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plucking

/ˈplʌkɪŋ/

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verb

Срывать, вырывать

To pull something sharply; to pull something out

Examples :

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

Она вытащила телефон из сумки и набрала номер.

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verb

Вытащить, вырвать

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

Examples :

"The teacher was plucking students from the hallway and bringing them into the classroom after the bell rang. "

Учитель вытаскивал учеников из коридора и заводил их в класс после звонка.

action situation

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verb

щипать

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

Examples :

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

В то время как пианино ударяет по струне, клавесин щиплет ее.

music sound entertainment action

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verb

Ощипывать

To remove feathers from a bird.

Examples :

"After hunting the duck, my grandfather spent an hour plucking its feathers before cooking it. "

После охоты на утку мой дедушка потратил час на ощипывание ее перьев, прежде чем приготовить ее.

animal food bird action

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verb

Грабить, обдирать, красть

To rob, fleece, steal forcibly

Examples :

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

Похотливый разбойник грабил своих жертв до нижнего белья, или привлекательных до конца.

property action

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verb

щипать

To play a string instrument pizzicato.

Examples :

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

Щипок струнного инструмента может привести к обрыву струны.

music entertainment

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verb

Дёргать, выдёргивать

To pull or twitch sharply.

Examples :

"The nervous student kept plucking at a loose thread on his shirt during the exam. "

Нервный студент постоянно дёргал за торчащую нитку на своей рубашке во время экзамена.

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verb

Провалиться, завалить

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

Examples :

"After failing his final history exam, he was worried he would be plucking. "

После провала выпускного экзамена по истории он беспокоился, что его завалят.

education degree

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verb

Вырывать

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

Examples :

"The glacier is plucking rocks from the mountain, slowly carving out the valley as it moves. "

Ледник вырывает камни из горы, медленно вырезая долину по мере своего движения.

geology geography environment nature

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noun

Срывание, щипание

(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked.

Examples :

"The plucking of eyebrows is a common beauty practice. "

Выщипывание бровей - распространенная косметическая процедура.

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noun

Выщипывание, обрывок

A fragment of something obtained by plucking.

Examples :

"After the fight, there was a plucking of fur left on the carpet where the cats had been battling. "

После драки на ковре, где дрались кошки, остался клок шерсти.