PULLING

PULLING

1. TUG

   • pull sth hard or suddenly Another tug and it came loose. She tugged off her shoes. He tugged at his coat’s sleeve. An overwhelming tug of attraction.

2. TWEAK

   • twist or pull sharply (szczypnięcie w nos/policzek; pociągnięcie za ucho) He tweaked the boy’s ear. He leaned a little farther over the table, purposely reaching for one of her braids and giving it a tweak.

3. WRENCH

   • pull or twist sb/sth suddenly and violently He grabbed the gun and wrenched it upward from my hand. She wrenched herself free of his grip. The betrayal wrenched at her heart. With a wrench he wriggled free.

4. JERK

   • a qucik,sharp,sudden movement a spasmodic muscular twitch move or cause to move with a jerk prepare (meat) by marinating it in spices and drying or barbecuing it over a wood fire:jerked beef He gave a sudden jerk of his head. She was about to scream when she felt a sudden jerk. With a jerk of his wrist he splashed the water on his face. a knee-jerk reponse/reaction - automatic and unthinking (lekarz + młotek + kolano = reakcja)

5. WREST

   • forcibly pull sth from a person’s grasp: She tried to wrest her arm from his hold.
   • take (something, especially power or control) from someone or something else after considerable effort or difficulty: they wanted to allow people to wrest control of their lives from impersonal bureaucracies

6. YANK

   • pull with a jerk Her hair was yanked and she screamed. I reached my hands out and grabbed her hair, giving it a hard yank. With a hard/quick yank… Yank off the shirt/shoes... Yank yourself out of gloom and doom.

7. PINCH

   • uszczypnąć compress the lips esp. with worry or tension shoes pinching toes - too tight informal - steal, arrest for speeding. She pinched her lips together. He gave her a gentle pinch. I was pinched for speeding. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to realize it’s not a dream.

8. NIP

   • pinch, squezze or bite sharply (lekko ugryźć, skubnąć ucho, pryztrzasnąć palec, szczypać - zimno/wiatr w policzki He nipped playfully at my ear. There’s a bracing nip in the air. The air was that perfect refreshing nip of cold, just enough to tint the cheeks pink.

9. HITCH

   • move (something) into a different position with a jerk: she hitched up her skirt and ran

10. TWITCH

    • give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement he saw her lips twitch and her eyelids flutter; the dog twitched his ears
    • cause to move in a specified direction by giving a sharp pull: he twitched a cigarette out of a packet

11. TOW

    • (of a motor vehicle or boat) pull (another vehicle or boat) along with a rope, chain, or tow bar.
    • (of a person) pull (someone or something) along behind one: she saw Frank towing Nicky along by the hand

12. WRIGGLE