Competenze Lessicali SAT 3 - lezione 35

to repeatedly and annoyingly ask someone something, particularly as a way of persuasion

stuzzicare

a humorous comment or conversation

battuta

the quality of being emotionally insensitive

callosità

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for the feelings or suffering of others

insensibile

impractical, inconvenient, and inadvisable

inopportuno

emotionally insensitive and impossible to move

inesorabile

not having the quality to be explained, justified, or perceived

inspiegabile

without the capacity to be enlarged

inestensibile

a person who is financially in trouble

poveretto

the condition of being so poor that one does not have access to any food, support, or right

povertà

to bring back a lost connection or a former condition

riestabilire

the act of keeping something that one already has

ritenzione

to make a society, law, system, or organization better or more effective by making many changes to it

riformare

a tool used for breaking down the molecules of oil or gas into smaller pieces

reformatore

stubborn and unwilling to change one's behaviors, opinions, views, etc. despite other people's reasoning and persuasion

ostinato

the quality of unreasonably behaving or thinking in a particular way without considering opposite opinions

ostinazione

to produce small drops of liquid on the surface of the skin, often as a result of physical exertion, anxiety, or heat

perspirare

a salty liquid produced by skin cells as a result of high temperature, exercising, etc.

perspirazione

to go back to a previous state, condition, or behavior

tornare

the act of going or changing something to the opposite side

reversione