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aborigenies: of or relating to the people and things that have been in a 

region from the earliest time, native, indigenous,aborigeni

afterlife: a life that some people believe exists after death; heaven; aldilà

against: in opposition to someone or something; contrary to; contro

among: 

in or through people or things; between; fra

amount: be equivalent; bulk; quantità

ancestors: a person from whom one is descended; forefather; antenato

ancient: having existed for 

a long time in the past; very old; antico

aromatic: having a noticeable and pleasant smell; fragrant; aromatico

arrange: move and organize (things) into a particulare order or position; 

file; organizzare

artist: a person who creates art; composer; artista

attached: emotionally connected, having strong feelings of affection; 

added, connected; unito, attaccato

axe; an instrument used to cut down the trees; weapon; ascia

bark: the external covering of trees; crust; corteccia

based: the bottom or lowest part of

something; established; basato

bay: coast, seaside; baia

beat: to take some considerable effort to match or surpass; all in, aweary; 

battere, (beat) ritmo.

beliefs: to accept or regard something as true, accept, trust, ,credenze

belong: to be the prope

rty of a person or thing; to appertain; appartenere

berry: a small fruit that has many speeds; drupe; bacca

blow: it happens when you put out quickly air from your mouth (it is the 

basic to play digeridoo); exhale; soffiare

boomerang: it’s the most used 

weapon by aboriginal people; boomerang

bottom: the lowest part, point, or level of something; base; parte inferior

breathing:

to move air into and out of your lungs,

to inhale and exhale; 

respiratory; respirare

bug: insect; insetto

buoy: a long rope tied to harpoon,in fact they threw the weapon into 

water to catch the animal; blade; boa

buffalo: any of several wild bovids; cattle; bufalo

bush: a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground; 

backwoods; cespuglio

can

vases: a strong, rough cloth that is used to make bags, tents, sails; 

tarp; vele

canyon: a deep valley with step sides; valley; gola

capsule: a very small container that is filled with medicine and swallowed 

whole; canned; capsula

capture: to receive as re

turn for effort; to catch; catturare

carry: to move something, while holding and supporting it. to bear, to 

cart, to convey; trasportare.

carve: form from a solid material by cutting; engrave; scolpire

caves: a large hole that was formed by natural process

es in the side of a 

cliff or hill or under the ground, cavern, grot, ,caverne

ceiling: the overhead interior surface of a room; roof; soffitto

cease: stop doing something; terminate; smettere

ceremony: a grouping of people that do something for their gods

or 

spirits (in ausralia the aboriginal people do this like good auspice for their 

missions or travel); ritual; cerimonia 

certain: not having any doubt about something; convinced; certo

cheek:

the part of the face that is below the eye and to the side of the 

nose and mouth; chop; guancia

chop:

to cut into pieces; cleave, cube divide; tagliare

clay: a heavy material from the earth that is made into different shapes 

and that becomes hard wh

en it is dried; argil; argilla 

cliff: a very steep, vertical face of rock; rock face; parete verticale

climate: weather conditions; weather; clima

coal: black mineral that burns and supplies heat; black rock; carbone

colonizers: to take control of (an area) and send people to live there; 

colonists; colonizzatori

community: group of people who have the same interests, religion, race 

etc.; society; comunità

convey: to make know something to someone; transimtm trasmettere

convict: someone who has been convicted; criminal; condannato

creation: the act of making or producing something that did not exist 

before; formation; creazione

crocodiles: they are animals that live also in australia and they are very 

dangerous for peopl

e because they are very aggressive; coccodrilli

crop: a plant or plant product that is grown by farmers; product; coltura

culture: the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties 

especially by education, education, civilization,cultura

curve:ben

t or formed into a curve; arc; curvo

custom: an action or way of behaving that is usual and traditional among 

the people in a particular group or place; habit; usanza;

deep: having a large distance to the bottom from the surface or highest 

point; profoun

d; profondo

depict: using words, to show in a picture; to describe; rappresentare

despite: in spite of; in contraddizione a

destruction: the act or process of damaging something so badly that it no 

longer exists or cannot be repaired; extinction; 

distruzione

develope: to cause (something) to grow or become bigger or more 

advanced; elaborate, unfold, evolve... sviluppare.

