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121 pull up your car at the side
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122 pull/ring the bell
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123 the doctor tried to pull him through
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124 the handle doesn't pull easily
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125 pull at
• pull at something to tug at (a rope), to draw at (a cigarette, a drink) потянуть за (веревку), затягиваться (сигаретой), потягивать (напиток)He pulled at the rope and the bell rang. He pulled at his cigarette in silence. She pulled at a drink through a straw.
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126 pull the plug on
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127 pull in one's belt
затянуть пояс потуже, пойти на лишения...the war continued and we all had to tighten our belts still further... (W. Faulkner, ‘The Mansion’, ch. XIV) —...война продолжалась, и всем нам пришлось потуже затягивать пояса...
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128 pull together in double harness
(pull together (run или work) in double harness (тж. work in harness))работать рука об руку, вместе, действовать совместно, заодноBill knows the situation perfectly. It would be a great advantage to work in harness with him. (A. Powell, ‘A Question of Upbringing’, Kenk) — Билл прекрасно знает положение дел. Работать с ним рука об руку - большое преимущество.
The trick was to get his reason and his emotions pulling together in double harness, instead of letting them fly off in opposite directions, tearing him apart between them. (Th. Wolfe, ‘You Can't Go Home Again’, ch. I) — Трудность заключалась в том, как заставить рассудок и чувства действовать заодно. Пока что они не подчиняются друг другу и буквально разрывают его на части.
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