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1 pull
n. drag, ryck; effekt; höjning, ökning; korrigering (tryck); handtag--------v. dra, rycka; släpa; dra ut; sträcka ut; slita* * *[pul] 1. verb1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) dra2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) dra ett bloss3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) ro4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) styra, köra2. noun1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) drag, ryck, klunk, bloss2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) dragningskraft3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) ligga bra till hos•- pull down
- pull a face / faces at
- pull a face / faces
- pull a gun on
- pull off
- pull on
- pull oneself together
- pull through
- pull up
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2 pull through
friskna till, repa sig; klara sig; rädda; instrument för rengöring av vapen* * *(to (help to) survive an illness etc: He is very ill, but he'll pull through; The expert medical treatment pulled him through.) klara sig [], rädda ngn -
3 pull a face / faces (at)
(to make strange expressions with the face eg to show disgust, or to amuse: The children were pulling faces at each other; He pulled a face when he smelt the fish.) göra en grimas (grimaser) åt -
4 pull a face / faces (at)
(to make strange expressions with the face eg to show disgust, or to amuse: The children were pulling faces at each other; He pulled a face when he smelt the fish.) göra en grimas (grimaser) åt -
5 pull the strings
dra i trådarna, styra allt medans man håller sig i bakgrunden* * *(to be the person who is really, though usually not apparently, controlling the actions of others.) dra i trådarna -
6 pull up
gripa, anhålla; avancera, köra om; förbättra situationen; läxa upp; vägrestaurang, rastställe* * *((of a driver or vehicle) to stop: He pulled up at the traffic lights.) stanna -
7 pull the chestnuts out of the fire
krafsa kastanjerna ur elden åt någon, tjäna någonEnglish-Swedish dictionary > pull the chestnuts out of the fire
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8 pull the devil by the tail
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9 pull the wool over someone's eyes
slå blå dunster i ögonen på någon, lura* * *(to deceive someone.)English-Swedish dictionary > pull the wool over someone's eyes
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10 pull chestnuts from the fire
krafsa kastanjerna ur elden, göra något obehagligt för någon annans skull -
11 pull the long bow
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12 pull the wires
dra i trådarna; utnyttja sitt inflytande -
13 pull the wool over a person's eyes
slå blå dunster i ögonen på någon, luraEnglish-Swedish dictionary > pull the wool over a person's eyes
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14 pull up by the roots
dra upp med rötterna -
15 make/pull a face
(to twist one's face into a strange expression: She pulled faces at the baby to make it laugh.) göra en grimas -
16 magnetic field
magnetiskt fält (område där magneten verkar)* * *(the area in which the pull of a magnet, or thing acting like a magnet, is felt: the earth's magnetic field.) magnetfält -
17 pluck
n. hjärta, lever, lungor (från djur för matlagning); ryck, ryckning; misslyckande; mod, kurage--------v. plocka, plocka av; rycka ut; orsaka ett misslyckande; lura* * *1. verb1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) rycka []2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) plocka3) (to pick (flowers etc).) plocka4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) plocka5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) knäppa2. noun(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) mod, kurage- plucky- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
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18 drag
n. tung harv; hinder; dragnät; tråkmåns; dra; då man klickar och flyttar ngt. med musen (data), dra; bogsering; förhinder; malande--------v. dra, släpa; släpas; lunka, släpa (på fötterna)* * *[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) släpa, dra2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) släpa, dra3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) släpa4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) dragga5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) vara långdragen2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) motstånd, hinder2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) bloss3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) pina, plåga4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) transvestitkläder, dragshowkläder -
19 string
n. snöre; sträng; sätta sträng (ar) på; spänna (en båge); stämma (ett instrument); en kedja av symboler som behandlas som en hel enhet (data)--------v. snöra ihop, binda; hänga upp; trä på tråd; arrangera i en rad* * *1. [striŋ] noun1) ((a piece of) long narrow cord made of threads twisted together, or tape, for tying, fastening etc: a piece of string to tie a parcel; a ball of string; a puppet's strings; apron-strings.) snöre, band, tråd2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) fiber, tråd3) (a piece of wire, gut etc on a musical instrument, eg a violin: His A-string broke; ( also adjective) He plays the viola in a string orchestra.) sträng4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) band2. verb1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) trä upp []2) (to put a string or strings on (eg a bow or stringed instrument): The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.) stränga, spänna3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) rensa4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) trä (binda) upp•- strings- stringy
- stringiness
- string bean
- stringed instruments
- have someone on a string
- have on a string
- pull strings
- pull the strings
- string out
- strung up
- stringent
- stringently
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20 haul
n. dragande, bogsering, halning--------v. dra, bogsera; ändra riktning* * *[ho:l] 1. verb1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) dra, släpa, bogsera2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) transportera, frakta2. noun1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) halning, tag, drag2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) byte, fångst, kap•- haulage- haulier
- a long haul
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