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sporco
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grimy
respingere a priori
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to dismiss out of hand
conquista, raggiungimento
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attainment
educazione dei figli
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child rearing
sforzo
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strain
persona che vola alto
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high-flyer
dispregiativo
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derogatory
gettare le fondamenta
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to lay the groundwork
lavoro preparatorio
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groundwork
megera
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harridan
rimanere neutrale
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to sit on the fence
a malapena, leggermente
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faintly
sospendere la pena
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reprieve (sb)
svezzare
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to wean
serioso, noioso
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stuffy
colpo di grazia
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kiss of death
accoccolarsi
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nestle against sb
annidarsi
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nestle in
perdere ogni speranza in
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to despair of
rinunciare, astenersi da
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to forgo
piangere
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to wail
scarto
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dross
con rabbia
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crossly
schifoso
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lousy
procreare
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to beget
percorrere
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to tread
gonfiare
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to puff up
assumersi la responsabilità, farsi carico
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to take upon oneself
ciarlare
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to prate
sconvolgimento, sollevazione
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upheaval
essere a portata di mano
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to be close at hand
febbrile
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feverish
a doppio taglio
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double-edged
diventare sicuri di sé
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to come into your own
intromettersi, immischiarsi
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to meddle in
mettere le mani su
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to meddle with
loquacità
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volubility
assoluto, completo
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sheer
imperterrito, indisturbato
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undeterred
sagacia
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shrewdness
avversità, stento
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hardship
rimproverare
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to rebuke
con disprezzo
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contemptuously
scherno, beffa
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jeer
sfrontato
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unabashed
sprezzantemente
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scornfully
origliare
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to eavesdrop
efferato, nefasto
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nefarious
benestante
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well-off
inclinazione, opinione
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slant
magnificenza, grandezza
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loftiness
presuntuoso, arrogante
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overweening
presuntuoso
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conceited
squallido, trasandato
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seedy
stare a guardare, ammazzare il tempo
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bide your time
scrivere, comporre
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to pen
oscenità, volgarità
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bawdiness
sfortunato
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hapless
sciocchezza, inezia
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trifle
conferire
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bestow sth on/upon sb
influente, determinante
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seminal
completo, accurato
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thorough
satira, canzonatura
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lampoon
dote
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dowry
mansuetudine
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meekness
magistrale
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masterly
asserire, sostenere
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contend that
aspirante, mancato
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would-be
sbarcare il lunario
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to scrape out a living
soffermarsi, rimuginare
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to dwell on/upon something
caustico, feroce, aspro
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scathing
prefiggersi di fare qualcosa
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to set out to do something
causare, provocare
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to occasion
tirarsi indietro
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to shrink from
dorato
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gilt
adulazione, complimento
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flattery
raffinatezza
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gentility
podio
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rostrum
impalcatura, patibolo
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scaffold
scandire, dire chiaramente
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to spell out
puttana, aspro
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tart
maldestro
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heavy-handed
attenuare, smorzare
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to damp
lasciare giù di morale
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damp
That 14 hours shift was a damp to Ana's spirits.
con sprezzo
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dismissively
sfacciato, spudorato
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blatant
a fondo, completamente
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thoroughly
sussultare, fremere
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shudder
secondino, carceriere
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warder
prendere di mira, vessare
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to prey on/upon somebody
schiacciante, imcriminante
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damming
sterile, arido
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barren
inaffidabile, imprevedibile
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hit and miss
miserabile, degradante
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abject
permeare di/con
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to imbue with
bruciare, scottare, sbollentare
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to sear
contaminato
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tainted
servitù
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bondage
ostacolo
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hindrance
macchiare, sporcare
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tarnish
frammentario
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piecemeal
raffinato
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genteel
agiato
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leisured
con determinazione
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determinedly
affliggere, assillare
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to plague
inadatto
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unbecoming
fornire assistenza, provvedere ai bisogni
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to minister to
raffinatezza
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refinement
signorilità
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gentility
lucido, razionale
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clear-headed
autoaffermazione
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self-assertion
idoneità, adeguatezza
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fitness for
onta, ignominia
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obloquy
esitare, titubare
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to dither
sferragliamento, clangore
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clatter
martellare, battere
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to pound
stanza piena
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roomful
suggerimento, incoraggiamento
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prompting
coinvolgente
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engrossing
restare in disparte, evitare, tirarsi indietro
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to shy away from
cospargere, pervadere
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to suffuse
distretto
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parish
essere infastidito, avercela
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to resent sb for sm

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