Summer 2012 Part I

Question 0

to shed, spread (tears, blood)

Answer 0

spargere

Question 1

disaster

disastrous

Answer 1

una sciagura

sciagurato

Question 2

to be stuck, to jam, fit in, to frame (a person)

Answer 2

incastrare

Question 3

The crime was committed with intent

Answer 3

Il reato è stato commesso con dolo

Question 4

interlocking

Answer 4

a incastro

Question 5

jam, an interlocking

The printer is jammed

Answer 5

l’incastro

Il foglio è incastrato nella stampante

Question 6

to stamp, brand

Answer 6

bollare

Question 7

to extort

Answer 7

estorcere

Question 8

rip, gash

Jack the Ripper

Answer 8

squarciare, squartare (disembowel)

uno squarcio

Jack lo squartatore

Question 9

whip, whisk

Answer 9

una frustra

Question 10

a crime

Answer 10

un delitto (serious), un reato (less serious)

Question 11

pylon, pillar

Answer 11

il pilone

Question 12

residence

Answer 12

la dimora

Question 13

dispicable

Answer 13

spregevole

Question 14

pile (wood)

Answer 14

una catasta

Question 15

to disarrange, to upset

Answer 15

sconvolgere

Question 16

mind blowing

Answer 16

sconvolgente

Question 17

tent

Answer 17

il tendo’ne, la tenda (small)

Question 18

to unfold, to happen

Answer 18

svolgere pp. svolto

Question 19

turn, turning point

Answer 19

la svolta

Question 20

to redeem

Answer 20

redimersi

Question 21

to discourage

Answer 21

scoraggiare

Question 22

event, happening, incident

Answer 22

la vicenda

Question 23

surroundings

Answer 23

i circonstanti

Question 24

clumps

Answer 24

i grumi

Question 25

a pinch

Answer 25

un pizzico

Question 26

to swallow

Answer 26

inghiottire, divorare

Question 27

to graze

Answer 27

brucare

Question 28

cliff

Answer 28

scarpata, precipizio

Question 29

a brawl, fist fight

Answer 29

una zuffa, una rissa

Question 30

to challenge

Answer 30

sfidare

Question 31

drought

Answer 31

la siccità

Question 32

to bind, harder

Answer 32

rassodare

Question 33

marked, evident

Answer 33

spiccato

Question 34

wrinkled

Answer 34

grinzosa

Question 35

a hoax

Answer 35

una beffa

Question 36

to sneeze

Answer 36

starnutire

Question 37

overlapping

Answer 37

sovraposto

Question 38

to stack, to pile

Answer 38

ammuchiare, impilare (more orderly), ammassare (very disorderly)

Question 39

a pile

Answer 39

un mucchio

Question 40

container, shell

Answer 40

l'invo'lucro

Question 41

thickening

Answer 41

ispessimento

Question 42

an arc

Answer 42

una arcata

Question 43

to project

Answer 43

proiettare

Question 44

to prepare

Answer 44

apprestare

Question 45

to postpone

Answer 45

rinviare

Question 46

to jump over

Answer 46

scavalcare

Question 47

sought after

Answer 47

ricercato

Question 48

to banish someone to somewhere, do away with (the formality)

Answer 48

bandire (la formalità) bandire qqn da qualcheparte

Question 49

auctioneer

Answer 49

un banditore

Question 50

petrolium, crude oil

Answer 50

il greggio, il petrolio

Question 51

unrefined

Answer 51

grezzo

Question 52

to spread

Answer 52

propagarsi

Question 53

salami

Answer 53

gli insaccati

Question 54

an aggressive animal, a beast

Answer 54

una belva

Question 55

to inflict

Answer 55

infligere, pp. inferto

Question 56

to trigger

Answer 56

innescare

Question 57

to think twice

Answer 57

avere delle re'more

Question 58

mouth wrinse

Answer 58

il collutorio

Question 59

entangled

Answer 59

impigliato, incastrato

Question 60

to shake

Answer 60

scuotere

Question 61

a bubble

Answer 61

una bolla

Question 62

lacking in, short of

Answer 62

sprovvisto

Question 63

sharing, related by

Answer 63

accumato da

Question 64

lush

Answer 64

rigoglioso

Question 65

bold

Answer 65

ardi'to

Question 66

a bundle

Answer 66

un fascetto

Question 67

melting

Answer 67

la fusione

Question 68

a string

Answer 68

uno spago

Question 69

polished, smooth

Answer 69

levigato

Question 70

slimy

Answer 70

viscido

Question 71

to squeeze, wring out

Answer 71

strizzare

Question 72

a prompt

Answer 72

il sollecito

Question 73

a handle

Answer 73

la maniglia

Question 74

a pin

Answer 74

uno spilo

Question 75

to explode

Answer 75

scoppiare

Question 76

to undergo, to feel

Answer 76

patire

Question 77

to rip out, pull out

Answer 77

strappare

Question 78

to pick a flower

Answer 78

cogliere / raccogliere i fiori

Question 79

to pose a threat The Russian army threatens Berlin The opposing team is theatening our victory

Answer 79

insidiare l'armata russa insidia Berlino la squadra avversaria insidia il nostro vantaggio

Question 80

at times At times brown bears become aggressive

Answer 80

talora (literary), talvolta, a volte Talvolta gli orsi bruni diventano aggressivi

Question 81

to thin

Answer 81

assottigliare

Question 82

to smell

Answer 82

annusare

Question 83

a clue Give me a hit

Answer 83

un indizio Dammi un indizio

Question 84

to fist fight, to beat woodpecker

Answer 84

picchiarsi un picchio

Question 85

to bump into to collide with, to hit (metaphorical) to smash into pieces

Answer 85

sbattere scontrarsi con fracassare, schiantare

Question 86

to investigate an investigation

Answer 86

indagare, investigare un'indagine (scientifica), un'investigazione

Question 87

a club to club

Answer 87

una clava (primitivo), un bastone bastonare

Question 88

to plant mines, to undermine

Answer 88

minare

Question 89

vein (metaphorical), long loaf, sequence of things

Answer 89

il filone

Question 90

a hill

Answer 90

il colle, le colline

Question 91

to snatch, to steal on the street They stole my purse

Answer 91

scippare Mi hanno scippato la borsa

Question 92

to collapse

Answer 92

franare

Question 93

landslide

Answer 93

una frana

Question 94

to carve, engrave

Answer 94

scolpire

Question 95

each other, in turn The monkeys debug each other

Answer 95

a vicenda, vicendevolmente Le schimie si spulciano a vicenda

Question 96

to take turns

Answer 96

fare il tourno

Question 97

to come from The man comes from a far away place

Answer 97

provenire da l'uomo proviene da un luogo molto lontano

Question 98

to diffuse, become widespread

Answer 98

diffondersi, si è diffusa la moda del Rock and Roll, si è diffuso il virus della malaria