1.to clap back – ribattere
to quickly answer or criticize someone who has criticized, insulted, or annoyed you
If you say something negative to me, you know, I clap back. I stand up for myself. – Se mi dici qualcosa di negativo, ti rispondo. Mi difendo da solo.
2.to crack down on – reprimere
to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way
The police are cracking down on drug human traffickers. – La polizia sta dando un giro di vite ai trafficanti di droga.
3.to gloss over – sorvolare
to avoid considering something, such as an embarrassing mistake, to make it seem not important, and to quickly continue talking about something else
The documentary glossed over some important issues. – Il documentario ha sorvolato su alcune questioni importanti.
4.to seek out – cercare, investigare
to look for someone or something, especially for a long time until you find him, her, or it
While she was at the meeting, her partner decided to seek out some information about entertainment facilities. – Mentre era in riunione, il suo partner decise di cercare informazioni sulle strutture di intrattenimento.
5.to stamp out – timbrare
to get rid of something that is wrong or harmful; to stop and destroy something
Their first goal is to stamp out hunger. – Il loro primo obiettivo è eliminare la fame.
sources: Cambridge Dictionary; News Vocabulary in English- Understand the News and BOOST Vocabulary, Love English with Leila & Sabrah
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to criticize – criticare
insulted – insultato
to annoy – infastidire
to deal with – affrontare, occuparsi di
illegal behaviour – comportamento illegale
severe way – in modo severo
to avoid – evitare
to consider – considerare
embarrassing – imbarazzante
mistake – errore
to get rid of – sbarazzarsi di
to destroy – distruggere
