Week 10: 14-19th Nov

Question 1

to be about to

Answer 1

stare per + infinito eg. Lui sta per arrabbiarsi, Sto per andare a correre, Sta per piovere.

Question 2

to be shattered/exhausted

Answer 2

morire di sonno eg. moriamo di sonno (we’re dead tired)

Question 3

only (i only drink red wine)

Answer 3

soltanto (bevo soltanto vino rosso)

Question 4

to forget

Answer 4

dimenticare

Question 5

to depend on (someone)

Answer 5

fare capo a

Question 6

to snore

Answer 6

ronfare

Question 7

to mend/fix up

Answer 7

rammendare

Question 8

to regret

Answer 8

pentirsi

Question 9

to draft/write

Answer 9

redigere

Question 10

to get/obtain/procure

Answer 10

buscare

Question 11

to absolve/to acquit

Answer 11

assolvere

Question 12

to overturn/reverse/tip over

Answer 12

ribaltare

Question 13

stun/shock/daze

Answer 13

stordire (isco conjugation)

Question 14

to compete/contribute to/converge

Answer 14

concorrere

Question 15

ruin/wreck

Answer 15

rovinare

Question 16

to endure / support / stand / tolerate

Answer 16

sopportare

Question 17

to deduct / dock

Answer 17

detrarre
[detraggo, detrai, detrae, detraiamo, detraete, detraggono]

Question 18

support

Answer 18

supportare (NOT sopportare = tolerate)

Question 19

surpass

Answer 19

sorpassare

Question 20

to thunder

Answer 20

tuonare

Question 21

to grill

Answer 21

grigliare

Question 22

to fade/wash out

Answer 22

stingere

Question 23

to point out/specify

Answer 23

precisare

Question 24

to dicease (die)

Answer 24

dicedere

Question 25

disperse/scatter

Answer 25

disperdere

Question 26

to appear/look like/seem

Answer 26

sembrare

Question 27

to explain/to unfold

Answer 27

spiegare

Question 28

to abuse

Answer 28

abusare

Question 29

to anguish/distress

Answer 29

angosciare

Question 30

to happen/occur eg. it can happen that....

Answer 30

acadere eg. può accadere che....

Question 31

arrange (music/marriage)

Answer 31

arrangiare

Question 32

to climb/rise + conjugation

Answer 32

salire [salgo, sali, sale, saliamo, salite, salgono]

Question 33

to germinate/sprout

Answer 33

germogliare

Question 34

to complain/yammer/lament

Answer 34

lamentarsi

Question 35

to ponder/think over

Answer 35

ponderare

Question 36

to intimidate

Answer 36

intimidire

Question 37

watch over / guard / protect / keep an eye on

Answer 37

vegliare (lit. keep vigil)

Question 38

to chat/converse/talk

Answer 38

discorrere

Question 39

to incentivise

Answer 39

incentivare

Question 40

encourage

Answer 40

incoraggiare

Question 41

discard

Answer 41

scartare

Question 42

ingest

Answer 42

ingerire (isco conjugation)

Question 43

become depressed / feel demoralised / deflated / lose heart

Answer 43

deprimersi

Question 44

to loosen/unti

Answer 44

slegare [slego, sleghi, slega, sleghiamo, slegate, slegano]

Question 45

flash (light)

Answer 45

balenare

Question 46

paint/dye/colour

Answer 46

tingere

Question 47

emigrate

Answer 47

emigrare

Question 48

dissolve/melt

Answer 48

scogliere [sciolgo, sciogli, scioglie, sciogliamo, sciogliete, sciolgono]

Question 49

to hammer

Answer 49

martellare

Question 50

guard/monitor

Answer 50

sorvegliare

Question 51

avoid/dodge/steer clear of

Answer 51

schivare

Question 52

to sweeten

Answer 52

addolcire [addolcisco, addolcisci, addolcisce, addolciamo, addolcite, addolciscono]

Question 53

to take a census

Answer 53

censire (isco conjugation)

Question 54

to stink/smell

Answer 54

puzzare (una puzza)

Question 55

to play around/mess about/joke around

Answer 55

scherzare

Question 56

passage (of text)

Answer 56

il brano

Question 57

each one

Answer 57

ognuno

Question 58

I arrived ten minutes late

Answer 58

sono arrivato con dieci minuti di ritardo

Question 59

much

Answer 59

granché

Question 60

i took the bus home

Answer 60

ho preso l'autobus a casa

Question 61

journey/route

Answer 61

il tragitto

Question 62

a complete fiasco/disaster

Answer 62

un fiasco completo

Question 63

embarrassing

Answer 63

imbarazzante

Question 64

descend / get off / disembark / come down

Answer 64

scendere

Question 65

a load of

Answer 65

un sacco di