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giorno 21
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| catch the sun | prendere il sole |
| moons ago | secoli fa |
| clumsy | maldestro |
| to hand it someone | ammettere qcsa di qlcuno You’ve got to hand it to him |
| to be (to keep) under the thumb | tenere in pugno soggiogare |
| to be at someone's throat | accapigliarsi they were at each other’s throats |
| To dislike | I dislike reading poems. |
| to turn my stomach | voltastomaco |
| to be up to your neck in debt trouble work | essere in un mare di debiti nei guai pieni di lavoro |
| to keep your feet on the ground | avere i piedi per terra |
| don't bite my head off | non saltarmi addosso non rispondere male |
| to be all fingers and thumbs - to be all thumbs | maldestro |
| jewelers | gioielliere |
| to take to the open sea | prendere il largo |
| fully-fledge | novellino |
| given | considering |
| to cross out | sopprimere |
| bitter end | fine amara triste |
| full on intense | pieno intenso |
| struggle for existence | lotta per la sopravvivenza |
| to snoop on | ficcanasare |
| phone bugging | ascolto illecito di telefonate |
| to go out | uscire |
| To involve | The project will involve growing plants |
| bucket | secchio |
| a drop in the ocean | una goccia nell’oceano |
| to see about | provvedere I’ll see about it ci penso io! |
| to show off | mettere in evidenza sfoggiare |
| roughly | grossolanamente duramente |
| to splice | giuntare |
| to tinker with | armeggiare |
| tinker (noun) | stagnino |
| to outpace | superare in velocità procedure più in fretta |
| a question of | una questione di |
| mph | miglia all’ora |
| enhancement | accrescimento |
| muggy | afoso |
| accident-prone | facile agli incidenti |
| aversion | avversione John is my pet avversion |
| averse to | contrario a |
| to opt for | optare per |
| to be at loggerheads with | essere in disaccordo con |
| humble | umile modesto |
| morish | appetitoso |
| soothing words | parole consolanti |
| to knock out | mettere ko |
| forseeable future | prossimo futuro |
| to be bound to | could happen |