leo vocabolario

tetro

gloomy, sullen, bleak, dismal, sombre

spoglio
spogliarsi

bare, stark, stripped down,
to undress oneself-strip naked

iellato
iettatore

jinxed, cursed
something or someone who brings bad luck. jinx

scombussolare

to shake, unsettle, confuse

graffiare

scratch

fiatone
avere il fiatone

pant, panting
to be out of breath

sollievo

relief, comfort,
dare sollievo a qcn.

imbottire

to stuff, to fill

sospiro

a sigh
tirare un sospiro

balbettare

to stutter,stammer

sdraiato

stretched out (in bed)

sbracato

sloppy, vulgar,slovenly

zuppo

drenched, soaked (di-in)

beffardo adj.
noun

sneering, mocking
a prankster, joker

incandescente

incandescent

avventarsi

to run at , hurl oneself at,

singhiozzare

sob, cry uncontrollably

fesso

foolish

spavaldo

arrogant, cheeky

sciupato
sciupare

spoil, ruin, waste
to spoil, ruin, damage, waste squander

stecchito
stecchire

dead-morto stecchito=stone dead, dead as a doornail.

to do in, ill, bump off
cadere stecchito-drop dead

è tutto fumo e niente arrosto

all smoke and no fire

malvagio

wicked, bad, malicious

a uno a uno

one by one

provvisoriamente

provisionaly,. temporarily

diffidenza
diffidente

suspicion, distrust
mistrustful, distrustful, suspicious

a mano a mano

gradually, progressively

neanche a dirlo

needless to say

manicomio

mad house,

lottare

to struggel, fight

inarrestabile

unstoppable, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable

malinteso

fraintendere

minsuderstanding (disagreememt)

to misunderstand, misconceive, misinterpret

dispregiativo

derogatory, perjorative

impegnativo

demanding, exacting, challanging

assalire

to attack, assualt