Olasz | Angol |
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fare causa verb | sue [sued, suing, sues](to file a legal action) |
fare centro verb | hit the nail on the head(identify something exactly) |
fare cilecca verb | fail [failed, failing, fails](not achieve a stated goal) |
fare colazione verb | break one's fast(archaic: to eat breakfast) |
fare come lo struzzo verb | bury one's head in the sand(to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation) |
fare con piacere verb | enjoy [enjoyed, enjoying, enjoys](to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something) |
fare confusione verb | muddle up(confuse something with another) |
fare conoscenza verb | get to know(to become acquainted with someone) reach out(to make more friends) |
fare conversazione verb | make conversation(to talk with someone out of courtesy) |
fare da babysitter verb | babysit [babysat, babysitting, babysits](to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money) |
fare da capro espiatorio verb | scapegoat(to blame or punish for the errors of others) |
fare da guida verb | show around(accustom to a physical place) |
fare da mezzano verb | pander [pandered, pandering, panders]verb |
fare dama verb | king(in checkers) |
fare del bene verb | do good(act virtuously) |
fare del proprio meglio verb | empty the tank(make the utmost effort) put one's best foot forward(make favorable impression) |
fare di necessità virtù verb | make a virtue of necessity(to make the best of a difficult situation) |
fare di una mosca un elefante verb | make a mountain out of a molehill(to treat a problem as greater than it is) |
fare dietro front verb | about turn(perform an about turn) |
fare dietrofront verb | about-face(to turn 180 degrees) |
fare domanda verb | apply [applied, applying, applies](to submit oneself as a candidate) |
fare fallire verb | break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks](to ruin financially) |
fare fiasco verb | flop [flopped, flopping, flops](to fail completely, not to be successful at all) |
fare finta verb | pretend [pretended, pretending, pretends](to make oneself appear to do something) |
fare finta di niente verb | bury one's head in the sand(to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation) |
fare finta di nulla verb | look the other way(to ignore something wrong) |
fare fuori verb | do away with(have someone killed) finish off(to finish completely) waste [wasted, wasting, wastes](slang: to kill) wear out(to cause to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use) |
fare giri di parole verb | beat around the bush(to treat a topic but omit its main points) |
fare gli auguri verb | greet [greeted, greeting, greets](to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes) |
fare i conti verb | deal with(take action with respect to (someone or something)) |
fare i convenevoli verb | greet [greeted, greeting, greets](intransitive: to meet and give salutations) |
fare i piatti verb | do the dishes(to wash up dishes) |
fare il bagno verb | bathe [bathed, bathing, bathes](to clean a person by immersion in water) |
fare il broncio verb | pout [pouted, pouting, pouts](push out one’s lips) |
fare il buffone verb | play the fool(behave in a foolish manner) |