eng to ita

Question 1

Paddy field

Answer 1

Risaia

Question 2

Drudgery

Answer 2

Lavoro noioso, tran tran, lavoro duro, fatica

Question 3

Porthole

Answer 3

Oblò

Question 4

Fettered

Answer 4

Incatenato (anche shackled, bound)

Question 5

Endurance

Answer 5

Perseveranza (nome della nave di Shackleton)

Question 6

Litmus

Answer 6

Cartina di tornasole

Question 7

To be/keep/stay mum

Answer 7

Non dire una parola, non aprire bocca.

Question 8

Mum is the word

Answer 8

Acqua in bocca!

Question 9

Staunch

Answer 9

Fedele, loyal (es. supporter)

Question 10

Uncanny

Answer 10

Inquietante (disturbing)

Question 11

Land reclamation

Answer 11

Bonifica

Question 12

Pledge

Answer 12

Promessa, impegno

Question 13

Fault line

Answer 13

Linea di faglia

Question 14

Takeaway

Answer 14

La morale, il succo, la cosa da ricordare

Question 15

GTG

Answer 15

Got to go

Question 16

Drunkard

Answer 16

Beone, alcolizzato

Question 17

Adamant (accento sulla prima sillaba)

Answer 17

Irremovibile, ostinato

Question 18

Agape

Answer 18

A bocca aperta

Question 19

Clever clog

Answer 19

Cervellone, sapientone

Question 20

That’s the cherry on top

Answer 20

È la ciliegina sulla torta

Question 21

Gasper (slang e non)

Answer 21

Slang: Sigaretta

Non-slang: that causes gasp – (spettacolo) scioccante, impressionante

Question 22

Shooting brake

Answer 22

Altra parola per station wagon (in italiano giardinetta)

Question 23

Belisha beacon

Answer 23

Lampione in corrispondenza di attraversamenti pedonali

Question 24

She fell like a ton of bricks for…

Answer 24

Si innamorò perdutamente di…

Question 25

Non sequitur

Answer 25

Affermazione illogica, conclusione illogica

Question 26

Bonfire

Answer 26

Falò

Question 27

The icing on the cake

Answer 27

La ciliegina sulla torta

Question 28

To tumble

Answer 28

Ruzzolare, cadere, (fig.) crollare

Question 29

Fib

Answer 29

Frottola, balla

Question 30

Well-heeled

Answer 30

Benestante

Question 31

well-to-do

Answer 31

Benestante

Question 32

A fixture (tre siginificati)

Answer 32

- una presenza fissa - un impianto - una plafoniera

Question 33

Fedora

Answer 33

Cappello da Humprey Bogart

Question 34

Crux (eg. the crux of the issue)

Answer 34

Il nodo, il punto cruciale

Question 35

To offset

Answer 35

Controbilanciare, compensare

Question 36

Sleight of hand

Answer 36

Gioco di prestigio, trucco

Question 37

Far-fetched

Answer 37

Irrealistico, improbabile (di film, romanzo...)

Question 38

Far-flung

Answer 38

Remoto

Question 39

Bullhorn

Answer 39

Megafono

Question 40

Brawny

Answer 40

Muscoloso

Question 41

in the early aughts

Answer 41

Aught (pr. ot) vuol dire niente, alcunchè, zero quindi l’espressione vuol dire “nei primi anni zero” (gli anni dal 2000 al 2005, più o meno)

Question 42

Bespectacled

Answer 42

Occhialuto

Question 43

Seldom

Answer 43

Raramente

Question 44

To make light of something

Answer 44

Sminuire le cose

Question 45

Smallpox

Answer 45

Vaiolo

Question 46

To push someone around

Answer 46

Costringere, vessare...

Question 47

Bar none

Answer 47

Nessuno escluso

Question 48

To have thin skin

Answer 48

Essere permaloso

Question 49

To play a trick

Answer 49

Fare uno scherzo

Question 50

Flight (oltre che volo)

Answer 50

Fuga

Question 51

Fodder

Answer 51

Foraggio

Question 52

To abide by

Answer 52

Attenersi a

Question 53

Restraint (pr. ristreint)

Answer 53

Moderazione

Question 54

Up front

Answer 54

In anticipo

Question 55

Deceit

Answer 55

Inganno

Question 56

Buttress

Answer 56

Contrafforte Come verbo: Puntellare, sostenere (anche fig.)

Question 57

To brag

Answer 57

Vantarsi

Question 58

Bathrobe

Answer 58

Accappatoio

Question 59

Flustered

Answer 59

Agitato, confuso

Question 60

Obnoxious

Answer 60

Odioso, detestabile...

Question 61

To delude

Answer 61

Illudere

Question 62

Flustered

Answer 62

Confuso, agitato

Question 63

Terraced house

Answer 63

Casa a schiera

Question 64

Detached house

Answer 64

Casa indipendente

Question 65

Semidetached house

Answer 65

Casa bifamigliare

Question 66

Coveted

Answer 66

Bramato, fortemente desiderato

Question 67

Stud (2 significati)

Answer 67

Stallone (anche: bottone automatico, borchia, tacchetto, chiodo…)

Question 68

Bouncer

Answer 68

Buttafuori

Question 69

Hoof (pl. Hoofs, hooves)

Answer 69

Zoccolo di animale

Question 70

Notorious

Answer 70

Famigerato, malfamato…

Question 71

I’ll get you back!

Answer 71

Mi vendicherò di te!

Question 72

Blithe (blaif)

Answer 72

Allegro, gioioso…

Question 73

Sycophantic

Answer 73

Servile

Question 74

Cringing

Answer 74

Servile

Question 75

Saucer

Answer 75

Piattino (da tazza)

Question 76

Quite, says Marianne.

Answer 76

Esatto, dice Marianne. Quite in questo senso vuol dire esatto, appunto, infatti… Si può anche dire “Quite so”. E’ molto british. Su quite vedi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xOooQvE9d0

Question 77

To mug someone

Answer 77

Derubare qualcuno

Question 78

To surmise

Answer 78

Ipotizzare, supporre

Question 79

Bonnet

Answer 79

Cofano di macchina

Question 80

Boot (di macchina)

Answer 80

Bagagliaio

Question 81

A tall order

Answer 81

Un’impresa ardua

Question 82

To quell (kvel)

Answer 82

Reprimere, sedare, calmare

Question 83

Ditch e to ditch

Answer 83

Fosso 1. buttare via 2. (fig) lasciar perdere

Question 84

Thorny

Answer 84

1. che ha molte spine 2. (di argomento) controverso, problematico

Question 85

By half-time it was still nil-all

Answer 85

Alla fine del primo tempo erano ancora zero a zero