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1esserebe 2diabout · of · to 3eand 4averehave 5nonnot 6chethat · what · who 7aat · for · to 8laher · the 9inin · on 10perfor · to 11faredo · make · take 12unoa · one 13miI · me · my 14andarego · to go 15poterecan 16sione · speak · we · you 17diresay · to tell 18starestay 19cosathing · what 20sapereknow · to know 21mabut 22miomine · my 23volerewant 24daat · for · from 25doveremust 26conwith 27nono 28lethe · they 29tiyou 30tuttoall · everything 31seif 32quellothat 33comeas · how · like 34ioI 35cithere · us 36benegood · well 37perchébecause · why 38tuoyour · yours 39quihere 40suoher · his 41vederesee 42soloalone · only · single 43tuyou 44piùmore 45questothis 46pensarethink · to think 47meme 48cosìlike this · so 49teyou 50fattofact · made · make 51orahour · now · time 52statostate 53altroanother · other 54daregive · to give 55sucome on · on 56quandowhen 57sìyes 58venirecome 59leishe 60parlarespeak · talk · to speak 61neof it · them 62prenderetake 63sentirefeel · hear 64moltomuch · very 65crederebelieve · to believe 66primofirst · first course 67maiever · never 68ooh · or 69anchealso · too 70trovarefind · to find 71graziegrace · thanks 72chithose who · who 73siabe · both 74signoregentleman · lady 75luihe 76alloraso · then 77lasciareleave 78nienteanything · nothing 79portarebring · carry · to bring · to carry 80giàalready 81nostroour · ours 82davveroreally 83ancorastill · yet 84casahouse 85una 86chiamarecall · to call 87dovewhere 88bellobeautiful · beauty 89piacerelike · pleasure · to like 90amicofriend 91voltaarch · time · vault 92nessunoanyone · no · nobody · no one 93noiwe 94duetwo 95quindiso · therefore 96mettereput · put on · to put 97guardareto look · to look at · to watch · watch 98annoyear 99quantoas much as · how · how many · how much 100tornarecome back · return 101uomoman 102certocertain · certainly · sure 103aspettarewait 104sembrareseem 105semprealways 106cercarelook for · search · to look for · to seek · try 107proprioown · really 108tempotime · weather 109lorothey 110chiedereask · to ask · to ask for 111forsemaybe · perhaps 112lithem · they 113giornoday 114scusareapologize · excuse · to apologize 115arrivarearrive 116qualcunosomeone 117ragazzoboy 118poithen 119ucciderekill · to kill 120capireunderstand 121vitalife 122buonogood · voucher 123fuorioutside 124conosceremeet 125nuovonew 126partepart 127personaperson 128riusciremanage · manage to 129lavorojob · work 130stessohimself · same 131voiyou 132ciaohello 133dopoafter 134finirefinish · to finish 135tantoa lot · anyway · much · so much 136postoplace · space 137adessonow 138padrefather 139bisognoneed 140provaretry 141grandeadult · big · large · the great 142viaaway · go · street · way 143vostroyour 144tenerehold · keep · to keep 145uscirego out · to go out · to leave 146aiutarehelp · to help 147megliobest · better · good · the best 148succederehappen 149modoway 150sicurosafe · sure 151giustojust · right 152perderelose · miss · to lose 153servirebe useful · serve 154dispiaceredisplease · sorrow · sorry 155troppotoo · too many · too much 156ognievery 157senzawithout 158problemaproblem 159figlioson 160qualchesome 161eccohere · here is 162malebadly 163donnawoman 164ragazzagirl 165traamong · between 166lavorarework 167madremother 168entrareenter 169favorefavor 170ascoltarelisten 171successosuccess 172momentomoment 173pregarepray · to pray 174prontohello · ready 175tipoguy · kind · like 176restarestay 177loit 178piccolosmall 179manohand 180ricordareremember 181bambinochild 182ideaidea 183amarelove · to love 184soldomoney 185ultimolast 186papàdad 187viverelive 188casocase 189appenajust 190nomename 191forzacome on · force · strength 192secondoaccording to · second 193trethree 194oggitoday 195accordoagreement 196bastarebe enough · enough · have 