Italienska | Engelska |
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ascigatura ad aria adjective | air-dry(dried by exposure to air) |
ascoltare con attenzione verb | hearken [hearkened, hearkening, hearkens](to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered) |
aspettare un attimo verb | hold on(wait a minute) |
asso di assi noun | ace of aces(ace with the greatest number of kills) |
associare un nome a verb | put a name to(to attribute a person's name to) |
associazione a delinquere noun {f} | syndicate [syndicates](group of gangsters) |
attaccare alla presa verb | plug in(connect an electrical device) |
attacco aereo noun {m} | air strike(attack by aircraft) |
attendere con ansia verb | look forward to(anticipate, expect, or wait for) |
attenti al cane phrase | beware of the dogphrase |
Atti degli Apostoli proper noun {m-Pl} | Acts of the Apostles(fifth book of the New Testament) |
attrezzo a chiave per il blocco dei veicoli noun {m} | wheel clamp(device locked to the wheel of a motor car to prevent it from being driven) |
autobus articolato noun | articulated busnoun |
autostrada a pedaggio noun {f} | turnpike [turnpikes](toll road) |
avanzare; anticipare verb | advance [advanced, advancing, advances](to bring to view or notice; to offer or propose) |
avere altre gatte da pelare verb | have other fish to fry(to have more important things to do) |
avere il morale a terra verb | have one's heart in one's boots(feel very sad) |
avere in animo verb | intend [intended, intending, intends](to fix the mind upon a goal) plan [planned, planning, plans](to intend) |
avere la testa a posto verb | have one's head screwed onverb |
avere nervi a fior di pelle verb | wire [wired, wiring, wires](to make someone tense or psyched-up) |
avere un asso nella manica preposition | up one's sleeve(hidden, in reserve) |
averla formichiera alimacchiettate noun | spot-winged antshrike(Pygiptila stellaris) |
averla formichiera alirossiccie noun | rufous-winged antshrike(Thamnophilus torquatus) |
aversene a male verb | take offense(feel and possibly show resentment) |
avete bisogno di aiuto? phrase | do you need help(do you need help?) |
avverso al rischio adjective | risk-averse(unwilling to take risks) |
avvicinarsi a verb | approach [approached, approaching, approaches](to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value) |
avvoltoio degli agnelli noun {m} | lammergeier [lammergeiers](bird) |
aye-aye noun | aye-aye [aye-ayes](nocturnal quadruped) |
azione a distanza noun {f} | |
azione spettrale a distanza noun {f} | |
bacio alla fiorentina noun {m} | French kiss(a kiss involving the tongue) |
bacio alla francese noun {m} | French kiss(a kiss involving the tongue) |
badare ai fatti propri verb | mind one's own business(to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others) |
balenottera azzurra noun {f} | blue whale [blue whales](a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) |
ballare al ritmo dettato da qualcuno verb | dance to someone's tune(to do what someone expects) |
ballo di fine anno noun | prom [proms](a formal ball) |
balzare alle stelle verb | skyrocket [skyrocketed, skyrocketing, skyrockets](to increase suddenly and extremely) |
banco alimentare noun {m} | food bank(a non-profit, charitable organization that distributes food to feed the hungry) |