yank

French translation: exerce une attraction sur

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English term or phrase:yank
French translation:exerce une attraction sur
Entered by: Thierry Darlis

00:24 Jul 19, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Astronomy & Space
English term or phrase: yank
- Even though the stars are
hundreds of light years away,
they figured out a method
to determine if a star
was running at you or away from you,
at plus or minus human running speed
as the planet yanks on the star.
Thierry Darlis
United States
Local time: 01:12
exerce une attraction sur
Explanation:
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Note added at 6 heures (2017-07-19 07:01:07 GMT)
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Le verbe attirer donne une connotation d'aimant que je n'aime pas
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GILOU
France
Local time: 06:12
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5 +1exerce une attraction sur
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attire


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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 06:12
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
exerce une attraction sur


Explanation:
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Note added at 6 heures (2017-07-19 07:01:07 GMT)
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Le verbe attirer donne une connotation d'aimant que je n'aime pas

GILOU
France
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 40

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agree  gayd (X)
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Reference information:
yank on something
to pull or tug on something. Don't yank on my hair! Yank on this rope to send a signal to the worker on the floor above.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/yank

yank
verb [ T ] US ​

to pull something forcefully with a quick movement:
They yanked open the screen door to run into the kitchen for cookies.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/yank

yank

Word forms: yanks, yanking, yanked
transitive verb/intransitive verb
If you yank someone or something somewhere, you pull them there suddenly and with a lot of force.
She yanked open the drawer.
She couldn't open the door no matter how hard she yanked.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/yank

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agree  mchd
2 hrs
agree  M.A.B.: pull, tug
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