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Inglese-Italiano ad2

Inglese-Italiano ad2 (80 cards)

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probabile (aggettivo) likely / es. I suppose that might happen but it's not very likely / es.2 Do remind me because I'm likely to forget / es.3 It's quite likely that we'll be in Spain this time next year
il soggetto interessato (ad es. nell'azione di annullamento) the party concerned / es. the CFI has to to determine whether a private party is individually concerned
il richiedente (chi vanta o pretende un diritto) the claimant (in UK è sinonimo di plaintiff; in us plaintiff=attore e claimant=richiedente ad es. presso la P.A.)
la Corte ha affermato che the Court held that
domanda di rinvio pregiudiziale reference for a preliminary ruling (pron. rèfrens)
zucchina courgette
gamberi / gamberoni shrimp (US) o prawn (UK) / king prawns
monello naughty / es. "I'm afraid I borrowed your car without asking." "Yes, that was very naughty of you"
spesso / sottile thick / thin
raffica flurry / es. a flurry of rocket attacks
regolare / irregolare even / uneven / es. There is an uneven distribution of wealth across the country / es.2 The contest was very uneven - the other team was far stronger than us
affluenza (alle urne) turnout / es. good weather on polling day should ensure a good turnout
preoccuparsi to fret / es. Don't fret - I'm sure he's OK / es.2 She spent the day fretting about/over what she'd said to Nicky
insorto insurgent
I fatti alla base della presente domanda pregiudiziale possono essere esposti brevemente The facts giving rise to the present reference may be set out briefly
garantire, proteggere / consacrare to secure / to enshrine / es. article 39 EC secures freedom of movement for workers within the Community / es.2 the right to move enshrined in article 18 EC
allo stesso modo, applicando lo stesso principio by the same token / es. I don't think that prices will go up but, by the same token, I don't see them going down either.
convenuto defendant / es. The defendants appealed to the Court of Appeal (attore, ricorrente = plaintiff)
remunerato gainful (providing a gain) / es. Many graduates tell of months spent in search of gainful employment
a maggior ragione all the more / es. that must be equally or all the more true if...
magro lean / es. he is tall and lean, clean-cut and athletic (clean-cut=dall'aria ammodo)
spargere, sparpagliare, mettere in disordine to litter / es. he litters his speeches with new ideas / es.2 The park was littered with bottles and cans after the concert.
stretto, aderente (vb. stringere) / largo, allentato, slacciato (vb. allentare) tight (vb. to tighten) / loose (vb. to loosen)
potente mighty / es. the mighty teachers' Unions / es.2 In their next game they're playing the mighty Redskins
lucidalabbra lip gloss
fin troppo all too / es. all too often the system fails /es.2 she remembered him all too well
soffocare smother (pron. "smader") (si usa, come in italiano, in senso sia letterale sia figurato)
somma inaspettata, manna (lett. frutto abbattuto dal vento) windfall / es. Investors each received a windfall of £1000.
raramente seldom
avere caro, proteggere to cherish / es. I cherish the memories of the time we spent together / es.2 Freedom of speech is a cherished (= carefully protected) right in this country
eppure yet / es. yet it is hard to suppress a feeling that all this is too good to be true
interesse costituito vested interest / es. As both a teacher and parent, she had a vested interest in seeing the school remain open.
radicare (in negativo) to entrench / es. The government's main task was to prevent inflation from entrenching itself / es.2 It's very difficult to change attitudes that have become so deeply entrenched over the years
valere la pena / ne vale la pena to be worth it / it is worth it / es. It was a long climb to the top of the hill, but it was worth it for the view from the top. /es. 2 Don't tire yourself out Geri, it's really not worth it
mantenere una promessa to keep a promise / to deliver on a promise
ordinare / ordinato to tidy / tidy - to neaten / neat (sinonimi)
fratello o sorella (generico) sibling / es. I have four siblings: three brothers and a sister
esagerare (a parole) to overstate (opp. understated) / es. The impact of the new legislation has been greatly overstated.
