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Question

sconvolgere

Answer 1

to upset, throw into confusion (s = opposite meaning, con = with, volgere = turn towards, all gives us, to unwrap/unwind —> to upset)

Answer 2

to save (money etc), ecconomize

Answer 3

to tighten, squeeze, grip, cling to Note - strinse = passato remoto

Answer 4

to manage, run (a company

Answer 5

to send, to mail

Answer 6

to tell (2) (o)

Answer 7

to carry out, accomplish, finish (Compitare - to spell) Note - vengo assalito = i am attacked

Answer 8

to build (isc)

Answer 9

to appear (Both)

Answer 10

to look towards

Answer 11

to report, tell (isc) (Riferirsi - to refer) Note - indizi = facts

Answer 12

to roast (isc)

Answer 13

to assume, to hire (a car, person etc)

Answer 14

to catch (hunting)

Answer 15

to subtract

Answer 16

to cultivate, till

Answer 17

to switch off, put out (a fire) (spingere - to push)

Answer 18

to substitute (isc)

Answer 19

to prohibit

Answer 20

to arrive/receive, to go as far as Note - i truffatori = the crooks, aspettarsi = to expect

Answer 21

to have to, must

Answer 22

to demonstrate

Answer 23

to undo, loosen, melt

Answer 24

to equal, level

Answer 25

to dwell, to live, to reside

Answer 26

to show, display

Answer 27

to blaze, burn

Answer 28

to meet, reunite, gather (up or together) (isc)

Answer 29

to flow, pass quickly, skim

Answer 30

to stay (temporarily, a sojurn)

Answer 31

to see again

Answer 32

to appear (cone into view) (o) Note - camparso = PP of comparire

Answer 33

to know (2)

Answer 34

to hear (o)

Answer 35

to celebrate

Answer 36

to explain, to unfold, to deploy Note - calmati = calm down (calmare = to calm down)

Answer 37

to proceed

Answer 38

to exclude

Answer 39

to continue, to keep on

Answer 40

to seem, appear (to be) - archaic version - sembrare is now used! Also to think, believe

Answer 41

to return (2)

Answer 42

to applaud (isc)

Answer 43

to discard, to throw away

Answer 44

to furnish, to supply, show (as in provide), equip (isc) Note - fornisi di … = obtain, get

Answer 45

to reach, to catch-up/meet

Answer 46

to lay out, to order

Answer 47

to be worth

Answer 48

to suggest

Answer 49

to give back, to return (2)

Answer 50

to translate

Answer 51

to confess

Answer 52

to arrive (2)

Answer 53

to distinguish

Answer 54

to enjoy, appreciate, want (isc)

Answer 55

to depend, hangs on

Answer 56

to stretch (out), iron (tirare = pull)

Answer 57

to fear, to be afraid of

Answer 58

to launch, throw

Answer 59

to imply, mean

Answer 60

to bring, to carry

Answer 61

to be able to

Answer 62

to seem, to look like

Answer 63

to act, take effect

Answer 64

to display, expose

Answer 65

to join, stick, adhere

Answer 66

to associate with, frequent

Answer 67

to clean (2)

Answer 68

to go out, to get out, to exit (isc - esco, esci, esce, usciamo, uscite, escono)

Answer 69

to rent (a house, room etc)

Answer 70

to establish, set up, agree upon) (isc)

Answer 71

to get dressed

Answer 72

to support, maintain (ie argue, assert)

Answer 73

to pull, throw, blow (wind)

Answer 74

to happen (o, avvengo etc) (avvertire - to inform) Note - l’avvenire is also a noun = the future

Answer 75

to scream, to shout (2)

Answer 76

to close, to shut

Answer 77

to attach, to paste

Answer 78

to run away, hurry away

Answer 79

to tempt, attempt (try) Note - invano = in vane

Answer 80

turn to, aim, point

Answer 81

to fill up, fill in (both)

Answer 82

to kill (2)

Answer 83

to define (isc)

Answer 84

to shake, tremble

Answer 85

to practice (law etc)

Answer 86

to sign (fermare - to stop)

Answer 87

to refuse, decline, deny

Answer 88

to betray (-isc) Note - la fiducia = the trust

Answer 89

to continue (o)

