general vocabulary Flashcards
(61 cards)
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peculiar aspects
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quirks
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mendicante
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beggar
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scared
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petrified
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bruco
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catepillar
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gentile
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courteous
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smart
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quick-witted
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very easy
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a piece of cake
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to end something
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to call it a day
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circondare
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to surround
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non me la bevo
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I don’t buy it
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to make the most of it
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to take advantage of it
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vespa
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wasp
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peste
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plague
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spina
A
plug
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essere felice di
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to be happy about
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essere appassionato di
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to be passionated about
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brusco
A
abrupt
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arguzia
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witt
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arguto
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witty
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autoironia
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self-deprecation
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give me a second
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just hold on a second
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bozza
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draft
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intestino
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gut
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hate
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animosity
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a reference to
a nod to someone
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passare il testimone
to give someone the nod
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is that really important?
what's in a name?
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moving with force
to bump down the line
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bottega
parlour
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sgabello
stool
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I found
I stumbled upon
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storto
crooked/ askew
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to confess
to own up
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much more difficult
a great deal more difficult
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guastafeste
killjoy
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c'è qualcosa sotto
I smell a rat
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very precisely
with a fine-tooth comb
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blaterare
to prattle on something
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accarezzare
to stroke
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to invent
to make up something
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pleasant
affable
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ultima spiaggia
the last resort
43
beautiful
stunning
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posh
toff
45
How are you?
so far, so good/I've never been better/better now I'm talking to you/can't complain/I'm alive/good enough!
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a memoria
by heart
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risentimento
grudge
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I'm busy
I'm tied up
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to cancel
to call off
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anticipare
to bring forward
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posticipare
to put off
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I know what you're thinking
I can see what you're thinking
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to relax
to brace
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enterprise
undertaking
55
credimi sulla parola
just take my word for it
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avvincente
gripping
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to can not to be eaten
inedible
58
impulsive
rash
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smettere di
to stop at doing something
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to be in trouble
to be in the hot water
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to get in cold sweat
to have cold feet
