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I . stroke [strəʊk, Am stroʊk] VB trans

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II . stroke [strəʊk, Am stroʊk] N

1. stroke (stroking):

to give sb/sth a stroke
głaskać [perf po-] kogoś/coś

2. stroke MED:

stroke
wylew m

3. stroke of pen, brush:

stroke
pociągnięcie nt

4. stroke of ball, lightning:

stroke
uderzenie nt

5. stroke of whip:

stroke
smagnięcie nt

6. stroke SPORTS:

breast stroke
żabka f

7. stroke (movement of arms in swimming):

stroke
ruch m
stroke of oars
uderzenie nt

8. stroke (bit, portion):

by a stroke of fate [or good fortune]
zrządzeniem losu
a stroke of luck
łut m szczęścia

9. stroke (clever action):

stroke
posunięcie nt
a stroke of genius
przebłysk m geniuszu

10. stroke (of clock):

at the stroke of ten
z wybiciem dziesiątej

11. stroke (oblique sign):

7 stroke 8 [or 7/8]
7 łamane przez 8

heat stroke N no pl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The student may be ordered to bend over a chair or desk and, in that position, receive the prescribed number of strokes of the paddle.
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Her strokes and splashing take on the characteristics of a metronome, methodic and almost robotic in their exactness.
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However, these junkies aged at magnificent rates and suffered strokes very easily.
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These flukes are raised up and down in long strokes to move the animal forward, and can be twisted to turn.
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The painting is given animation with a flurry of brush strokes that replace what would normally be depicted as stoic and straight-laced.
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His real inclination was to lie where the birds sing, where the fish glide noiselessly through the water, where the sun warms and the wind strokes mildly round one's curls.
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What today seems sure is that it is a spanish with many Galician strokes, but not the other way around.
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Both women and men can become incontinent from neurologic injury, congenital defects, strokes, multiple sclerosis, and physical problems associated with aging.
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She became even faster... her strokes became more simple: compact, beautiful, unreadable.... she learned to disrupt the oppositions rhythm and disguise her own.
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Up to six powerful strokes of the slipper would then be delivered in a solemn, measured manner to the seat of the trousers.
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