Answer 90

to look for, or to try

Answer 91

to move (the body or an object)

Answer 92

to reprimand, rebuke

Answer 93

to come from (o)

Answer 94

to turn pale (isc)

Answer 95

to allow (3)

Answer 96

to enter, to go in

Answer 97

to find (again)

Answer 98

to recognise, admit Note - ti fossi fatto … = you had (yourself) …

Answer 99

to persist

Answer 100

to take an interest

Answer 101

to put on, wear

Answer 102

to require, ask again, demand

Answer 103

to distribute

Answer 104

to amaze (isc) Note - ricercato = sought-after, cherished, refined

Answer 105

to belong to

Answer 106

to remove, take away, eliminate Note - fionda = catapult

Answer 107

to treat, negotiate, deal with, be about (a film) Note - cercare = to search for, cercare di = to try

Answer 108

to interest

Answer 109

to contradict (o)

Answer 110

to destroy

Answer 111

to give a gift

Answer 112

to make a mistake

Answer 113

to guard, look after, take care of (isc)

Answer 114

to succeed, to be good at riuscire a = to manage to, to able to (with a skill) (o)

Answer 115

to cough (isc)

Answer 116

to give back, make, express

Answer 117

to draw a conclusion, derive, pull tirare - to pull (the door))

Answer 118

to cook (2)

Answer 119

to abandon, to leave

Answer 120

to be divorsed

Answer 121

to react (agire - to act) (isc)

Answer 122

to become dry

Answer 123

to withdraw (tirare - to throw/pull/stretch)

Answer 124

to worry (oneself)

Answer 125

to force, obligate, compel (somebody to do something) (Constrain (somebody from doing something) = impedire, proibire, vietare)

Answer 126

to send, to emit, give off (scent)

Answer 127

to become angry, mad

Answer 128

to hold, support, steady Note - contrafforti = buttresses, navata = nave

Answer 129

to hide, keep secret

Answer 130

to disguise, dress-up (vestire - to dress) (o)

Answer 131

to contain

Answer 132

to envy, long for

Answer 133

to include

Answer 134

to intervene (o)

Answer 135

to draw a conclusion, derive, pull

Answer 136

to move, postpone

Answer 137

to defer, delay (isc)

Answer 138

to get a whiff of - inform - alert - caution - give warning - sense - taste - tip off - warn - warn away (o)

Answer 139

to choose (2)

Answer 140

to start (2)

Answer 141

to neglect, overlook, ignore

Answer 142

to prevent, to impede

Answer 143

to leave (2)

Answer 144

to represent

Answer 145

to discuss

Answer 146

to be necessary

Answer 147

to assail, attack (o - assalgo, assali etc)

Answer 148

to encourage

Answer 149

to go down, get off

Answer 150

to assure, to ensure

Answer 151

to learn (2)

Answer 152

to offer (o)

Answer 153

to quarrel

Answer 154

to confuse one thing for another, mix up

Answer 155

to happen, to follow (as a consequence), to succeed (as in replace)

Answer 156

In modern usage - to believe or consider Historically - to hold back, detain, restrain. (From the Latin: ‘re’ - back and ‘tenēre’ - to hold)

Answer 157

to exaggerate, overdo

Answer 158

to express

Answer 159

to like, please

Answer 160

to obey (isc)

Answer 161

to stay, remain (3)

Answer 162

to have lunch

Answer 163

to pose, lay, lean, place, put Note - ritratto = portrait

Answer 164

to imagine

Answer 165

to pick-up, gather, harvest, collect

Answer 166

to spell out (words)

Answer 167

to disappear, vanish (both) Note - mongolfiera = hot air balloon, all’orizzonte = on the horizon, “from sight”

Answer 168

to beat (with violence)

Answer 169

to transfer, move house

Answer 170

to wake up, to awaken

Answer 171

to fall in love

Answer 172

to declare, to state

Answer 173

to persuade

Answer 174

to cripple

Answer 175

to press, pressure/coerce, squash (also pressare) Note - affinché finisca = so that it ends

Answer 176

to go for a walk

Answer 177

to appear (be among), figure (imagine, picture) “I imagined him older “

Answer 178

to keep back, hold back, block (tenere - to hold) Note - cercare di … = to try to ….

