Italian | English |
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tentare verb | attempt [attempted, attempting, attempts](to try) endeavor [endeavored, endeavoring, endeavors](attempt through application of effort) entice [enticed, enticing, entices](to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) go for(to try for something) lure [lured, luring, lures](to entice) tantalize [tantalized, tantalizing, tantalizes](to tease someone by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach) tease [teased, teasing, teases](to entice) tempt [tempted, tempting, tempts](to provoke someone to do wrong) try [tried, tried, trying, tries](to attempt) |
tentare il tutto per tutto verb | go for broke(to try everything possible in a final attempt) |
accontentare verb | humour(to pacify by indulging) please [pleased, pleasing, pleases](to make happy or satisfy) satisfy [satisfied, satisfying, satisfies](to meet needs, to fulfill) |
attentare verb | attempt [attempted, attempting, attempts](to try) |
intentare verb | file [filed, filing, files](to make a formal request) |
ostentare verb | flaunt [flaunted, flaunting, flaunts](to display with ostentation) |
scontentare verb | get one's knickers in a twist(to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter) let down(to disappoint) |