Week 27 Words Flashcards
(120 cards)
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CONTROLUCE
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Backlit
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RITROVARE
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To find, recover
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LA SOMIGLIANZA
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Similarity
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ARRANGIARSI
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To make do
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FARLA FRANCA
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To get away with it
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MALSANITÀ
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Poor health
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IL MENEFREGHISMO
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Indifference
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IL BRANO
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The piece, song, passage, track
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SCINTILLARE
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To sparkle, glitter, twinkle, spark
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IL RICCONE
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Fat cat, moneybags
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IL CATORCIO
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Old banger, wreck
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AMONTICCHIARE
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To pile up, stockpile
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SORDO, A
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Deaf
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RAPINARE
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To rob, steal. Implies violence or threat of it.
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IL FURTO
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Theft. More general than RAPINARE and doesn’t imply violence.
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LA PERQUISIZIONE
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The search, frisk
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ASSEMBRARE
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To assemble, bring together
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SALVO
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Except for, save
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RISANARE
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To heal, cure, restore
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PRELEVARE
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To collect, get, take away; to withdraw
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RINCHIUDERE
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To close in, shut in
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IRREQUIETO, A
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Unsettled, agitated, troubled; boisterous, exuberant
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SMANIARE
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To fidget, be restless; to crave, yearn for
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SOLCARE
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To cut through
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CALARE
To lower, go down, decrease, descend, rappel
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L’ARGINE (m)
Riverbank, embankment
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LA GUARIGIONE
Recovery, healing
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IL TIMBRO
Stamp, seal
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SFOLLARE
To evacuate, clear; to get away; to disperse
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INFILARE
To insert; to put on, get into; to pierce
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A RILENTO
Slowly, lagging
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RICAVARE
To obtain, acquire, extract; to earn, gain; to learn
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SOLLEVARE
To lift, raise up; to relieve
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SVENTRARE
To foil, thwart, block
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ESAUDIRE
To grant, satisfy
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RIVOLGERCI
To point, aim, address; to turn to
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LICENZIARE
To fire, dismiss, lay off
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SPERDERE
To disperse, scatter
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RECIPROCO
Mutual, reciprocal
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RAGGRINZIRSI
To wrinkle, crumple, wither
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RAGGOMITOLARE
To roll something into a ball, wind up, coil up
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LA CUFFIA
Cap, bonnet
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SICCOME
Given that, seeing as how
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RUGOSO, A
Wrinkled, lined, furrowed
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DOPODICHÉ
Thereafter, after which
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ALL’INCERCA
About, around, approximately
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ARZILLO, A
Lively, sprightly, quick; can also mean tipsy
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PERBACCO
Heavens, my goodness, damn, darn
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SQUAGLIARE, -SI
To melt, melt down
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MICA
At all
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SCANDIRE
To scan, to articulate, pronounce, punctuate
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LA PIUMA
Feather, down, plumage
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APPOLLAIARSI
To perch, roost; to settle in
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SCOPPIARE
To burst, blow up, explode, erupt
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LO SPILLO
Pin, tack, thumbtack
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LECCARE, -SI
To lick
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MATTO, A
Crazy, reckless, certifiable; odd, bizarre
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SCOMMETTERE
To bet, gamble, wager
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RIDACCHIARE
To chuckle, chortle
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LA SCIOCCHEZZA
The mistake, idiocy, goof, slip-up, nothing, trifle
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SBOCCONCELLARE
To nibble at something
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AFFLOSCIARE, -SI
To sag, to wilt
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SCHIACCIARE
To squash, flatten, press, push, crush
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IL PISOLINO
A nap, catnap
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APPICCICO
Sticky
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BALBETTARE
To stutter, stammer; to mumble
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CONFIDARE
To trust, have confidence in, hope; to confide
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ATTUALE
Present, current
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QUANTO MANCA
How close is ____
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METTERE IN LUCE
To highlight
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LO SCONTRO
The collision, crash, skirmish, conflict
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LA BATTUTA
Joke
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INOLTRE
In addition
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RITENERE
To believe, to hold to be true
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INQUIETANTE
Disquieting, disturbing, unsettling
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RAMMARICARE
To sadden, upset
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RAMMICARSI
To regret
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AUDACE
Audacious
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RIVOLGERE
To point, aim; to address, direct
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PUNGENTE
Stinging, biting, pungent
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NON NE FA UN MISTERO
He doesn’t make a secret of it
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LA CRIPTOVALUTA
Cryptocurrency
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ALLEGGERIRE (SC)
To lighten, relieve, unload, unburden
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LA STRETTA
Grip, grasp, handshake; critical moment, crunch time, crackdown
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LA FERMEZZA
Firmness, resoluteness, strength
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COCENTE
Burning, scorching, searing; stinging, fierce
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STRAPPARE, -SI
To tear, rip
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LA SOGLIA
Doorstep, threshold
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CHINARE, -SI
To stoop, bend over; to bend, bend down
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INTRAVEDERE
To glimpse, to distinguish, make out
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SMERIGLIATO
Frosted (like glass)
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PRELIBATO, A
Delicious, dainty, choice
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INTRUFOLARSI
To sneak in
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TRAFUGARE
To smuggle, abduct, kidnap, steal
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IMBALLARE
To package, crate, pack up
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SVENTOLARE
To wave, flutter (a fan)
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LA SCORTA
Supply, reserve, store; bodyguard
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PERCIÒ
For this reason
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MESTAMENTE
Sadly, mournfully
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IL FANGO
Mud
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ACCORGERSI DI
To notice, see; to realize
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IL TREPPIEDE
Tripod
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SGANCIARE
To unhook, unfasten; to fork over, cough up
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L’OBICE (m)
Howitzer
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LA SCHEGGIA
Splinter, sliver
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ALL’ADDIACCIO
Outside, outdoors, camping out
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APPROFITTARE
To take advantage of
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ESENTARE
To exempt, to excuse, to let off
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AMPLIARE
To increase, expand, enlarge, build up
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CAUTO, A
Cautious, careful, circumspect
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TASTARE
To feel, touch; to gauge, get an idea of something
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L’INTROITO
Income, takings, revenue
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SENSIBILIZZARE
To attract interest, raise awareness
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PRESSOCHÉ
About, nearly, almost
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SCORAGGIARE
To discourage
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DISPENDIOSO, A
Expensive
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NONCHÉ
Let alone
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EQUIPARARE
To equalize, level; to compare, equate
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NETTAMENTE
Clearly, obviously; definitely, positively
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STRAVOLGERE
To revolutionize, alter, shake, rock, shake up; to upset, overturn; to distort, misrepresent
