Lessico Speakout

PERSONALITY
PERCEPTIVE PERSPICACE
INSPIRATIONAL STIMOLANTE,
ISPIRANTE
OVER- AMBIZIOSO
AMBITIOUS
CONSCIENTTIO CONSCIENZIOSO
US
OBSTINATE OSTINATO
NEUROTIC NEVROTICO
OPEN-MINDED MENTALITÀ APERTA
PREJUDICED PREVENUTO
APATHETIC APATICO
INSENSITIVE INSENSIBILE
SOLITARY SOLITARIO
REBELLIOUS RIBELLE
MATURE MATURO EXPRESSIONS
INQUISITIVE CURIOSO
SWEEPING GENERALISERS CHI GENERALIZZA TUTTO
DETAIL-OBSESSED NIT- CHI PRESTA ATTENZIONE A OGNI DETTAGLIO
PICKERS
OBSESSIVE PLANNERS PIANIFICATORE OSSESSIVO
LAST-MINUTE DEADLINE CHI HA L’OSSESSIONE DI FARE LE COSE
JUNKIES ALL’ULTIMO
RECHARGE YOUR BATTERIES RIPRENDERSI, RICARICARE LE BATTERIE
FLAT-PACK FURNITURE PEZZI DI MOBILI DA ASSEMBLARE
IDIOMS FOR PEOPLE
YES-MAN PERSONA CHE È SEMPRE D’ACCORDO

WHIZZKID INTELLIGENTE (FUORI DAL COMUNE)
BUSYBODY FICCANASO
CHATTERBOX CHIACCHIERONE
PAIN IN THE NECK SPINA NEL FIANCO
DARK HORSE MISTERIOSO
OLD HAND ESPERTO, VECCHIA VOLPE
SET IN HIS WAYS ABITUDINARIO
BLACK SHEEP PECORA NERA
LIFE AND SOUL OF THE ANIMA DEL GRUPPO
PARTY
IMAGES
IT CAPTURES THE CATTURA LA BELLEZZA

BEAUTY
EVOCATIVE EVOCATIVO
ICONIC ICONICO
REVEALING RIVELATORE
STRIKING SUGGESTIVO
PROVOCATIVE PROVOCATORIO,
STIMOLANTE
HOW TO DESCRIBE A PICTURE
I SUPPOSE/GUESS/RECKON HE’S ABOUT…

I’D SAY HE’S…
I WOULDN’T SAY HE’S…
HE COULD BE/HAVE BEEN…
HE MAKES ME THINK (THAT) MAYBE HE…
HE GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF BEING…
IT SEEMS TO ME…
IT SEEMS LIKE HE…
(IT) MIGHT SUGGEST (THAT)…
I WONDER WHAT HE…
I’M PRETTY SURE HE…
THERE’S SOMETHING… ABOUT HIM
I’D HAZARD A GUESS (THAT)…
IF I HAD TO MAKE A GUESS, I’D SAY (THAT)
…
HE COULD BE/HAVE BEEN…
IT LOOKS TO ME AS IF HE…
VAGUE LANGUAGE
VAGUE NOUNS:
- THING
- STUFF > There is something in her eyes
- BIT
VAGUE QUANTIFIERS:
- ONE OR TWO
- A FEW
- A COUPLE OF
- A LOT OF > There is a bit of flour
- PLENTY OF
- LOADS OF
- A BIT (OF)
VAGUE NUMBERS:
- AROUND
- ABOUT FIFTY > He’s about forty-ish
- MORE OR LESS
- FIFTY OR SO
GENERALISES:
- SORT OF
- KIND OF > He looks sort of creative
- YOU KNOW
LIST COMPLETERS:
- AND STUFF
- AND SO ON > She could be a model, or something like that
- OR SOMETHING (LIKE
THAT)
EXTRA WORDS
WAREHOUS MAGAZZINO
E
BEQUEATH LASCIATA IN
ED EREDITÀ
SHOWROO SHOWROOM
M
ROTTING MARCIO
KEY PHRASES
(IT) HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR FOUR

GENERATIONS
MY GRANDMOTHER INHERIDATED IT
IT HAS SENTIMENTAL VALUE
(IT) WAS BEQUEATHED TO ME
I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE IT
LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE
TO FIND YOUR FEET BECOME FAMILIAR WITH A SITUATION

