Italian-Idiomatic-Expressions-01 Flashcards
Italian-to-English-Expressions (261 cards)
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crollare sotto le torture
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to break under torture
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dare dell’idiota a qualcuno
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to call somebody an idiot / to call someone an idiot
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fare un figlio
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to have a child
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fare silenzio
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to keep silent / to be quiet
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fare uno sforzo
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to make an effort
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fare una sosta
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to break a journey / to take a break / to make a stop
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fare lo stupido
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to play the fool
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scoppiare a ridere
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to burst out laughing
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scoppio dal caldo
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I’m boiling
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scoppiare uno scandalo
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to break a scandal
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scoppiare a piangere
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to burst out crying
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scoppiare in singhiozzi
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to burst out sobbing
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scoppiare un palloncino
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to burst a balloon
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spezzare il cuore
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to break the heart
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tenerci
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to value / to hold dear
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domare un cavallo
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to break in a horse / to tame a horse
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fare attenzione
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to watch out / to be careful / to make sure / to pay attention
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fare il bucato
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to do the laundry
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fare casino
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to make a noise / to make a mess / to make trouble
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fare un complimento
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to pay a compliment
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fare la doccia
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to shower / to have a shower
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fare un favore
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to do a favour
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fare un giro
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to take a ride / to take a spin / to take a tour / to do a tour
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fare una passeggiata
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to go for a stroll / to go for a walk / to take a walk / to take a stroll / to have a walk
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fare le pulizie
to do the cleaning
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fare uno sbaglio
to make a mistake
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fare un viaggio
to take a journey / to make a journey / to take a trip
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scoppiare una bolla
to burst a bubble
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scoppiare uno pneumatico
to blow a tyre / to burst a tyre
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comunicare una notizia
to break the news
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entrarci
to matter / to be relevant / to have to do with something
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fare un passo
to take a step
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fare un pisolino
to take a nap / to have a nap
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fare il proprio dovere
to do one's duty
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prendere parte
to take part
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rendersi conto
to realise / to realize
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rompere il cellulare
to break the phone / (mobile)
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rompere una gamba
to break a leg
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rompere un rapporto
to break a relationship
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scoppiare una bomba
to explode a bomb / to blow up a bomb
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sono pieno da scoppiare
I'm fit to burst / I'm bursting at the seams / I am fit to burst / I am bursting at the seams / I am full to bursting
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venire meno a una promessa
to break a promise
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correre un rischio
to take a risk / to run a risk
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correre il rischio
to run the risk / to take the risk
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fare affari
to do business
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fare amicizia
to make friends
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fare un discorso
to make a speech
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fare un esame
to take an exam
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fare una foto
to take a photo
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fare una gita
to have an outing / to make a trip / to take a trip
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fare un incidente
to have an accident
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fare un'offerta
to make an offer
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fare i piatti
to do the dishes
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fare il finto tonto
to play dumb
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liberarsi da un'abitudine
to break a habit
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mi scoppia la testa
my head is pounding
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rimetterci
to lose out
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rompere le palle a qualcuno
to irritate somebody / to annoy somebody / to irritate someone / to annoy someone
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avercela con qualcuno
to have it in for somebody / to have it in for someone
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cedere il posto
to give up one's seat
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farcela
to manage to do / to cope / to succeed
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fare un bagno
to take a bath / to have a bath
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fare una chiacchierata
to have a chat
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fare una festa
to have a party
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fare un intervallo
to take a break / to have an intermission
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fare una partita
to have a game / (sport)
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fare un sogno
to have a dream
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mancare alla parola
to break one's word
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scoppiare in lacrime
to burst into tears
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scoppiare una guerra
to break out a war / to start a war
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scoppiare un'epidemia
to break out an epidemic
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scoppiare un incendio
to break out a fire
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scoppiare una lite
to break out a quarrel
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accorgersene
to realize it / to realise it / to notice it / to become aware of it
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approfittarsene
to take advantage of / to exploit
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cavarsela
to get by / to manage / to muddle through / to get off lightly
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lavarsene le mani
to wash one's hands of something
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legarsela al dito
to bear a grudge against somebody / to bear a grudege against someone
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mettercela tutta
to do everything you can possibly do
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metterci
to take time / (used in personal sense)
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passarsela bene
to have a good time in life / to be doing well
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prendersela con qualcuno per qualcosa
to get offended with someone over something
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sbrigarsela
to finish something / to handle it / to manage it
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sentirsela
to feel capable of doing something
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smetterla
pack it in / knock it off / stop it ; (imperative)
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spassarsela
to have a ball / to have a great time
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vedersela brutta
to be saved by a miracle / to have a lucky escape / to have a narrow escape
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volerci
to be needed / to take a certain amount of time / (generally used 3rd person - It takes ...)
