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giorno 22
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to have two left feet | essere un pessimo ballerino |
| petty crime | crimine di piccolo entità |
| white-collar crime | crimine di chi lavora in ufficio |
| You have to have a lot of money behind you | devi avere tanti soldi a disposizione |
| to give the news | dare una notizia |
| money laundering | riciclaggio del denaro |
| To carry on | If we carry on sleeping so badly |
| Receipt (recìt) | ricevuta Here’s your receipt |
| Conscience | coscienza to have a clear conscience |
| to get away with murder | passarla liscia dopo averne fatta una grossa |
| as thick as thieves | very close but with a slight negative meaning |
| It’s a daylight robbery | E’ un furto bello e buono |
| 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 |
| cyber | ciber(netico) |
| binary | binario (sistema) |
| equation | equazione |
| yesterday evening | ieri sera |
| joey | piccolo canguro |
| off the top of my head | a braccio improvvisando |
| to come to mind | venire in mente |
| how to go about something in the right way | come si fa a prendere una cosa per il verso giusto |
| state of the art | aggiornato modernissimo |
| crazy about | entusiasta che stravede He is crazy about sports cars |
| to take in | includere accompagnare |
| yesterday afternoon | ieri pomeriggio |
| chubby child | bimbo cicciottello |
| prize | premio |
| bound for + destination | diretto a |
| this ship is bound for Naples | questa nave parte per Napoli |
| impromptu speech | parlare a braccio |
| to see out | To begin an earnest attempt; undertake: He set out to understand why the plan had failed. |
| sensitive point | punto nevralgico |
| rigmarole | trafila tiritera |
| curl up with a movie | accovacciato in poltrona a vedere un film |
| reward | ricompensa |
| I could be a loner at times | a volte posso essere solitario |
| hand free set | auricolari |
| playmates | compagni di gioco |