rat

ratto

Piccolo animale dalla coda lunga, simile a un grosso topo.

In inglese semplice: A small animal with a long tail that looks like a large mouse.

• A rat ran across the floor.
• We keep two rats as pets.
• Did you see the rat behind the bins?

Espressioni comuni: pet rat, rat trap, a rat

traditore

Persona che tradisce la tua fiducia o aiuta i tuoi nemici.

In inglese semplice: A person who breaks your trust or helps your enemies.

• You told everyone my secret, you rat!
• She called him a rat for betraying his friends.
• Nobody trusted the rat who had sold them out.

Sinonimi: traitor, snake

Espressioni comuni: a dirty rat, that rat

assiduo, frequentatore abituale

Persona che passa molto tempo in un certo luogo.

In inglese semplice: Someone who spends much of their time in a particular place.

• My brother is a gym rat.
• The mall rats gathered outside the food court.
• She became a library rat during her college years.

Sinonimi: regular

Espressioni comuni: mall rat, gym rat

fare la spia, denunciare

Riferire alla polizia o a un’altra autorità qualcosa di scorretto fatto da qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: To tell the police or another authority about something wrong that someone has done.

• Please do not rat on me.
• He ratted out the gang to the police.
• Who ratted on us to the teacher?

Come si usa: rat on someone (He refused to rat on his brother.); rat someone out (Someone ratted her out to the police.)

Sinonimi: inform on, tell on, betray

Espressioni comuni: rat on someone, rat someone out

graffiare, incidere

Lasciare un segno su una superficie graffiandola o tagliandola.

In inglese semplice: To cut or scratch a mark into a surface.

• He used a blade to rat the wood.
• She ratted a line into the soft surface.
• The knife had ratted a deep mark across the board.

Sinonimi: scratch, score

Espressioni comuni: rat a line, rat the surface