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volercene
to take / to want ; (ie to take a lot of effort / patience / etc .. to do something or to really want to do something)
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a chi tocca?
whose turn is it?
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avere fiducia in qualcuno
to trust somebody / to have faith in somebody / to trust someone / to have faith in someone
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essere fuori di sé
to be beside oneself / to be furious
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essere a secco
to be out of money / to run dry
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fare due passi
to take a walk / to take two steps
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farsi le ossa
to gain experience
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farsi in quattro
to work very hard
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fare quattro chiacchiere
to have a chat / to have a little chat
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prima di
before
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tenere duro
to hold on / to not give up
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un tipo in gamba
a smart person / a capable person
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una buona forchetta
a foodie / a lover of food / a hearty eater
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un buontempone
a good time person / a fun loving person
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un campanilista
a parochial minded person
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un casinista / un pasticcione
a scatterbrain
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un fanfarone / uno spaccone
a boaster
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imbroccarla giusta
to hit the nail on the head
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un menagramo
a jinx
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un musone
a sulker / a moper
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un ruffiano
a pimp / a panderer / a ruffian
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sono contento di
I am content to
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sono felice di
I am happy to
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un attaccabottoni
a bore / a drone
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a bizzeffe
in abundance
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a bruciapelo
at point-blank / point-blank
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un burlone / un mattacchione
a practical joker
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un cialtrone
a scoundrel / a rascal / a slob
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un dormiglione
a sleepyhead
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un golosone
a gourmand / (someone who has a sweet tooth)
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un impiccione / un ficcanaso
a busybody / a snooper / a nosy parker
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un piantagrane
a troublemaker
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un pivello
a newcomer / a greenhorn
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un rompiscatole
a pain in the neck / a pest
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uno scansafatiche
a lazybones / a shirker / a slacker
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un voltagabbana
a turncoat
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a casa del diavolo
at the back of beyond / in the middle of nowhere
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a casaccio
haphazardly / at random
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a cuor leggero
light heartedly
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cogliere qualcuno alla sprovvista
to catch somebody off guard / to catch someone off guard ; (unawares, off balance)
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correre a gambe levate / scappare a gambe levate
to make a dash for it / to beat a hasty retreat
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a macchia d'olio
like wildfire
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a malincuore
reluctantly
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mano a mano
gradually / little by little
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mano nella mano
hand in hand
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a occhio e croce
more or less / roughly
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a pennello
perfectly / to perfection
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ridere a crepapelle
to laugh until one's sides ache
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a rotoli
downhill / to the dogs
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a sbafo / a scrocco / a ufo
at someone else's expense / scrounging
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a squarciagola
at the top of one's voice
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a tu per tu
face to face
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avere la faccia tosta
to be cheeky
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avere fegato
to have guts
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avere le mani bucate
to be a spendthrift
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avere gli occhi foderati di prosciutto
to be blinkered
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cercare un ago in un pagliaio
to look for a needle in a haystack
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cogliere in flagranza
to catch red-handed / to catch in the act
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a denti stretti
through gritted teeth
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la disponibilità
the means / the resources / the assets / the supplies / the availability / the accessibility
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essere al verde
to be broke
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un fancazzista / un fannullone
a lazybones
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fare il filo
to have the hots for / to fancy
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mangiare la foglia
to get wise to / to catch on to / to get the hang of
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un maschilista
a male chauvinist
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un menefreghista
a self-centred person / a person who could not care less / someone who could not care less / somebody who could not care less
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mi sono cascate le braccia
I could have wept
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mordersi la lingua
to bite one's tongue
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prendere due piccioni con una fava
to kill two birds with one stone
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prendere sotto gamba
to underestimate / to devalue
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ripercuotersi
to effect / to have repercussions on
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uno sciovinista
a jingoistic person
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uno stacanovista
an eager beaver
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tenere il piede in due scarpe
to be indecisive
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verificarsi
to prove to be / to happen / to occur / to take place
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accorgersi di
to notice / to become aware
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ammettere di
to admit to / (doing something)
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avere bisogno di
to need to / to have need of
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avere il diritto di
to have the right to / (do something)
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avere intenzione di
to intend to / to have the intention of / (doing something)
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avere paura di
to be afraid of / to be afraid to
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avere il tempo di
to have the time to / (do something)
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avere voglia di
to want to / (do something)
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cercare di
