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1 cut corners
(to use less money, effort, time etc when doing something than was thought necessary, often giving a poorer result.) ta snarveier, barbere svingene -
2 corner
'ko:nə 1. noun1) (a point where two lines, walls, roads etc meet: the corners of a cube; the corner of the street.) hjørne, krok; gatehjørne2) (a place, usually a small quiet place: a secluded corner.) (av)krok3) (in football, a free kick from the corner of the field: We've been awarded a corner.) hjørnespark2. verb1) (to force (a person or animal) into a place from which it is difficult to escape: The thief was cornered in an alley.) trenge opp i et hjørne2) (to turn a corner: He cornered on only three wheels; This car corners very well.) sneie/ta et hjørne•- cornered- cut corners
- turn the cornerhjørne--------krok--------nisje--------vinkelIsubst. \/ˈkɔːnə\/1) hjørne, gatehjørne, krok2) kant, vinkel3) hjørnebeslag, vinkelbeslag4) skammekrok5) ( på tøy) flik6) ( overført) avkrok, hjørne, kant, vrå7) ( overført) vanskelig situasjon, knipe8) ( handel) corner (spekulasjonskjøp av aksjer\/varer i et omfang som gjør det mulig å beherske markedet)9) ( sport) corner, hjørnespark, hjørnkastbe in a tight corner ligge dårlig an, være i knipebe in someone's corner ( boksing) være sekundant for noenbe round the corner ( overført) ha klart seg, være utenfor farecut (off) a corner ta en snarvei, kutte en svingcut corners ( overført) ta snarveier rasjonalisere omgå vanlig prosedyre \/ vanlige kanalerdrive someone into a corner trenge noen opp i et hjørne, sette noen i en knipein a corner i hemmelighet, i smugknock\/round\/rub off somebody's corners ( overført) slipe kantene av noenlook at someone\/something out of the corner of one's eye smugtitte på noen\/noe, skule bort på noen\/noemake a corner ( handel) foreta et spekulasjonskjøpround the corner eller just around the corner rett rundt hjørnet, like i nærheten (overført, om tidsperspektiv) umiddelbart forestående, like om hjørnet, rett rundt hjørnettake a corner ( fotball) ta et hjørnesparkturn the corner runde hjørnet ( overført) passere vendepunktet, komme over det verste, klare det verstewarm corner sted der det går hett for segIIverb \/ˈkɔːnə\/1) utstyre med hjørnebeslag, utstyre med vinkelbeslag2) trenge opp i et hjørne3) ( overført) sette i en knipe, sette fast, sette i forlegenhet4) ( handel) foreta en corner, foreta et spekulasjonskjøp5) ( handel) beherske, få kontroll over, ha kontroll over (gjennom en corner)6) ta svingen, ta svingene
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