tongue

lingua

Parte morbida della bocca che serve a sentire i sapori, parlare e deglutire.

In inglese semplice: The soft part inside your mouth that helps you taste, speak, and swallow.

• My tongue feels sore.
• She burned her tongue on the hot soup.
• The doctor asked me to stick out my tongue.

Espressioni comuni: stick your tongue, bite your tongue, tip of tongue

lingua, idioma

Una lingua, soprattutto quella imparata da bambini.

In inglese semplice: A language, especially the one someone learned as a child.

• English is her mother tongue.
• They spoke to each other in their native tongue.
• He could read several ancient tongues.

Sinonimi: language

Espressioni comuni: native tongue, mother tongue, foreign tongue

lingua

Lingua di un animale, soprattutto bovino, preparata e mangiata come carne.

In inglese semplice: The mouth part of an animal, especially a cow, prepared and eaten as meat.

• We had tongue for lunch.
• She served cold tongue with mustard.
• The butcher sells beef tongue on Fridays.

Espressioni comuni: beef tongue, cold tongue, sliced tongue

linguetta

Parte della scarpa sotto i lacci che copre il dorso del piede.

In inglese semplice: The piece of material under the laces of a shoe, covering the top of your foot.

• The shoe’s tongue slipped sideways.
• These boots have thick, padded tongues.
• Straighten the tongue before you tie your laces.

Sinonimi: flap

Espressioni comuni: shoe tongue, padded tongue, leather tongue

protendersi

Protendersi in un’altra zona formando strisce lunghe e strette.

In inglese semplice: To extend into another area in long, narrow shapes.

• The soil layer tongues into clay.
• A thin deposit tongued into the surrounding rock.
• Several sandy layers tongue through the darker soil.

Come si usa: tongue into something (The sandy layer tongues into the clay beneath it.)

Sinonimi: extend, project

Espressioni comuni: tongue into something, tongue through something

unire a maschio e femmina

Unire pezzi di legno inserendo un bordo stretto sporgente in una scanalatura corrispondente.

In inglese semplice: To join pieces of wood using a narrow raised edge that fits into a matching cut.

• The carpenter tongued the boards together.
• We need to tongue these floorboards before fitting them.
• She carefully tongued the edges to make a firm joint.

Espressioni comuni: tongue boards together, tongue the edges