flesh

pelle

Lo strato esterno che ricopre il corpo di una persona o di un animale.

In inglese semplice: The skin covering a person or animal.

• The sun burned her exposed flesh.
• Cold air touched the bare flesh of his arms.
• The sharp wire cut into my flesh.

Sinonimi: skin

Espressioni comuni: bare flesh, exposed flesh, pale flesh

carne

Le parti morbide di un animale che le persone possono mangiare.

In inglese semplice: The soft parts of an animal that people can eat.

• The flesh was tender.
• They removed the flesh from the bones.
• Some animals feed on the flesh of other animals.

Sinonimi: meat

Espressioni comuni: animal flesh, raw flesh, eat flesh

polpa

Parte morbida all’interno di un frutto o di un ortaggio, spesso mangiata.

In inglese semplice: The soft part inside a fruit or vegetable, often eaten.

• The peach has sweet flesh.
• Scoop the flesh out of the melon.
• These pumpkins have firm orange flesh.

Sinonimi: pulp

Espressioni comuni: melon flesh, soft flesh, sweet flesh

color carne

Colore rosa pallido leggermente giallastro, simile a quello di alcune pelli chiare.

In inglese semplice: A pale yellowish pink colour like some light skin.

• She mixed white and pink to make flesh.
• The old paint chart lists a shade called flesh.
• He chose flesh as the colour for the doll.

Espressioni comuni: flesh colour, flesh tone

sviluppare, approfondire

Arricchire un’idea, un piano o un testo con altri dettagli.

In inglese semplice: To add more details to an idea, plan, or piece of writing.

• We need to flesh out the plan.
• She fleshed out her story with details about the village.
• Can you flesh this idea out before our meeting?

Come si usa: flesh out something (Please flesh out your proposal.); flesh something out (We can flesh it out tomorrow.)

Sinonimi: expand, develop

Espressioni comuni: flesh out something, flesh something out

ingrassare

Far aumentare di peso un animale, soprattutto nutrendolo bene.

In inglese semplice: To make an animal gain weight, especially by feeding it well.

• They used grain to flesh the cattle.
• Fresh pasture helped flesh the sheep.
• The farmer fleshed his animals before winter.

Sinonimi: fatten

Espressioni comuni: flesh cattle, flesh sheep

scarnare

Togliere carne e grasso da una pelle animale prima di trasformarla in cuoio.

In inglese semplice: To remove meat and fat from an animal skin before making leather.

• Workers flesh the hides by hand.
• He fleshed the skin with a special knife.
• You must flesh each hide before treating it.

Espressioni comuni: flesh a hide, flesh animal skins