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Questions and Answers List

level questions: Level 1

Question	Answer
dress, clothing, garment OR role	la veste
tie, lace up OR strike up, develop (a friendship) OR connect, plug in (electrical appliance)	allacciare
handle, deal with	sbrigare
hurry, get moving	sbrigarsi
tights, long johns	calzamaglia
sting, bite OR offend	pungere
the thigh	la coscia
mitten OR junction box (electric wiring)	muffola
pursue, chase, to be hot on somebody's heels OR press, urge (fig)	incalzare
to swallow (sth)	ingoiare
to gulp down	ingurgitare
stud, sprinkle	costellare
pennant	gagliardetto
roll up, wind up OR envelop, cover, wrap	avvolgere
collapse, crumble, give way OR sink, fall into	sprofondare
pin, brooch	spilla
small plate, disk	piattello
grab, snatch, seize	acchiappare
bundle up, wrap up, cover up	imbacuccare
to contract, make numb	rattrappire
uniform OR currency	divisa
anchor, fasten, attach	ancorare
grasp, cling to	ancorarsi
hanging, dangling	a penzoloni
to dangle, hang	penzolare
least of all, much less, let alone	men che meno
worse than mediocre	men che mediocre
nook, corner OR almond biscuit	cantuccio
stay quietly in a corner	starsene in un cantuccio
sing softly (under your breath)	canticchiare
clump OR sugar cube OR lithospheric plate (underground)	zolla
pin, tack, thumbtack	uno spillo (masc)
iota, pinch (fig)	uno spillo (fem)
stick, jab, poke	conficcare
stabbing pain, stitch, cramp	una fitta
to shell OR escape, wriggle out of	sgusciare
to escape from the clutches	sgusciare fra le maglie
grape, bead	acino
squeeze, squash	spremere
to rack one's brains	spremersi
unhook OR cough up (fig)	sganciare
to free yourself of (sb)	sganciarsi
aside, to the side, out of the way	disparte
to accumulate, hoard, heap, pile up	ammucchiare
warmth, cosiness	tepore
melt, melt down	squagliare
chilly	infreddolita
big stain, big spot	chiazza
steel	acciaio
collar	bavero
spray, spurt	spruzzo
chase again from, push back, drive back	ricacciare
become caught up again	ricacciarsi
perfectly on time	spaccare il minuto
to break (sb's) heart	spaccare il cuore a
slope, incline, decline	pendio
fishbone	lisca
calf	polpaccio
to nuzzle, settle OR nestle, nest	annidarsi
crotch (of a garment)	cavallo, inforcatura
as best you can, rough and ready, on a wing and a prayer	alla bell'e meglio
mess, shambles, poultice	impiastro
soggy	molliccio
trickle, drizzle, dribble	colare
to fog, fog up	appanare
to stain, soil, dirty	imbrattare
to dirty or soil	impiastricciare
mucus, snot, bogey	moccio
the mountain, mount, total	il monte
rotate, turn, revolve	ruotare
wild beast, ogre, brute	belva
a crease, wrinkle	una grinza
it makes sense	non fa una grinza
fibula (calf bone)	il perone
bundle up, cover up, wrap up	imbacuccare
outline, template, contour, shape, size, profile, target, silhouette	sagoma
character, card (fig)	sagoma (fig)
mash, mash up	spiaccicare
an avalanche chute (a gully)	un canalone
to swallow (lit)	inghiottire (lit)
to swallow, endure, suck up (fig)	inghiottire (fig)
to freeze	assiderare
kick the bucket, bite the dust	tirare le cuoia
hibernation (in animals)	il letargo
hibernation (fig) (inattivita, inerzia)	la letargo
combine OR arrange, set OR conclude, finish OR coincide, correspond	combinare
wheel, disk, ring OR walker (for children) OR merry go round	il girello
procure, obtain OR provoke, cause	procurare
sink, go under, plunge	affondare
detach, peel off OR utter	spiccicare