Answer 179

to attribute

Answer 180

to sew (o) (Cuocere - to cook)

Answer 181

to take care of

Answer 182

to cease, give up (smoking etc)

Answer 183

to save, rescue, protect

Answer 184

to operate

Answer 185

to live, dwell, reside

Answer 186

to produce

Answer 187

to occur Note - il terremoto = the earthquake

Answer 188

to dress, to wear (o)

Answer 189

to prepare

Answer 190

to grow old, age

Answer 191

to consider

Answer 192

to propose, suggest

Answer 193

to found, esstablish

Answer 194

to perceive, notice

Answer 195

to cover (o)

Answer 196

to disappear (both)

Answer 197

to join together, unite

Answer 198

to discover, to find out (o) (coprire - to cover)

Answer 199

to inquire (isc)

Answer 200

to notice, realise Note - ingorgo = traffic jam

Answer 201

to absolve

Answer 202

to populate

Answer 203

to wound (isc) Note - si = himself, ferì = passato remoto, cercare = to try

Answer 204

to execute an order (both) (Prosequire = to continue)

Answer 205

to go mad (isc)

Answer 206

to maintain, keep

Answer 207

to guarantee (isc)

Answer 208

to support, bear

Answer 209

to spent, elapse (and trascorrere di tempo -pass time) Note - ricevuto = received (seen)

Answer 210

to bring back/again, display, carry (news)

Answer 211

to observe

Answer 212

to forbid, prohibit

Answer 213

to presume, suppose, imagine

Answer 214

to try, to prove

Answer 215

to develop

Answer 216

to kill Note - il sicario = the hitman

Answer 217

to arrange, place, be available (dispongo, disponi etc)

Answer 218

to taste Note - esilarante = hilarious

Answer 219

to amuse, to entertain (o)

Answer 220

to resist, endure

Answer 221

to lie (not tell the truth) (isc)

Answer 222

to put up with, endure (isc)

Answer 223

to punish (-isc)

Answer 224

to wave, to greet

Answer 225

to understand (2)

Answer 226

to determine

Answer 227

to send something (post) or someone (dispatch)

Answer 228

to be sorry, regret

Answer 229

to reduce, lower (isc)

Answer 230

to point out, to indicate

Answer 231

to compare

Answer 232

to recount

Answer 233

to remember

Answer 234

to be born

Answer 235

to swear (to), take an oath

Answer 236

to find yourself, meet up with, get together with, be with

Answer 237

to reserve

Answer 238

to become (2)

Answer 239

to advise, recommend

Answer 240

to manage, organize, ‚”handle”, run (operate)

Answer 241

to feed, nourish (isc)

Answer 242

to acknowledge, admit, confess, assume/allow Note - sulla can also mean “about the”

Answer 243

to believe, (to think it is so)

Answer 244

to ask (2)

Answer 245

to start (2)

Answer 246

to turn, to twist

Answer 247

to leave (2)

Answer 248

to adore, worship

Answer 249

to introduce oneself

Answer 250

to give back, to return (2)

Answer 251

to disappoint Note - la prestazione = the performance; la partita = the match

Answer 252

to be tired

Answer 253

to repair, fix

Answer 254

to piss off, annoy Note - martello = hammer

Answer 255

to remove, take off (3)

Answer 256

to cook (2)

Answer 257

to resume, summarise

Answer 258

to engrose, capitivate, engage (originates from the Latin word vincere, meaning "to bind" or "to conquer," with the prefix "a-" added, likely signifying a strengthening or intensification of the action. Therefore, the core meaning of avvincere revolves around binding, captivating, or enthralling someone or something) Note - il lettore = the reader

Answer 259

to correct

Answer 260

to organize

Answer 261

to wish, to desire

Answer 262

to rise (in the sky), to spring up, to stand (a castle in the mountains)

Answer 263

to look after, to be careful

Answer 264

to employee, use Note - trapeno = drill, foro = hole)

Answer 265

to boil (o)

Answer 266

to lay out / to stretch out

Answer 267

to heal (isc)

Answer 268

to get nervous (Innervosire = to piss off / annoy)

Answer 269

to avoid, escape, prevent

Answer 270

to make clear, clarify, explain (isc)

