Pronúncia: θrəʊ
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noun
- llançament, tirada.
- [move, at games] jugada.
- Sport [wrestling] posada d'espatlles.
- [at dice] tirada.
- within a stone's throw molt a prop, a quatre passes. transitive verb [preterite threw, past participle thrown]
- [general sense] llançar, tirar, engegar.
- [dice] tirar.
- [kiss] llançar, tirar.
- [glance] fer, donar, clavar.
- [absolute use] he can throw a hundred yards és capaç de llançar a cent metres.
- to throw someone a kiss tirar un petó a algú.
- to throw a glance at someone donar (un cop d'ull \ una ullada) a algú.
- to throw a coat over someone cobrir algú amb un abric.
- to throw a bridge over a river fer un pont sobre un riu.
- to throw a door open, to throw open a door obrir una porta de bat a bat.
- to throw two rooms into one reduir dues peces a una de sola.
- to throw the blame on someone donar la culpa a algú.
- to throw temptation in someone's (path \ way) exposar algú a la temptació.
- to be thrown (on \ upon) one's own resources dependre exclusivament d'un mateix, no comptar sinó amb un mateix.
- [light, shadow, slides, etc.] projectar.
- to throw a picture on the screen projectar una imatge a la pantalla.
- to throw light on the matter figurative portar llum a una qüestió.
- [rider] desmuntar, desarçonar.
- [opponent] abatre, estassar.
- [skin] mudar.
- to throw its rider [of horse] desmuntar el genet.
- to be thrown [of rider] ser desarçonat.
- to throw an opponent [of wrestling] estassar un contrari.
- [disconcert] confondre, desconcertar, torbar.
- this answer seemed to throw him aquesta resposta va semblar desconcertar-lo.
- Technical [pot] afaiçonar, conformar, modelar, tornejar.
- [silk] tòrcer.
- colloquial to throw a fight perdre expressament un partit.
- to throw a fit Medicine sofrir un atac (d'epilèpsia \ de nervis).
- (idem) desmaiar-se.
- (idem) figurative posar-se fet una fera, treure foc pels queixals.
- to throw a party (fer \ celebrar) una festa (for someone en honor d'algú).
- to throw about esparpallar, espargir, escampar.
- (idem) [one's money] malgastar, malbaratar, balafiar.
- (idem) [one's arms] agitar, moure.
- to be thrown about ser (sacsejat \ sotragat).
- the Army has thrown a cordon around the infected area l'exèrcit ha acordonat la zona infectada.
- to throw aside apartar, posar de banda.
- (idem) llençar.
- to throw away [can, box, ticket] llençar, desfer-se de.
- (idem) [lead, math, one's life] perdre.
- (idem) figurative malversar.
- (idem) Theatre [word, remarck] dir de passada, recitar sense èmfasi.
- don't throw your ticket away: you may be asked for it no llencis el bitllet: te'l poden demanar.
- he was worldly enough not to throw his life away for nothing tenia prou món com per a no malversar la seva vida per no res.
- don't play this paragraph up: throw it away no declamis aquest paràgraf: recita'l sense cap èmfasi.
- to throw back [ball, book, box] tornar.
- (idem) [bedclothes, curtain] retirar bruscament.
- (idem) [offer, assault, attack] refusar, repel·lir.
- the ball was thrown back to the goalkeeper la pilota va ser tornada al porter.
- she sat up in bed and threw back the bedclothes es va incorporar i va retirar els llençols.
- the curtains were thrown back to let the sun go in van obrir les cortines per deixar entrar el sol.
- the attackers were thrown back els atacants van ser repel·lits.
- to throw back one's shoulders arronsar les espatlles.
- to throw down [ball, etc.] tirar de dalt a baix, llançar a terra.
- (idem) [building, defences] enderrocar.
- (idem) [arms, tools] rendir-se, anar a la vaga.
- (idem) [challenge] desafiar, reptar.
- (idem) figurative [glove] llançar.
- to throw in Sport [ball] posar en joc.
- (idem) Cards abandonar.
- (idem) [as addition] afegir, incloure sense recàrrec.
- and it's Keegan to throw the ball in i Keegan posa la pilota en joc.
- James decided he had lost enough money and threw in his hand en James va decidir que ja havia perdut prou diners i va abandonar la partida.
- furniture is thrown in at no extra cost with the buying of the house els mobles són inclosos en la compra de la casa.
- to throw in/into [comment, remark] afegir.
