ENGLISH in ITALY TODAY – L`INGLESE nell`ITALIA

ENGLISH in ITALY TODAY – L’INGLESE nell’ITALIA ODIERNA
There are a number of reasons why so many
English words now appear so often in our
everyday speech and writing here in Italy.
Perhaps for ease of explanation or description,
or if an Italian equivalent is not available or less
precise, for example.
What follows is a list of common English words,
terms and expressions frequently used in
everyday Italian.
This compilation is the work of second year
students at the Liceo Scientifico/Sportivo
‘E.Fermi’ in Catanzaro Lido, and was created
under the supervision of Prof. P.J. Richmond as
an integral part of the curriculum dedicated to
increasing the students’ crossover knowledge,
comprehension and use of English, in those
hours dedicated to ‘Potenziamento’.
The students who observed and collected the
words that feature in this compilation drew on
a variety of sources, including Internet,
newspapers, magazines and journals, comics,
books, advertising material, radio, television
and specialist texts.
Obviously not all the students claim to use
every word that features in this listing; this is a
subjective matter according to the individuals’
interests and lifestyle, although their
understanding of the sense and meaning of
each term in context has improved measurably.
The collection features many words that are an
integral part of our young people’s vocabulary,
but also reflects the wide range of professional
fields and special interests that continue to
contribute to our changing world and, as a
result, to our evolving individual vocabularies. It
must, therefore, be considered as a work in
progress, to which others will make additional
contributions in the future as human knowledge
expands.
Ci sono vari motivi per spiegare perché così
tante parole inglesi appaiano così spesso qui, in
Italia, nei nostri discorsi e scritti quotidiani.
Forse per facilitarne una spiegazione o una
descrizione, o se l’equivalente in Italiano non
esiste o è meno preciso, ad esempio.
Ciò che segue è un elenco di parole, termini ed
espressioni inglesi comuni, usati spesso nel
italiano ‘di tutti i giorni’.
Questa compilazione è opera degli alunni del
secondo anno frequentanti il Liceo
Scientifico/Sportivo ‘E.Fermi’ di Catanzaro Lido,
ed è stato creato sotto la supervisione del
Professore Richmond per farne parte integrale
del curricolo dedicato ad aumentare le
conoscenze e la comprensione della lingua
inglese, applicati anche in campi e materie
trasversali, in quelle ore dedicate al
‘Potenziamento’.
Gli alunni che hanno osservato e raccolto le
parole che appaiano in questa raccolta hanno
fatto uso di una varietà di fonti, compresi
Internet, quotidiani, riviste e giornali, fumetti,
libri, materiali pubblicitari, radio, televisione e
testi specializzati.
Non tutti gli studenti rivendicano l’utilizzo di
ogni parola che appare in questo elenco,
ovviamente, in quanto l’utilizzo è soggettivo e
dipende dallo stile di vita e gli interessi
dell’individuo, sebbene la loro comprensione
del senso e significato di ciascun termine nei
contesti è migliorato notevolmente.
Nella raccolta appaiano molti termini che fanno
parte del vocabolario dei nostri giovani, ma
riflette anche l’ampia gamma di campi e
interessi particolari che continuano a
contribuire alle evoluzioni in questo nostro
mondo e, di seguito, quindi, all’evolversi del
nostro lessico individuale.
L’elenco deve essere considerato, quindi, come
un opera in corso, al quale altri aggiungeranno
contributi in futuro mentre la conoscenza degli
esseri umani cresce ancora.
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(g) Abstract
(b) Account (-manager, etc.)
(f) After-dinner (-drink etc.)
(e, g) After hours
(h) Again
(v, g, b) Agency
(a) Airbag
(m, e) Air-guitar
(m) Album
(v, g) All inclusive
(h) Alone
(e, t, h) Amazing
(g, h, p) Amnesty International
(d, g) Anti-Age
(b, p) Anti-Trust
(h) Anyway
(t) App (lication)
(c, g) Area manager
(a, m) Artist
(s) Assist (Not often in context)
(d, g, v, x, c) Assistance
(e, g, r) Audience (Not always in
context)
(p, b, c) Authority
(a, v) Auto-pilot
(e, h, t) Awards
(h, f) Baby
(h) Baby-sitter
(m) Baby-gang
(h) Baby-parking (Not in English!)
(f) Bacon
(h) B.A.E. (Before Anyone Else)
(s) Backgammon (game)
(h, m, g) Background
(g) Back-to-back
(e, h) Backstage
(e, p, g) Badge
(e, g) Bag
(m) Ballad
(m) Band
(b) Bank
(b) Bank run
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(t) Banner
(f) Bar
(f) Barman
(a, w, c) Base
(s) Baseball
(a, f, c, v) Basic
(h, e) Basic instinct
(s) Basket(ball)
(v, a) Beach
(a, h, g) Beautiful
(h, g) Beauty
(h, v) Beauty case
(h, v, g) Beauty Farm
(v, h) Bed & Breakfast
(f) Beef- burger
(h, e, g, a, c) Benefit
(a, m, s, g) (The) Best
(a,m) Best of...
(a, g) Bestseller
(s, g) Bet-to-Win
(g) Big
(u, g) Big bang
(h, v, x) Bike-sharing
(s) Bingo
(t) Bit
(f) Bitter
(h, g, m) Black
(p, g) Black block
(m) Black music
(g) Blackout
(g) Blackspot
(e) Bling
(t, h) Blog
(t, h) Blogger
(m, e) Blues
(m, e) Bluesman
(t, m, x) Bluetooth
(g) Bluff
(v) Boarding pass
(s, g) Body (Not always in context)
(s) Body-building
(s) Body-builder
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85. (b, p) Bond
86. (h) Bondage
87. (b, c, p, g) Bonus
88. (a, e) Book
89. (s) Bookmaker
90. (s) Bomber (NOT in context!)
