imeti koga na vrvici

1) ((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.) vrvica

2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) vlakno

3) (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.) struna

4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) vrsta

1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) nanizati

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.) napeti

3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) odstraniti nitke

4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) obesiti

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vrvica, vezalka, trak, nit, žica; music struna, žica; tetiva (pri loku); botany vlakno, nit (stroka); niz (biserov itd.) (tudi figuratively); garnitura; serija; dolga vrsta; truma (živali); (večinoma plural) American colloquially pogoj, težava, tajna klavzula; American slang bahanje, (pretirana) lažna zgodba

in a long string — v dolgi vrsti

with a string tied to it — s pogojem

no strings attached — brez klavzul ali pogojev

the strings plural music godala

a string of beads (pearls) — niz biserov

a string of lies — vrsta, niz laži

a string of onions — venec čebule

a string of carriages — povorka kočij

heart-strings plural figuratively najgloblja, najnežnejša čustva, srcé

third-string — tretjevrsten

to be a second string — spadati k drugi garnituri, biti drugovrsten, figuratively igrati drugo violino

to harp on one (on the same) string figuratively neprestano govoriti o isti stvari, vedno isto gósti

to have s.o. on a string — imeti koga na vrvici

he has all the world in a string figuratively vse mu gre po želji

to have s.o. on the string figuratively pustiti koga v negotovosti

to have (to lead) s.th. in (by) a string — brzdati, obvladati, biti gospodar (česa)

to have two strings to one's bow — imeti dvoje železij v ognju

to keep s.o. on a string figuratively držati koga dolgo časa v negotovosti

to hold all the strings — držati vse niti v rokah, upravljati, voditi (kaj)

to have a string (attached) to it — biti oviran, ne iti gladko

to pull (the) strings — premikati lutke (v lutkovnem gledališču); figuratively biti neviden, a glavni vodja

to touch a string — udariti na struno, figuratively zadeti v živec, na občutljivo mesto (čustva itd.)

to touch the strings — gosti (na godalo);

godalen

string playing — igranje na godalu

string wire — žična struna

opremiti s strunami (violino itd.) ali z žicami; opremiti (lok) s tetivo; nategniti, napeti (vrvico, tetivo itd.); zadrgniti, zavezati; privezati z vrvico; odstraniti nitke (pri fižolu); poetically uglasiti (violino itd.); razširiti, nategniti, figuratively napeti (živce, moči itd.); (na)nizati (bisere), obesiti ( across prek); figuratively povezati; American slang za nos koga voditi, norčevati se iz;

postati vlaknat; razvleči se (lepilo itd.); tvoriti vrsto ali verigo

stringed instruments music godala, godalni instrumenti

to string a room with festoons — obesiti girlande na sobne stene

to string one's shoes — zavezati si čevlje

strung up — napet, živčen, razburjen, razburljiv

to string along with American colloquially pridružiti se (komu), iti s kom, plesati, kot (nekdo) žvižga

to string out — napeti, nategniti

to string up — napeti (živce itd.); pripravljati (koga) na kaj, spodbujati; colloquially obesiti

to string o.s. up for a deed — opogumiti se za neko dejanje

to be strung up — biti v stiski, v zagati, v težavah

1) (to turn round (and round): He twisted the knob; The road twisted through the mountains.) obračati (se)

2) (to wind around or together: He twisted the piece of string (together) to make a rope.) plesti

3) (to force out of the correct shape or position: The heat of the fire twisted the metal; He twisted her arm painfully.) zviti

1) (the act of twisting.) obračanje

2) (a twisted piece of something: He added a twist of lemon to her drink.) ožemek

3) (a turn, coil etc: There's a twist in the rope.) vozel

4) (a change in direction (of a story etc): The story had a strange twist at the end.) preobrat

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ukrivljenje, upogib, pregib; figuratively izkrivljenje, popačenje; torzija; izvin, deformacija; zavoj, vijuga, ovinek; technical spirala, spiralasto pletivo, tkanina; sukanec; klobčič; vozel; vrvica, vrv, konopec; zvitek, smotek tobaka (za žvečenje); obšiv, obšitek na kapi (uniformi, narodni noši); British English slang obsolete mešana pijača; slang tek, glad; sport kretnja, gib v stran; nagnjenje, čudna ljubezen (to do); tvist (ples); American slang moralno propadla ženska

in a twist of the wrist — v hipu

twist of the tongue — jecljanje, jecljavost

there is a queer twist in that branch — ona veja je čudno skrivenčena

there are a lot of twists in the road — cesta je polna ovinkov

he has an awful twist — colloquially on ima strašen apetit

to give one's arm a twist — zviti si roko

obračati, vrteti, sukati; plesti (vrv, konopec); sukati (sukanec), zapredati (svilo); (v)plesti, izplesti (v venec); povezati ( into v); ožemati (perilo); figuratively zaplesti; ovi(ja)ti ( round okoli); zviti (gleženj); skremžiti (obraz), spačiti, popačiti, izkriviti (tudi figuratively); figuratively mučiti, zbegati, zmesti; spremeniti; intransitive verb obračati se vrteti se (žoga), sukati se; viti se, vijugati se (reka); skremžiti se, spačiti se (obraz); zaplesti se; zviti se; prebiti se, preriniti se ( through skozi); figuratively izmotavati se, izmikati se, biti neiskren

to twist an account — izkriviti, popačiti poročilo

he twisted his face — nakremžil je obraz

to twist one's ankle — zviti si gleženj

to twist s.o. round one's (little) finger figuratively oviti koga okoli mezinca, imeti koga na vrvici

to twist one's words — izkriviti, obračati besede

don't twist like that — ne izmikaj se tako

to twist one's way (to twist) through the crowd — zriniti se skozi množico

to twist o.s. into — priplaziti se v, prikrasti se v

to twist off — izviti; iztrgati

to twist up — (spiralasto) zvi(ja)ti, motati, sukati, plesti; zviti se (v spiralo)

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pasji konopec; povezka (psov)

hunting trije lovski psi (lisice itd.); figuratively to hold in leash — imeti koga na vajetih, voditi

to strain at the leash — nestrpno čakati na dovoljenje

privezati, imeti na vrvici; figuratively imeti na vajetih

konjska brzda, uzda

to ride s.o. on (with) the snaffle figuratively imeti (voditi) koga na vrvici;

nadeti (konju) uzdo, obrzdati; figuratively brzdati, krotiti, trdo držati (koga); slang prilastiti si brez dovoljenja