French-English translations for ficelle

cord
us
The burglar tied up the victim with a cordHe looped some cord around his fingersspermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords
string
us
Indeed, the EU often does not appear to know who it is actually funding and who is pulling its strings. En effet, l'UE semble souvent ne pas savoir qui finance réellement et qui tire les ficelles. A package entails the risk that if you tug at one string of the package, the whole thing may fall apart. Un ensemble impliquant le risque que si l'on tire sur une ficelle, le tout peut se défaire. The question since then has been 'who pulled the strings that pulled the hands that pulled the trigger?'. Depuis lors, on se demande plutôt qui a tiré les ficelles qui manipulaient les mains qui ont appuyé sur la détente?

lace
us
to lace ones fingers togethercloth laced with silver
strand
us
Grand StrandJones pops up; thats going to strand a pair.strand of spaghetti
swishThis restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tableclothsThe cane swishes.to swish a cane back and forth
swish shot
twineMany plants twine.

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