91. (c, p, g) Boom
92. (t, d, g) Booster
93. (d, g) Borderline
94. (g, b, p, z) Boss
95. (p, c, b) Boycott
96. (m) Boy Band
97. (h) Boycrush
98. (h) Boyfriend
99. (h, g) Boy Scout
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(s, e) Bowling
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(v, g) Box (Not always in
context)
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(m, h, g) Box set
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(c, k, g) Brainstorming
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(c, e, g) Brand
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(g, x, k) Break
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(f, x, g) Breakfast
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(e, a) Breakdance
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(p, b, c) Brexit
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(e) Bridge (+ cards)
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(c, p, s, k) Briefing
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(h, g) Bro’ (-ship)
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(c, b, p) Broker
113.
(t) Browser
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(f, g) Brunch
115.
(p, c, h, g) Budget
116.
(h) Bulldog
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(h) Bungalow
118.
(e, s) Bungee jumping
119.
(u, g) Burnout
120.
(v, x) Bus
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(c, z) Business
122.
(c, b) Business-to-business
123.
(t, h) Buy
124.
(h, g) By… (Not always in
context)
125.
(t) Byte (Giga, Mega, Tetra..)
126.
(e, h, g) By night
127.
(d) Bypass
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(c, g) Call centre
129.
(t) Call of Duty
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(e, t, g) Camcorder
131.
(e, t, g)Cameraman
132.
(x) Camping (Not always in
context)
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(h) Canon
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(x, t, b, c) Card
135.
( e) Cardigan
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(v, c) Car Glass
137.
(h, g) Car-sharing
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(e) Cartoon
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(b, c, g) Cash
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(e, t) Cassette
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(e) Cast
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(e) Casting
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(e, g) Casual
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(f, x, g) Catering
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(e, g) Celebrity
146.
(h, t) Centre
147.
(m, t) C(ompact) D(isc)
148.
(g) Chance (Beware the
pronunciation!)
149.
(h, g) Chat
150.
(h, g) Chat-line
151.
(x) Check-in
152.
(x) Check out
153.
(d, g) Check-up
154.
(e, h, g) Cheek-to-cheek
155.
(h, e) Cheese!
156.
(f) Cheesecake
157.
(f) Chips (Not always in context)
158.
(t) Cloud
159.
(e, g) Clown
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(f) Cornflakes
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(t) Micro-chip
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(v) Chopper
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(g, b, c) City
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(v) City car
165.
(h, z) Clan
166.
(h, g) Class
167.
(p) Class Action
168.
(a, m, e, g) Classic
169.
(t, g) Click
170.
(t, a) ClipArt
171.
(u, t, d, h) Clone
172.
(s, p, g) Club
173.
(s, g) Coach
174.
(s, g) Coaching
175.
(p, g) Coalition
176.
(x, g) Coast-to-coast
177.
(f, g) Cocktail
178.
(f) Coffee
179.
(g) Coffee break
180.
(g) Coffee time
181.
(c, g) Coffee Shop
182.
(e, m, g) Collection
183.
(k) College
184.
(x, g) Comfort (Not in context in
English!)
185.
(a) Comic
186.
(e, g) Coming soon… TV etc.
187.
(h) Coming out
188.
(v) Common rail
189.
(h, t, p) Community
190.
(c, e, g) Company
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(m, g) Compilation
192.
(g) Confusion
193.
(h, g) Congratulations!
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(c, u, p, g) Congress
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(g) Container
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(g) Contest
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(g) Control
198.
(g) Controller
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(p, c, u, g) Convention
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(t, u, g) Converter
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(f) Cookie
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(e, h, g) Cool
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(m) Cool-jazz
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(a, m, g) Copyright
(s) Corner
(c, g) Corporation
(g) Cost
(c, b, p, g) Costing
(e, p, g) Country
(m) Country & Western
(g) Cottage
(m, g) Cover
(m) Cover-band
(g) Cowboy
(b, d, g) Crack
(f) Cracker
(b, c, v, g) Crash
(v) Crash Test
(h, g) Crazy
(b, c, g) Credit
(b, c) Credit card
(b, c, p) Credit crunch
(m) Crooner
(u, k, g) Crossover
(h) Crush
(a, e, g) Cult
(v, x, g) Custom (car, etc.)
(v, g) Customize
(c, b, g) Customer (service)
(v, g) Daily
(e, m, e, g)Dark
(t, z) DarkWeb
(g) … Day (No AIDS Day, etc.)
(g) (The) Day after
(d) Day-hospital
(b, c) Debit card
(t) Decoder
(b, c) Default
(b, c, h, k, g) Deficit
(c, g) De-briefing
(g) De-frost
(a, e, g) Design
(a, e, g) Designer
(t) Desktop
245.
(c, c) De-Tax (Not precisely in
context)
246.
(p, z) Detective
247.
(d, h) De-tox
248.
(p) Devolution
249.
(h, t) Diary
250.
(t) Digital
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(t, g) Dimmer
252.
(s) Dinghy
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(t, h) Direct
254.
(c, b, h, s, g) Director
255.
(e, m) Disc jockey
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(u, d, g) Discovery
257.
(c) Discount
258.
(g) Dispenser
259.
(t, g) Display
260.
(c, g) Distribution
261.
(h, e, t) Divergent
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(b, c) Dividend
263.
(m, e) DJ/DeeJay
264.
(t) Docking station
265.
