noun
1. (also strobe light) [lamp] llum estroboscòpic.
2. [usually plural] (also strobe lightning) [at discos] il·luminació estroboscòpica.

preterite of stride (transitive & intransitive verb).

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.
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.



Vegeu també:
stroke³

noun
1. [caress] carícia.
2. to give the dog a stroke acariciar el gos.
transitive verb
3. acariciar, acaronar, amanyagar, fer carícies a.
4. [chin] passar(-se) la mà per.
5. to stroke someone's hair the wrong way figurative provocar la irritació d'algú.
6. he stroked his chin es va passar la mà per la barbeta.



Vegeu també:
stroke²

noun
1. passejada, volt(a), tomb.
2. to (go for / take) a stroll donar un tomb, fer un(a) volt(a), fer una passejada.
intransitive verb
3. passejar(-se), donar un tomb.
4. to stroll up and down passejar amunt i avall.
5. to stroll up to someone acostar-se a algú tot passejant.

noun
1. passejant.
2. United States cotxet (per a infants).

adjective [actor, etc.] ambulant.

adjective
1. fort, robust, vigorós.
2. poderós, puixant.
3. ferm, resistent, sòlid.
4. Finance ferm, sòlid.
5. [accent] marcat.
6. [believer] devot, fervorós.
7. [candidate] favorit, que té moltes possibilitats.
8. [characteristic] acusat.
9. [coffee] carregat, fort.
10. [colour] intens, violent.
11. [constitution] cepat, corpulent.
12. [conviction] profund, sòlid.
13. [drink, motion] fort.
14. [evidence] clar, fefaent.
15. [flavour] fort, picant.
16. [language] groller.
17. [measure] enèrgic, dràstic.
18. [personality] acusat, fort.
19. [protest] enèrgic, rotund.
20. [reason] convincent.
21. [situation] dramàtic, emocionant.
22. [smell] concentrat, penetrant.
23. [solution] concentrat.
24. [supporter] acèrrim, aferrissat.
25. [tea] carregat, fort.
26. [terms] emfàtic, ampul·lós, grandiloqüent.
27. [verb] irregular.
28. [voice] fort.
29. [wind] fort.
30. strong beat Music temps fort.
31. strong character caràcter fort.
32. strong current Electricity corrent de força.
33. strong light llum forta.
34. strong market Commerce mercat fort.
35. strong nerves nervis de ferro.
36. the strong arm of the law el poder públic, l'autoritat.
37. to be as strong as a horse ser fort com un cavall.
38. to be strong in the arm tenir els braços forts.
39. to be strong in mathematics ser fort en matemàtiques.
40. to give strong support to someone ser un partidari entusiasta d'algú.
41. to have a strong hold on someone tenir ascendent sobre una persona.
42. to have a strong imagination tenir una gran imaginació.
43. she's getting stronger every day es va refent de mica en mica.
44. he is strong enough to overthrow you és prou fort com per tombar-te.
45. politeness is not his strong point l'educació no és el seu fort.
46. strong in numbers un gran nombre.
47. an army 800.000 strong un exèrcit de 800.000 homes.
48. the gallery is strong in Turner la galeria té moltes obres de Turner.
adverb
49. it's still going strong encara va tirant bé.
50. the market closed strong el mercat va tancar a l'alça.
51. he was going strong still at the tape en arribar a la meta encara corria amb força.
52. she pitches it pretty strong és una exagerada.
53. (idem) colloquial hi posa més pa que formatge.

adjective [policy, methods, tactics] dur, inexorable, rude, amb mà de ferro.

adjective decidit, resolut, de caràcter.