German-English translations for ruck

jerk
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When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!to jerk a stoneJerk chicken is a local favorite.
braid
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hitch
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His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boatThe banquet went off [[without a hitchwithout a hitch]]
jolt
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The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.I jolted her out of complacency.Her untimely death jolted us all.
lurch
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the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard
pull
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Europe must pull itself together. Europa muss sich einen Ruck geben. Ladies and gentlemen, pull yourselves together and do it! Kolleginnen und Kollegen, geben Sie sich einen Ruck und tun sie es! Today, isolated, discredited in its will to invest sincerely in a real cooperation and development policy, the Union needs to pull itself together. Die Union, die heute isoliert dasteht und in ihrem Willen, ehrlich in eine echte Politik der Zusammenarbeit und der Entwicklung zu investieren, unglaubwürdig erscheint, muss sich einen Ruck geben.
start
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The EU needs to be jump started, we need to stimulate demand and encourage investment. Durch die Union muss ein Ruck gehen, es ist erforderlich, die Nachfrage anzuregen und die Investitionen zu fördern. The movie was entertaining from start to finish.He woke with a start.
swing
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The plant swung in the breeze.The children laughed as they swung.It wasnt long before the crowds mood swung towards restless irritability.

tugThe police officers tugged the drunkard out of the pub.He lost his patience trying to undo his shoe-lace, but tugging it made the knot even tighter.He had a quick tug to calm himself down before his date.
yankThey yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.

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