitato/confuso

Question 9

foolishness

Answer 9

stupidità/idiozia

Question 10

foolish

Answer 10

sciocco/stolto
insensato/incosciente

Question 11

throw up

Answer 11

vomitare
tirare su (informal, building)

Question 12

angle

Answer 12

angolo
ottica/prospettiva/punto di vista

Question 13

put someone out

Answer 13

to cause trouble or extra work for someone:
Would it put you out if we came tomorrow instead of today?

to annoy or upset someone, often by what you do or say to them:
She was very put out when they turned up two hours late for dinner.

Question 14

hold your own

Answer 14

tenere testa a qualcuno/reggere il confronto con

Question 15

to take s on
to take st on
take st/s on

Answer 15

assumere/ingaggiare
accettare un incarico
affrontare/sfidare

Question 16

fluke

Answer 16

colpo di fortuna
coincidenza

Question 17

grand

Answer 17

grande/grandioso/superbo/imponente

Question 18

hotshot

Answer 18

asso/fenomeno
celebrità

Question 19

piled into st

Answer 19

ammucchiato dentro

Question 20

to partner off

Answer 20

collaborare in coppia

Question 21

languid

Answer 21

languido/apatico/fiacco

Question 22

to overlook

Answer 22

lasciarsi sfuggire/non notare
George failed his exam because he overlooked a number of mistakes in his work.

sottovalutare

ignorare/trascurare

guardare su/affacciarsi su
Our bathroom window overlooks the neighbour’s garden.

Question 23

airtight

Answer 23

completely sealed
ineccepibile/inconfutabile/di ferro (figurative)

Question 24

regroup

Answer 24

rioganizzarsi
riordinare/raggruppare

Question 25

squirm

Answer 25

contorcersi/dimenarsi mostrare imbarazzo (feel shame/guilt) squirm out of/free of = divincolarsi da

Question 26

dime

Answer 26

10 cents

Question 27

pantsuit

Answer 27

tailleur con pantaloni

Question 28

regimen

Answer 28

regime (politico) regime (dieta, fitness)

Question 29

put someone out of their misery put something out of its misery

Answer 29

to stop someone worrying, usually by giving that person information that they have been waiting for to kill an animal because it is in great pain, so that it does not have to suffer any more

Question 30

more so

Answer 30

ancora di più

Question 31

falter

Answer 31

vacillare/infiacchirsi balbettare/farfugliare camminare a fatica

Question 32

shrug

Answer 32

alzare le spalle alzata di spalle coprispalle (vestiario)

Question 33

worn out

Answer 33

consumato/usurato stanco/esausto/distrutto (persona)

Question 34

fraught

Answer 34

teso/inquieto fraught with st = carico di /pieno di

Question 35

shifting

Answer 35

movimento costante mutevole/ variabile in continuo movimento

Question 36

haggle

Answer 36

contrattare/mercanteggiare

Question 37

inchoate

Answer 37

not yet completely formed incipiente/in fieri

Question 38

hardball

Answer 38

gioco duro US, figurative (aggressively competitive behaviour)

Question 39

to spin

Answer 39

girare/ruotare volteggio far volteggiare tessere/filare

Question 40

tarmac

Answer 40

asfalto asfaltare

Question 41

captor

Answer 41

carceriere

Question 42

batch

Answer 42

gruppo (persone) lotto/carico (merci) serie (oggetti) infornata (baked goods) to batch = raggruppare in lotti/ dividere in lotti/ lottizzare

Question 43

hijack

Answer 43

sequestro dirottamento hijack st = monopolizzare (rubare il posto/la parola) (steal: cargo from a vehicle) figurative --> sabotare/intromettersi

Question 44

unhinge

Answer 44

scardinare unhinge s = derange

Question 45

chartered

Answer 45

(plane, ship: hired for private use) UK (person: professionally qualified

Question 46

estranged

Answer 46

(partner: separated)

Question 47

to boot

Answer 47

to kick (ball) to start (computer)

Question 48

squarely

Answer 48

onestamente esattamente

Question 49

allege st

Answer 49

assert as true

Question 50

ongoing

Answer 50

continuing continuo/ininterrotto in corso

Question 51

upfront

Answer 51

payment: made in advance = anticipato figurative, informal (honest, frank)

Question 52

despise s/st

Answer 52

disprezzare qualcosa/qualcuno odiare/detestare pr = dispaiz

Question 53

societal

Answer 53

sosaietol sociale

Question 54

proprietà

Answer 54

ownership

Question 55

ease to ease

Answer 55

facilità comfort relief piece of mind affluence (agiatezza/prosperità) to reduce tension to relieve (alleviare/attenuare)

Question 56

caparra anticipo

Answer 56

down payment

Question 57

frugal (parsimonioso)

Answer 57

thrifty

Question 58

brisk

Answer 58

fast abrupt (abrapt)/sudden/brusque (brusk)

Question 59

ce l'ha fatta

Answer 59

he/she made It