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF USE THE CHANCES YOU GET
SITUATIONS
SETBACK A PROBLEM THAT PREVENTS OR DELAYS PROGRESS
STEEP LEARNING CURVE IN A POSITION IN WHICH YOU QUICKLY HAVE TO LEARN
SOMETHING DIFFICULT
LEARNING THE ROPES FINDING OUT HOW STH IS DONE IN A PARTICULAR PLACE OR
SITUATION
A PROFOUND EFFECT (ON CHANGED A PERSON DEEPLY, E.G. THE WAY THEY UNDERSTAND
SB) THE WORLD
TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS BELIEVE THAT YOUR FEELINGS ARE CORRECT
GO WITH YOUR GUT ACT ACCORDING TO YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT STH
FEELINGS
METAPHORS
I’M OVER THE HILL I CAN’T DO STH WELL ENOUGH BECAUSE I’M TOO
OLD
GO DOWNHILL GO BADLY
TO FIND YOURSELF AT A HAVING TO CHOOSE ONE THING OR ANOTHER
CROSSROADS
TO START YOUR OWN FIRM BECOME NUMBER ONE
(YOU’LL) GO FAR HAVE A GREAT FORTUNE
COLLOCATIONS: OPINIONS
PERSPECTIVE PROSPETTIVA
MIND IDEA, MENTE
EYE-OPENING APERTURA DELL’OCCHIO/OCCHI
NARROW-MINDED MENTALITÀ RISTRETTA
CONVINCING CONVINCENTE
PRECONCEPTIONS PREGIUDIZI
STEREOTYPES STEREOTIPI
SECOND SECONDI PENSIERI (CATTIVI
(THOUGHTS) PRESENTIMENTI)
OPINIONS
I’D LIKE TO BEGIN BY STATING THAT…

AS I SEE IT…
WHAT I THINK IS…
I WOULD SAY IT DEPENDS ON…
WHAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER IS…
I THINK IT’S RIDICULOUS TO SUGGEST…
I ABSOLUTELY REJECT THE IDEA THAT…
SO, TO CONCLUDE I WOULD HAVE TO ARGUE THAT…
DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION…?
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE…
LANDSCAPES
PICTURESQU PITTORESCO (beautiful, lovely, pretty, attractive, pleasant)

E
TRANQUIL CALMO (calm, quiet, peaceful)
BUSTLING MOVIMENTATO (busy, full of people and noise)
MAGNIFICEN MAGNIFICO (stunning, breath-taking)
T
ANCIENT ANTICO (old, storic)
DESERTED DESERTO (empty, uninhabited)
RUN DOWN MALANDATO (shabby, dilapidated, in a bad state)
UNSPOILT INCONTAMINATO (unchanged, not altered by tourism)
CITY LIFE
AMENITIES SERVIZI, COMFORT

INFRASTRUCT INFRASTRUTTURA
URE
CONGESTION TRAFFICO
ABANDONMEN ABBANDONO
T
TOLLS PEDAGGI
REGENERATIO RIQUALIFICAZIONE, RINNOVAMENTO,
N RISANAMENTO
KEY PHRASES
ON THE DOWNSIDE, I SUPPOSE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH…

I WOULD DESCRIBE (CANADA) AS GEOGRAPHICALLY…
WE’RE LUCKY IN (CANADA) TO HAVE…
UNDOUBTEDLY, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT (ARGENTINA) IS
THE…
(ARGENTINIANS), WE’VE GOT A SENSE OF LONGING FOR…
CRIME COLLOCATIONS
TO PROTEST, TO PROVE (THEIR INNOCENCE) PROVARE LA PROPRIA INNOCENZA

TO COMMIT, TO CARRY OUT, TO REPORT (A COMMETTERE, SVOLGERE, RIPORTARE UN
CRIME) CRIMINE
TO SUSPEND, TO APPEAL AGAINST (A SOSPENDERE, FARE RICORSO
SENTENCE)
A DRUG-RELATED, A DRIVING REATO LEGATO ALLA DROGA, CRIMINE DI
(OFFENCE/CRIME) GUIDA
A POLICE, A DAWN, A DRUGS (RAID) RAID POLIZIESCO, ALL’ALBA, ANTIDROGA
A WRONGFUL, A PREVIOUS (CONVICTION) UN’INGIUSTA, PRECEDENTE CONDANNA
LEXICAL CHUNKS – CRIME
TO BRING SB TO JUSTICE PORTARE QUALCUNO ALLA GIUSTIZIA

EXPERIENCED LAWYER AVVOCATO CON ESPERIENZA
CRIMINAL JUSTICE GIUSTIZIA PENALE
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT… È INDISPENSABILE, OBBLIGATORIO
CHE…
TO ESCAPE JUSTICE SFUGGIRE ALLA GIUSTIZIA
TO UPHOLD JUSTICE DIFENDERE LA GIUSTIZIA
TO DEMAND JUSTICE CHIEDERE GIUSTIZIA
ROUGH JUSTICE DURA GIUSTIZIA
TO TAKE THE LAW IN YOUR OWN FARE GIUSTIZIA DA SÉ
HANDS
SOCIAL ISSUES
HUMAN RIGHTS DIRITTI UMANI

