muck

sudiciume, melma

Materiale bagnato e sporco, sgradevole al tatto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: sludge, slime, filth

Espressioni comuni: covered in muck, sticky muck, wash off muck, thick muck

schifezza, sporcizia

Sporcizia o qualsiasi cosa considerata sgradevole, disgustosa o senza valore.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: dirt, filth, rubbish

Espressioni comuni: clean off muck, disgusting muck, eat that muck

rovinare, combinare un pasticcio

Rovinare qualcosa o far andare male una situazione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: muck something up (One small mistake mucked the whole plan up.)

Sinonimi: mess up, spoil, bungle

Espressioni comuni: muck something up, muck up plans

fare lo scemo, perdere tempo

Giocare o comportarsi senza serietà, spesso perdendo tempo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: muck around/about (Stop mucking about and finish your homework.)

Sinonimi: fool around, mess about, play around

Espressioni comuni: muck around, muck about, muck around with something

rimuovere il letame

Togliere gli escrementi e la lettiera sporca da un luogo dove vivono animali.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: muck out something / muck something out (She mucks the stable out every morning.)

Sinonimi: clean out

Espressioni comuni: muck out stables, muck something out, muck out a stall, muck a stable