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1pull up — {v.} 1. To check the forward motion of; halt; stop. * /He pulled up his horse at the gate./ 2. To tell (someone) to stop doing something; say (someone) is doing wrong and must stop; scold. * /Jim talked rudely to Mother, and Father pulled him… …
2pull up — {v.} 1. To check the forward motion of; halt; stop. * /He pulled up his horse at the gate./ 2. To tell (someone) to stop doing something; say (someone) is doing wrong and must stop; scold. * /Jim talked rudely to Mother, and Father pulled him… …
3pull\ up — v 1. To check the forward motion of; halt; stop. He pulled up his horse at the gate. 2. To tell (someone) to stop doing something; say (someone) is doing wrong and must stop; scold. Jim talked rudely to Mother, and Father pulled him up. Ann said… …
4tweak — v. a. Twitch, twinge, pinch, pull rudely …
5twinge — I. v. a. Tweak, twitch, pinch, pull rudely. II. n. 1. Pinch, tweak, twitch. 2. Gripe, pang, sharp pain …
6hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …
7Railway engines (Thomas and Friends) — For the narrow gauge railway engines from Thomas and Friends, see Narrow gauge engines (Thomas and Friends). This article lists the standard gauge Railway Engine characters of the Television Series Thomas and Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank… …
8shut — 1 /SVt/ verb past tense and past participle past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting 1 (I, T) to close something, or to become closed: The door shut with a bang. | She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes. | Laruelle put… …
9Untranslatability — is a property of a text, or of any utterance, in one language, for which no equivalent text or utterance can be found in another language.Terms are neither exclusively translatable nor exclusively untranslatable; rather, the degree of difficulty… …
10international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
