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1 cold
kəuld 1. adjective1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) kald2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) kald, kjølig3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) kald, kjølig, uvennlig2. noun1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) kulde2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) forkjølelse•- coldly- coldness
- cold-blooded
- cold war
- get cold feet
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give the cold shoulder
- in cold bloodkald--------kuldeIsubst. \/kəʊld\/1) ( også overført) kulde2) forkjølelsecatch (a) cold eller get a cold bli forkjøletcome in from the cold bli tatt inn i varmen, komme til heder og verdighet igjenleave out in the cold forsømme, gå for lut og kaldt vann ( også) fryse ut, holde utenforIIadj. \/kəʊld\/1) kald, frossen• feel\/be cold2) ( overført) følelsesløs, kald, kaldblodig, kjølig, hardhjertet, ufølsom3) ( atomteknikk) inaktiv, ikke-radioaktivcold as charity kald som stein, hard som steincold as ice se ➢ ice, 1cold comfort mager trøstcold feet ( også overført) kalde føttergive someone the cold shoulder gi noen en kald skulderin cold blood med kaldt blodknock someone cold slå noen bevisstløsleave someone cold ikke gjøre inntrykk påthrow\/pour cold water on (a proposal) avfeie, forkaste uten videre (f.eks. en plan) slå kaldt vann i blodet på, ta motet fraIIIadv. \/kəʊld\/ (amer., hverdagslig)1) helt, fullstendig, totalt2) perfekt -
2 settle
'setl1) (to place in a position of rest or comfort: I settled myself in the armchair.) anbringe, sette (seg) til rette2) (to come to rest: Dust had settled on the books.) legge/senke seg3) (to soothe: I gave him a pill to settle his nerves.) berolige4) (to go and live: Many Scots settled in New Zealand.) slå seg ned, bosette seg5) (to reach a decision or agreement: Have you settled with the builders when they are to start work?; The dispute between management and employees is still not settled.) avgjøre, slutte forlik6) (to pay (a bill).) gjøre opp•- settler
- settle down
- settle in
- settle on
- settle upbetale--------etablereIsubst. \/ˈsetl\/forklaring: høyrygget trebenk med armlener, ofte med et rom under setetIIverb \/ˈsetl\/1) legge til rette, hjelpe til rette, få i orden, installere2) kolonisere, slå seg ned i3) bosette seg, slå seg ned, sette bo4) sette seg til rette, slå seg ned5) hjelpe til å etablere seg, hjelpe til å sette bo6) se til å få gift, gifte bort7) plassere, anbringe8) avgjøre, gjøre slutt på, bilegge9) ordne, avklare, klare opp i, fikse• I'll settle him!10) roe, berolige, få til å stabilisere seg11) betale, gjøre opp• will you settle for all of us?12) bestemme, fastsette, avtale13) ( om bevingede dyr) slå seg ned, sette seg14) bre seg, legge seg15) bli fast, bli hard, bli tørr, stivne16) gjøre tørr, gjøre fast, gjøre hard18) (om hus, grunnvoll e.l.) sette seg, synke19) få til å legge seg, la synke til bunnensettle (up) accounts gjøre oppsettle (up) a debt betale ned en gjeldsettle down bosette seg, slå seg nedslå seg til roda hun fylte 60, slo hun seg til ro etter et hektisk livsette seg til rette, slå seg nedde satte seg ned for å ta en prat etablere seg, innrette segroe seg, stabilisere seg, legge segsettle down in life finne seg til rette i tilværelsensettle down to married life gifte segsettle down to something begynne med noe, komme inn i noesettle for nøye seg med bestemme seg forsettle in (flytte inn og) komme i ordensettle on bestemme seg for• which of the bags have you settled on?( om sykdom) slå seg på, sette seg (fast)settle one's affairs ordne opp i sakene sine beskikke sitt hussettle oneself slå seg ned, slå seg til ro, sette seg til rettebosette seg, slå seg ned, sette bo roe segsettle oneself to bestemme seg for å, sette i gang med åsettle somebody in hjelpe noen med å flytte inn og komme i ordensettle something on somebody ( jus) båndlegge noe til fordel for noensettle up gjøre opp, skvære opp
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