smontare, fare a pezzi to take something apart / es. We took the engine apart to see what the problem was / es.2 He took their defence apart, scoring three goals in the first twenty minutes.
mescolare / miscela to blend / blend / es. Blend the ingredients into a smooth paste
andare a buon fine / fallire (di un progetto) to go through / to fall through / es.1 A council spokeswoman said that the proposals for the new shopping centre were unlikely to go through. / es.2 We found a buyer for our house, but then the sale fell through
salire, innalzarsi to soar / es. house prices had soared a further twenty per cent. / es.2 She watched the gliders soaring effortlessly above her
scorrere, planare to glide (glider=aliante) / es. Some people glide effortlessly through life with no real worries
considerare, ritenere to deem / es. bankers have deemed the Norwegian krone to be one of the most solid currencies in the world
svantaggio drawback / downside / es. the lack of on-the-job training is a slight drawback
manifestazione di ansietà o nervosismo fuss / es. She made such a fuss when Richard spilt a drop of wine on her blouse! / es.2 It's all a fuss about nothing (to fuss = innervosire qualcuno attirandone l'attenzione / es. don't fuss me honey I've got a whole pile of work to do.)
costola rib / es. My son broke a rib when he fell off a ladder.
scala (removibile, ad es. per lavori domestici) ladder / es. She was up a ladder, cleaning the window
ansimare to pant (pron. "pant") / Matteo arrived at the top of the hill, panting and covered in sweat
tran tran, routine treadmill / es. There were days when child-rearing seemed like an endless treadmill of feeding, washing and nappy-changing.
allevare (un bambino) to rear (pron. "riar") / Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone
in poi onwards (pron. ònvuards)/ es. from 196 onwards, the Heads od State of the Member States held regular meetings
cioè, ossia that is
oltre beyond
inseguire, seguire, perseguire pursue (pron. persiù) / es. the subsantive values pursued by the Cours / es.2 The car was pursued by helicopters
originare da qualcosa to stem from something / es. values stemming from the UN legal order / es. 2 Their disagreement stemmed from a misunderstanding
muoversi lentamente, andare alla deriva to drift + preposizione / es. After the band stopped playing, people drifted away in twos and threes / es.2 No one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea
foschia mist / es. The early-morning mist soon lifted/cleared
rifugio shelter /es. The homeless spent the night in a shelter / es.2 dog shelter
alla richiesta at the behest of somebody / es.The budget proposal was adopted at the president's behest
terrore dread
sui generis, una specie di of sorts / es. he became an evangelist of sorts
pericolo, angoscia, bisogno di aiuto distress / es. She claimed that the way she had been treated at work had caused her extreme emotional and psychological distress.
dimorare dwell, dwelt or dwelled, dwelt / es. She dwelt in remote parts of Asia for many years / (dwelling=dimora)
bilanciare (effettuare un bilanciamento di valori) to strike a balance
presumere (affermare che qualcuno abbia fatto qualcosa di illegale senza darne prova) to allege / sost. alleged (allègd) / adv. allegedly / es. Mr Smythe is alleged to have been at the centre of an international drugs ring. / es. these actions allegedly infringed the human rights of the applicants
ridurre, tagliar corto, limitare to curtail / es. to curtail your holiday / es. The last government severely curtailed trade union rights
accurato thorough / es a thorough analysis
astenersi da to refrain from
duplice twofold / es. the Court line of reasoning is in fact twofold
confermare to bear out, bore out, borne out / es. this is borne out by several facts
in contrasto at odds with
quindi, per questo hence
confermare, sostenere uphold, upheld, upheld / es the Court uphold once again...
rappresentare, dipingere to depict
trattare / patto to bargain / bargain
interpretare to construe
convincente compelling
azione in carenza action for failure to act
da parte di on the part of / es. a declaration on the part of the Court of justice
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