197gentepeople · person 198moriredie 199diventarebecome 200capitarehappen 201passarepass · spend · to pass 202dentroinside 203famigliafamily 204rimanereremain · stay 205mondoworld 206signoralady 207facciaface 208usareuse 209nullaanything · nothing 210mangiareeat 211ragionereason · right 212mandaresend 213insiemeset · together 214subitoimmediately 215nottenight 216testahead 217giocareplay · to play 218finothin · until 219storiastory 220tesorodarling · treasure 221smetterestop 222unicoonly · unique 223sottounder 224fratellobrother 225aiutohelp 226dottoredoctor 227continuarecontinue 228settimanaweek 229scoprirediscover 230cambiarechange 231minutominute · tiny 232mogliewife 233vecchioold 234fermarestop · to stop 235sperarehope · to hope 236preoccupareworry 237qualewhich 238chiudereclose 239iniziarestart 240occhioeye · watch out 241migliorebest · good 242pagarepay 243scriverewrite 244menoless 245pianopiano 246domanitomorrow 247amorelove 248alcunoany · anyone 249macchinacar 250avanticome on 251lettobed 252sposareget married · marry 253poliziapolice 254lìthere 255beredrink 256felicehappy 257delof the 258aprireopen · to open 259pauraafraid · fear 260mentrewhile 261puntoperiod · point 262fineend · fine 263sederebutt · sit 264po'bit 265pocolittle 266parolaword 267domandaask · question 268abbastanzaenough · quite 269capoboss 270vicinonear · nearby 271renderemake · to make 272comunqueanyway 273stranostrange 274fantasticofantastic 275mesemonth 276nemmenoeven · not even 277seraevening 278prestoearly · quick 279dormiresleep 280importanteimportant 281sparareshoot 282controllarecheck 283cittàcity 284salvaresave 285neancheeven · not even 286significaremean · to mean 287stradaroad · street 288giroride 289quahere 290quasialmost 291funzionarefunction · work 292colpafault 293prossimoneighbor · next 294dimenticareforget 295controagainst 296intendereintend · understand 297salvoexcept · safe 298rispondereanswer · reply 299agenteagent 300terraearth · land · soil 301importarecare · matter 302serioserious 303immaginareimagine 304incontraremeet 305trattaredeal · treat 306decideredecide 307dollarodollar 308almenoat least 309numeronumber 310comprarebuy 311scuolaschool 312possibilepossible 313riceverereceive 314passatopast 315magariif only · maybe 316cominciarestart 317forteloudly · strong 318peròbut 319cuoreheart 320difficiledifficult 321seguirefollow 322vincerewin 323mancarelack · miss 324giùdown 325veritàtruth 326carodear · expensive 327occupareoccupy · take care of 328diversodifferent · several 329muoveremove 330corpobody 331cioèthat is 332indietroback · backwards 333parereseem · to seem 334maritohusband 335sangueblood 336mezzohalf · vehicle 337perfettoperfect · perfect tense 338stanzaroom 339tardilate 340traduzionetranslation 341acquawater 342puropure 343finchéas long as · until 344ieriyesterday 345lungolong 346sbagliaremake a mistake 347contobill 348festaparty 349autocar 350telefonophone · telephone 351piedefoot 352sorellasister 353veramentereally 354affaredeal 355ottimoexcellent · great 356scappareescape · run away 357togliereremove · take off 358qualsiasiany 359offrireoffer 360sensomeaning · sense 361altohigh · loudly 362toccareto touch · touch 363realtàreality 364aspettoaspect 365saccobag · lot · sack 366tirarepull · throw 367entrambiboth 368versosong · sound 369nasconderehide · to hide 370preparareprepare · set 371partireleave 372dietrobehind 373fotophoto 374bruttobad · ugly 375corrererun 376vivoalive · live · vivid 377cinquefive 378ufficiooffice 379prometterepromise 380sceglierechoose · to choose 381generegenre · genus · kind 382liberofree · libero 383signorinayoung lady 384guerrawar 385attimomoment 386quattrofour 387divertentefun · funny 388permettereallow 389motivoreason 390probabilmenteprobably 391armaweapon 392accettareaccept · to accept 393rubaresteal 394pienofill