snake

serpente

Animale lungo e sottile, senza zampe, che striscia sul terreno; alcune specie hanno un morso velenoso.

In inglese semplice: A long, thin animal with no legs that moves along the ground; some kinds have a poisonous bite.

• A snake moved through the grass.
• Some snakes can give a dangerous bite.
• Have you ever held a snake?

Sinonimi: serpent

Espressioni comuni: poisonous snake, snake bite, pet snake, snake skin

serpente, traditore

Persona che mente o agisce di nascosto contro chi si fida di lei.

In inglese semplice: A person who lies or secretly acts against people who trust them.

• Don't trust him; he's a snake.
• That snake told everyone my secret.
• She called her former partner a snake.

Sinonimi: traitor, backstabber

Espressioni comuni: a real snake, such a snake

sonda sturatubi

Attrezzo lungo e flessibile da inserire in un tubo per rimuovere ciò che lo ostruisce.

In inglese semplice: A long, flexible tool pushed into a pipe to remove things blocking it.

• The plumber used a snake.
• Push the snake slowly into the drain.
• This snake can reach deep inside the pipe.

Sinonimi: drain auger

Espressioni comuni: drain snake, plumbing snake, use a snake

spia, informatore

Persona che fornisce di nascosto informazioni su altri alla polizia o a un’altra autorità.

In inglese semplice: A person who secretly gives information about others to the police or another authority.

• The gang thought he was a snake.
• Someone accused her of being a police snake.
• They searched for the snake who had reported them.

Sinonimi: informer, snitch, rat

Espressioni comuni: a police snake, such a snake

serpeggiare, snodarsi

Muoversi o estendersi lungo un percorso con molte curve.

In inglese semplice: To move or continue along a path with many curves.

• The road snakes through the hills.
• A long queue snaked around the building.
• We watched the river snaking across the plain.

Come si usa: snake through/around/along something (The path snakes around the lake.)

Sinonimi: wind, twist

Espressioni comuni: snake through something, snake around something, snake along something

stappare con una sonda

Liberare un tubo ostruito usando un attrezzo lungo e flessibile.

In inglese semplice: To clear a blocked pipe with a long, flexible tool.

• We need to snake the drain.
• The plumber snaked the kitchen pipe.
• Have you tried snaking the toilet?

Sinonimi: clear, unblock

Espressioni comuni: snake a drain, snake the toilet, snake a pipe

rubare, fregare

Prendere di nascosto cose altrui senza permesso.

In inglese semplice: To take someone else's things secretly and without permission.

• Someone snaked my phone.
• He snaked a few coins from my bag.
• Did you snake my headphones?

Sinonimi: steal, swipe, nick

Espressioni comuni: snake someone's phone, snake someone's money

fare la spia, denunciare

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

In inglese semplice: To secretly tell the police or another authority about someone's wrongdoing.

• He swore he hadn't snaked.
• Someone snaked them out to the police.
• The gang threatened anyone who snaked.

Come si usa: snake someone out (They feared he would snake them out.)

Sinonimi: inform, snitch, rat

Espressioni comuni: snake someone out, snake to police