cook

cuoco, cuoca

Persona che prepara da mangiare, per lavoro o a casa.

In inglese semplice: Someone who prepares food, as a job or at home.

• My father is a good cook.
• The restaurant hired two cooks.
• Who is the best cook in your family?

Sinonimi: chef

Espressioni comuni: good cook, restaurant cook, head cook

produttore di droga

Persona che produce droghe illegali, soprattutto metanfetamina.

In inglese semplice: Someone who makes illegal drugs, especially methamphetamine.

• Police arrested a meth cook.
• The cooks worked in an illegal drug lab.
• Investigators found chemicals used by the cook.

Espressioni comuni: meth cook, drug cook

cucinare, cuocere

Preparare gli alimenti per mangiarli, di solito usando il calore.

In inglese semplice: To prepare food for eating, usually by heating it.

• I cook dinner every evening.
• She cooked rice for lunch.
• Can you cook for six people?

Come si usa: cook something for someone (He cooked a meal for his friends.); cook someone something (She cooked us dinner.)

Sinonimi: prepare

Espressioni comuni: cook dinner, cook a meal, cook for someone, cook rice

arrostire, cuocere

Sentire così tanto caldo da avere l’impressione di cuocere.

In inglese semplice: To feel much too hot.

• We are cooking in this room.
• The dog was cooking in the hot car.
• Without a fan, I cooked all afternoon.

Sinonimi: roast, swelter

Espressioni comuni: cook in something, cook in here