Englishfor English speakers
prendere con la forchetta
con
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noun
an argument opposed to a proposal
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verb
(= swindle, defraud, gyp)
deprive of by deceit
He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her
the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
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adverb
in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc
much was written pro and con
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noun
(= convict)
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
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verb
(= memorize, memorise, learn)
commit to memory; learn by heart
Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?
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noun
(= bunco)
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
LA
Abbreviation
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Louisiana, a state of the United States of America.
I live in Baton Rouge, LA.
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Lao People's Democratic Republic, a member state of the United Nations.
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Lampung, a province of Indonesia.
LA
Initialism
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Los Angeles, a city in the state of California in the United States.
We went to LA for the summer.
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Lead arsenate, a pesticide introduced in the United States in 1892, mostly replaced by DDT in the late 1940s, and banned in 1988.