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1 breadwinner
noun (a person who earns money to keep a family: When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.) familieforsørgersubst. \/ˈbredˌwɪnə\/familieforsørger -
2 bread
bred1) (a type of food made of flour or meal baked: bread and butter.) brød2) (one's living: This is how I earn my daily bread.) livets opphold•- breadwinner
- bread and butter
- on the breadlinebrødIsubst. \/bred\/1) brød2) brød, levebrød, føde, underhold3) ( slang) penger, grynbread and circus brød og sirkusbread and scrape forklaring: brød med et tynt lag smør eller margarinbread and water vann og brødbreak bread with someone bryte brød med noen, spise med noencast one's bread upon the water(s) gjøre godt uten tanke på egen vinnninghave one's bread buttered on both sides sitte godt i detknow (on) which side one's bread is buttered vite sitt eget beste, vite å mele sin egen kakemake\/earn one's bread tjene til livets oppholdtake the bread out of someone's mouth ta brødet ut av munnen på noen, ta levebrødet fra noenbe the best\/greatest thing since sliced bread ( hverdagslig) være det beste som har skjedd på lange tiderwin one's daily bread tjene til livets oppholdIIverb \/bred\/panere, griljere
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