to try to / to seek to / to look to / (do something)
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chiedere di
to ask about / to ask for
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confessare di
to confess to / (doing something)
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credere di
to believe / (someone doing something)
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decidere di
to decide to / (do something)
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dimenticarsi di
to forget to / (do something) ; (followed by inf)
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dire di
to say / (as in to say yes/no)
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dubitare di
to doubt / (something or someone)
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evitare di
to avoid / (doing something)
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fingere di
to pretend to / (do something)
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finire di
to finish / (doing something)
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immaginare di
to imagine / (doing something)
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impedire di
to prevent / (someone from)
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innamorarsi di
to fall in love with / (somebody)
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lamentarsi di
to complain about / (someone, something or doing something)
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negare di
to deny / (having done something)
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ordinare di
to order / (to do something)
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parlare di
to talk about / (someone, something or doing something)
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pensare di
to have an opinion about / to think about ; (doing something)
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permettere di
to make it possible to / to allow / to permit ; (someone to do something)
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piantarla di
to stop doing something / to pack it in
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pregare di
to pray to / to beg for / to ask ; (someone to do something)
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preoccuparsi di
to worry about / (someone, something or doing something)
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pretendere di
to claim to / to expect to / to pretend to ; (do something)
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proibire di
to prohibit / (doing something)
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promettere di
to promise to / (do something)
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ricordarsi di
to remember to
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rifiutarsi di
to refuse to / (do something)
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scusarsi di
to apologise for / to apologize for /(doing something)
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sforzarsi di
to make an effort to / (do something)
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smettere di
to stop / (doing something)
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sognare di
to dream about / to dream of / (something or doing something)
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sperare di
to hope to
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suggerire di
to suggest
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temere di
to fear
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tentare di
to attempt to / to try to
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terminare di
to terminate / to cease / to stop / (doing something)
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vergognarsi di
to be ashamed of
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vietare di
to forbid
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abituarsi a
to get used to
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accompagnare a
to accompany
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aiutare a
to help
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andare a rotoli
to go downhill / to be ruined / to go to pot
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arrivare a
to arrive at / to get to / to reach / to manage to
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cominciare a
to begin to / to commence
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continuare a
to continue / to continue to
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convincere a
to persuade / to convince / (someone to)
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correre a
to rush to / to run to / to hurry
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costringere a
to compel / to force / (someone to)
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credere a
to believe in
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decidersi a
to make up one's mind to / to resolve to
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divertirsi a fare qualcosa
to enjoy doing something / to have fun doing something
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entrare a
to enter
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fare in tempo a
to make it / to have time to
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fermarsi a
to stop oneself
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giocare a
to play / ( sport)
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imparare a
to learn to / (do something)
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incoraggiare a
to encourage / (someone to)
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iniziare a
to start to / to begin to
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insegnare a
to teach / (someone)
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interessarsi a
to be interested in / to take an interest in / to have an interest in
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invitare a
to invite / (someone to)
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mandare a
to send / (something to someone)
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mettersi a
to get down to / to start to / to resolve to
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partecipare a
to participate in
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pensare a
to think about ; (remember something) / to reflect
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preparare a
to prepare to
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prepararsi a fare qualcosa
to get ready to do something
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provare a
to endeavour to / to try to / to try
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restare a
to stay to
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rinunciare a
to give up / to quit / to renounce
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riuscire a
to succeed to / to succeed in / to manage to
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salire a
to come up / to go up
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sbrigarsi a
to hurry to / to get a move on
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sorridere a
to smile at
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telefonare a
to telephone
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tornare a
to return to
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uscire a
to go out to
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venire a
to come to
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amare
to love / to like
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desiderare
to desire / to wish / to want
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dovere
to have to
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fare
to do / to make
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lasciare
to leave / to let / to allow
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piacere
to please / to like
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mi piace
I like
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potere
to be able
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preferire
to prefer
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sapere
to know / (a fact)
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volere
to want