up · full 395librobook 396segretosecret 397squadrateam 398passofootstep · step 399interessareinterest 400spiegareexplain · to explain 401preferireprefer 402ricordomemory 403colpirehit · strike 404venderesell 405paiocouple · pair 406mentemind 407canedog 408pezzopiece 409caderefall · to fall 410fermostill 411controllocheck · inspection 412presentarepresent · submit · to present 413leggerelight · read · to read 414lontanodistant · far 415esattamenteexactly 416iniziobeginning 417proteggereprotect 418ordineorder 419girareturn 420giovaneyoung · young person 421scherzarejoke 422sopraabove · on · upstairs 423impararelearn 424notizianews 425tagliarecut 426facileeasy 427attentoattentive · careful 428vocevoice 429fortunaluck 430durohard · tough guy 431umanohuman 432svegliarewake up 433matrimoniowedding 434messaggiomessage 435lucelight 436cenadinner 437genitoreparent 438fuocofire 439làthere 440causacause 441salireclimb · get on · go up 442sognodream 443alzareraise 444accaderehappen 445curatreat 446biancowhite 447avvocatolawyer 448vittimavictim 449neroblack · blackness 450situazionesituation 451verotrue 452davantiin front of 453sicurezzasafety 454grossobig · bulk 455ospedalehospital 456crearecreate 457esistereexist 458attenzioneattention 459reking 460cattivobad 461mostrareshow 462chiaroclear 463vogliadesire · want 464buttarethrow · throw away 465sessosex 466cresceregrow · grow up 467presidentepresident 468ottenereobtain 469ringraziarethank · to thank 470milionemillion 471saltarejump · to jump 472valerebe worth 473medicodoctor 474possibilitàpossibility 475piangerecry 476clientecustomer 477nascerebe born 478campofield 479revisioneservice 480specialespecial 481unirejoin · unite 482chiavekey 483duranteduring 484solitousual 485vestiredress 486cielosky 487musicamusic 488giornataday 489assicurareinsure · to secure 490ariaair 491bagnobathroom 492pacepeace 493informazioneinformation 494un'a 495oddioGod · oh my God 496gruppogroup 497colpobeat · blow 498combatterefight 499romperebreak 500fondobottom 501divertireamuse · entertain · have fun 502assolutamenteabsolutely 503futurofuture 504semplicesimple 505rovinareruin 506poliziottopoliceman 507raccontaretell 508scendereget off · to go down 509piuttostorather 510interoentire · whole 511cacciarehunt 512cartapaper 513stupidostupid 514contentohappy 515servizioservice 516necessitànecessity 517perciòtherefore 518riderelaugh 519dieciten 520maggioreolder 521velocefast 522sistemasystem 523insegnareteach 524ferirehurt 525guidaredrive 526incidenteaccident 527cameraroom 528erroremistake 529capellohair 530scorsolast 531spaventarefrighten · get scared 532naveship 533gradodegree 534suonareplay 535rapportoreport 536qualunqueany 537onorehonor 538fraamong · between · in 539rossored 540cibofood 541santoholy 542indossarewear 543insommain short · so 544pallaball 545provatest 546scompariredisappear · to disappear 547consiglioadvice 548risolveresolve · to solve 549incontromeeting 550appuntamentoappointment 551sistemaretidy up 552personalepersonal 553frettahaste · hurry 554finalmentefinally 555contarecount 556gambaleg 557dirittoright · upright 558odiarehate 559spariredisappear · to disappear 560attraversarecross 561americanoAmerican 562letteraletter 563boccamouth 564perdonareforgive 565effettoeffect 566fregarecheat · to rip off 567riguardoregard 568viaggiojourney 569temerefear 570considerareconsider 571datodata · figure · given 572pubblicoaudience 573mattinamorning 574distruggeredestroy 575braccioarm 576permessopermission 577comportarecause · involve 578dolcedessert 579raggiungerereach 580circaabout 581cantaresing 582ovviamenteobvious · obviously 583aereoairplane 584studiostudio · study 585riguardareconcern · look at · watch again 586riprendereresume 587scenascene 588firmaresign 589riportarereturn · to bring back 590programmaprogram 591poveropoor 