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1 flattery
noun (insincere praise.) smiger, smiskingsmigersubst. \/ˈflætərɪ\/smigerflatteries smigrende ord, smiger -
2 accessible
adjective ((of a person or place) able to be reached or approached easily: His house is not accessible by car.) tilgjengeligtilgjengeligadj. \/əkˈsesəbl\/, \/ækˈsesəbl\/1) tilgjengelig2) imøtekommende3) lett å forståaccessible to tilgjengelig for, mottakelig for -
3 cajole
kə'‹əul(to coax (someone into doing something), often by flattery: The little girl cajoled her father into buying her a new dress.) snakke rundtverb \/kəˈdʒəʊl\/overtale, godsnakke med, lirkecajole someone into doing something overtale noen til å gjøre noecajole something out of someone lirke noe ut av noen -
4 coax
kəuks(to persuade by flattery, by patient and gentle treatment etc: He coaxed her into going to the dance by saying she was the best dancer he knew; He coaxed some money out of his mother.) godsnakke med, overtale; lokke, lure (ut av/i)overtaleverb \/kəʊks\/1) godsnakke med, lokke, smigre, overtale2) med list og lempe få til å, lirkecoax somebody into something overtale noen til å gjøre noecoax something from somebody lokke frem noe hos noencoax something out of somebody lure noe ut av noen -
5 compliment
1. 'kompləmənt noun(an expression of praise or flattery: He's always paying her compliments.) kompliment, ros2. kompli'ment verb(to praise or flatter: He complimented her on her cooking.) rose, gratulere, smigre- with complimentskomplimentIsubst. \/ˈkɒmplɪmənt\/komplimentcompliments (flertall, også) hilsen, hilsener, hilsninger• Mary sends her compliments, and wonders if you would lend her some sugar• tell him with my compliments that...hils ham fra meg og si at...fish\/angle for compliments ( hverdagslig) fiske etter komplimenterpay somebody a compliment (on) gi noen en kompliment (for)pay\/do somebody the compliment of vise noen den ære åsend one's compliments to somebody hilse til noenwith the compliments of the season med ønske om en god jul og et godt nyttårIIverb \/ˈkɒmplɪment\/, \/ˌkɒmplɪˈment\/gratulere, lykkønskecompliment on gratulere med, lykkønske medcompliment sombody with something forære noen noe, hedre noen med noe -
6 flatter
'flætə1) (to praise too much or insincerely: Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.) smigre, smiske2) (to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is: The photograph flatters him.) forskjønne3) (to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something): I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.) innbille seg at•- flatterysmigreverb \/ˈflætə\/1) smigre2) kle, være flatterende, forskjønne3) smiske for, lefle for4) ( om sansene) fryde, kildre5) ( gammeldags) dempe, døyveflatter oneself that smigre seg med at innbille seg at -
7 fulsome
adj. \/ˈfʊlsəm\/1) overdreven, grov2) servil, vammel3) overlesset, overdådig, smakløsfulsome flattery grov smigerfulsome praise skamros -
8 gross
ɡrəus 1. adjective1) (very bad: gross errors/indecency.) grov, krass2) (vulgar: gross behaviour/language.) simpel, grov, ufin3) (too fat: a large, gross woman.) fet, tykk4) (total: The gross weight of a parcel is the total weight of the contents, the box, the wrapping etc.) total-, brutto2. noun(the total amount (of several things added together).) brutto-/totalsum- grosslyinntekt--------klar--------plump--------ren--------svær--------tykkIsubst. \/ɡrəʊs\/1) gross (12 dusin)2) ( gammeldags) hovedmasse, hovedstyrkeby (the) gross ( overført) i hopetallgreat gross stort gross, tolv gross, 12 x 12 dusinin (the) gross ( handel) i en gross, i parti, i store partier stort sett, i sin helhetIIverb \/ɡrəʊs\/ha en bruttoinntekt på, tjene bruttogross somebody out (amer., slang) vemmes over, gjøre kvalm, bli kvalm av, føle vemmelse forIIIadj. \/ɡrəʊs\/1) grov, simpel, rå, ufin, vulgær2) grov, utilgivelig, krass• I was surprised at her gross exaggeration when trying to explain what happenedparlamentsmedlemmets gode resultater var et eksempel på krass materialisme• years later Tim discovered that his money had disappeared into the pockets of a gross impostor3) ( slang) ekkel, kvalm, snuskete, slibrig4) frodig, tett5) fet, satt, oppsvulmet, tykk• a gross, corpulent manen oppsvulmet, fet mann6) brutto-, totaltotalvekt \/ bruttovekt7) ( om sanser) sløv -
9 honey
1) (a sweet, thick fluid made by bees from the nectar of flowers: bread and honey.) honning2) ((especially American) darling (used when speaking to someone one loves).) kjære, skatt, elskling•- honeybee- honeycomb
