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[strəuk] I noun1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) smūgis2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) trenksmas, smūgis, netikėtas dalykas3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) dūžis4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) potėpis, brūkšnys, brūkštelėjimas5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) smūgis, smogimas6) (a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming: He swam with slow, strong strokes; Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?) mostas, plaukimo stilius7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) pastanga8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) insultas•II 1. verb(to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) glostyti2. noun(an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) glostymas -
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[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) plaukti2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) perplaukti, nuplaukti3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) svaigti, suktis2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) (pa)plaukiojimas, pasimaudymas- swimmer- swimming
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noun (in swimming, a stroke made when lying on one's back in the water: The child is good at backstroke.) plaukimas nugara
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