(h) Dog-sitter
266.
(g) Don’t worry, (be happy!)
267.
(f) Donut
268.
(s, d, h) Doping
269.
(h, d) Down
270.
(t, m, e) Download
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(s) Dribbling
272.
(f) Drink
273.
(w, t, e) Drone
274.
(t) Drop
275.
(h, k, g) Dropout
276.
(t, b, c, g) Dual…
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(t) Dual band
278.
(h, t) Duplex
279.
(h) Durex
280.
(c) Duty-Free
281.
(t, e, m) D(igital) V(ideo) D(isc)
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(t, e) Dynamic
283.
(m, g) Easy
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(m) Easy-listening
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(a, t) e-book
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(c, b) e-commerce
(d) Ecstasy
(a, c) Edition
(a, e) Editor
(a, e) Editing
(p) Election day
(t, c, h, g) e-mail
(p, c, w) Embargo
(d, p, g) Emergency
(s, g) Energy
(s, g) Energy drink
(b, c, p) Equity
(w, p, g) Escalation
(h) Escort
(e, g) Event
(g) Ex(k, g) Excellence
(p) Exit poll
(g) Expert
(c) Export
(g) Express
(g) Extra
(e, f, g) Extra-large
(e) Eyewear
(h, t) Facebook
(h, s, g) Face-to-face
(b, g) Factor
(b, c) Factoring
(s, g) Fair-play
(w, g) Fallout
(h, g, z) Family
(b) Family banker
(s, m, g) Fan
(m, g) Fan club
(e, h, t) FanFiction
(e, h) Fangirl
(e, g) Fashion
(g) Fast
(t, g) Fast forward
(t) FastWeb
(h, e) Favourite
(f) Fax
328.
(m) Feat.(uring)
329.
(h, g) Feeling (Not always in
context!)
330.
(h, p) Feminism
331.
(a, m, f, g) Festival
332.
(a, e) Fiction
333.
(c) Fidelity card
334.
(g) Fifty-fifty
335.
(t, c, p, g) File
336.
(d) Filler
337.
(a) Film
338.
(g) Filter
339.
(w, g) Final countdown
340.
(g) Final destination
341.
(g) Finish (Not always in
context)
342.
(p, g) First Lady
343.
(b, p) Fiscal compact
344.
(b, c, p) Fiscal drag
345.
(s, d) Fitness
346.
(t, d) Fix
347.
(g) Flash
348.
(e, g) Flashback
349.
(c, g) Flat (tariff, cost, etc.)
350.
(c) Flexi-time
351.
(c) Flexi-hour
352.
(e) Flipper
353.
(h, g) Flirt
354.
(t) Floppy disk
355.
(g) Focus
356.
(m, e) Folk (music/style)
357.
(h) Folklore
358.
(f) Food
359.
(f) Food & Beverage
360.
(f, c) Food & Beverage Manager
361.
(s) Football
362.
(g) Forever
363.
(c, p, u, g) Forum
364.
(v) Four Wheel Drive (4WD)
365.
(c) Franchising
366.
(g) Free
367.
(s) Free climbing
368.
(c) Freelance
369.
(a, c) Free Press
370.
(h) Free-time
371.
(h, f) Freezer
372.
(h) Fresh & Clean
373.
(t, h) Friendship
374.
(g) Front
375.
(f) Fruit
376.
(g) Full (NOT in cards!)
377.
(k, g) Full immersion
378.
(f, g) Full Monty
379.
(v, g) Full optional
380.
(c) Full Time
381.
(c, b, g) Fund
382.
(c, b, p, g) Funding
383.
(b, g) Fundraiser
384.
(c, b, p, g) Fusion
385.
(b, c) Futures
386.
(t, g) Gadget
387.
(e) Gag
388.
(t, e, s) Game
389.
(t, e)Game over
390.
(t, e) Gamer
391.
(t, e) Game tester
392.
(z) Gang
393.
(m) Gangsta rap
394.
(z) Gangster
395.
(h, p, k, g) Gap
396.
(v) Garage (Not always in
context)
397.
(h) Garden
398.
(g) Gas
399.
(h) Gasp! (vedi Topolino...)
400.
(g) –gate (Ruby-gate, etc.)
401.
(h) Gay
402.
(h) Gay Pride
403.
(h, t) Geek
404.
(h, g) Gentleman
405.
(c, p, g) Gentleman’s agreement
406.
(g) Ghost
407.
(a) Ghost-writer
408.
(e, f) Gin (also cards)
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409.
(f) Ginger
410.
(f) Gin-Tonic (Gin and Tonic in
English!)
411.
(h) Girl(s)
412.
(m) Girl Band
413.
(h) Girlcrush
414.
(h) Girlfriend
415.
(t) Gizmo
416.
(e, m) Glam
417.
(m) Glam-rock
418.
(e, g) Glamour
419.
(e) Glitter
420.
(g) Go!
421.
(s) Go-kart
422.
(e, c, g) Gold
423.
(e, g) Golden lady
424.
(s, e) Golf (Not always in
context)
425.
(g) Goodbye
426.
(m, r) Gospel
427.
(h, e) Gossip
428.
(p) Governance
429.
(h) Great
430.
(p, c, h, g) Green
431.
(h, g) Greenpeace
432.
(t) Gremlin
433.
(m, h) Groupie
434.
(v) Guard-rail
435.
(c) Guess
436.
(e, m, x) Guest (service)
437.
(g) Gulp! (vedi Topolino…)
438.
(h) Guy(s)
439.
(t, c, b, a, w) Hacker
440.
(e) Hair stylist
441.
(x) Hall
442.
(f) Hamburger
443.
