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I Promessi Sposi - 5
I - Promessi Sposi - Chapter 5 - Colette's vocab from Antonio's class
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11/23/2012
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Term
collina
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hill
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domina
 Definition
overlooking
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boschi
 Definition
woods
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precipizi
 Definition
precipices
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innominato
 Definition
nameless
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calvo
 Definition
bald
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rugosa
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rough/wrinkled
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acconsente
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agrees
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richiesta
 Definition
request
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rapire
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kidnap
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popolo
 Definition
people/folk/commons
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impresa
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undertaking/venture
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contare
 Definition
count/count on/rely upon
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scrupoli
 Definition
scruples
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monaca
 Definition
nun
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insistentemente
 Definition
insistently/persistently
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acconsentira
 Definition
consents
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proposta
 Definition
proposal
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appare
 Definition
appears/seems
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spaventosa
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scary
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amante
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lover
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piano
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plan
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attuare
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implement
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rifutarsi
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refuse him
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cammina
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walking
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sportello
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door
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mi sapete dire
 Definition
tell me... make me know
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sbagliato
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wrong/mistaken
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indicare
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indicate/show/point
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prende per la vita
 Definition
took her by the waist
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fianchi
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hips
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corpo
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body
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forza
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force/strength
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urla
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she screams
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si agita
 Definition
she shakes
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fazzoletto
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hankerchief
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soffocare il grido in gola
 Definition
stifle the cry in the throat
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impedire di gridare
 Definition
prevent one from crying/screaming
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bosco
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woods
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sviene
 Definition
faints
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concienza
 Definition
conscienceness
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trattenere (trattengono)
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to hold (they hold)
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resta
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remains/stays/is still
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pregare
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to pray
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intanto
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meanwhile
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inquietudine
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anxeity/worry/restlessnes
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fa chiamare una vecchia serva
 Definition
calls himself an old maid
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incontro
 Definition
meeting/encounter
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farle coraggio
 Definition
encourage her
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ho sbagliato a impegnarmi, pensa tra se
 Definition
I was wrong to commit, he thinks to himself.
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turbato
 Definition
disturbed/distraught
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rannicchiata
 Definition
curled up /crouched/huddled
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inginocchia
 Definition
she kneels
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sfogarsi
 Definition
to confide/ tell one's problems
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patire le pene dell'inferno
 Definition
to suffer the punishments of hell
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interrompe
 Definition
interupts
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terrorizzata da quello che potra' succedere
 Definition
terrified of what will/might happen.
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angosciata
 Definition
anguished/distressed
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salva
 Definition
save
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fare voto/promettere solennemente a Dio
 Definition
to make a solum promise to God.
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rivede
 Definition
review/re-see/rethink
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il male fatto
 Definition
the evil done
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pentito
 Definition
repented/felt sorry
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perdono
 Definition
forgiveness
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cambiamento
 Definition
change (noun)
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eppure
 Definition
and yet/nevertheless/though
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finche'
 Definition
until
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campane
 Definition
bells
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suono
 Definition
sound
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rendere
 Definition
render/make/give/restore/get results
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incammina senza scorta
 Definition
walks unescorted
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sacerdote
 Definition
high priest
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niente meno che
 Definition
nothing less than
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volto
 Definition
face
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stringere la mano
 Definition
shake hands (literally - tighten/grasp/clasp/squeeze) the hand
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riparare un torto
rimediare a un danno, a un male
 Definition
right a wrong
remedy an injury
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spargera
 Definition
spread
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afflitti/ persona addorlorata/tormentata
 Definition
afflicted/ people with sorrows/ tormented
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strumento
 Definition
tool/instrument/means
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salvezza
 Definition
salvation
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rovinare
 Definition
ruin/spoil/destroy
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parroci
 Definition
pastors
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radunati
 Definition
gathered
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incarico
 Definition
commission/task
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carattere
 Definition
character/nature
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apposta
 Definition
on purpose/intentionally
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non e' piu quello di prima
 Definition
it's no longer the same as before.
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chiasso
 Definition
uproar/clamor
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accoglie
 Definition
welcomes
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sarto
 Definition
tailor/dressmaker
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distrarre
 Definition
to distract
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divertire
 Definition
divert
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pianti
 Definition
tears
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rimprovera
 Definition
rebukes/scolds
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rivelare
 Definition
reveal
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guai
 Definition
trouble/woes
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sbalordita
 Definition
stunned
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benestante
 Definition
well off
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carattere
 Definition
character, temperament
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dote
 Definition
dowry
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incarico
 Definition
task, appointment, job, duty, errand
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pentire
 Definition
sorry/regret/repent
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rimproverare
 Definition
to scold
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distribuire
 Definition
distribute, spread, deliver
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finestrino
 Definition
little window - like in a car
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foresta
 Definition
forest
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girdare
 Definition
to yell
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grinzoso
 Definition
wrinkled, puckered,shriveled (describing a thing, not a person)
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morali
 Definition
moral
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privo
 Definition
deprived
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rimpiangere
 Definition
regret, lament, mourn (lit - to cry again)
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sgridare
 Definition
to yell at someone
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accolto
 Definition
welcomed
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abbandonato
 Definition
abandoned
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benessere
 Definition
well being, comfort, ease
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calmare
 Definition
to calm, to sooth
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concentrare
 Definition
to concentrate, to focus
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disteso
 Definition
distended/outstretched/splayed
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indifferente
 Definition
indifferent, unconcerned, apathetic, nonchalant
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tacere
 Definition
to be silent, to keep silent, to hush
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