Answer 271

to mix (To chew = masticare)

Answer 272

to receive

Answer 273

to manage, organize, transport ‚handle, run (operate)

Answer 274

to describe

Answer 275

to suffer, not tolerate (o)

Answer 276

to loose weight, to look slimmer (-isc) Note - la gravidanza = the pregnancy

Answer 277

to rejoice (isc)

Answer 278

to pronounce

Answer 279

to ask (2)

Answer 280

To pour (deliberately), spill (accidentally), deposit (money)

Answer 281

to disappear, fade away (Isc)

Answer 282

to become (o, divengo etc)

Answer 283

to intend, mean

Answer 284

to scare (isc) Note -talmente tanto = so much — when you use talmente tanto (vs cosi tanto) the sentence must continue with “che …” Talmente tanto is more dramatic than cosi tanto

Answer 285

to be enough

Answer 286

to repel, reject (spingere - to push, shove)

Answer 287

to understand (2)

Answer 288

to protect

Answer 289

to present, to introduce

Answer 290

to shake Note - I neonati = the babies

Answer 291

to measure

Answer 292

to phone, to call

Answer 293

to wake up, to awaken

Answer 294

to happen, occur, end up

Answer 295

to weigh Note -le merce = the goods Prestare = to lend Pressare = to press Pestare = to tread on

Answer 296

to explode

Answer 297

to accompany, to go with

Answer 298

to emerge (?)

Answer 299

to hand out / extend / pass, to offer / lend / give Note - fazzoletto = tissue

Answer 300

to write, spell out, write out in full

Answer 301

to lend Note - difficilmente = difficult, unlikely

Answer 302

to degrade, depress, sadden (isc)

Answer 303

to stay, remain (3)

Answer 304

to finish, to end (isc)

Answer 305

to perceive (isc)

Answer 306

to join the army

Answer 307

to insert (isc)

Answer 308

to sleep (o)

Answer 309

to avoid, elude, escape (o)

Answer 310

to allow (3)

Answer 311

to land (a plane) (trarre - to pull)

Answer 312

to multiply

Answer 313

to exhibit, show (isc)

Answer 314

to lose, mislay (isc)

Answer 315

to wait for (2)

Answer 316

to kidnap (-isc)

Answer 317

to renounce, give up

Answer 318

to miss, be lacking, need, fall short (to be missing - essere mancante) Note - tatto = tact

Answer 319

to improve

Answer 320

to play (an instrument), to ring

Answer 321

to touch, feel, concern, be the turn of (buying drinks)

Answer 322

to take part, attend

Answer 323

to rest, sleep

Answer 324

to throw (3)

Answer 325

to push, urge

Answer 326

to hold Note - un pallone = a ball

Answer 327

to scream, to shout (2)

Answer 328

to effect, influence (also influenzare) (isc)

Answer 329

to put, place

Answer 330

to thank (vi ringrazio per la risposta)

Answer 331

to promote

Answer 332

to look, to watch

Answer 333

to convince

Answer 334

to gather, pick, pluck

Answer 335

to faint (o) Note - un calo = a decline, un causa di = because)

Answer 336

to reduce Note -formato = size, format

Answer 337

to choose (2)

Answer 338

to increase, raise

Answer 339

to put back

Answer 340

to connect

Answer 341

to dress a salad, season (Isc)

Answer 342

to dine, to have dinner

Answer 343

to suffer, suffer from (isc) (subire (isc) - to be subject to, endure) Note - le pene dell’inferno = the pains of hell (le pene = the penalties)

Answer 344

to pray, ask (nicely)

Answer 345

to stay, remain (3)

Answer 346

to fail, abort, to have an abortion (isc)

Answer 347

to deny, retract also: to fail, disappoint (Mentire - to lie) (isc) Note - le voci = the rumors, la presenta = the alleged, l’ufficio stampa = the press office, sono smentite = they are denied, sono state smentite = they have been denied

Answer 348

to pretend

Answer 349

to fall in love

Answer 350

to flower, bloom (isc)

Answer 351

to dress again (vestire), coat, cover (isc)

Answer 352

to realize, fulfill

Answer 353

to extract

Answer 354

to take advantage, to make the most of

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