Animal verbs Flashcards
1
Q
piombare in picchiata
A
to swoop
2
Q
svolazzare, sbattere le ali
A
to flutter
3
Q
sciamare
A
to swarm
4
Q
to be busy at sth;
to work hard
A
to beaver away
5
Q
to run away;
to not do sth;
to be afraid of doing sth
A
to chicken out
6
Q
to stop talking
A
to clam up
7
Q
to leave secretly/silently
A
to duck out
8
Q
to look for sth;
to search
A
to fish for
9
Q
to take sth out;
to retrieve
A
to fish out
10
Q
to behave in a silly and noisy way (= fare il buffone)
A
to horse around
11
Q
to behave in a silly and annoying way;
to touch/change/treat sth in a careless or harmful way
A
to monkey around (with sth)
12
Q
to eat a lot/too much (= abbuffarsi)
A
to pig out
13
Q
to keep talking
A
to rabbit on (UK)
14
Q
to not be loyal to someone, especially by giving away secret information
A
to rat on
15
Q
to hide/store sth
A
to squirrel away