didgeridoo: an australian aboriginal wind musical instrument; didgeridoo

disease: an illness that affects a person, animal, or plan

t; defect, 

contamination; malattia

ditch: a big hole made in the street, in the soil; hole; fossa

doomed: very bad events or situations that cannot be avoided; ill fated; 

condannato

doubt: be uncertain about something; suspect; sospetto

drag: to pull along or over a surface; to transport; trascinare

dreams: a series of thoughts, visions, or feelings that happen during 

sleep, vision, hallucination, sogni

edible: not poisonous, good to eat; comestible; commestibile

ember: a glowing piece of

coal or wood from a fire; ash, cinder; carbone

enemy: a person, anadversary or opponent; adversary; nemico

entrails: 

the internal organs of an animal; insides; interiora

environment: the conditions that surround someone or something, the 

natural word, lo

cation, ambient, ambiente

extend: to stretch

out;

draw

out

to

the

full

length, draw out, elongate, 

lengthen, estendersi.

fatal: kills easily; deathly; fatale

fairly: some degree or extent but not very or extremely; adequately; 

abbastanza

field: a part of a

land without trees or mountains; clearing; campo

fisherman: 

a person (especially a man) who catches fish; trawler; 

pescatore

flag: coloured symbol of the country; banner; bandiera

flee: to run away from danger; leave; fuggire

flexible: an object we can b

ent; flessibile

flu: a common disease that is caused by a virus and that causes fever, 

weakness, body aches, and breathing problems, illness; influenza

forefather: a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's 

line of descent; progenitor;

antenato

foreigner: a person who is from a country that is not your own; 

immigrant; immigrato

forgive: to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward; to 

pardon; perdonare

forgiving; able or willing to forgive someone or something; lenient, 

magna

nimous; indulgente

freely: in a free manner; lance; liberamente

frightening: something that is scary and make you fell afraid; spaventoso

gather: to bring (things or people) together into a group; to accumulate; 

collezionare

generation: a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously; 

generazione

glide: move in the air; fly; planare

god: a spirit or being that has great power, strength, knowledge, etc., and 

that can affect nature and the lives of people, divinity, dei

ty ,dio

go mad: go out of control; flip out; impazzire

grassland: a big piece of land covered by grass; land; prateria

gunpowder: a dry explosive substance that is used in guns and to break 

open sections of rock or earth for mining, building roads, etc.; 

explosive; 

polvere da sparo

hand down: give something to a young member of your family; pass on; 

tramandare

hatchet: a kind of ax with a short handle; ax; accetta

harpoon: a barbed spear like lance with a rope attached to it; spear; 

arpione

heavy: of great

weight; big; pesante

hectare: a unit of area in the metric system that is equal to 10,000 square 

meters; ettare

hollow: to have a cavity inside; empty; cavo

laws: a

rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as 

binding or enforced by a controlling authority; act, command, canon, 

commandment; leggi

liana: any of various usually woody vines especially of tropical rain forests 

that root in the ground; l

iana

manatee: a large aquatic marine mammal; vacca marina

matter: to be important; to count, to import; importare (non da 

importazione)

metal: a substance (such as gold, tin, or copper) that usually has a shiny 

appearance, is a good conductor of electricity and heat, can be melted, 

and is usually capable of being shaped; alloy, hardware; metallo

mounds: an elevation of earth; pile; montagn

etta

musicians; a person who writes, sings, or plays music; artist, composer, 

entertainer; musicista

mystic:

of or relating to

mysteries

or esoteric rites; mystical; mistico

nature: the ph

ysical world and everything in it (such as plants, animals, 

mountains, oceans, stars, etc.) that is not made by people, habit, ,natura

nectar: the product of the bees’ work that is located in the trees; nettare

nomad: a member of a group of people who move

from place to place 

instead of living in one place all the time; migrant; nomade

observe: inspect; watch; osservare

obtain: to gain or get (something) usually by effort ; get; access

ocher: a color pale to reddish yellow; yellow; ocra

otherwise: under ot

her effort; altrimenti

outcast: someone who is not accepted by other people; rejected person; 

emarginato

owl : a bird that usually hunts at night and that has a large head and eyes, 

a powerful hooked beak, and strong claws; nighthawk; gufo.