(h, g) Handicap
444.
(h, m, g) Happening
445.
(h) Happy Birthday (to you)!
446.
(f, e) Happy-hour
447.
(f) Happy meal
448.
(h, a) Hard
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(m, p, g) Hardcore
(m, f) ) Hard-rock
(t, u) Hardware
(t) Hard disc
(a) Harmony (series of books…)
(t, e, h) Hashtag
(t) Haul
(h) Heart-to-Heart
(m) Heavy Metal
(b, c) Hedge Fund
(h, g) Help
(x) Help point
(t, m) Hi-Fi
(t) Hi-tech
(h, g) High society
(m) Hip-hop
(h, g) Hippy
(h, g, m) Hipster
(m, a, g) Hit
(m, a, g) Hit parade
(c, h) Hobby
(s) Hockey
(c, b) Holding
(b, c) Home banking
(t, h, c, g) Homepage
(t, e) Home Theatre
(s, p) Hooligan
(a, e, z) Horror (film, story)
(x, c) Hospitality
(x, g) Hostess
(e, a, g) Hot
(x) Hotel
(p, g) Hotspot
(m) House (music, dj)
(g) Hula hoop
(c) Human resources
(a, e, h) Humour
(g) Husky
(f) Ice
(e, m, h) Idol
(h) I don’t care!
(h) I don’t know!
491.
(g) I don’t sacciù!
492.
(c, b) Import
493.
(g) I no spik da inglisc!
494.
(p, z) Impeachment
495.
(e, g) In
496.
(x, w) Incoming
497.
(c, g) In-house
498.
(t, k, g) Input
499.
(c, w, g) Insider
500.
(b, c) Insider trading
501.
(c) In-store
502.
(t, w, k) Intelligence
503.
(p, b, c, g) International
504.
(t, g) Internet
505.
(t, g) Inverter
506.
(t, g) iPod
507.
(t, g) iPad
508.
(t, g) iPhone
509.
(f) Irish Coffee (Unknown
outside Italy!)
510.
(p, g) Iron lady
511.
(t) IT (information Technology)
512.
(t, h, e) Item
513.
(m) Jazz
514.
(m) Jazz-rock
515.
(e, g) Jeans
516.
(v, g) Jeep
517.
(x, w, t) Jet
518.
(e, h, x) Jet-set
519.
(c) Job
520.
(s, d) Jogging
521.
(c, b, p, d) Joint
522.
(c, b, p) Joint-venture
523.
(h, e) Joker
524.
(e, h, c, s, p) Jolly (Not in always
in context)
525.
(t) Joy-pad
526.
(t) Joystick
527.
(h, c) Junior
528.
(f) Junk food
529.
(g) Just one!
530.
(f) Ketchup
531.
532.
533.
534.
535.
536.
537.
538.
539.
540.
541.
542.
543.
544.
545.
546.
547.
548.
549.
550.
551.
552.
553.
554.
555.
556.
557.
558.
559.
560.
561.
562.
563.
564.
565.
566.
567.
568.
569.
570.
571.
572.
8
(t, h, g) Key
(t, m, g) Keyboard
(z, a, g) Killer
(e, g) Kilt
(f, g) King-size
(h) Kiss
(s, h) KO (Knock(ed)-out)
(t, w, g) Kit
(c, g) Know-how
(t, k, g) Knowledge
(h, p) Lady
(e, g) Lap-dance
(e, g) Large
(d, w, t, g) Laser
(x, g) Last-minute
(a, t, u) Layout
(p, w, c, g) Leader
(p, c, g) Leadership
(c, b) Leasing
(s, g) Legging
(a, g) Liberty
(d, g) Lifting
(f, g) Light / Lite
(t, h) Like
(a, m, g) Limited edition
(m, e) Live!
(m, e) Live music
(e, g) Living
(t, g ) Link
(g) Lions Club
(t) Loading
(p, x) Lobby
(h, e) Loft
(t) Login
(t) Logout
(c, p) Logistics
(h) L.O.L. (laughing Out Loud)
(f) Long drink
(g) Long-life
(e, g) Look
(g) Lord
(t, g) Loser
573.
574.
575.
576.
577.
578.
579.
580.
581.
582.
583.
584.
585.
586.
587.
588.
589.
590.
591.
592.
593.
594.
595.
596.
597.
598.
599.
600.
601.
602.
603.
604.
605.
606.
607.
608.
609.
610.
611.
612.
613.
614.
(e, g) Lost
(g) Lost in translation
(h, g) Love
(h, g) ) Lover
(a, e, h) Love story
(c) Low cost
(g) Lucky
(c, g) Made in Italy, Made in…
(h, e, g) Magic moment
(e, g) Make-up
(t, b, h) Mail
(a, e, p, h, g) Mainstream
(b, c, p, g) Manager
(b, c, p, g) Management
(w) Marine
(t, g) Marker
(c) Marketing
(c) Market leader
(u) Master
(s) Match
(f, g) McDonald
(a, t) Media
(a, t) Mass-media
(c, t) MediaWorld
(g) Medium
(g) Meeting
(x, g) Meeting Point
(h, g) Melting Pot
(t) Memory card
(g) Memory foam
(t) Memory stick
(c) Merchandising
(p, h, g) Migrant compact
(f) Milkshake
(g) Millionaire
(g) Miss
(w, g) Mission
(e, g) Mission impossible
(s, g) Mister
(f) Mister Day
(a, f, m, g) Mix
(m, t) Mixer
615.
616.
617.
618.
619.
620.
621.
622.
623.
624.
625.
626.
627.
628.
629.
630.
631.
632.
633.
634.
