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plucks

/plʌks/

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verb

Arrache, cueille

To pull something sharply; to pull something out

Examples :

"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."

Elle a arraché le téléphone de son sac et a composé le numéro.

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verb

arracher, enlever

To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

Examples :

"The teacher quickly plucks the misbehaving student from the back of the classroom and brings him to the front. "

Le professeur arrache rapidement l'élève indiscipliné du fond de la classe et l'amène devant.

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verb

Pince

To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.

Examples :

"Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."

Alors qu'un piano frappe la corde, un clavecin la pince.

music sound entertainment action

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verb

Plume, déplume

To remove feathers from a bird.

Examples :

"After hunting, the farmer plucks the feathers from the duck before cooking it. "

Après la chasse, le fermier plume le canard avant de le cuisiner.

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verb

Dépouiller, voler

To rob, fleece, steal forcibly

Examples :

"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."

Le brigand lubrique dépouillait ses victimes jusqu'à leurs sous-vêtements, ou les plus attirantes jusqu'au bout.

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verb

Pince

To play a string instrument pizzicato.

Examples :

"Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."

Pincer un instrument à archet peut casser une corde.

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Tire, arrache

To pull or twitch sharply.

Examples :

"The nervous musician plucks at his guitar strings before the performance. "

Le musicien nerveux tire sur les cordes de sa guitare avant la représentation.

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verb

Être recalé

(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.

Examples :

"After failing his final history exam, John feared he would be plucked and not receive his degree. "

Après avoir échoué à son examen final d'histoire, John craignait d'être recalé et de ne pas obtenir son diplôme.

education degree

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verb

Arracher, cueillir

Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.

Examples :

"Over centuries, the glacier plucks rocks from the mountain as meltwater freezes and expands in cracks, gradually pulling them away. "

Au fil des siècles, le glacier arrache des roches de la montagne à mesure que l'eau de fonte gèle et se dilate dans les fissures, les arrachant progressivement.

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