fluke

colpo di fortuna

Buon risultato ottenuto per caso, che difficilmente si ripeterà.

In inglese semplice: A good result that happens by chance and is unlikely to happen again.

• My first win was a fluke.
• Was that amazing shot skill or just a fluke?
• She won again, proving her earlier success was no fluke.

Sinonimi: lucky break, stroke of luck

Espressioni comuni: a lucky fluke, by a fluke, just a fluke

trematode

Piccolo verme piatto che vive nel corpo di persone o animali e può causare malattie.

In inglese semplice: A small flat worm that lives inside a person or animal and can cause disease.

• The sheep had liver flukes.
• Eating infected raw fish can spread flukes.
• The vet treated the cattle for fluke infection.

Sinonimi: trematode

Espressioni comuni: liver fluke, blood fluke, fluke infection

lobo caudale

Una delle due parti piatte all'estremità della coda di una balena o di un delfino.

In inglese semplice: One of the two flat parts at the end of a whale’s or dolphin’s tail.

• The whale raised one fluke.
• Its left fluke had a deep scar.
• We photographed the whale’s flukes before it dived.

Espressioni comuni: tail fluke, whale fluke, injured fluke

paralittide estivo

Pesce marino piatto con entrambi gli occhi sullo stesso lato, spesso pescato per essere mangiato.

In inglese semplice: A flat sea fish with both eyes on one side, often caught for food.

• We caught a fluke near the coast.
• The restaurant serves fresh fluke with lemon.
• Fluke lie on the sandy bottom waiting for prey.

Sinonimi: summer flounder

Espressioni comuni: catch fluke, summer fluke, fluke fishing

uncino

Uncino metallico su un'arma fissata a una lunga asta.

In inglese semplice: A metal hook on a weapon attached to a long pole.

• The weapon had a curved fluke.
• A sharp fluke projected from the metal head.
• The soldier used the fluke to catch his opponent’s weapon.

Espressioni comuni: sharpened fluke, steel fluke, curved fluke

ottenere per caso

Ottenere un buon risultato grazie alla fortuna anziché all'abilità.

In inglese semplice: To get a good result through luck rather than skill.

• I fluked a pass in chemistry.
• He somehow fluked a goal from halfway down the field.
• You cannot fluke your way through every exam.

Come si usa: fluke something (We fluked a win against the strongest team.)

Sinonimi: luck into

Espressioni comuni: fluke a win, fluke a pass, fluke a goal

imbucare per caso

Mandare una palla in buca per caso in giochi come lo snooker.

In inglese semplice: To send a ball into a pocket by accident in a game such as snooker.

• She fluked a red into the corner pocket.
• I aimed for the blue but fluked the black.
• Did he fluke that ball, or was it planned?

Come si usa: fluke something into something (He fluked the red into the middle pocket.)

Espressioni comuni: fluke a red, fluke a ball, fluke the black