- could I just throw in a remark? podria afegir tan sols una observació?
- he couldn't help throwing silly suggestions into the conversation no podia evitar d'afegir poca-soltades a la conversa.
- to throw off [burden, yoke] desembarassar-se, alliberar-se de.
- (idem) [clothes] treure's ràpidamment.
- (idem) figurative [mask, disguise] treure's.
- (idem) [manner, pretence] desfer-se de, treure's.
- (idem) [pursuer, beggar, cold, flu] desembarassar-se de, desfer-se de.
- (idem) treure's.
- (idem) [poem, composition] compondre ràpidament, improvisar.
- he threw off his shirt and plunged it into the water es va treure ràpidament la camisa i la va posar en remull.
- if only people would throw off their masks...! tant de bo que la gent es tragués la careta...!
- the neighbourhood was fighting to throw off the swarm of beggars el veïnat lluitava per alliberar-se d'aquella invasió de captaires.
- I'm still trying to throw off this wretched cold encara maldo per treure'm de sobre aquest refredat maleït.
- the two men threw off a few songs els dos homes van improvisar diverses cançons.
- to throw out [rubbish, clothes, defective articles] llençar.
- (idem) Parliament [bill] esmenar, rebutjar.
- (idem) Military (guanyar \ reforçar) posicions.
- (idem) [idea, suggestion, in a casual way] proposar, suggerir.
- (idem) [emit: heat, warmth] emetre, irradiar.
- (idem) [result, sum] cometre un error, equivocar-se.
- she threw out her old clothes va llençar la seva roba vella.
- the proposal was thrown out in committee la proposta va ser rebutjada en comitè.
- the commander threw out the troops to protect the flanks el comandant va disposar les tropes per tal de protegir els flancs.
- the new central heating throws out more heat than the old one la nova calefacció central escalfa més que l'antiga.
- a tiny variation can throw us out in our results una petita variació pot fer-nos equivocar en els resultats.
- to throw out/out of [bad student, drunk, intruder] fer fora, expulsar.
- am I to be allowed to stay or are you going to throw me out? em puc quedar o em fas fora?
- you know that Bill got thrown out of college for failing his exams? saps que Bill ha estat expulsat d'escola per suspendre els exàmens?
- to throw over [abandon] abandonar, deixar.
- (idem) [friend, mistress, lover] renyir, trencar amb.
- (idem) [political party, church] deixar, sortir de.
- he threw the party over years ago va deixar el partit fa molt de temps.
- to throw overboard [rule, etc.] abandonar.
- to throw together [clothes, books, etc.] aplegar desordenadament, recollir a correcuita.
- give me five minutes to throw a few clothes together: then we'll be off dona'm cinc minuts per a agafar una mica de roba i ja podem anar-nos-en.
- to throw up [job, project] abandonar, deixar.
- (idem) [claim, post] renunciar a.
- (idem) [meal, food] treure, vomitar.
- (idem) figurative [leader, inventor, artist] donar.
- Charlie had enough sense to throw up his job in time en Charlie va tenir prou seny per a deixar la feina a temps.
- not every generation throws up a composer like Mozart no totes les generacions donen compositors com Mozart.
- you may be throwing your savings away on these shares en aquestes accions pots perdre els teus estalvis.
- Isabel was throwing herself away on Harold al costat d'en Harold, la Isabel s'estava fent malbé.
- any advice is clearly thrown away on Bill en el cas d'en Bill qualsevol consell és llençat.
- should you of all people throw my decisions back at me? per què em retreus les decisions davant de tothom?
- to throw back on forçar algú a recórrer a algun pretext com a defensa.
- the failure of this policy threw the party back on the previous schemes el fracàs d'aquesta política va forçar el partit a adoptar antics esquemes. intransitive verb
- to throw up treure, vomitar.
- this man makes me want to throw up! aquest home em fa venir ganes de vomitar reflexive verb
- to throw oneself about debatre's.
- to throw oneself at someone's feet tirar-se als peus d'algú.
- to throw oneself (at someone \ at someone's head) guanyar-se el cor d'algú, enamorar algú.
- to throw oneself backwards fer-se enrere, tirar-se endarrere.
- to throw oneself down from a building tirar-se des del terrat d'una casa.
- to throw oneself into the fray llançar-se a l'assalt.
- to throw oneself on someone abalançar-se contra algú.
- to throw oneself to the ground tirar-se a terra.
- to throw oneself on someone's mercy implorar clemència a algú.
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