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'kwo:tə 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) fjerde-/firedel, kvart, kvarter2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) kvartdollar, 25 cent3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) bydel, kvarter, strøk4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) retning, kant, hold, hjørne5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) nåde, grid6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) kvart (bakpart av) gris/okse, osv.7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) måne i ny eller ne8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) omgang9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) termin2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) dele i fire2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dele på/med fire3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) innkvartere•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) hvert kvartal4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) kvartalstidsskrift- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quartersfjerdedel--------kvarter--------strøkIsubst. \/ˈkwɔːtə\/1) fjerdedel, en kvart2) ( tid) kvarter, kvartal, termin3) ( sted) kvarter, kvartal, bydel4) forklaring: rommål for tørrvarer som tilsvarer 8 bushels forklaring: (290,9 l)5) forklaring: britisk vektmål som tilsvarer 1\/4 hundredweight forklaring: eller 28 poundsforklaring: (britisk) eller 25 pounds forklaring: (amer.)6) (amer.) 25 cent7) ( av slaktet dyr) fjerding8) ( astronomi) kvarter, månefase9) ( også overført) side, kant, hold10) verdenshjørne, kompassretning12) ( spesielt militærvesen) nåde14) (amer., fotball, basketball) omgangat close quarters på nært holdby the quarter kvartalsvisin all quarters eller in every quarter på alle hold, overaltnot a quarter as ikke på langt næra quarter of en kvart, en fjerdedelsa quarter past\/to eller (a) quarter after\/of kvart over\/påtake up one's quarters with slå seg ned hostake up one's quarters\/abode\/lodgings slå seg ned\/til, innkvartere seg, flytte inn ( sjøfart) stille seg på postIIverb \/ˈkwɔːtə\/1) dele i fire deler2) ( militærvesen) innkvartere, forlegge3) være innkvartert, bli innkvartert4) ta inn, innkvartere seg5) ( historisk) partere6) ( heraldikk) kvadrere, firedele7) ( heraldikk) anbringe\/bære i kvadrert skjold8) ( om jakthund) gjennomsøke9) ( sjøfart) seile for låringsvind, seile med vinden på låringen, sløre10) virre hit og ditgive no quarter ikke vise nådequarter somebody on dytte noen over på
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