painful: 

causing pain to your body; agonizing; doloroso

paintings: the art of making pictures using paint, mural, drawing, ,dipinti

pass down:

to give (something) to a younger person especially within the 

same family; to award; tramandare

path: a track that is made

by people or animals walking over the ground; 

line; traccia di un popolo

patiently: with no rush; calmly; pazientemente

perhaps: possibly but not certainly; maybe; forse

plateau: a large flat of territory hight than areas that surround it; 

highland, paese

montuoso

poisonous: causing sickness or death by entering or touching the 

body

:

containing poison. envenomed, poison, poisoned; velenoso.

prefabricated: 

to fabricate the parts of at a factory so that construction 

consists mainly of assembling and uniting standardized parts; built; 

prefabbricato

prey: an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food; preda

prisoner: someone who is cap

ted and kept in prison; detainee; prigioniero

relationship: the way in which two or more people, groups, countries, 

etc., talk to, behave toward, and deal with each other; link; relazione

representations: the portrayal of something; portrayal; rappresentaz

ione

require: make someone necessary to do something; feel necessary to; 

esigere

reservations: an area of land in australia that is kept separate as a place 

for aborigenies to live, riserve

reserve: to make arrangements so that you will be able to use or h

ave 

(something, such as a room, table, or seat) at a later time; preserve; 

conservare

respect: a feeling or understanding that someone or something is 

important, serious, etc., and should be treated in an appropriate way, 

regard, appreciation, rispetto

rif

le: a long

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barrelled gun; rip; fucile

rightful: having the legitimate property or claim of something; reserved; 

legittimo

rights: morally or socially correct or acceptable/ speaking, acting, or 

judging in a way that agrees with the facts or truth; autority

; diritti

rituals: a reestablished religious procedure; custom; rituali

rod: a pole with a line and usually a reel that is used in fishing; spear; asta

root: the part of a plant that grows underground, gets water from the 

ground, and holds the plant in pla

ce; foundation; radice

rope: a strong, thick string that is made by twisting many thin strings or 

fibers together; cord; corda

sacral: of, relating to, or lying near the sacrum, blessed, adored ,sacro

sacred: dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; 

hallowed, holy, inviolable, sacrosant, untouchable, unassailable; sacro

settlers: a person who goes to live in a new place where usually there are 

few or no people, pioneer, colonizer, c

olonizatori

share: plowshare, participate, partake; parte, quota

shell: the hard outer covering of an animal, insect, etc., that protects it; 

carapace; guscio

shelter: something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or 

protection from danger; 

tent; riparo

skeleton: the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form; 

bones; scheletro

soil: soilage, stain.crud, dirt, grime...terra

spear: a thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or 

blade; lance; lancia

species: a group

of animals or plants that are similar and can produce 

young animals or plants; breed, category; specie

spill: to fall or flow over the edge of a container; flow; versare

spirits: the force within a person that is believed to give the body life, 

energy, an

d power, essence, soul, spiriti

squisit: good to eat; delicious; squisito

sting: of an insect, plant, or animal to hurt (someone) by piercing the skin; 

inspire; pungiglione 

stingray: a type of fish that has a large, flat body and a long tail with 

spines on it that are used to sting other animals; ray; pastinaca 

stock: the supply of goods available for sale in a store; supply; scorta

stone: a small piece of rock; rock; rocci

a 

strangle: to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air; to soffucate; 

strozzare

strength: the quality or state of being physically strong; health; 

resistenza/forza