muck

crasse, boue

Matière humide et sale, désagréable au toucher.

En anglais simple : Wet, dirty material that feels unpleasant.

• My boots are covered in muck.
• She washed the sticky muck off her hands.
• There was a pool of gray muck under the sink.

Synonymes : sludge, slime, filth

Expressions courantes : covered in muck, sticky muck, wash off muck, thick muck

saleté, cochonnerie

Saleté ou chose jugée désagréable, dégoûtante ou sans valeur.

En anglais simple : Dirt or anything unpleasant, disgusting, or worthless.

• Get that muck off the table.
• I won't eat that disgusting muck.
• The cleaner removed years of muck from the walls.

Synonymes : dirt, filth, rubbish

Expressions courantes : clean off muck, disgusting muck, eat that muck

gâcher, saboter

Abîmer quelque chose ou faire en sorte que cela se passe mal.

En anglais simple : If you do this to something, you spoil it or cause it to go wrong.

• Don't muck this up.
• I mucked up the booking and chose the wrong date.
• The delay has mucked our plans up.

Comment l'utiliser : muck something up (One small mistake mucked the whole plan up.)

Synonymes : mess up, spoil, bungle

Expressions courantes : muck something up, muck up plans

faire l'idiot, traîner

Jouer ou agir sans sérieux, souvent en perdant son temps.

En anglais simple : To play or behave without being serious, often wasting time.

• The kids like to muck around.
• We spent the afternoon mucking about in the garden.
• Stop mucking around during the lesson.

Comment l'utiliser : muck around/about (Stop mucking about and finish your homework.)

Synonymes : fool around, mess about, play around

Expressions courantes : muck around, muck about, muck around with something

curer, enlever le fumier

Enlever les excréments et la litière sale d’un lieu où vivent des animaux.

En anglais simple : To remove waste and dirty bedding from a place where animals live.

• We need to muck out the stable.
• He mucked the pigs' pen out before breakfast.
• Who is mucking out the stalls today?

Comment l'utiliser : muck out something / muck something out (She mucks the stable out every morning.)

Synonymes : clean out

Expressions courantes : muck out stables, muck something out, muck out a stall, muck a stable