| Term | Definition |
|---|
| il baratro | (anche fig) abyss |
| il colmo | summit, top |
| questo è il colmo! | this is ridiculous! |
| la fesseria | stupidity |
| dire fesserie | to talk nonsense |
| tenere qc come una reliquia | (fig) to treasure sth |
| piagnucolare | to whine, to whimper |
| di sfuggita | (notare, salutare) in passing |
| sfuggire | to escape |
| sfuggente | elusive |
| il rubino | ruby |
| la delazione | informing (noun) |
| ammaliare | to bewitch, to enchant, to charm |
| il simulacro | image; semblance |
| folto | (capelli, pelo, bosco) thick; (sciera) dense |
| una schiera di persone | a crowd of people |
| deprecare | to deplore, to deprecate |
| l'officina | workshop |
| tracotante | arrogant, overbearing |
| la tracotanza | arrogance |
| la giostra | merry-go-round |
| le giostre | the funfair |
| la cagnara | uproar |
| mingherlino | skinny |
| interdetto | dumbfounded |
| interdire | (vietare) to forbid, to ban, to prohibit |
| scovare | (Caccia) to drive out, to flush out; (fig) to unearth, to find, to discover |
| ragguagliare (su) | to inform (about) |
| ragguagliare qc a qc | to compare sth with sth |
| il ragguaglio | piece of information |
| saccheggiare | (Mil) to sack, to plunder; (fig) to raid |
| rovistare | (casa) to ransack; (tasche) to rummage in/through, to search thoroughly |
| la cloaca | sewer; cesspool, cesspit |
| paonazzo | purple |
| dilatarsi | to dilate; to expand; to become enlarged; to open (up) |
| lenire | to soothe, to relieve |
| la manciata | handful |
| a casaccio | at random; any old how; off the top of one's head |
| l'agenda | diary |
| lo spasso | enjoyment, amusement |
| che spasso! | what a laugh! |
| andare a spasso | to go for a walk |
| essere a spasso | to be unemployed/ out of work |
| la burla | prank, trick |
| burlare | to make fun of |
| i miei più fervidi auguri | my very best wishes |
| il guinzaglio | (dog) lead |
| nefasto | (giorno) fateful; (segno) inauspicious, ill-omened (fam: persona) full of doom and gloom |
| pomiciare | (fam: sbaciuccharsi) to neck, kiss passionately |
| il pannolone | (per adulti) incontinence pad |
| il pannolino | (per bambini) nappy; (assorbente) sanitary towel |
| la tara | flaw; hereditary defect |
| sguinzagliare | (cane) to let off the leash |
| tramutarsi in | to change/turn into |
| scervellarsi (su qc) | to rack one's brain (over sth) |
| scervellato | feather-brained, scatterbrained |
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