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  • 1 pull the strings

    (to be the person who is really, though usually not apparently, controlling the actions of others.) puxar os cordelinhos

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  • 2 pull the strings

    (to be the person who is really, though usually not apparently, controlling the actions of others.) dar as cartas, puxar os cordões

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  • 3 to pull the strings

    to pull the strings
    exercer influência discretamente, usar pistolões, mexer os pauzinhos.

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  • 4 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.) fio
    2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) fio
    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.) corda
    4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) cordão
    2. verb
    1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) enfiar
    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.) encordoar
    3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) tirar os fios
    4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) pendurar
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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
    * * *
    [striŋ] n 1 barbante, fio, cordel, corda fina. 2 fileira, corrente, colar, enfiada (de contas). 3 corda (de instrumento musical). 4 strings instrumentos de corda. 5 cordão, fita. 6 série, carreira. 7 corda de arco. 8 cadeia, seqüência. • vt (ps, pp strung). 1 enfiar, enfileirar. 2 colocar cordas, encordoar. 3 amarrar (com barbante), dependurar com barbante ou corda. 4 esticar, apertar (as cordas ou fios). 5 excitar, deixar tenso ou nervoso. 6 tirar as fibras ou tendões. 7 formar ou mover em fila. 8 arranjar em série ou seqüência, encadear. 9 sl enganar, burlar. he is always harping on the same string ele bate sempre na mesma tecla. there are some strings attached to it há algumas restrições, limitações. to have more than one string to one’s bow ter mais de uma idéia, habilidade a seu favor. he has two strings to his bow / ele tem o pé em duas canoas. to have on a/ the string trazer na coleira, ter sob controle. to pull the strings exercer influência discretamente, usar pistolões, mexer os pauzinhos. to string along a) enganar, lograr. b) ir com, acompanhar. to string together enfiar, enfileirar. without strings, with no strings attached sem restrições.

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  • 5 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.) barbante, fio
    2) (a fibre etc, eg on a vegetable.) fio
    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.) corda
    4) (a series or group of things threaded on a cord etc: a string of beads.) fieira
    2. verb
    1) (to put (beads etc) on a string etc: The pearls were sent to a jeweller to be strung.) enfiar
    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.) encordoar
    3) (to remove strings from (vegetables etc).) tirar o fio de
    4) (to tie and hang with string etc: The farmer strung up the dead crows on the fence.) pendurar por um fio
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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

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  • 6 pluck

    1. verb
    1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) puxar
    2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) depenar
    3) (to pick (flowers etc).) apanhar
    4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) arrancar
    5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) puxar
    2. noun
    (courage He showed a lot of pluck.) coragem
    - pluckily
    - pluckiness
    - pluck up the courage
    - pluck up courage
    - energy
    * * *
    [pl∧k] n 1 arranca, arrancada. 2 puxão, safanão. 3 fressura. 4 coragem, determinação. • vt+vi 1 arrancar, desarraigar. 2 colher, apanhar. 3 depenar, deplumar. 4 puxar, safar. 5 tanger (instrumento de cordas). 6 sl afanar, roubar. he has a crow to pluck with you ele tem contas a ajustar com você. to pluck a pigeon depenar um pato, extorquir dinheiro de um otário. to pluck away arrebatar. to pluck down 1 derrubar, deitar abaixo. 2 humilhar. to pluck one’s eyebrows Braz coll depilar as sobrancelhas. to pluck up 1 arrancar, extirpar. 2 recobrar o ânimo. to pluck up courage criar coragem. she plucked up courage / ela criou coragem.

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  • 7 pluck

    1. verb
    1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) arrancar
    2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) depenar
    3) (to pick (flowers etc).) colher
    4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) depilar (as sobrancelhas)
    5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) dedilhar
    2. noun
    (courage He showed a lot of pluck.) coragem
    - pluckily - pluckiness - pluck up the courage - pluck up courage - energy

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) 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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