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1 pull the strings
(to be the person who is really, though usually not apparently, controlling the actions of others.) viskam diriguoti -
2 pull the wool over someone's eyes
(to deceive someone.) akis muilintiEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > pull the wool over someone's eyes
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3 pull
[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.) (pa)traukti, nutraukti, traukyti2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) patraukti3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) irkluoti4) ((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.) įvažiuoti, išvažiuoti, pavažiuoti...2. noun1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) (pa)traukimas2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) trauka3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) įtaka•- 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
- pull one's weight
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4 pull through
(to (help to) survive an illness etc: He is very ill, but he'll pull through; The expert medical treatment pulled him through.) (padėti) išsikapstyti -
5 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.) daryti grimasas, vaipytis -
6 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.) daryti grimasas, vaipytis -
7 pull up
((of a driver or vehicle) to stop: He pulled up at the traffic lights.) sustoti -
8 make/pull a face
(to twist one's face into a strange expression: She pulled faces at the baby to make it laugh.) daryti grimasas -
9 pluck
1. verb1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) išrauti, timptelėti2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) nupešti3) (to pick (flowers etc).) nuskinti4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) pešioti5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) timpčioti2. noun(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) drąsa- plucky- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
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10 string
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.) virvė, raištis2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) plaušas, skaidula3) (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.) styga4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) vėrinys, virtinė2. verb1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) suverti2) (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.) átempti, sustyguoti, ádëti stygas3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) iðimti skaidulas ið4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) suverti•- 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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11 trigger
['triɡə] 1. noun1) (a small lever on a gun, which is pulled to make the gun fire: He aimed the rifle at her but did not pull the trigger.) gaidukas2) (anything which starts a series of actions or reactions.) pradþia, postûmis2. verb((often with off) to start (a series of events): The attack triggered (off) a full-scale war.) duoti postûmá -
12 weightless
adjective (not affected by the earth's gravity pull: The astronauts became weightless on going into orbit round the earth.) besvoris -
13 wool
[wul] 1. noun, adjective((of) the soft hair of sheep and some other animals, often made into yarn etc for knitting or into fabric for making clothes etc: I wear wool in winter; knitting-wool; a wool blanket.) vilna; vilnonis- woollen- woollens
- woolly 2. noun(a knitted garment.) vilnonis rûbas- pull the wool over someone's eyes -
14 pliers
(a kind of tool used for gripping, bending or cutting wire etc: He used a pair of pliers to pull the nail out; Where are my pliers?) (plokščiosios) replės, plokščiareplės -
15 magnetic field
(the area in which the pull of a magnet, or thing acting like a magnet, is felt: the earth's magnetic field.) magnetinis laukas -
16 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) tempti, traukti2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) tempti, vilkti3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) vilkti(s), driektis4) (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.) graibyti5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) lėtai slinkti2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) kliūtis, stabdys2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) už(si)traukimas3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) nuobodybė4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) moteriški drabužiai -
17 haul
[ho:l] 1. verb1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) tempti, vilkti2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) gabenti2. noun1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) timptelėjimas2) (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.) išvalka, grobis, laimikis•- haulage- haulier
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18 yank
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19 tug
1. past tense, past participle - tugged; verb(to pull (something) sharply and strongly: He tugged (at) the door but it wouldn't open.) trūktelėti2. noun1) (a strong, sharp pull: He gave the rope a tug.) trūktelėjimas2) (a tug-boat.) vilkikas•- tug-boat- tug-of-war -
20 wrench
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