592similesimilar 593pazzocrazy 594guardiaguard 595pazientepatient 596costruirebuild · to build 597spallashoulder 598soltantoonly 599caldohot 600relazionerelationship · report 601sorpresasurprise 602incredibileincredible 603generalegeneral 604avvicinareapproach · bring closer · move 605freddocold 606listalist 607centrocenter 608arrestarearrest 609carinocute 610cavallohorse 611fortunatolucky 612questioneissue 613dolorepain 614attaccareattach · attack 615liberarefree 616oppureor 617completamentecompletely 618regalogift 619pericolosodangerous 620spessooften · thick 621canzonesong 622ormaiby now 623abbandonareabandon 624semplicementesimply 625visitareto visit · visit 626speciespecies 627contattocontact 628mantenerekeep · maintain 629ammettereadmit 630camminarewalk · walking 631compagniacompany 632bisognarebe necessary 633invitareinvite 634bigliettoticket 635interessanteinteresting 636posizioneposition 637solesun 638leggeread 639riconoscererecognize 640evitareavoid · to avoid 641mostromonster 642batterebeat · clap · hammer 643trasferiretransfer 644affrontareface 645segnosign 646rispettorespect 647spostaremove 648basebase 649linealine 650presasocket · taken 651terzothird 652decisionedecision 653viyou 654cervellobrain 655soldatosoldier 656internoinside 657peggiobad · worst 658animaleanimal 659ballaredance · to dance 660zonaarea 661criminecrime 662negozioshop 663dimostrareprove 664mortodead · die 665drogadrug 666famehungry 667propositoabout · intention 668organizzareorganize 669ritardodelay 670necessarionecessary 671impossibileimpossible 672episodioepisode 673ammazzarekill 674fidareto trust · trust 675sulon 676stancotired 677nemicoenemy 678luogoplace 679consegnaredeliver 680cuiwhom 681bloccareblock 682lezionelesson 683attaccoattack 684animasoul 685presentepresent 686precedenteprevious 687serataevening 688corsocourse 689intornoaround 690videovideo 691privatoprivate 692sinistroleft 693spaziospace 694documentodocument 695coraggiocourage 696salahall 697tristesad 698superareovercome · pass 699setteseven 700maresea 701notarenotice 702realereal 703ingleseEnglish 704ordinareorder 705denaromoney 706birrabeer 707cambiochange 708livellolevel 709spingerepush 710fintofake · feint 711sicuramentesurely 712assumerehire 713soffriresuffer · to suffer 714rischiorisk 715collegareconnect 716diogod 717bassolow 718cellularecellphone 719chiesachurch 720missionemission 721malatosick 722exex 723ripetererepeat · to repeat 724ottoeight 725rilassarerelax 726formashape 727fronteforehead 728talesuch 729meravigliosowonderful 730scarpashoe 731spegnereto turn off · turn off 732coprirecover · to cover 733pericolodanger 734tvTV 735azioneaction 736occasioneopportunity 737rosarose 738coinvolgereinvolve 739intelligenteintelligent 740borsabag 741accompagnareaccompany 742silenziosilence 743gestiremanage 744esercitoarmy 745stellastar 746altrimentiotherwise 747meritaredeserve 748convincereconvince 749ventowind 750adorarelove 751nonnograndfather 752entroenter 753bombabomb 754apertoopen · outdoors 755baciarekiss 756ragazzinolittle boy 757costringereforce 758metrometro 759angeloangel 760alberotree 761colorecolor 762ufficialeofficer 763salutehealth 764calmarecalm 765concentrareconcentrate 766studiarestudy 767tentaretry 768governogovernment 769latoside 770guadagnareearn 771apprezzareappreciate 772codicecode 773ritrovarefind 774murowall 775orogold 776legaretie · to tie 777maledettodamn 778dubbiodoubt 779ditofinger 780risultatoresult 781spettacoloshow 782tavolotable 783speranzahope 784tradirebetray 785dunquetherefore 786cucinakitchen 787operazioneoperation 788infattiin fact 789sopravviveresurvive 790esempioexample 791riccorich 792etàage 793rimettereput · put back 794certamentecertainly 795discuterediscuss 796voloflight 797regolarule · set 798ballodance 799impegnarecommit · commit oneself · work 800usouse 