635.
636.
637.
638.
639.
640.
641.
642.
643.
yard!)
644.
645.
646.
647.
648.
649.
650.
651.
652.
653.
654.
655.
9
(t) MMS
(h, p) Mobbing
(t) Modem
(g) Moon-boot
(g) Mood
(m) Mood music
(h, d, g) Moment
(b, c, g) Money
(t) Monitor
(p, g) Moral majority
(p, g) Moral-suasion
(x) Motel
(t) Mouse
(c) Multi-tasking
(e) Musical
(e, g) Must
(e, a, g) Mystery
(t, g) Need for speed
(t, g) Nerd
(s, t) Net
(g, p) NEET
(t, c) Network
(t, c) Networking
(r, h) New-Age
(g, a) News
(t, c, g) Newsletter
(g, t) Nick(-name)
(e, g) Night (Club)
(g, h) NIMBY (Not in my back
(g) No comment!
(w, g) No fly zone
(g) No-frost
(g) No-gas
(g, p) No Global
(e, p, g) Nomination
(g) No limits
(f, g) Non-stop
(g, c) No profit
(t) Notebook
(g) Number One
(d) Nurse
656.
(d) Nursing
657.
(g) Of course!
658.
(t, g) Off
659.
(w, g) Off limits
660.
(v) Off-road
661.
(h, g) OMG (Oh my God!)
662.
(g) OK/Okay
663.
(g) OK Johnny!
664.
(p, c, b) Ombudsman
665.
(t, g) On
666.
(h, g) On my own
667.
(x, e, g) On the road
668.
(g, m) One, two, three, four…
669.
(s, u, t, g) One-to-One
670.
(a, t) Online
671.
(h, g) Only
672.
(h, g) Only you!
673.
(e, m, x, g) On-the-road
674.
(g) Ooops!
675.
(c, b, g) Open
676.
(c) Opening (soon, hours, etc.)
677.
(p, a) Opinion poll
678.
(v, g) Optional
679.
(e, a, g) Original
680.
(g) Original Marines
681.
(h, g) O.T.P. (One True Pairing)
682.
(e, t, g) Out
683.
(s, g) Outdoor
684.
(h, g) Outing
685.
(c) Outlet
686.
(c, u, g) Output
687.
(s, p, g) Outsider (Not always in
context!)
688.
( c, u, g) Outsourcing
689.
(d, g) Pacemaker
690.
(c, t, g) Pack
691.
(t) Padlet
692.
(t, g) Paint
693.
(s) Paintball
694.
(c, g) Pallet
695.
(f) Pancake
696.
(h, a) Panel
697.
(g) Pant! (vedi Topolino…)
698.
(e, g) Parental Control
699.
(v) Parking (Not always in
context)
700.
(c, h, g) Partner
701.
(c, h, g) Partnership
702.
(c, h) Part-time
703.
(s, p, g) Party
704.
(m, c, p, g) Pass
705.
(t, g) Password
706.
(e, g) Patchwork
707.
(c, t) PayPal
708.
(p, g) Peace
709.
(h, g) Pedigree
710.
(g) Pellet
711.
(b, c, p, s, g) Penalty
712.
(u, h) Pen pal
713.
(s, v, a, g) Performance
714.
(c, v, g) Permit
715.
(a, t, g) Person-to-person
716.
(s) Personal trainer
717.
(t) Phablet
718.
(t, a) Phishing
719.
(s, p, g) Photo-finish
720.
(t, h) Photoshop
721.
(v) Pick-up
722.
(s) Picnic
723.
(s, x) Pilot
724.
(s, g) Pit-stop
725.
(t) Pixel
726.
(g) Plaid
727.
(c, p, e, u, g) Plan
728.
(t, g) Platform
729.
(s, t) Player
730.
(s) Play-off
731.
(s) Play-out
732.
(s) Play-maker
733.
(t) Play-station
734.
(c, p, g) Plus
735.
(t, a) Podcast
736.
(t, c, b, p) Pointer
737.
(s, g) Poker
10
738.
(s, g) Pole position
739.
(p, a, g) Politically correct
740.
(p) Poll
741.
(s) Polo
742.
(v, c, g) Pony Express
743.
(z, p, c, g) Pool
744.
(m, a, e) Pop (style, music)
745.
(a) Pop Art
746.
(f) Popcorn
747.
(a, t) Post
748.
(a, c, g) Poster
749.
(d, g) Potion
750.
(p, w, u, g) Power
751.
(t, g) Powered by…
752.
(p, g) Preference
753.
(a, g) Prequel
754.
(s, p, g) Pressing
755.
(c, g) Prime
756.
(h, g) Privacy
757.
(g) Pretty woman
758.
(u, c, g) Problem solving
759.
(m, a, c, s, g) Promoter
760.
(c, x, g) Promotion
761.
(t, a) Provider
762.
(f) Pub
763.
(g) Pullover
764.
(e, m, g) Punk
765.
(t, c, g) Push
766.
(d, z) Pusher
767.
(s) Puzzle (Jigsaw puzzle in
English!)
768.
(h, g) Pyjama party
769.
(h, g) Quality time
770.
(k, g) Quiz
771.
(e, h, g) Quiz show
772.
(s) Race
773.
(w, b, g) Raid
774.
(s, p) Rally
775.
(t) RAM (Random Access
Memory)
776.
(t) Range extender
777.
(m) Rap
778.
(m) Rapper
779.
(r, g) Rasta
780.
(m, g) Rave (party)
781.
(g) …Ready
782.
(t, g) Reality (Not always in
context)
783.
(m, g) Re-Birthing
784.
(t) Re-boot
785.
