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[strəuk] I noun1) (an act of hitting, or the blow given: He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe; the stroke of a whip.) udarec2) (a sudden occurrence of something: a stroke of lightning; an unfortunate stroke of fate; What a stroke of luck to find that money!) udarec3) (the sound made by a clock striking the hour: She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.) udarec4) (a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc: short, even pencil strokes.) poteza5) (a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket.) zamah6) (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?) zamah7) (an effort or action: I haven't done a stroke (of work) all day.) trud8) (a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc.) napad•II 1. verb(to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection: He stroked the cat / her hair; The dog loves being stroked.) božati2. noun(an act of stroking: He gave the dog a stroke.) božanje* * *I [stróuk]nounudarec (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, zamahoma stroke of business — dobra kupčija, dober posela stroke of apoplexy (paralysis) medicine kapa stroke of genius — genialna poteza, izvirna idejaaa stroke of luck — srečen slučaj, (nepričakovana) srečaa stroke of piston mechanics pot bata od začetnega položaja do konca valja in spet nazajstroke of wit — duhovita opazka, duhovitosta clever stroke — spretna, vešča potezafinishing stroke — milostni, smrtonosni udarecfinishing strokes — zadnje poteze, dovrševanjea stroke of liglttning — udar strele, strelasun-stroke medicine sončaricato have a stroke medicine biti zadet od kapito put (to add) the finishing stroke (s) to s.th. — dokončati kajII [stróuk]transitive verbsport 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 veslačemto stroke a boat (a race, a crew) — veslati in dajati takt veslanja v čolnu (pri tekmovanju, moštvu)to stroke s.o. (s.o.'s hair) the wrong way — (raz)dražiti, (raz)jeziti kogato stroke s.o. down — pomiriti koga, omehčati, pridobiti koga z laskanjemIII [stróuk]obsolete preterite & past participle od to strike
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