slug

limaccia

Piccolo animale lento dal corpo molle, senza zampe e con un guscio ridotto o assente.

In inglese semplice: A small, slow animal with a soft body, no legs, and little or no shell.

• A slug ate my lettuce.
• Slugs come out after the rain.
• We found a shiny slug trail on the path.

Espressioni comuni: garden slug, slug trail

fannullone, pigrone

Persona molto pigra e lenta a mettersi in azione.

In inglese semplice: A person who is very lazy and slow to act.

• Get up, you lazy slug!
• I felt like a slug all weekend.
• He called his brother a slug for refusing to help.

Sinonimi: sluggard, idler

Espressioni comuni: lazy slug, a total slug

dare un pugno, colpire

Colpire qualcuno con molta forza, di solito con il pugno.

In inglese semplice: To hit someone very hard, usually with your closed hand.

• He slugged me in the arm.
• She slugged the attacker and ran away.
• Did he really slug you in the face?

Come si usa: slug someone in the face/stomach (The angry man slugged him in the stomach.)

Sinonimi: punch, hit

Espressioni comuni: slug someone, slug someone hard

caricare a palla

Inserire proiettili a palla in un’arma da fuoco.

In inglese semplice: To put solid bullets into a gun.

• He slugged the gun before leaving.
• They slug their shotguns for this type of shooting.
• The hunter checked the barrel before slugging his gun.

Espressioni comuni: slug a gun, slug a shotgun