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    noun
  1. [blow] cop.
  2. with one stroke of his sword amb un cop d'espasa.
  3. he was killed by a stroke of lightning un llamp el va matar.
  4. they received ten strokes of the birch van rebre deu bastonades.
  5. at a stroke, at one stroke d'un sol cop.
  6. to fell a tree at a stroke abatre un arbre d'un sol cop.
  7. little strokes fell great oaks colloquial de mica en mica s'omple la pica.

  8. Sport etc. [cricket, golf] cop.
  9. jugada.
  10. [billiards] tacada.
  11. [rowing] remada.
  12. [swimming: movement] braçada.
  13. [type of stroke] estil.
  14. he invented a new stroke in golf va inventar un nou cop al golf.
  15. to keep stroke [rowing] agafar el ritme, remar compassadament.
  16. to play a good stroke Sport fer (un bon cop / una bona jugada).
  17. good stroke! molt bé!, ben jugat!
  18. to row a (fast / slow) stroke vogar (veloçment / lentament).
  19. Oxford is rowing a fast stroke Oxford rema a un bon ritme.
  20. a stroke of genius un tret d'enginy.
  21. the idea was a stroke of genius va ser una idea genial.
  22. a stroke of (good) luck un cop de sort.
  23. by a stroke of luck per sort.
  24. a good stroke of business un bon negoci.
  25. he hasn't done a stroke of work no ha fet absolutament res.
  26. stroke of diplomacy èxit diplomàtic.
  27. his greatest stroke was to... la seva jugada mestra va ser...

  28. [of bell, clock] batallada, campanada.
  29. on the stroke of nine a les nou en punt.
  30. to arrive on the stroke (of time) arribar a l'hora justa.

  31. Mechanics [of piston] two-stroke engine motor de dos temps.

  32. Medicine atac, crisi.
  33. a stroke of apoplexy un atac de feridura.
  34. he had a stroke va tenir un ictus.

  35. [of pen, pencil] traç.
  36. [of brush] pinzellada.
  37. (at / with) a stroke of the pen d'un sol traç.
  38. to give the finishing strokes to a work colloquial donar els darrers tocs a una obra.
  39. to put a few strokes of colour on a canvas donar quatre pinzellades de color a una tela.

  40. [rowing: person] primer remador, cap de remers.
  41. to (row / pull) stroke dirigir els remers, marcar el ritme als remers.
    42. transitive verb
  42. to stroke a boat [rowing] ser cap de remers, marcar el ritme als altres remers.
  43. to stroke thirty per minute vogar a trenta cops de rem per minut.



    44. Vegeu també:
    stroke3