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  • 1 pull the strings

    (to be the person who is really, though usually not apparently, controlling the actions of others.) būt faktiskam vadītājam; (slepeni) vadīt, kontrolēt

    English-Latvian dictionary > pull the strings

  • 2 to pull the strings

    laist darbā visus līdzekļus

    English-Latvian dictionary > to pull the strings

  • 3 string

    1. [striŋ] noun
    1) ((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.) aukla; saite
    2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) šķiedra
    3) (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.) stīga
    4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) virkne; virtene
    2. verb
    1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) uzvērt; savirknēt
    2) (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.) uzvilkt stīgu/stiegru
    3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) attīrīt pākšu pupiņas
    4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) savērt; veidot virteni; piekārt (ar aukliņu)
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    - 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
    - stringency
    * * *
    aukla, saite; stiegra; stīga; stīgu instrumenti; virtene, virkne; rinda, virkne; nosacījums; dzīsliņa, šķiedra; sasiet; savirknēt; uzvilkt stīgu; sasprindzināt; uzkārt, pakārt; apvest ap stūri, piekrāpt

    English-Latvian dictionary > string

  • 4 pluck

    1. verb
    1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) []plūkt; []raut
    2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) noplūkt
    3) (to pick (flowers etc).) plūkt
    4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) []plūkt
    5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) strinkšķināt
    2. noun
    (courage He showed a lot of pluck.) drosme
    - pluckily
    - pluckiness
    - pluck up the courage
    - pluck up courage
    - energy
    * * *
    plūkšana, raušana; bezbailība, drosme; ķidas, iekšas; izgāšana; plūkt, raut; izplūkt, noplūkt; strinkšķināt; izgāzt

    English-Latvian dictionary > pluck

См. также в других словарях:

  • pull the strings — Ⅰ. pull the strings ► the person who pulls the strings in a particular organization, situation, etc. makes the important decisions about it and controls it: »Shareholders are concerned because they no longer really know who is pulling the strings …   Financial and business terms

  • pull the strings — phrase if someone is pulling the strings, they are controlling a situation and the people in it, especially secretly It’s the record company, not the band, that is really pulling the strings. Thesaurus: to be in chargesynonym Main entry: pull * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull the strings — ► pull the strings be in control of events or of other people s actions. Main Entry: ↑pull …   English terms dictionary

  • pull the strings — index predominate (command) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • pull the strings — if someone is pulling the strings, they are controlling a situation and the people in it, especially secretly It s the record company, not the band, that is really pulling the strings …   English dictionary

  • pull the strings — to be in control of an organization, often secretly. I d really like to know who s pulling the strings in that organization, because it s not the elected committee …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull the strings — be in control of events or of other people s actions. → pull …   English new terms dictionary

  • pull the strings — control the situation from behind the scenes …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pull the string(s) (to) —  Track a problem to resolution; manage, control.  ► “Future graduates of Ecole Nationale d’Administration . . . manage big companies, and pull the strings of the centralized economy” (Business Week, Nov. 18, 1994, p. 31) …   American business jargon

  • Pull My Strings — was a song by the Dead Kennedys, written by DK lead singer Jello Biafra and drummer Ted specifically for the 1980 Bay Area Music Awards. The song would not find its way onto a record until 1987 s Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death .The song,… …   Wikipedia

  • pull the wires — To pull strings, exert an unseen influence • • • Main Entry: ↑wire …   Useful english dictionary

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