sewer

fogna

Un tubo o canale sotterraneo che porta via acqua sporca e rifiuti dagli edifici.

In inglese semplice: An underground pipe or passage that carries dirty water and waste away from buildings.

• The sewer under our street is blocked.
• Workers repaired the damaged sewer yesterday.
• Heavy rain caused the sewers to overflow.

Sinonimi: drain

Espressioni comuni: blocked sewer, sewer pipe, sewer system

sarto, sarta

Una persona che unisce o ripara tessuti con ago e filo.

In inglese semplice: A person who joins or repairs cloth using a needle and thread.

• My grandmother is a skilled sewer.
• This machine is easy for a beginner sewer to use.
• Experienced sewers helped repair the costumes.

Sinonimi: sewist

Espressioni comuni: skilled sewer, home sewer, experienced sewer

scalco

Una persona che nel Medioevo serviva le pietanze o organizzava il servizio a tavola.

In inglese semplice: A person whose job in medieval times was to serve or arrange food at meals.

• The sewer brought food to the lord.
• A royal sewer supervised the serving of dinner.
• The household employed two sewers for its great feasts.

Sinonimi: server

Espressioni comuni: royal sewer, household sewer, sewer at court

falena tessitrice di foglie

Una piccola falena le cui larve uniscono i bordi di una foglia con fili di seta.

In inglese semplice: A small moth whose young use silk to join the edges of a leaf together.

• A sewer larva had folded the leaf.
• The apple leaf sewer is a small moth.
• We found several sewers among the orchard's leaves.

Espressioni comuni: apple leaf sewer, leaf sewer larva

dotare di fognature

Dotare un edificio o una zona di tubi che portano via acqua sporca e rifiuti.

In inglese semplice: To provide a building or area with pipes that carry away dirty water and waste.

• The council plans to sewer the village.
• The district was sewered before the houses were built.
• Sewering remote settlements can be expensive.

Espressioni comuni: sewer an area, sewer a district, sewer the village