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pry

/praɪ/

pry off

Translations

prynoun

pries

/praɪ/

любопытство

Her constant pry into my personal life was annoying.

Ее постоянное любопытство к моей личной жизни было раздражающим.

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pryverb

pried

Past Simple

pried

Past Participle

prying

Gerund

/praɪ/

взламывать

He tried to pry open the locked door.

Он пытался взломать запертую дверь.

вытягивать

She managed to pry the information out of him.

Ей удалось вытянуть из него информацию.

подглядывать

It's rude to pry into other people's business.

Невежливо подглядывать в дела других людей.

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pryadjective

/praɪ/

Attributive use before another noun, e.g. "pry bar" meaning a tool intended for prying

Definitions

prynoun

A tool used for prying or levering something open.

He used a pry to open the stuck window.

An act of inquiring too closely into a person's private affairs.

She considered his questions to be an unwelcome pry into her personal life.

pryverb

To inquire too closely into a person's private affairs.

She didn't want to pry, but she was curious about his sudden change in behavior.

To use force to move or open something.

He had to pry the lid off the paint can with a screwdriver.

To obtain (information or something) with effort or persistence, often against resistance.

Journalists finally pried the truth out of the official.

pryadjective

Relating to or designed for prying or levering.

He reached for a pry bar from the toolbox.