Reading in Italian until I’m fluent | PART 20 | Come una notte a Bali di Gianluca Gotto
Welcome to another episode of the Italian reading series! Our main character got into a bit of a heated discussion so I read 2 and a half pages instead of 1 (lol) hence the relatively longer video, but I hope you're enjoying the story as much as I am!!
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Vocabulary From Video:
premurosa - thoughtful
a pieni voti - with flying colours
affitto - rent
arredato - furnished
conficcato - stuck
proiettile - bullet
molti avreberro fatto carte false -many would have made false documents for
Ero tesissimo - I was very tense
mi infastidiva - it annoyed me
di tentennamenti, mi buttai - of hesitation, I threw myself
un paio di secondi - a couple of seconds
in scadenza - expiring
Rimasi spiazzato - I was taken aback
Al di la del - beyond the
Tutto qua? - that's all?
non si vive di aria - you don't live on air
che svolgi - that you do
fastidio - annoyance/ nuisance
mi fece innervosire - it made me nervous
scioccata - shocked
impazzito - gone mad
se non e da pazzi - if it's not crazy
barando -cheating
sfida - challenge
entusiasmante - exciting
ogni tanto - every now and again
ci si pesta - we step on each other
piantarla - stop it
mi diedero una scossa - they gave me a shock
lei odiava - she hated it
(strada) asfaltata - paved road
stavo morendo - I was dying
non ne posso piu - I can not stand it anymore
atteggiamento - attitude
Sei pure dimagrito - you've lost a lot of weight
un fantasma - a ghost
fissavi il vuoti, ridevi a sforzo - you stared into space, you laughed forcibly
passeggiate - walks
mia anima - my expression
nei miei confronti - towards me
La fissai stupito - I stared at her in amazement
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