- honeymoonhonningIsubst. \/ˈhʌnɪ\/1) honning2) nektar fra blomster3) honningfarge4) ( hverdagslig) elskling, skatt, kjæreste5) ( overført) sødme6) (overført, hverdagslig) noe lekkert, noe søtt, noe deilig7) ( overført) forklaring: person eller ting som er den beste av sin sortIIverb \/ˈhʌnɪ\/1) snakke til i smigrende vendinger (også for å oppnå egne fordeler)2) (amer. eller gammeldags) smigre, smiske, bruke søte ord3) bruke honning som smakstilsetning i noe, bruke honning som søtningsmiddel i noehoney somebody up smiske for noenIIIadj. \/ˈhʌnɪ\/1) honning-, som honning, søt2) med honning, som inneholder honning -
10 immune
i'mju:n((with to or from) protected against, or naturally resistant to, eg a disease: immune to measles; immune from danger.) immun, uimottakelig- immunity- immunize
- immunise
- immunization
- immunisationuimottakeligIsubst. \/ɪˈmjuːn\/immun personIIadj. \/ɪˈmjuːn\/1) immun2) ufølsom, uimottagelig3) beskyttet, sikretimmune from\/against immun mot, beskyttet motimmune to immun mot, uimottagelig for, ikke mottagelig for -
11 luxuriate
verb \/lʌɡˈzjʊərɪeɪt\/, \/lʌkˈsjʊərɪeɪt\/, \/lʌɡˈʒʊərɪeɪt\/1) vokse frodig, trives2) nyte i fulle drag, leve i luksus, fråtseluxuriate in fråtse i, glede seg stort over, nyte i fulle dragluxuriate on fråtse på -
12 proof
pru:f1) ((a piece of) evidence, information etc that shows definitely that something is true: We still have no proof that he is innocent.) bevis2) (a first copy of a printed sheet, that can be corrected before the final printing: She was correcting the proofs of her novel.) korrektur3) (in photography, the first print from a negative.) prøvebilde•- - proofbevis--------prøveIsubst. \/pruːf\/1) bevis, bevisføring, bevismiddel2) ( jus) skriftlig vitnesbyrd3) prøve4) ( typografi) korrektur5) ( gravering) prøvetrykk6) ( fotografi) prøvebilde, råkopi7) forklaring: metode for angivelse av alkoholstyrken i brennevin, tilsvarer 57,1 volumprosent8) ugjennomtrengelighet, hardhet, motstandsdyktighet9) ( militærvesen) (område for) prøving, prøve-as (a) proof of eller in proof of som (et) bevis på, som (et) tegn pågive proof of bevise vitne om, gi bevis påproof that bevis for\/på atpull a proof ta et (korrektur)avtrykkput somebody\/something to the proof prøve noe(n), sette noe(n) på prøvethe proof of the pudding is in the eating en tings verdi viser seg først i praksisIIverb \/pruːf\/1) gjøre vanntett, impregnere2) korrekturlese3) ( boktrykking e.l.) gjøre et avtrykk, ta et avtrykk4) (amer., matlaging) heve (deig)proof against preparere motIIIadj. \/pruːf\/1) motstandsdyktig, ugjennomtrengelig, uimottakelig, -tett, -sikker, -bestandig2) ( om alkohol) av normal styrkebe proof against kunne motstå, ikke la seg påvirke av, være motstandsdyktig mot, være uimottakelig for, være herdet mot -
13 servile
(excessively obedient or respectful: servile obedience/flattery.) underdanig, servil- servilityadj. \/ˈsɜːvaɪl\/, amer. også: \/ˈsɜːvl\/1) servil, underdanig, krypende2) slavisk3) slave-be servile to somebody krype for noen -
14 smarmy
(over-respectful and inclined to use flattery: I can't bear his smarmy manner.) smisket, sleskadj. \/ˈsmɑːmɪ\/1) pomadisert, glattfrisert, slikket2) salvelsesfull3) sleip, (ubehagelig) innsmigrende, svært glatt, slesk -
15 succumb
(to yield: She succumbed to temptation and ate the chocolate.) gi etter forverb \/səˈkʌm\/1) gi etter2) bukke undersuccumb for gi etter for, gi tapt overfor ligge under for bukke under for falle fordø av -
16 superior
su'piəriə 1. adjective1) ((often with to) higher in rank, better, or greater, than: Is a captain superior to a commander in the navy?; With his superior strength he managed to overwhelm his opponent.) overordnet; overlegen2) (high, or above the average, in quality: superior workmanship.) høy(ere), overlegen, ekstra god3) ((of a person or his attitude) contemptuous or disdainful: a superior smile.) overlegen2. noun(a person who is better than, or higher in rank than, another or others: The servant was dismissed for being rude to her superiors.) overordnetIsubst. \/sʊˈpɪərɪə\/, \/sjʊˈpɪərɪə\/1) overordnet, formann2) ( overført) overmann3) abbed4) ( typografi) hevet tegnbe one's superior være bedre enn noen, være noen overlegenMother Superior se ➢ motherIIadj. \/sʊˈpɪərɪə\/, \/sjʊˈpɪərɪə\/1) overordnet, høyere i rang2) ( om egenskap) overlegen3) bedre, større4) ( om kvalitet) utmerket, utsøkt, førsteklasses5) (om holdning, mine) overlegen, hovmodig6) (spes. naturvitenskap) øvre, over-, høyere7) ( typografi) hevet8) ( om planeters bane i forhold til jordens) utenom-rise superior to all obstacles overvinne alle hindringersuperior numbers se ➢ number, 1superior to hevet over, bedre enn -
17 curry favour
( with with) (to seek (a) favour by flattery: She's currying favour with the boss.) smiske, fisle -
18 cut no ice
(to have no effect: This sort of flattery cuts no ice with me.) ikke bite på -
19 make up to
(to try to gain the favour or love of by flattery etc: She's always making up to the teacher by bringing him presents.) smiske, flørte med
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