čoln ima štiri vesla

1) (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.) vleči

2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) vleči

3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) veslati

4) ((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.) potegniti (proti)

1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) poteg

2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) privlačnost

3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) vpliv

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- pull apart / to pieces

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potegljaj, poteg, vlečenje, vlek; technical vlečna sila; privlačnost, sila privlačnosti; požirek, dušek; ročaj, držaj (zvonca); veslanje, zavesljaj; sport (golf, kriket) udarec, zamah (poševno, zlasti na levo); zadrževanje (konja z vajetmi); utrjujajoč vzpon, velik napor ( long ŋ); prednost (of, on, over pred); slang vpliv, zveze, protekcija ( with); printing (poskusni) odtis

a long pull uphill — težek vzpon

the long pull — presežek, dodatek k plači

a heavy pull on s.o.'s purse — draga stvar

to go for a pull — iti veslat

it is a hard pull — to je naporna stvar

to have the pull of s.o. — imeti prednost pred kom

to have a pull with s.o. — imeti vpliv na koga, imeti protekcijo pri kom

printing to take a pull — napraviti odtis

to take a pull at the bottle — cukniti ga iz steklenice

to give a pull at — povleči, potegniti kaj

vleči, povleči, potegniti; puliti, izpuliti (zob, rastlino), izvleči, privleči; trgati (jabolka cvetice); skubsti, skubiti, oskubsti (perjad, lan), populiti (dlako iz usnja); zagotoviti si, privleči (stranke, podporo); (golf, kriket) udariti žogo postrani na levo; namerno zadržati dirkalnega konja; veslati, imeti vesla; printing napraviti odtis, odtisniti; American slang potegniti (revolver, nož); slang izpeljati (delo); American slang proglasiti stavko, pozvati (podjetje) k stavki; slang zapreti, napraviti racijo (v igralnici);

vleči, puliti (at); vleči (pipo; at); povleči, piti (at iz); vleči se, riniti se naprej; slang privlačiti (reklama)

to pull apart — raztrgati

to pull a boner — napraviti veliko napako

to pull ( —ali draw) the long bow — širokoustiti se

a case of pull devil, pull baker — povleci, potegni; kdo je močnejši

to pull caps ( —ali wigs) — pretepati se

to pull faces ( —ali a face) — pačiti se, kremžiti se

to pull a long face — nakremžiti obraz, narediti kisel obraz

to pull a fast one — preslepiti, ukaniti

to pull a good heart — zbrati pogum

to pull s.o.'s leg — potegniti koga, norčevati se iz koga

to pull a thing on s.o. — ogoljufati, prevariti

to pull a good oar — dobro veslati

the boat pulls 4 oars — čoln ima štiri vesla

to pull it — odnesti pete, pobegniti

to pull to pieces — raztrgati, figuratively ostro kritizirati

to pull one's punches figuratively krotiti se; (boks) zadržano udariti

to pull one's rank on s.o. — pokazati, da si višji po činu

to pull by the sleeve — pocukati za rokav

to pull into the station — pripeljati na postajo (vlak)

to pull the strings ( —ali wires) — neopazno voditi, vplivati na koga

to pull one's weight — potruditi se pri delu, krepko veslati

to pull the wool over s.o.'s eyes — preslepiti koga