(x) Reception
786.
(s, c, b, g) Record
787.
(s) Record-man (Not in English!)
788.
(c) Recruitment
789.
(c) Recruiting
790.
(f, s, g) Red Bull
791.
(s, g) Red card
792.
(e, p) Red carpet
793.
(m) Reggae
794.
(h, g) Reggae night!
795.
(b, c, p, g) Regulator
796.
(t) Relay
797.
(s, x, g) Relax (Not always in
context)
798.
(g) Remember
799.
(c, b, p) Rent-to-buy
800.
(g) Repeat
801.
(g) Repeat please!
802.
(a, b, c, d, p, u, g) Report
803.
(a) Reporter
804.
(x) Residence
805.
(x) Resort
806.
(a, t) Re-tweet
807.
(b) Revolving credit
808.
(m) Rhythm and Blues
809.
(t) Ring-tone
810.
(t, a) Roaming
811.
(f) Roast-beef (NOT Rosbif, and
not undercooked!)
812.
(p, c) Robin Hood Tax
813.
(t, u, d, g) Robot
814.
(t, u, d, g) Robotics
815.
(m) Rock
816.
(m, g) Rocker
11
817.
818.
819.
820.
821.
822.
823.
824.
825.
826.
827.
828.
829.
830.
831.
832.
833.
834.
835.
836.
837.
838.
839.
840.
841.
842.
843.
844.
845.
846.
847.
848.
849.
850.
851.
852.
853.
854.
855.
856.
857.
858.
(m) Rockabilly
(e, m, g) Rock-star
(g) Roll-on
(h, g) Rotary Club
(p, c, g) Roundtable
(t) Router
(h, c, g) Routine
(s) Rugby
(h, a, e, g) Rumours
(x, g) Safari
(x, g) Safari park
(c, b, s, g) Safety net
(f, g) ) Sandwich
(t, g) Scanner
(a) Science-fiction
(a, e) Scoop
(v, g) Scooter
(t, e) Screenshot
(c, g) Secret shopper
(m, x, p, g) Security
(h, u, g) Self…
(t, h) Selfie
(t, v, f, b, g) Self-service
(h, g) Senior
(h, p, g) Senior citizen
(h, g) Separation
(e, a, g) Sequel
(e, s) Series / Serial
(z, e) Serial killer
(t) Server
(t, u, c, s, g) Service
(s, g) Set
(h) Setter
(h, g) Sex
(h, g) Sexy
(h, g) Sex-appeal
(c) Sexy Shop
(e, h, g) Sex symbol
(e, g) Sex & the City
(e, g) Shabby
(e) Shake
(f, g) Shaker
859.
(h) Shake it off
860.
(g) Shampoo
861.
(e, b, c, g) Share (Not always in
context!)
862.
(h, v, g) Sharing (car, etc.)
863.
(h, g) Shock
864.
(h, a, e, g) Shocking
865.
(c, t, g) Shop
866.
(c, t, g) Shopping (Not always in
context)
867.
(g) Shopper
868.
(a, e) Short
869.
(e) Shorts
870.
(f, e) Shot
871.
(e, g) Show
872.
(h, s, g) Show-down
873.
(e) Showgirl
874.
(e) Showman
875.
(c, e) Showroom
876.
(v, g) Side-car
877.
(g) Sigh! (vedi Topolino…)
878.
(g) Silence!
879.
(g) Silver
880.
(t) SIM card (Subscriber Identity
Module)
881.
(h, g) Single
882.
(h, p, g) Sit-in
883.
(e, c) Size
884.
(s, g) Skate
885.
(s, g) Skateboard
886.
(e, g) Sketch
887.
(s, g) Ski-jet
888.
(s, g) Ski-lift
889.
(x, s, g) Ski-pass
890.
(u, c, g) Skill
891.
(g) Skinny
892.
(x, g) Skipper
893.
(a, e, t) Sky
894.
(s, g) Slam
895.
(s, g) Grand-Slam
896.
(h, g) Slang
897.
(g) Slim
12
898.
(e, g) Slim-fit
899.
(e, g) Slip (Not in context)
900.
(c, p, g) Slogan
901.
(s, g) Slot
902.
(s, g) Slot-card
903.
(s, g) Slot-machine
904.
(g) Slow
905.
(f, g) Slow Food
906.
(g) Slurp (vedi Topolino…)
907.
(g) Smack (vedi Topolino, but
NOT in context!)
908.
(e, g) Small
909.
(t) Smart card
910.
(t) Smart TV
911.
(s, g) Smash
912.
(g) Smog
913.
(g) Smoke
914.
(e, g) Smoking (Not in English
in context!)
915.
(g) No smoking
916.
(h, g) S & M
917.
(a, t) SmartArt
918.
(t, g) Smartphone
919.
(t, a, g) Smiley
920.
(f, g) Smoothie
921.
(t, g) S(hort) M(essage) S(ervice)
922.
(f, g) Snack
923.
(c, f, g) Snack Bar
924.
(t, g) Snapchat
925.
(e, g) Sneaker
926.
(d, g) Sniff
927.
(h, g) Snob
928.
(s, g) Snorkelling
929.
(e, g) Soap
930.
(g) Sob! (vedi Topolino…)
931.
(s, g) Soccer
932.
(p, h, g) Social compact
933.
(p, h, g) Social contract
934.
(t, h, g) Social network
935.
(m, e, s, g) Soft
936.
(t, g) Software
937.
(m, e, g) Sold out
938.
(g) Sorry!
939.
(g) S(ave) O(ur) S(ouls)
940.
(m, r) Soul
941.
(m, e, ) Sound
942.
