Set: Italian vocab - il libro del riso e dell'oblio 2

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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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Terms 50
Creator nibbles
Created May 16, 2007
Groups None
Tags italian, italiano, vocab
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Vocab I learned from il libro del riso e dell'oblio

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nibbles : Changed ne siamo spovvisti → we are out of them to ne siamo sprovvisti → we are out of them
nibbles : Changed una pelliccia → fur coat to la pelliccia → fur coat
nibbles : Changed la straneza → strangeness to la stranezza → strangeness
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  1. la stramberia → eccentricity - 7 misses
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