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  • 1 pull someone's leg

    (to try as a joke to make someone believe something which is not true: You haven't really got a black mark on your face - he's only pulling your leg.) izjokot/āzēt kādu

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  • 2 to pull somebody's leg

    izjokot kādu

    English-Latvian dictionary > to pull somebody's leg

  • 3 pull

    [pul] 1. verb
    1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) []vilkt; []raut
    2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) []vilkt; []vilkt
    3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) airēt
    4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) braukt (ar automašīnu u.tml.)
    2. noun
    1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) vilkšana;
    2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.)
    3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.)
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    - pull down
    - pull a face / faces at
    - pull a face / faces
    - pull a gun on
    - pull off
    - pull on
    - pull oneself together
    - pull through
    - pull up
    - pull one's weight
    - pull someone's leg
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    raušana, vilkšana; rāviens, vilciens; velkme; sasprindzinājums, piepūle; pievilkšanas spēks; aukla, rokturis; malks; priekšrocība; protekcija, sakari; airēšana; bumbas atsišana, bumbas dzīšana; paraugnovilkums; raut, stiept, vilkt; raustīt; saraut, saplēst

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  • 4 leg

    [leɡ]
    1) (one of the limbs by which animals and man walk: The horse injured a front leg; She stood on one leg.) kāja
    2) (the part of an article of clothing that covers one of these limbs closely: He has torn the leg of his trousers.) (bikšu) stara
    3) (a long, narrow support of a table etc: One of the legs of the chair was broken.) (mēbeles) kāja
    4) (one stage in a journey, competition etc: the last leg of the trip; the second leg of the contest.) (ceļa, sacīkšu u.tml.) posms
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    - - legged
    - pull someone's leg
    * * *
    stara; stulms; kāja; posms; statnis; mala; fāze

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  • 5 leg-pull

    izjokošana, joks

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  • 6 strain

    I 1. [strein] verb
    1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) sasprindzināt; piepūlēt; sasprindzināties; pūlēties
    2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) sastiept; pārpūlēt
    3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) pārbaudīt kāda pacietību
    4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) izkāst; filtrēt
    2. noun
    1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) spriegojums; nostiepums; slodze
    2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) sasprindzinājums; piepūle
    3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) pārpūle
    4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) slodze
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    - strainer
    - strain off     II [strein] noun
    1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) cilts; suga
    2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) tendence; tieksme; noslieksme
    3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) skaņas; melodija
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    dzimta, cilts; piepūle, sasprindzinājums; sastiepums; iedzimta īpašība; spriegums; rakstura īpašība; stils; deformācija; vārsmas, dzeja; melodija, motīvs; nostiept, izstiept; piepūlēt, sasprindzināt; nelietīgi izmantot; apskaut, apkampt

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См. также в других словарях:

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  • pull someone's leg — ► pull someone s leg deceive someone playfully. Main Entry: ↑pull …   English terms dictionary

  • pull someone's leg — pull (someone s) leg informal to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them. Is he really angry with me or do you think he s just pulling my leg? (usually in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull somebody's leg — pull sb s ˈleg idiom (informal) to play a joke on sb, usually by making them believe sth that is not true Main entry: ↑pullidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull someone's leg — verb subject to a playful hoax or joke • Syn: ↑hoax, ↑play a joke on • Derivationally related forms: ↑hoax (for: ↑hoax), ↑hoaxer (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull someone's leg —    If you pull someone s leg, you tease them, but not maliciously.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you pull someone s leg, you tease them by telling them something that is not true.     Of course I m not going to buy a sports car. I… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • pull (someone's) leg —    If you pull somebody s leg, you tease them by telling them something that is not true.     Of course I m not going to buy a sports car. I was just pulling your leg! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • pull someone's leg — idi pull someone s leg to tease or deceive someone in fun …   From formal English to slang

  • Pull someone's leg —   If you pull someone s leg, you tease them, but not maliciously …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • pull one's leg — {v. phr.}, {informal} To get someone to accept a ridiculous story as true; fool someone with a humorous account of something; trick. * /For a moment, I actually believed that his wife had royal blood. Then I realized he was pulling my leg./ *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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