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Inglese-Italiano ad1
Inglese-Italiano ad1 (80 cards)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prendere consistenza | to flash out / es. european citizenship is fleshing out |
| desolato | bleak / es. the economic outlook is bleak. |
| ostacolare | to hamper / es. Nepal's efforts to accelerate economic growth are being hampered by political instability |
| in gioco | at stake / es. Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon. |
| essere alla base di | to underpin / es. the economic paradigm that underpins the Treaty of Rome |
| avere attinenza con | to have a bearing on / es. this does not have any bearing on what was said above |
| emettere / dare espressione | to utter / es. to utter a threat |
| ignorare / non notare | to overlook / es. to overlook a misspelled word |
| ben definito | clear-cut / es. the distinction is less clear-cut than one might first think |
| con ciò | thereby / es. he wrote a letter thereby causing all the troubles |
| sussidio / sussidio di disoccupazione | allowance / tideover allowance / tide=marea / to tideover=dare una mano |
| trapano / esercitazione | drill / es. drilling with flashcards is more efficient than simply repeating words / es.2 flashcards drills are really efficient (fire drill = esercitaz. antincendio) |
| peso / carico | burden / es. is a high IQ a burden as much as a blessing? |
| appassionato di | fond of (anche "volere bene" es. she's very fond of you) |
| flessione | downturn / es. the economic downturn is hitting the legal world hard |
| limite / confine | boundary |
| escludere | to rule out / es. we cannot rule out this possibility |
| innovatore / pionieristico | groundbreaking |
| annullare / revocare | to quash / es. to quash a decision |
| calmare / sedare | to assurge / es. authorityies often seek to assurge protests |
| sopprimere / soffocare | to stamp out (da stamp = pestare, battere i piedi) / es. to stamp out a rebellion / es2 to stamp out crime |
| creare / ritagliare | to carve out / es. to carve out a niche for oneself |
| ritenere qualcuno responsabile | hold somebody to account |
| scadente | shoddy / es. shoddily built schools |
| sottostante / nascosto | underlying / es. the underlying principles of a doctrine |
| continentale | mainland / es. mainland Europe |
| avere voce in capitolo | to have a say / es. Do Developing Countries Have a Say at the IMF? |
| finti | feigned (pron. "feind") |
| contaminato | tainted / es. tainted milk |
| comprendere / abbracciare | to encompass / es. the right to movement is also encompassing a right not to be discriminated against on grounds of movement |
| portata | reach / scope / es. the reach of article 18 EC is much greater than the reach of the economic movement provisions |
| comportare / implicare | to entail / es. this entails two consequences |
| consacrare / es. il diritto di circolazione consacrato nell'art. 18 TCE | to enshrine / es. the right to move enshrined in article 18 EC |
| stallo | deadlock (over)/ es. The union and management reached a deadlock over fringe benefits. / es.2 once again the talks have ended in deadlock |
| raccogliere / radunarsi | to gather / es. the people gathered for the ceremony / es.2 I gathered a few wild strawberries to eat |
| probabilità | odds / es. the odds are good for having fun / es.2 against all the odds, he recovered |
| obbedire | to comply (with) / es. there are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations |
| accanto | beside / es. Come and sit here beside me |
| brivido | shiver / es. it's probably malaria when you start shivering uncontrollably |
| inciampare | to stumble / es. she stumbled on a log |
| goffo / imbarazzante / difficile | awkward / es. he boy was so awkward that he kept knocking things over / es.2 I had an awkward conversation with my ex-girlfriend. |
| condizionato da | conditional upon / es. Directive 2004/38 makes the right of residence conditional upon posession of sufficient economic resources |
| il ricorrente | plaintiff |
| scavare | to dig, dug, dug |
| esausto | frazzled / weary / es. I'v been going out with the same people for years. I've just grown weary of it! |
| debilitato | rundown / es. I'm feeling so rundown, I need a holiday / rundown area (zona degradata) |
| approfondire | to delve into / es. It's not always a good idea to delve too deeply into someone's past |
| prosperare / crescere rigogliosamente | to thrive (pron.: thraiv) / thriving=fiorente / es. industry thrived under the new regime / es.2 a thriving clinic in NY |
| attingere a / sfruttare | to tap in to / es. they're aiming to tap in to the gold market / es. to tap the country's resources |
| chiamare qualcuno attirandone l'attenzione | to hail / es. Shall we hail a taxi? / es.2 I tried to hail her from across the room |
| capriccio | whim / es. It's not good the way she panders to his every whim. |
| essere compiacenti | to pander to somebody (pron "pender") / es. I don't pander to the celebrities |
| alba / tramonto | dawn (pron. "don") / dusk |
| dirompente (in negativo) | disruptive / es. his teacher described him as a noisy, disruptive influence in class |
| sembrare | to come across as / es he came across as shy because he spoke so quietly |
| sforzarsi | to strive to (strove, striven) / es, we should strive to ... |
| spedito | brisk / es. at a brisk pace (di buon passo) |
| precipitare | to hurtle / es. big firms may be hurtling toward a horrific scenario |
| suscitare | to elicit / es. he may not elicit a lot of simphathy, but... |
| licenziare / mandare a casa | to lay off / to push out / es. a lot of peole were laid off work / licenziamenti=lay-offs |
| sconvolgente / scioccante | appalling / es. I was appalled by the lack of staff in the hospital |
| ottone | brass |
| desolato / senza speranza | grim / es. Her face was grim as she told them the bad news. / es. 2 the future is grim |
| approssimativo | rough / es. We have roughly similar tastes / es.2 She made a rough estimate of the likely cost / es. 3 There has been an increase of roughly 2.25 million |
| danneggiato (lett. storpiato) | crippled / es. detainees' families are crippled by debt from months without a breadwinner |
| essere nell'aria (negativo) | brew / es. It was too quiet - I felt that trouble was brewing / es. A storm was brewing in the distance |
| tangente / corrompere | bribe / to bribe / es. he bribed immigration officials and entered the country illegally / es.2 He was accused of accepting/taking bribes |
| assentire | to nod / es. many people in the audience nodded in agreement |
| saccheggiare | to loot / es. during the riot shops were looted and cars damaged or set on fire |
| retata | round-up / es. the President ordered the round-up and imprisonment of all opposition politicians. |
| sotto | beneath / es. we huddled together for warmth beneath the blankets |
| dietro | behind / es. Alex led, and I followed along behind. |
| chinarsi | bend over / es. He was bending over trying to tie his shoelaces |
| appoggiarsi | to lean, leaned, lent - on, against/ es. He leaned against the wall. / es. 2 It's good to have people you can lean on in a crisis / es. 3 You'll have to lean on your previous teaching |
| strappare | to tear, tore, torn / es. a couple of pages had been torn out ofrom the book |
| ago / ago per cucire / ago e filo / ago di pino | needle / sewing needle / needle and thread / pine needle |
| siringa | syringe (pron.: serìnge) |
| amo / lenza / canna da pesca | hook / fishing-line (a mano: hand-line) / fishing rod |
| corridoio (spazio tra sedie: in aereo, cinema, chiesa) | aisle (pron.: aiel) |
| melanzana | aubergine (UK) / eggplant (US) |
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