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Term il movimento studentesco	Definition the student movement
Term la protesta	Definition protest
Term i sessantottini	Definition students from the 1968 generation
Term l'occupazione	Definition sit-in
Term l'assemblea	Definition political gathering
Term l'oppressione	Definition opression
Term la cultura dominante	Definition the dominant culture
Term l'ideologia dominante	Definition the dominant ideology
Term gli studenti-lavoratori	Definition student-workers
Term riformista	Definition revisionist, a person who wanted reform
Term rivoluzionario	Definition revolutionary, those who wanted to get rid of existing system
Term gli "extra-parlamentari"	Definition people and political movements of extreme left ideologies who didn't believe in the value of holding elected positions in Parliament
Term il movimento femminista	Definition the feminist movement
Term i contratti di lavoro	Definition collective labor contracts
Term gli scioperi	Definition strikes
Term le rivendicazioni operaie	Definition the demands of the workers
Term la lotta antifascista	Definition the Anti-fascist struggle
Term le riforme istituzionali	Definition reforms of the political system legislated by the Italian Constitution
Term la strategia della tensione	Definition the deliberate attempt to create, with terrorist attacks, a climate of generalized fear in order to justify the establishment of a right wing government
Term gli attentati terroristici	Definition terrorist attacks
Term le Brigate Rosse	Definition the Red Brigades
Term il compromesso storico	Definition the proposed government alliance between the PCI and the DC that some sectors of both parties wanted
Term i rapimenti	Definition kidnappings
Term le uccisioni	Definition killings
Term le gambizzazioni	Definition kneecappings
Term i "pentiti"	Definition the "repented" ones, i.e. the arrested members of BR who decided to collaborate with the police
Term gli "irriducibili"	Definition the "indomitable" ones, i.e. arrested members or the BR who did not collaborate with the police
Term gli "anni di piombo"	Definition the "years of the bullet," the late 70's and early 80's characterized by intense violent political activities
Term scuotere	Definition to shake (p.r. scosse)
Term sfidare	Definition to challenge
Term apparire	Definition to appear (p.e. apparve)
Term ribaltare	Definition to turn upside down
Term il divario	Definition the difference
Term inasprirsi	Definition to become harsher
Term l'ambiente	Definition environment
Term accedere	Definition to enter, to access
Term la facolta universitarie	Definition university schools or departments
Term gli istituti tecnici	Definition vocational high schools
Term gli iscritti	Definition students enrolled in a university
Term gli alloggi	Definition housing
Term le aule	Definition classrooms
Term il fattore scatenante	Definition the triggering element
Term promuovere	Definition to pass (an exam)
Term bocciare	Definition to fail
Term i dirigenti	Definition executives, leaders
Term sfruttare	Definition to exploit
Term constatare	Definition to realize
Term di pari passo	Definition at the same rate
Term parere	Definition to appear (p.r. parve)
Term giungere	Definition to arrive (p.r. giunto)
Term prospettare	Definition to envision, to propose
Term gestire	Definition to run (a company)
Term la delega	Definition representation by proxy
Term punteggiato	Definition dotted, pervaded with
Term le rivendicazioni	Definition claims, demands
Term le agitazioni operaie	Definition the workers' strikes and other forms of political actions
Term il disagio	Definition hardship
Term provare	Definition to experience, to feel
Term i ritmi di lavoro	Definition the productivity rate that a factory worker must keep up with
Term lo sfruttamento	Definition exploitation
Term la rabbia	Definition rage
Term riscontrate	Definition to tally
Term avere poca presa	Definition to have little influence on
Term le fila	Definition ranks
Term il "cottimo"	Definition contract on a piecework basis
Term il periodo di prova	Definition the trial period (i.e. the first few months a worker is employed in a company)
Term il congedo pagato	Definition days off from work that are fully paid
Term la licenza media	Definition eighth grade diploma
Term avvenire	Definition to happen (p.r. avvenne)
Term finire per...	Definition to end up...
Term sancire	Definition to ratify
Term il manicomio	Definition mental hospital
Term sovvertire	Definition to subvert, destroy, sabotage, weaken
Term allearsi	Definition to form an alliance with
Term instaurare	Definition to instate, establish
Term il colpo di stato	Definition coup d'etat
Term la strage	Definition massacre, genocide
Term mettere in atto	Definition to carry out
Term la portato	Definition range, significance
Term incolpare	Definition to blame
Term appurare	Definition to verify, to ascertain
Term il processo	Definition trial
Term andare per le lunghe	Definition to drag on
Term le indagini	Definition investigations
Term insabbiatura, insabbiamento	Definition burying something in the sand, i.e. the hiding of evidence
Term assolvere	Definition to absolve (p.r. assolto)
Term insufficienza di prove	Definition insufficient evidence for a guilty verdict
Term l'esodo	Definition exodus (for summer vacation at the start of August)
Term gli esecutori	Definition executors of a crime
Term i mandanti	Definition instigators of a crime
Term recuperare	Definition to salvage, to rescue
Term i ceti medi	Definition the middle class
Term le frange	Definition fringes, sides
Term la rapina	Definition armed robbery
Term denunciare	Definition to report to the police
Term eclatante	Definition astonishing, bewildering
Term la trattativa	Definition negotiation
Term impegnarsi	Definition to commit oneself
Term acuirsi	Definition to sharpen
Term emarginato	Definition pushed to the margin, excluded, discriminated against
Term sconfiggere	Definition to defeat (p.r. sconfisse)
Term indebolirsi	Definition to become weak
Term accordare pene lievi	Definition to give mild sentences in a trial
Term languire	Definition to languish, become feeble
Term armi di fuoco	Definition fire arms
Term intaccare	Definition to damage, corrode
Term anzi	Definition to the contrary
Term gli sprechi	Definition waste in government spending
Term le clientele	Definition people who give and receive favors from politicians
Term la svolta autoritaria	Definition a change in government politics in favor of authoritarian, right wing views
Term le classi sublaterne	Definition the lower classes
Term vacillare	Definition to stagger, waver
Term apparente	Definition in appearance, on the surface
Term la delusione	Definition disappointment
Term vellutato	Definition velvety, slippery
Term rafforzare	Definition to strengthen
Term infervorato	Definition excited
Term fingere	Definition to pretend, to feign (p.r. finsi)
Term di li a poco	Definition shortly after
Term la vigliaccheria	Definition cowardliness
Term l'invadenza	Definition intrusiveness
Term il pudore	Definition reserve, modesty
Term la noncuranza	Definition carelessness
Term l'attimo	Definition second, moment
Term pentirsi	Definition to regret, repent
Term lamentarsi	Definition to complain
Term intimorire	Definition to frighten, intimidate
Term insofferente	Definition intolerant
Term coinvolgere	Definition to involve
Term la cattedra	Definition pulpit, teacher's desk
Term far finta	Definition to pretend
Term fermo	Definition still, motionless
Term aggiornare	Definition to update

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