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Movimento di Protesta
Unita 3
133
Language - Italian
Undergraduate 2
04/23/2009
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Term
il movimento studentesco
 Definition
the student movement
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la protesta
 Definition
protest
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i sessantottini
 Definition
students from the 1968 generation
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l'occupazione
 Definition
sit-in
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l'assemblea
 Definition
political gathering
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l'oppressione
 Definition
opression
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la cultura dominante
 Definition
the dominant culture
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l'ideologia dominante
 Definition
the dominant ideology
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gli studenti-lavoratori
 Definition
student-workers
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riformista
 Definition
revisionist, a person who wanted reform
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rivoluzionario
 Definition
revolutionary, those who wanted to get rid of existing system
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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
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il movimento femminista
 Definition
the feminist movement
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i contratti di lavoro
 Definition
collective labor contracts
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gli scioperi
 Definition
strikes
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le rivendicazioni operaie
 Definition
the demands of the workers
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la lotta antifascista
 Definition
the Anti-fascist struggle
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le riforme istituzionali
 Definition
reforms of the political system legislated by the Italian Constitution
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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
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gli attentati terroristici
 Definition
terrorist attacks
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le Brigate Rosse
 Definition
the Red Brigades
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il compromesso storico
 Definition
the proposed government alliance between the PCI and the DC that some sectors of both parties wanted
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i rapimenti
 Definition
kidnappings
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le uccisioni
 Definition
killings
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le gambizzazioni
 Definition
kneecappings
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i "pentiti"
 Definition
the "repented" ones, i.e. the arrested members of BR who decided to collaborate with the police
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gli "irriducibili"
 Definition
the "indomitable" ones, i.e. arrested members or the BR who did not collaborate with the police
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gli "anni di piombo"
 Definition
the "years of the bullet," the late 70's and early 80's characterized by intense violent political activities
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scuotere
 Definition
to shake (p.r. scosse)
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sfidare
 Definition
to challenge
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apparire
 Definition
to appear (p.e. apparve)
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ribaltare
 Definition
to turn upside down
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il divario
 Definition
the difference
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inasprirsi
 Definition
to become harsher
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l'ambiente
 Definition
environment
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accedere
 Definition
to enter, to access
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la facolta universitarie
 Definition
university schools or departments
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gli istituti tecnici
 Definition
vocational high schools
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gli iscritti
 Definition
students enrolled in a university
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gli alloggi
 Definition
housing
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le aule
 Definition
classrooms
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il fattore scatenante
 Definition
the triggering element
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promuovere
 Definition
to pass (an exam)
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bocciare
 Definition
to fail
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i dirigenti
 Definition
executives, leaders
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sfruttare
 Definition
to exploit
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constatare
 Definition
to realize
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di pari passo
 Definition
at the same rate
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parere
 Definition
to appear (p.r. parve)
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giungere
 Definition
to arrive (p.r. giunto)
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prospettare
 Definition
to envision, to propose
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gestire
 Definition
to run (a company)
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la delega
 Definition
representation by proxy
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punteggiato
 Definition
dotted, pervaded with
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le rivendicazioni
 Definition
claims, demands
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le agitazioni operaie
 Definition
the workers' strikes and other forms of political actions
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il disagio
 Definition
hardship
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provare
 Definition
to experience, to feel
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i ritmi di lavoro
 Definition
the productivity rate that a factory worker must keep up with
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lo sfruttamento
 Definition
exploitation
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la rabbia
 Definition
rage
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riscontrate
 Definition
to tally
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avere poca presa
 Definition
to have little influence on
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le fila
 Definition
ranks
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il "cottimo"
 Definition
contract on a piecework basis
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il periodo di prova
 Definition
the trial period (i.e. the first few months a worker is employed in a company)
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il congedo pagato
 Definition
days off from work that are fully paid
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la licenza media
 Definition
eighth grade diploma
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avvenire
 Definition
to happen (p.r. avvenne)
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finire per...
 Definition
to end up...
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sancire
 Definition
to ratify
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il manicomio
 Definition
mental hospital
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sovvertire
 Definition
to subvert, destroy, sabotage, weaken
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allearsi
 Definition
to form an alliance with
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instaurare
 Definition
to instate, establish
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il colpo di stato
 Definition
coup d'etat
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la strage
 Definition
massacre, genocide
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mettere in atto
 Definition
to carry out
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la portato
 Definition
range, significance
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incolpare
 Definition
to blame
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appurare
 Definition
to verify, to ascertain
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il processo
 Definition
trial
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andare per le lunghe
 Definition
to drag on
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le indagini
 Definition
investigations
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insabbiatura, insabbiamento
 Definition
burying something in the sand, i.e. the hiding of evidence
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assolvere
 Definition
to absolve (p.r. assolto)
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insufficienza di prove
 Definition
insufficient evidence for a guilty verdict
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l'esodo
 Definition
exodus (for summer vacation at the start of August)
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gli esecutori
 Definition
executors of a crime
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i mandanti
 Definition
instigators of a crime
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recuperare
 Definition
to salvage, to rescue
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i ceti medi
 Definition
the middle class
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le frange
 Definition
fringes, sides
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la rapina
 Definition
armed robbery
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denunciare
 Definition
to report to the police
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eclatante
 Definition
astonishing, bewildering
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la trattativa
 Definition
negotiation
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impegnarsi
 Definition
to commit oneself
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acuirsi
 Definition
to sharpen
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emarginato
 Definition
pushed to the margin, excluded, discriminated against
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sconfiggere
 Definition
to defeat (p.r. sconfisse)
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indebolirsi
 Definition
to become weak
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accordare pene lievi
 Definition
to give mild sentences in a trial
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languire
 Definition
to languish, become feeble
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armi di fuoco
 Definition
fire arms
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intaccare
 Definition
to damage, corrode
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anzi
 Definition
to the contrary
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gli sprechi
 Definition
waste in government spending
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le clientele
 Definition
people who give and receive favors from politicians
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la svolta autoritaria
 Definition
a change in government politics in favor of authoritarian, right wing views
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le classi sublaterne
 Definition
the lower classes
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vacillare
 Definition
to stagger, waver
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apparente
 Definition
in appearance, on the surface
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la delusione
 Definition
disappointment
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vellutato
 Definition
velvety, slippery
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rafforzare
 Definition
to strengthen
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infervorato
 Definition
excited
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fingere
 Definition
to pretend, to feign (p.r. finsi)
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di li a poco
 Definition
shortly after
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la vigliaccheria
 Definition
cowardliness
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l'invadenza
 Definition
intrusiveness
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il pudore
 Definition
reserve, modesty
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la noncuranza
 Definition
carelessness
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l'attimo
 Definition
second, moment
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pentirsi
 Definition
to regret, repent
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lamentarsi
 Definition
to complain
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intimorire
 Definition
to frighten, intimidate
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insofferente
 Definition
intolerant
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coinvolgere
 Definition
to involve
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la cattedra
 Definition
pulpit, teacher's desk
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far finta
 Definition
to pretend
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fermo
 Definition
still, motionless
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aggiornare
 Definition
to update
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