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1 pull strings
• käyttää suhteitaan vaikutusvaltaansa* * *(to use one's influence or that of others to gain an advantage.) käyttää vaikutusvaltaansa, käyttää suhteitaan -
2 pull the strings
(to be the person who is really, though usually not apparently, controlling the actions of others.) pitää lankoja käsissään -
3 string
• rivi• nuora• nyöri• jänne• jäntere• jonoautomatic data processing• jono (atk)• jono(tietotekn)• vetää johto• viulunkieli• pujottaa• rihma• kieli• kieli(musiikki)music• kieli (soit.)• ketjuautomatic data processing• merkkijono• nauha• naru• perata• paula• sarja• syy• säie• kuitu• lanka* * *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.) naru2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) kuitu3) (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.) kieli, jousi-4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) nauha2. verb1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) pujottaa nauhaan2) (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.) panna johonkin kielet, panna johonkin jänne3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) poistaa rihmat4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) ripustaa•- 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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4 pluck
• rohkeus• nykäys• näppäillä• nyhtäistä• nykäistä• noukkia• nyhtää• nykiä• nyppiä• nykäisy• höyhentää• sisu• reputtaa• tempaus• kiskaista• kiskoa• kiskaisu• petkuttaa• kyniä• poimia* * *1. verb1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) nykäistä2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) kyniä3) (to pick (flowers etc).) poimia4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) nyppiä5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) näppäillä2. noun(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) rohkeus- plucky- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy
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pull strings — verb influence or control shrewdly or deviously He manipulated public opinion in his favor • Syn: ↑manipulate, ↑pull wires • Derivationally related forms: ↑manipulative (for: ↑manipulate), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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Pull strings — If you pull strings, you use contacts you have got to help you get what you want … Dictionary of English idioms
pull strings (or US pull wires) — make use of one s influence and contacts to gain an advantage. → pull … English new terms dictionary
