squadra principale di un'università, college

To wait for the other shoe to drop

to wait for an expected and inevitable event to occur

do a one-eighty and turn one hundred and eighty degrees

to turn around and go in the opposite direction

to express responsability or leadership passed from one person to another/ passare il testimone

to thoroughly check or investigate, carefully examine

a group of candidates running together in an election

put (someone or something) through the wringer

to force someone or something to endure harsh treatment or criticism

vendere (tipo quando ti vogliono vendere qualcosa)

move things so that they are in different places or positions

take off the clothes or a piece of clothing you are wearing and put on different ones

repair, paint and improve an old building,car,boat/ fasten (an item of clothing)

change sm or smt so that they become smt else

all modern conveniences, tutti i pezzi di arredamento moderni

waste time to do smt others have done perfectly

una miseria, a very small amount of money

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english 2

Term	Definition
pivotal	cruciale
fresh-faced	dalla faccia pulita
ruckus	putiferio, trambusto
curfew	coprifuoco
tailspin	spirale
fawn over	adulare
ordeal	calvario
moron	idiota
varsity	squadra principale di un'università, college
chicanery	imbroglio, inganno
shenanigan	presa in giro
with flying colors	a pieni voti
through and through	fino in fondo
to chime	suonare
add insult to injury	oltre al danno la beffa
To wait for the other shoe to drop	to wait for an expected and inevitable event to occur
to vie	competere
cobweb	ragnatela
naysayer / spoilsport	guastafeste
to ricochet	rimbalzare
ploy	manovra, stratagemma
levity	leggerezza, frivolezza
do a one-eighty and turn one hundred and eighty degrees	to turn around and go in the opposite direction
dalliance	flirt
to usher / in	to welcome
pliant	flessibile
tongue-in-cheek	ironico
spoil of war	bottino di guerra
to pass the baton	to express responsability or leadership passed from one person to another/ passare il testimone
to vet	to thoroughly check or investigate, carefully examine
the ticket	a group of candidates running together in an election
put (someone or something) through the wringer	to force someone or something to endure harsh treatment or criticism
to peddle	vendere (tipo quando ti vogliono vendere qualcosa)
to amend	modificare
breakthrough	svolta
change around	move things so that they are in different places or positions
change out of	take off the clothes or a piece of clothing you are wearing and put on different ones
do up	repair, paint and improve an old building,car,boat/ fasten (an item of clothing)
to fasten	fissare, attaccare
make into	change sm or smt so that they become smt else
use up	use all of a supply of smt
peace process	negoziati di pace
all mod cons	all modern conveniences, tutti i pezzi di arredamento moderni
break the mould	rompere gli schemi
change your tune	change opinion
reinvent the wheel	waste time to do smt others have done perfectly
the tools of the trade	gli strumenti del mestiere
turn over a new leaf	voltare pagina
boxing day	26 dicembre
mental	crazy, unbelivable
pittance	una miseria, a very small amount of money
the take away	la morale della storia
One to mince words	Una persona che usa mezzi termini
whimsical	stravagante
crowbar	piede di porco
overzealous	Troppo zelante
to go bananas	becoming crazy,silly, angry
to beckon	richiamare
to throttle	strozzare
innuendo	insinuazione
beleaguered	assediato
burly	robusto
rambunctious	vivace
playing coy	fare il modesto
aforementioned	suddetto
dillweed	ebete
flimsy	debole, fragile
love sm to pieces	ti amo da morire
like recognizes like	tra simili ci si riconosce
tier	lista
sap	fesso
hungry as a hog	fame da lupo
to zero in on	to fix all your attention on the person or thing mentioned
skeeve	immoral or repulsive person
to smart	to feel a sharp pain in a part of your body
cannot hold a candle to somebody/something	is not as good as somebody or something else
to put your foot in your mouth	to say or do something that upsets, offends or embarrasses somebody
to bicker (about/over something)	to argue about things that are not important
PDA	public display of affection
ole	old
wise (as a suffix)	regarding, in terms of
trusty dusty	trusty
Jack of all trades	person who skilled in many different things
way to go	the best or most effective choice or method
kid gloves	guanti di velluto
feel ambushed by smt	sentirsi in agguato
cut off point	punto di interruzione
take the piss out of sm/smt	make fun of
send sm to Coventry	to refuse to speak to somebody, as a way of punishing them for something that they have done
to pick apart	search for sm flaws
to pick over	examine things carefully, to reject the ones you don't want
to pick at	to eat without interest, to touch something repeatedly
to pick on	to bully, criticize
smell a rat	to suspect that something is wrong about a situation, mangiare la foglia
to be off your rocker	to be crazy
voluptuous	formosa, sensuale
typo	errore di battitura, refuso
sniffles/snuffles	raffreddore
tickety-boo	alla grande, senza problemi
dampen	smorzare
few and far between	rare, not happening very often
squeamish	schizzinoso
talk shop	parlare di lavoro
perspiring	sudare
peach fuzz	peluria
fuckwit	coglione
moths	falene
bang for your buck	you gain a lot in exchange for your effort or money spent
the nub	the center
tiff	battibecco
queasy	nausea
idiocy	idiozia
glisten	brillare
beau	fidanzato
unmarred	intatto
cumbersome	ingombrante
i.e.	cioè
to babble	chiacchierare
maliciously	maliziosamente
notwithstanding	nonostante
blood in the water	eagerly waiting or competing for an opportunity, preda facile
jinx	portare sfortuna
goo	poltiglia
reprieve	tregua
hindrance	ostacolo
den	tana
sewer	fogna
horndog	morto di figa
out of the fire, into the frying pan	dalla pentola alla brace
crassness	sfrontatezza
the whole nine yards	everything, or a situation which includes everything
have a leg up	avere un vantaggio
idleness	ozio
for lack of better verbiage	per mancanza di un termine migliore
penance	penitenza
kick the bucket	tirare le cuoia
sourpuss	musona/e
to hung the moon	be happy, wonderful
to be the bee's knees	a person or thing that is greatly liked or considered the best
whatnot	quant'altro
surly	scontroso
drug pedlar	spacciatore
stroll about	gironzolare
tomfoolery	buffonata
nail in the coffin	colpo di grazia
since/from time immemorial	da che mondo è mondo
dire	terribile
be golden	essere apposto, non avere problemi
fight tooth and nail	combattere con le unghie e con i denti
put your foot in it/put your foot in your mouth	to say or do something that upsets, offends or embarrasses somebody
as right as rain	in excellent health or condition
dress in the height of fashion	vestirsi all'ultima moda
quarrelsome	attaccabrighe
suffice it	basta (tipo basta fare questo per vedere che)
fairground stall	baraccone, bancarella fiera
meadow	prato
pay through the nose (for something)	to pay too much money for something
hooliganism	teppismo
bribe	mazzetta
to bribe	corrompere
slaughter	macellazione
to graze	pascolare
by the ton	a tonnellate
patently	ovviamente
royally	regalmente
prude	puritano
to die on this hill	rimanere fermo sulle proprie convinzioni
till/until kingdom come	per sempre
a la someone	alla (maniera di)
to bat an eye	battere ciglio

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