| Term | Definition |
|---|
| il redattore | editor; writer; compiler |
| discostarsi (da) | to move away (from) |
| tirchio | mean, stingy |
| distogliere lo sguardo | to look away |
| scimmiottare | to mock, to make fun of; to mimic, to ape |
| tetro | gloomy |
| sanare | to heal, to cure; to put right, to restore |
| schiantare | to break, to tear apart |
| la spavalderia | cockiness |
| il licenziamento | dismissal; redundancy |
| accogliere | to receive; to welcome; to accomodate |
| lo slancio | dash, leap; surge |
| sprovvisto di | lacking in, without |
| ne siamo sprovvisti | we are out of them |
| prendere qn alla sprovvista | to catch sb unawares |
| sconcertato | disconcerted |
| assopirsi | to doze off |
| ho il naso turato | my nose is blocked |
| la stramberia | eccentricity |
| strambo | strange, queer, odd |
| strampalato | odd, eccentric |
| la stranezza | strangeness |
| il castoro | beaver |
| lo struzzo | ostrich |
| aleggiare | (profumo, sospetto) to be in the air |
| fare cifra tonda | to round up / down |
| tre mesi tondi | exactly three months |
| la pelliccia | fur coat |
| l'atlante | atlas |
| lo strillone | news vendor, newspaper-seller |
| il calzolaio | cobbler; shoemaker |
| avere la bottega aperta | to have one's flies undone |
| carponi | on all fours, on one's hands and knees |
| alla rinfusa | higgledy-piggledy, in confusion |
| avvolto dal mistero / silenzio | shrouded in mystery / silence |
| sigillare | to seal |
| appollaiarsi | to perch |
| belare | to bleat |
| torcersi dal dolore | to writhe in pain |
| saltuario | occasional |
| appartato | secluded |
| il pretesto | excuse, pretext |
| avere tatto | to be tactful |
| smascherare | to unmask; to uncover |
| la fata | fairy |
| la bettola | tavern; dive |
| l'anticamera | hall |
| fare anticamera | to be kept waiting |
| la lusinga | flattery |
| lusingare | to flatter |
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