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English words I am trying to memorize.
spunk -> coraggio, determinazione
to gyp -> cheat, swindle someone
inkling -> prova, suggerimento, indizio
trite -> banalita'
poignant -> commovente
tattletale -> pettegolo
witty -> spiritoso
zesty -> piccante
seep -> (of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through
porous material or small holes
gaslighting -> a colloquialism that is loosely defined
as making someone question their reality
stymied/to stymie -> ostacolato, ostacolare
wart -> verruca
twerp -> cretino/idiota
limping -> zoppicante/zoppicando
raft -> zattera
tenure -> mandato, posizione, e.g.,
tenure of an office
wiles -> astuzia
jerking my chain? -> prendere in giro,
To tease someone, often by trying to convince
them of something untrue
pull (one's) leg -> same as jerking a chain
graft -> corruzione
hemlock -> cicuta (pianta)
taut -> teso
famished -> affamato
cranky -> irritabile
to clamor -> richiedere ad alta voce
perks -> benefici/vantaggi
masts of a galleon -> l'albero di un galeone,
dove viene installata la vela
brittle -> fragile
a pledge -> una promessa/un impegno
allegiance -> fedelta'
to pledge allegiance -> promettere fedelta'
floodlights doused -> luci inzuppate/immerso in acqua
boulder -> masso
rift -> spaccatura/crepa
to core -> remove the central part of something,
denocciolare
gobbets -> a short structured commentary
litany -> a series of petitions for use in church
services or processions,
usually recited by the clergy and responded to
in a recurring formula by the people.
eelpout -> pesce a bocca larga
wiggle/wriggle -> dimenarsi
feebly -> debolmente
a swirl of fin -> un vortice di pinne
cams dip and wiggle -> le camme si abbassano e oscillano
frenzy -> frenesia
wryly -> ironicamente
jaw gapes -> mascella spalancata
snaps shut -> si chiude
startled -> sorpreso/spaventato
to startle -> spaventare/allarmare
hot fissure -> fessura calda
surveyor's stakes -> la posta in gioco del surveyor
stake -> palo
hefty -> hefty
shrugs -> alzare le spalle
conspiratorial -> cospirativa
scoop -> a piece of news published by
a newspaper/ a utensil
resembling a spoon
external floods -> inondazioni esterne
slews it around -> turn or slide violently
sundry -> of various kinds/several, e.g., lemon rind
and sundry herbs (pronounciation: sandri)
retired her patter -> pasticcio/ picchiettare
while he gapes -> mentre lui rimane a bocca aperta
anglerfish -> rana pescatrice
piscine -> of or concerning a fish
lashes -> strike with a whip or stick
lure -> esca
rears up -> impenna
linger -> soffermarsi
she's headed aft -> she's headed aft
bustles -> move in an energetic or
noisy manner/brulica/trambusto
smoothing feathers
hold back -> trattenere
to stoke -> alimentare
groan -> gemito
bunk -> cuccetta
smother -> kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate