| Term | Definition |
|---|
| infervorare | to arouse enthusiasm in |
| orripilante | horrifying, hair-raising |
| stridere | to squeak; to screech, to shriek |
| il moccio | snot |
| il moccioso | little kid; snotty-nosed kid |
| rivangare nel passato | to dig up the past again |
| reduce da | returning from, back from |
| il (la) reduce | survivor; veteran |
| sollecito | prompt, quick |
| il sussiego | haughtiness |
| la diga | dam, dyke; breakwater |
| il tafano | horsefly |
| il trabiccolo | jalopy, old banger |
| principiare | to start, to begin |
| il principio | beginning, start |
| il bolide | meteor; racing car |
| lambire | (fig: acqua) to lap; (fiamme) to lick |
| attorcigliare | to twist |
| ossequi alla signora | (give my) respects to your wife |
| madido (di) | wet/moist (with) |
| il bisturi | scalpel |
| ineccepibile | exemplary, unexceptionable |
| lo smacco | humiliating defeat |
| la prodezza | valour, bravery; feat, exploit |
| salpare | to set sail |
| attorniare | to surround |
| vilipendere | to despise, to scorn |
| nonché | let alone; as well as |
| reclutare | to recruit |
| scevro di | free from, devoid of |
| la fiaccola | torch (with flame) |
| prefigurare | to foreshadow; to foresee |
| rimorchiare qn | (fig, fam) to pick sb up |
| rimpicciolire | to make smaller |
| anteporre qc a qc | to put sth before sth (e.g. happiness before wealth) |
| trangugiare | to gulp down; (fig; amarezze) to swallow |
| l'uditorio | audience |
| imprescindibile | (necessità) inescapable, unavoidable; (condizione) essential; (obbligo) binding |
| rintronato | dazed |
| cadere nelle grinfie di qn | to fall into sb's clutches |
| la tintoria | dry cleaner's |
| assecondare qn (in qc) | to go along with sb (in sth) |
| la particella | particle |
| longilineo | long-limbed |
| carminio | carmine, crimson |
| sgualcire | to crumple (up), to crease |
| appagare | to satisfy; to fulfil; (sete) to quench |
| moribondo | dying |
| la cantina | cellar |
| sciupare | (rovinare) to ruin, to spoil; (sprecare: tempo, denaro) to waste, to throw away |
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