Analisi Testo Inglese: Comprensione del Racconto Vocabulary 222

Vocabulary 222 - C1

Herbert sighed, staring at the gleaming, freshly-waxed civic parked in the driveway. Margot was inside, probably planning a celebratory picnic.

"It's only a car, Herbert," he muttered to himself, trying to curb his rising panic. "Just a way to get to work."

His obsession with keeping the car pristine had reached epic proportions. Margot had even started hiding the polishing cloths.

Later that day, Brian burst into the kitchen, a smear of mud across his face. "Dad, can you give me a ride to the skatepark?"

Herbert winced. "Brian, you know I don't like taking the new car out unless it's absolutely necessary! The skatepark... it's a zone of peril! A mud-slinging, rogue-pebble-infested..."

"It's five minutes away! And Liam has a new ramp!"

Herbert wavered. The lure of peace and quiet, a momentary refuge from Margot's endless to-do lists, was strong.

"Alright," he conceded, "but you are wearing a hazmat suit in the vehicle."

At the skatepark, Brian watched Herbert circle the car like a hawk, armed with a feather duster.

"Dad, you're embarrassing me!" Brian groaned, but Herbert was too engrossed in his glorious battle against errant dust motes to notice.

Suddenly, a rogue skateboard, launched by an unseen force, careened towards the civic's pristine bumper.

Herbert leaped, attempting to conquer gravity and intercept the projectile, but only succeeded in tripping over his own feet.

He landed in a heap, the skateboard bouncing harmlessly off the tire. Brian stared at his father, sprawled on the ground, covered in dust and shame.

“Maybe… maybe we should just walk home?” Brian suggested weakly.

Word List

civic

Translate: civico/a (in questo caso, si riferisce a un modello di automobile)

Example:Herbert sighed, staring at the gleaming, freshly-waxed civic parked in the driveway. (Herbert sospirò, fissando la civic lucente, appena lucidata, parcheggiata nel vialetto.)

obsession

Translate: ossessione

Example:His obsession with keeping the car pristine had reached epic proportions. (La sua ossessione di mantenere l'auto immacolata aveva raggiunto proporzioni epiche.)

refuge

Translate: rifugio

Example:The lure of peace and quiet, a momentary refuge from Margot's endless to-do lists, was strong. (L'attrazione della pace e della tranquillità, un momentaneo rifugio dalle infinite liste di cose da fare di Margot, era forte.)

glorious

Translate: glorioso/a

Example:Herbert was too engrossed in his glorious battle against errant dust motes to notice. (Herbert era troppo assorto nella sua gloriosa battaglia contro granelli di polvere vaganti per accorgersene.)

conquer

Translate: conquistare

Example:Herbert leaped, attempting to conquer gravity and intercept the projectile, but only succeeded in tripping over his own feet. (Herbert saltò, tentando di conquistare la gravità e intercettare il proiettile, ma riuscì solo a inciampare sui suoi stessi piedi.)

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civic

obsession

refuge

glorious

conquer

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