(g) So-so
943.
(t) Spam
944.
(m, e, g) Speaker
945.
(g) Special
946.
(m, e) Special guest
947.
(f, g) Speedy (Pizza, pollo etc.)
948.
(b, p, g) Spending review
949.
(v) Spider (Not often in
context!)
950.
(p) Spin doctor
951.
(u, t, g) Spin-off
952.
(s) Spinning
953.
(g) Splash!
954.
(e, g) Splatter
955.
(v) Spoiler
956.
(s, a, g) Sponsor
957.
(s, a, e, g) Official sponsor
958.
(s) Sport
959.
(v) Sport-back
960.
(e) Sportswear
961.
(e) Spot (Not always in
context)
962.
(d, g) Spray
963.
(b) Spread
964.
(a, e) Spy-story
965.
(g) Staff
966.
(c) Stage (NOT always in
context!)
967.
(z, h) Stalker
968.
(z) Stalking
969.
(c, x, g) Stand
970.
(g) Standard
971.
(e, m, g) Star
972.
(e) Star system
973.
(e, g) Start
974.
(c, b, u) Start-up
975.
(v, u, s, g) Starter
976.
(v) Start & stop
13
977.
(g) Station
978.
(v) Station -Wagon
979.
(g) Status-symbol
980.
(d) Stent
981.
(s) Step
982.
(h, p) Step-child adoption
983.
(m, e) Stereo
984.
(t, g) Stick
985.
(g) Sticker
986.
(e, c) Stock (-house)
987.
(v, g) Stop
988.
(s) Stopper
989.
(c, t) Store
990.
(c) Concept Store etc.
991.
(t, e) Streaming
992.
(a) Street-Art
993.
(d, g) Stress
994.
(e) Stretch
995.
(s) Stretching
996.
(h, e) Strip
997.
(e) Strip-club
998.
(g) Stripper
999.
(e) Striptease
1000.
(c, a, g) Studio (s) (Not always in
context)
1001.
(v, u, g) (Re-)Styling
1002.
(g, e) Summer (collection, etc.)
1003.
(g) Super (!)
1004.
(h, g) Superman
1005.
(c, g) Supermarket
1006.
(e, m, g) Superstar
1007.
(m) Soul music
1008.
(h, d, g) Support
1009.
(p, g) Supporter
1010.
(g) Sure!
1011.
(s) Surf
1012.
(g) Surfer
1013.
(s) Surfing
1014.
(t, e, m) Surround Sound
1015.
(v) S(ports) U(tility) V(ehicle)
1016.
(b, c, p, g) Swap
1017.
(e, g) Swimwear
1018.
(m) Swing
1019.
(h, g) Swinger
1020.
(t, c, b) Swipe
1021.
(p, g) System
1022.
(e, g) Star system
1023.
(t) Tablet
1024.
(f, g) Take-away
1025.
(e, g) Talk show
1026.
(w) Tank
1027.
(c, p, e, g) Target
1028.
(e, g) Tartan
1029.
(c, g) Tasking
1030.
(w, p, g) Task-force
1031.
(k, g) Teacher
1032.
(s, c, p, g) Team
1033.
(h, g) Teen(ager)
1034.
(t, a) Telex
1035.
(s) Tennis
1036.
(x, d, g) Terminal
1037.
(v, g) Terminal velocity
1038.
(h) Terrier
1039.
(d, u, k, g) Test
1040.
(t, u, g) Tester
1041.
(v) Test drive
1042.
(c, g) Testimonial
1043.
(g) Thanks!
1044.
(g) The End
1045.
(c, p, b, g) Think-tank
1046.
(e, a, g) Thriller
1047.
(x, e, g) Ticket
1048.
(e) Tight (Not in context in
English!)
1049.
(e, g) Tilt
1050.
(s, g) Time out
1051.
(t, u) Timer
1052.
(e) Tip-Tap
1053.
(f) Toast (Not always in context)
1054.
(f, g) …to go (Especially foods).
1055.
(t) Toner
1056.
(t, g) Tool
1057.
(t) Toolbar
1058.
(e, g) Top
14
1059.
(e) Top model
1060.
(s, t) Top player
1061.
(p, u, w, c, g) Top secret
1062.
(m, a, g) Top ten
1063.
(c, g) Total
1064.
(t) Touch
1065.
(g) Tough life
1066.
(t) Touch-screen
1067.
(x, m, g) Tour
1068.
(x) Tour Operator
1069.
(p, h) Trade Union
1070.
(b) Trader
1071.
(b, c) Trading
1072.
(e) Trailer
1073.
(s, g) Train
1074.
(s, g) Trainer
1075.
(s, e) Trainer(s)
1076.
(s, g) Training
1077.
(v) Tram
1078.
(h) Trans(exual)
1079.
(c, b, h, m, g) Transfer (often
with +t in Italy.)
1080.
(t, g) Transformer
1081.
(e, g) Trash
1082.
(x, s) Trekking
1083.
(e) Trench
1084.
(e, c, p, g) Trend
1085.
(e, g) Trendy
1086.
(s) Trial(s)
1087.
(d, g) Trip
1088.
(x, g) Trolley
1089.
(b, c, p, g) Trust
1090.
(b, c, p, g)Trust Fund
1091.
(e, g) T-shirt
1092.
(t) Tumblr
1093.
(v, d, g) Tunnel
1094.
(k, g) Tutor
1095.
(t, h, a, g) Tweet
1096.
(p, k, g) Twinning
1097.
(m) Twist
1098.
(t, h, a, g) Twitter
1099.
(a, m, r, g) Underground
1100.
(g) Understatement
1101.
