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Ponti Chapter 8
Vocab from Ponti (2nd ed) Chapter 8
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Language - Italian
Undergraduate 2
03/23/2009
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l’ambientalista
 Definition
environmentalist
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l’ambiente
 Definition
environment
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l’animalista
 Definition
animal-rights activist
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la bomboletta spray
 Definition
aerosol spray can
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il canile
 Definition
dog pound
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depurare
 Definition
to purify
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l’effeto serra
 Definition
greenhouse effect
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la fascia dell’ozono
 Definition
ozone layer
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l’inquinamento
 Definition
pollution
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inquinare
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to pollute
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l’operatore sociale
 Definition
social worker
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la pila
 Definition
battery
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il prodotto usa e getta
 Definition
disposable product
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la protezione dell’ambiente
 Definition
environmental protection
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il riciclaggio
 Definition
recycling
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i rifiuti
 Definition
garbage
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scaricare
 Definition
to unload, dump
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l’adozione
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adoption (f)
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l’alcolista
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alcoholic
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l’analfabetismo
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illetracy
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l’animale randagio
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stray animal
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il bisognoso
 Definition
needy person
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il carcerato/il detenuto
 Definition
prisoner
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il carcere
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prison, jail
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la casa di riposo
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retirement home
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la casa popolare
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low-cost subsidized housing
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il centro d’accoglienza
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shelter
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la comunità
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rehabilitation center
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il/la disabile
 Definition
handicapped person
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l’extracomunitario/a
 Definition
immigrant from outside of the European Community
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fare beneficenza
 Definition
to donate
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l’immigrato/a
 Definition
immigrant
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l’immigrazione
 Definition
immigration
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l’impegno sociale
 Definition
social obligation
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il recupero
 Definition
recovery, rescue
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il rifugio
 Definition
animal shelter
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il/la senzatetto
 Definition
homeless person
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il/la tossicodipendente
 Definition
drug addict
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il volontariato
 Definition
volunteer work
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il volontario
 Definition
volunteer
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beneficenza
 Definition
charity
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coinvolgersi
 Definition
to get involved
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i diritti umani
 Definition
human rights
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discriminare
 Definition
to discriminate
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discriminazione
 Definition
discrimination
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impegnarsi
 Definition
to get involved
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impegnativo/a
 Definition
demanding, time-consuming
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imporre
 Definition
to impose, inflict
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l’incentivo
 Definition
incentive
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il numero verde
 Definition
800 number
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l’ostracismo
 Definition
ostracism
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ostracizzare
 Definition
to ostracize
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la pena
 Definition
punishment, sentence
Term
la pena di morte
 Definition
death penalty
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i pannelli solari
 Definition
solar panels
Term
proteggere
 Definition
to protect
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reinserimento
 Definition
reintegration
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sentirsi a proprio agio
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to feel at ease
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la solidarietà
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solidarity
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sovraffollato/a
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overcrowded
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a condizione che
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provided that
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a meno che…non
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unless
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benché
 Definition
even though
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come se
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as if
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di modo che
 Definition
so that
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malgrado
 Definition
despite
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nel caso che
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in case
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nonostante
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even though
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perché
 Definition
so that
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purché
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provided that
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quantunque
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although
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sebbene
 Definition
even though
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senonché
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unless
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senza che*
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without
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prima che*
 Definition
before
Term
affinché*
 Definition
in order that
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