misc Flashcards

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ricompensato

A

rewarded

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ricompensare

A

to reward

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3
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Posso ricompensarti in qualche modo per questo?

A

Can I somehow reward you for it?

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4
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lunghissima

A

very long

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5
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sorprendente

A

startling

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l film che ho guardato ieri era molto sorprendente.

A

The film I watched yesterday was very startling.

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7
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Quella scena mi ha fatto rizzare i capelli.

A

That scene made my hair stand on end.

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8
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far rizzare i capelli

A

to make someone’s hair stand on end

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9
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far rizzare

A

to raise

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10
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Che fifone che sei!

A

What a coward you are!

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11
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fifone

A

wimp

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12
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un maestoso leone

A

a majestic lion

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13
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preda da poter prendere

A

prey you can catch

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14
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Le due braccia sono alzate.

A

The two arms are raised.

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15
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Il leone colse al balzo l’occasione

A

the lion seized the opportunity

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16
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con uno scatto felino, bloccò la coda del topino con la zampa.

A

with a feline snap, he pinned the mouse’s tail with his paw.

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17
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colse al balzo

A

jumped

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18
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con uno scatto felino,

A

with a feline snap

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bloccò la coda del topino con la zampa.

A

he pinned the mouse’s tail with his paw.

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bloccare

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bloccato

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Questo portabagagli è bloccato .

A

This trunk is locked.

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Il leone già pregustava il piccolo bocconcino

A

The lion was already looking forward to the little morsel

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come antipasto e si stava leccando i baffi.

A

as an appetizer and he was licking his mustache.

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pregustare
pre taste (anticipate)
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non ti sazierei che per pochi minuti da tanto sono piccolo.
I would not satisfy you that for a few minutes I have been small for a long time.
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saziare
to satisfy, satiate
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Per saziare gli avari nessun oro è sufficiente.
No gold is enough to satisfy the greedy.
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gli avari
the stingy, the greedy
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Il leone pensò che questo era vero:
the lion thought this to be true
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quel topolino gli avrebbe placato la fame giusto
that little mouse would have appeased his hunger
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E poi le mie piccole ossicine rischierebbero di andarti di traverso in gola.
- And then my little bones would risk going sideways in your throat.
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, che smise di trascinare verso di sé il topolino.
, who stopped dragging the mouse towards him.
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– Se mi lascerai andare
- If you let me go
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ti sarò riconoscente per tutta la vita! –
I will be grateful to you for life! -
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disse infine il topo.
finally said the mouse
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Il leone, mosso più dalla fatica di ingoiare quel piccolo pasto che dalla pietà per il topolino, lo lascia andare.
The lion, moved more by the effort of swallowing that little meal than by pity for the mouse, lets it go.
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tra le sterpaglie della foresta.
between the brushwood of the forest
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che all'improvviso un legaccio fatto di corda lo intrappolò.
that suddenly a tie made of rope trapped him.
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un legaccio
a tie
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Dopo molti tentativi il leone si rassegnò,
After many attempts the lion resigned himself,
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Ma ad un tratto sentì qualcosa che stava lavorando sulla corda.
But suddenly he felt something working on the string.
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Ma ad un tratto
But all of the sudden
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con i suoi denti aguzzi.
with its sharp teeth
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aguzzi
sharp
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un animaletto
pet