801supporreassume · suppose 802tracciatrack 803reginaqueen 804processotrial 805responsabileperson in charge 806dirigeredirect 807immagineimage 808giudicejudge 809trasformaretransform 810finestrawindow 811compitoassignment 812vuotoemptiness · empty 813bruciareburn 814sopportareendure 815maestroteacher 816volarefly 817affattoat all 818dipenderedepend 819barcaboat 820classeclass 821differenzadifference 822direttoredirector 823stagioneseason 824comunemunicipality 825localeplace 826massimomaximum 827pensierothought 828accusaaccusation 829raccoglierecollect · pick 830dalfrom 831confermareconfirm 832fioreflower 833trenotrain 834ritornarereturn 835bancabank 836societàcompany 837orribilehorrible 838salutaregreet 839enormeenormous 840compagnoclassmate 841parecchioquite a lot · several 842vinowine 843respirarebreathe 844accendereto turn on 845segnalesignal 846carnemeat 847discorsospeech 848energiaenergy 849pelleskin 850pescefish 851indovinareguess 852lunamoon 853comandantecommander 854esperienzaexperience 855eroehero 856arteart 857ospiteguest 858professoreprofessor 859hotelhotel 860unitounite 861spiritospirit 862libertàfreedom 863ritornoreturn 864pianetaplanet 865starstar 866pressionepressure 867cadaverecorpse 868pomeriggioafternoon 869meritomerit 870scatolabox 871testimoniaretestify 872pulitoclean 873studentestudent 874giornalenewspaper 875membromember 876prezzoprice 877destraright 878scoparesweep · to sweep 879rifiutarerefuse 880condizionecondition 881cerchiocircle 882gravegrave · serious 883edificiobuilding 884sorprenderesurprise · to surprise 885inventareinvent 886urlarescream 887colpevoleguilty 888mentirelie 889onestohonest 890allontanaremove · move away · push away 891periodoperiod 892innamorarefall in love · to fall in love 893comandocommand 894puntareset · to bet 895fuggireescape 896litigarequarrel 897ridicoloridiculousness 898appartenerebelong · belong to each other 899coppiacouple 900indirizzoaddress 901indagineinvestigation 902baciokiss 903licenziarefire 904nordnorth 905rumorenoise 906riunionemeeting 907gattocat 908lavarewash 909fantasmaghost 910ristoranterestaurant 911viaggiaretravel 912catturarecapture 913radioradio 914interesseinterest 915accusareaccuse 916minimominimal 917difesadefense 918pulireclean 919esameexam 920anelloring 921turnoshift · turn 922gettarethrow 923franceseFrench 924inutileuseless 925calmocalm 926legalelawyer 927laboratoriolaboratory 928avvertirewarn 929richiedererequest 930campionechampion 931ceit 932famosofamous 933condurreconduct · lead 934medicinamedicine 935passaggiopassage 936lingualanguage 937obiettivogoal 938criminalecriminal 939convintoconvince 940sentimentofeeling 941arrestoarrest 942verdegreen 943seguitosequel 944utileuseful 945causarecause 946contrarioopposite 947guidaguide 948malattiaillness 949battagliabattle 950registrarerecord 951dettagliodetail 952sbagliatowrong 953testimonewitness 954operaopera · work 955stazionestation 956contattarecontact 957emergenzaemergency 958fidanzatoboyfriend 959deboleweak 960fissarefasten · stare 961sennòotherwise 962nervosonervous 963condividereshare 964stringeretighten 965telecameracamera 966bugialie 967inviaresend 968sporcodirty 969impedireprevent 970resistereresist 971sudsouth 972richiestarequest 973godereenjoy 974inoltremoreover 975odoresmell 976mediomiddle finger 977serieseries 978profondodeep 979commetterecommit 980destinodestiny 981ovvioobvious 982dentetooth 983rischiarerisk · to risk 984cancellarecancel · erase 985omicidiomurder 986scopopurpose 987abbassarelower 988colloneck 989riferirereport 990dichiararedeclare 991naturalmentenaturally 992colazionebreakfast 993mossamove 994carrieracareer 995scalastaircase · stairs 996regolareadjust 997fiduciatrust 998improntafootprint · handprint 999magnificomagnificent 1000stampareprint

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