(h, g) Unicorn
1102.
(c) United Colors of Benetton
1103.
(t, a, g) Update
1104.
(t, x, g) Upgrade
1105.
(t, e) Upload
1106.
(c, t) User friendly
1107.
(e, h, g) Vamp
1108.
(c) Vending
1109.
(t, e, g) Video
1110.
(e, t, g) Video-game
1111.
(e, t, g) Video-clip
1112.
(t, e, g) Video-camera
1113.
(c, g) Video-conference
1114.
(g) Village
1115.
(e, p, g) V(ery) I(mportant)
P(erson)
1116.
(e, g) Vintage
1117.
(x, t, g) Visitor
1118.
(s) Volley(ball)
1119.
(x, g) Voucher
1120.
(f) Wafer
1121.
(f) Waffle
1122.
(p, g) Wanted
1123.
(t, g) Warrior
1124.
(g) Water (not in context!)
1125.
(t) Web
1126.
(t, c, g) Website
1127.
(t, g) Web-cam
1128.
(h, c, g)Wedding planner
1129.
(g) Weekend
1130.
(h, g) Weight-watchers
1131.
(x, g) Welcome
1132.
(p, g) Welfare
1133.
(p, g) Welfare economy
1134.
(d, s, f, g) Wellness
1135.
(e, g) Western
1136.
(e, g) Far West
1137.
(g) What!?
1138.
(t, g) WhatsApp
1139.
(f, g) Whisky
1140.
(f, g) Whiskey
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1141.
(t, g) Widget
1142.
(t, g) Wi-Fi
1143.
(g) Wild
1144.
(e, g) Win
1145.
(e, g) Win-for-Life
1146.
(t, g) Wind
1147.
(t, g) Wind farm
1148.
(s, g) Windsurf
1149.
(s, e, g) Winner
1150.
(s, e, g) Winter (Sport,
collection, etc.)
1151.
(t, g) Wireless
1152.
(g) Wonderful!
1153.
(m, g) Woofer/ Sub-woofer
1154.
(t, g) Word
1155.
(t, u, g) WordArt
1156.
(c, u, g) Work-in-progress
1157.
(u, m, p, g) Workshop
1158.
1159.
1160.
1161.
1162.
1163.
1164.
1165.
1166.
1167.
1168.
1169.
1170.
1171.
1172.
1173.
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(h, g) W(orld) W(ildlife) F(und)
(t, g) Worm
(g) Wow!
(e, s, g) Wrestling
(g) WTH (What the Hell!)
(g) Yawn (vedi Topolino...)
(g) Yes!
(p, g) Yes we can!
(g) Yesterday
(h, g) Yo!
(t, e, h, g) YouTube
(f, g) Yum! (vedi Topolino…)
(e, g) Zapping (NOT in English!)
(g) Zip
(t, e, g) Zombie
(w, g) Zone
To assist readers, we have created the following
legend to indicate the field of provenance or
general use for each listing:
Per facilitare i lettori abbiamo creato la
leggenda seguente, per indicare il campo di
provenienza e/o uso generale per ogni termine:
A = arts, media & literature, information
A = arti, media & letteratura, informazione
B = banking & finance
B = banche & finanza
C = commerce, business & work
C = commercio, affari & lavoro
D = health, medicine & drugs
D = salute, medicina & droghe
E = entertainment, games & fashion
E = intrattenimento, giochi & moda
F = food & cuisine
F = alimenti & cucina
G = general, nouns
G = generale, sostantivi
H = home, family, human & social relations,
animals
H = casa, famiglia, rapporti sociali ed umani,
animali
K = education
K = istruzione
M = music
M= musica
P = politics, law & administration
P = politica, legge & amministrazione
R = religion
R = religione
S = sport & free time
S = sport & tempo libero
T = technology, communications & gaming
T = tecnologia, comunicazioni & giochi tecno…
U = sciences, industry & design
U = scienze, industria & disegno
V = vehicles & transport
V = veicoli e trasporto
W = military & war
W = militare & guerra
X = travel & tourism
X = viaggi & turismo
Z = crime
Z = crimine
Enjoy your reading!
Buona lettura!
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indicated authors: Gruppo di lavoro -‘Potenziamento lingua inglese’: Studenti iscritti/e nelle classi
2A/2B/2C/2D/2E/2F per l’Anno Scolastico 2015-16 del Liceo Scientifico ‘E.Fermi’, CZ Lido, Italy, e
partecipanti al progetto “English in use in Italy”, in collaborazione con il Professore P. J. Richmond.
Permission to reproduce in part will be granted on written request.
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2A: Ansaldi Fabiana, Di Lauro Arianna, Gorgone Chiara, Iembo AnnaMaria, Leone Giulia, Pallone
Samuele, Pilò Marianna, Trapasso Flavio, Tuccio Martina, Veraldi Marianna
2B: Artese Giulia, Danieli Deborah, Fera Giorgia, Iyengumwena Endurance, Mastroianni Isabella, Rocca
Federica, Tavella Claudia
2C: Ferraro Alesio, Fiorentino Anna, Panzino Giada, Puccio Tommaso, Russo Luigi
2D: Alfano Simona, Fagadar Triana, Gerace Angelo, Lia Sara, Longo Rebecca, Mercurio Antonia, Ricci
Alice, Scarlato Luigi
2E: Burgello Maria Pia, Chiaravalloti Mariantonietta, Laratta Concetta, Leone Laura, Ruga Francesco,
Talarico Ester, Tomas Matteo, Vazzano Emilia
2F: Burdino Anna, Critelli Davide, Doria Alessandra, Gallina Carlo, Giglio Giorgia
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