rag

straccio, cencio

Pezzo di stoffa vecchia, spesso usato per pulire.

In inglese semplice: A piece of old cloth, often used for cleaning.

• Wipe the table with a rag.
• He kept oily rags beside his tools.
• Can you find a clean rag for the window?

Sinonimi: cloth, scrap

Espressioni comuni: a dirty rag, wipe with a rag, an oily rag

stracci, cenci

Vestiti vecchi o molto strappati, oppure un indumento considerato senza valore.

In inglese semplice: Old or badly torn clothing, or a piece of clothing described as worthless.

• He arrived wearing filthy rags.
• This old rag used to be my favorite dress.
• The children were dressed in rags and had no shoes.

Come si usa: be dressed in rags (The family were dressed in rags.)

Sinonimi: tatters

Espressioni comuni: an old rag, rag of a dress

carta bassa

Carta di basso valore che difficilmente aiuta la tua mano a vincere a poker.

In inglese semplice: A low-value card that is unlikely to help your poker hand win.

• His second card was a rag.
• She folded because her ace came with a rag.
• A strong pair can still lose with a rag as its kicker.

Sinonimi: low kicker

Espressioni comuni: ace rag, a low rag, hold a rag

sbozzare, irruvidire

Tagliare o modellare grossolanamente una pietra, soprattutto per rendere nuovamente ruvida una superficie usata per macinare.

In inglese semplice: To cut or shape a stone roughly, especially to make a grinding surface rough again.

• The worker used a tool to rag the grindstone.
• He ragged the worn surface before sharpening the blade.
• They needed to rag the stone to restore its roughness.

Sinonimi: roughen, rough

Contrari: smooth

Espressioni comuni: rag a grindstone, rag the surface