INTELLECTUAL PROPRIETÀ INTELLETTUALE
PROPERTY
CHILD LABOUR LAVORO MINORILE
ECONOMIC SVILUPPO ECONOMICO
DEVELOPMENT
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT PENA CAPITALE
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LIBERTÀ RELIGIOSA
EVIRONMENTAL CONSAPEVOLEZZA
AWARENESS AMBIENTALE
GUN CONTROL CONTROLLO DELLE ARMI
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IMMIGRAZIONE ILLEGALE
CIVIL LIBERTIES LIBERTÀ CIVILI
FREE TRADE LIBERO COMMERCIO
FREEDOM OF SPEECH LIBERTÀ DI PAROLA
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TO DEFY SFIDARE, OPPORSI

HAMMER- ARMATO DI MARTELLO
WIELDING
COMMOTION TUMULTO, FRACASSO
TO PIN DOWN BLOCCARE A TERRA
TO DASH PRECIPITARSI
FREELANCE LIBERO
PROFESSIONISTA
KEY PHRASES
IT’S USUALLY HUMAN ERROR È UN ERRORE SOLITAMENTE UMANO

COULD IT BE STH TO DO WITH...? POTREBBE AVERE A CHE FARE CON…?
MAYBE THEY LET STH SLIP FORSE SI SONO LASCIATI SFUGGIRE QUALCOSA
… SAID STH THAT GAVE THE GAME HA DETTO QUALCOSA CHE HA RIVELATO UNA COSA
AWAY
YOU’RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK SEI SULLA STRADA GIUSTA
SO IT’S CONNECTED TO… QUINDI È LEGATO A…
THE INTERESTING THING IS… LA COSA INTERESSANTE È…
IN THE END… ALLA FINE…
TRUTH OR MYTH
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM SAGGEZZA POPOLARE, SENSO COMUNE

A COMMONLY HELD UNA PERCEZIONE COMUNE
PERCEPTION
A FALLACY FALLACIA, INGANNO, MITO
VERIFY VERIFICARE
UNCOVER THE TRUTH SCOPRIRE LA VERITÀ
INTUITIVELY TRUE ISTINTIVAMENTE VERO
DEBUNK A MYTH SFATARE UN MITO
DISPROVE A MYTH SMENTIRE UN MITO
JOURNALISM
INVESTIGATIVE GIORNALISMO
JOURNALISM INVESTIGATIVO
TO TAKE OUT EMETTERE INGIUNZIONI
INJUNCTIONS
WHISTLE-BLOWING SPIONAGGIO
SENSITIVE INFORMATION DATI SENSIBILI
KEY PHRASES
SECLUDED/HIDDEN AWAY…
YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE IT’S THERE…
MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT…
IT’S A WELL-KEPT SECRET…
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU’D CALL A BIG SECRET,
BUT…
DESCRIBING CUASE AND EFFECT
INFORMAL AND FORMAL

NEUTRAL
CAUS IT ALL STARTED… IT HAS ITS ORIGINS/ROOTS
E IT ORIGINATED IN…
IN/FROM… IT CAN BE TRACED BACK…
IT’S BECAUSE OF… IT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO…
IT STEMS FROM…
EFFE IT LED TO… IT RESULTED IN…
CT IT HAS CAUSED… IT GAVE RISE TO…
BECAUSE OF THIS… IT BROUGHT ABOUT…
HOW TO SUMMARISE YOUR VIEWS
SO OVERALL, …
TO SUM UP, …
ALL IN ALL, …
BASICALLY, …
IN CONCLUSION, …
SO WHAT I’M REALLY SAYING IS,
…

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PERSONALITY

IDIOMS FOR PEOPLE

YES-MAN PERSONA CHE È SEMPRE D’ACCORDO

IT CAPTURES THE CATTURA LA BELLEZZA

I SUPPOSE/GUESS/RECKON HE’S ABOUT…

(IT) HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY FOR FOUR

LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE

TO FIND YOUR FEET BECOME FAMILIAR WITH A SITUATION

I’D LIKE TO BEGIN BY STATING THAT…

PICTURESQU PITTORESCO (beautiful, lovely, pretty, attractive, pleasant)

AMENITIES SERVIZI, COMFORT

ON THE DOWNSIDE, I SUPPOSE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH…

TO PROTEST, TO PROVE (THEIR INNOCENCE) PROVARE LA PROPRIA INNOCENZA

LEXICAL CHUNKS – CRIME

TO BRING SB TO JUSTICE PORTARE QUALCUNO ALLA GIUSTIZIA

HUMAN RIGHTS DIRITTI UMANI

TO DEFY SFIDARE, OPPORSI

IT’S USUALLY HUMAN ERROR È UN ERRORE SOLITAMENTE UMANO

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM SAGGEZZA POPOLARE, SENSO COMUNE

DESCRIBING CUASE AND EFFECT

INFORMAL AND FORMAL

HOW TO SUMMARISE YOUR VIEWS

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