Italienisch | Englisch |
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abbattere verb {m} | cull [culled, culling, culls](to select animals from a group and then kill them) |
combattere verb | brawl [brawled, brawling, brawls](to engage in a brawl, see also: fight; quarrel) combat [combatted, combatting, combats](to fight; to struggle for victory) fight [fought, fought, fighting, fights](to strive for) fight back(to defend oneself by fighting) |
combattere ad armi pari verb | fight fire with fire(respond to an attack with a counter-attack) |
combattere alla pari verb | fight fire with fire(respond to an attack with a counter-attack) |
combattere sporco verb | fight dirty(to use the worst ways) |
controbattere verb | get a word in edgewise(to break into or participate in a conversation) talk back(to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner) |
dibattere verb | argue [argued, arguing, argues](to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints) debate [debated, debating, debates](participate in a debate) discuss [discussed, discussing, discusses](to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) |
ribattere verb | answer back(to reply impertinently; to talk back) talk back(to reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner) |
sbattere verb | agitate [agitated, agitating, agitates](to move with a violent, irregular action) bonk(to strike or collide) churn [churned, churning, churns](agitate rapidly) flap [flapped, flapping, flaps](to move (something broad and loose) up and down) gnash [gnashed, gnashing, gnashes](to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger) knock [knocked, knocking, knocks](to rap one's knuckles against something) slap [slapped, slapping, slaps](to cause something to strike soundly) slosh [sloshed, sloshing, sloshes](of a liquid, to shift chaotically; to splash noisily) sway [swayed, swaying, sways](to move or wield with the hand) tap [tapped, tapping, taps](to make a sharp noise) whirr [whirred, whirring, whirrs](To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound) |
sbattere la testa contro un muro verb | bang one's head against a brick wall(to waste effort on a futile project) |
sbattere le ali verb | flutter [fluttered, fluttering, flutters](to flap the wings without flying) |
sbattere le ciglia verb | blink [blinked, blinking, blinks](to close and reopen both eyes quickly) |