nekaj+(par)+potez+s+čopičem

1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) udarec

2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) udarec

3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) udarec

4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) poteza

5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) zamah

6) (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?) zamah

7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) trud

8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) napad

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- at a stroke

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udarec (s šibo, z bičem), sunek; močan zamah (pri plavanju, z veslom, s krilom); bitje (ure); utrip (žile); poteza (s peresom, čopičem itd.), figuratively poteza; medicine napad, šok, kap, poškodba; veslač, ki daje takt za veslanje; takt; mathematics vektor; electrical razelektritev; stil, manira; (redko) značilna poteza, znak; božanje, ljubkovanje, glajenje (z roko)

at a stroke, at one stroke — z enim udarcem, zamahom

on the stroke — točno

a stroke of business — dobra kupčija, dober posel

a stroke of apoplexy (paralysis) medicine kap

stroke of fate — udarec usode

a stroke of genius — genialna poteza, izvirna idejaa

stroke of lightning — tresk

a stroke of luck — srečen slučaj, (nepričakovana) sreča

a stroke of piston mechanics pot bata od začetnega položaja do konca valja in spet nazaj

stroke of state — (redko) državni prevrat

a stroke of wings — zamah s krili

stroke of wit — duhovita opazka, duhovitost

the breast stroke — prsno plavanje

a clever stroke — spretna, vešča poteza

crawl stroke — stil kravl (plavanja)

down-stroke — poteza (s peresom) navzdol

a few strokes of brush — nekaj (par) potez s čopičem

finishing stroke — milostni, smrtonosni udarec

finishing strokes — zadnje poteze, dovrševanje

a four-stroke motor — štiritakten motor

hair-stroke — tanka črtica navzgor (pri pisanju)

a stroke of liglttning — udar strele, strela

a master-stroke of diplomacy — mojstrska diplomatska poteza

masterly stroke — mojstrska poteza

sun-stroke medicine sončarica

up-stroke — poteza (s peresom) navzgor

it is on the stroke of ten — vsak čas bo ura bila deset

she came on the stroke — prišla je (kot ura) točno

he never does a stroke of work — on se nikoli ne dotakne dela

to have a stroke medicine biti zadet od kapi

to keep stroke — držati takt (pri veslanju)

to pull a strong (a quick) stroke — hitro plavati

to put (to add) the finishing stroke (s) to s.th. — dokončati kaj

to row stroke — z veslanjem dajati takt ostalim veslačem

to row a long stroke — veslati z dolgimi vesljaji

to set the stroke — dajati takt pri veslanju

sport dajati takt (pri veslanju); označiti s črto, prečrtati; biti (o uri); (po)molsti (kravo); (po)gladiti (z roko), (po)božati (lase, žival, gube); ljubkovati; intransitive verb veslati, dajati tempo veslačem

to stroke a boat (a race, a crew) — veslati in dajati takt veslanja v čolnu (pri tekmovanju, moštvu)

the crew was stroking at 32 — moštvo je veslalo z 32 udarci (vesljaji) na minuto

to stroke a cat's back — pogladiti mačko po hrbtu

he stroked his hair — pogladil se je po laseh

to stroke s.o. (s.o.'s hair) the wrong way — (raz)dražiti, (raz)jeziti koga

to stroke s.o. down — pomiriti koga, omehčati, pridobiti koga z laskanjem

obsolete preterite & past participle od to strike