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1 plain
adj. tydlig, klar; enkel; ful; jämn, slät--------adv. enkelt; uppenbart, tydligt--------n. jämn mark; slätt* * *[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) enkel, vanlig2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) klar, tydlig3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) ärlig, uppriktig4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) uppenbar5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) alldaglig, slätstruken, ful2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) slätt2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) rätstickning•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
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2 plain clothes
vardagskläder; civila kläder (inte uniform)* * *ordinary clothes, not a uniform: Detectives usually wear plain clothes; (also adjective) (a plain-clothes job.) civila kläder -
3 plain-spoken
adjective (speaking honestly and candidly, not trying to be tactful: She is a very plain-spoken person who always says what she means.) -
4 plain chocolate
(dark chocolate not containing milk.) mörk choklad -
5 plain sailing
lugn resa; klart handligssätt* * *(progress without difficulty.) ingen match, raka spåret -
6 Plain Old Telephone Service
gammal vanlig telefontjänst, POTS, vanlig telefontjänst, långsam och enkel telefontjänst (i motsats till trådlös eller cellulär telefontjänst) -
7 plain as a pikestaff
klart som korvspad, solklart -
8 plain dealing
rent spel -
9 plain talk
uppriktigt samtal -
10 plain-clothes man
civilklädd polis -
11 in plain English
rent ut* * *(in simple words; clearly expressed: Would you mind explaining it in plain English?) på ren engelska, i klarspråk, rent ut -
12 Jordan plain
Jordanslätten (bibliskt namn på Jordandalen) -
13 arid plain
torftig plan -
14 as plain as the nose on one's face
klart som korvspad, solklartEnglish-Swedish dictionary > as plain as the nose on one's face
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15 coastal plain
kustslätt -
16 put it in plain language
säga det med enkla ord -
17 -spoken
(speaking in a particular way: plain-spoken; smooth-spoken.) -språkig -
18 austere
adj. allvarlig; hård; sträng; spartansk* * *[o:'stiə](severely simple and plain; without luxuries or unnecessary expenditure: an austere way of life.) sträng, spartansk -
19 bald
adj. skallig; kal, bar; rak på sak* * *[bo:ld]1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) []skallig2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) kal, bar3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) rakt på sak, ohöljd•- baldness- balding
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20 baldly
adv. rakt på sak* * *adverb (in a plain or bare way: He answered her questions baldly.) rakt på sak
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plain — plain … Dictionnaire des rimes
plain — plain, aine 1. (plin, plè n ) adj. 1° Qui est sans inégalités, uni. • Si le pays est bossu ou plain, couvert de bois ou découvert, VAUBAN. Dîme, p. 223. • Des cascades dans des lieux plains et sablonneux, J. J. ROUSS. Hél. IV, 11.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Plain — Plain, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plain — PLAIN, [pl]aine. adj. Il signifie proprement, Qui est uni, plat, & sans inegalitez: & il reçoit divers sens selon les divers substantifs, ausquels il se joint. Ainsi on dit, qu Une maison est en plain champ, en plaine campagne, pour dire, qu Elle … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
plain — plain1 [plān] adj. [OFr < L planus, flat, level < IE base * plā , broad, flat > FLOOR, FIELD] 1. Obs. flat; level; plane 2. free from obstructions; open; clear [in plain view] 3. clearly understood; evident; obvious [to make one s meani … English World dictionary
plain — adj 1 plane, flat, *level, even, smooth, flush Antonyms: solid 2 clear, distinct, obvious, *evident, manifest, patent, apparent, palpable Analogous words: *clear, lucid, perspicuous: *explicit, express, definite, specific, categorical Antonyms:… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
plain — [adj1] clear, obvious apparent, audible, big as life*, broad, comprehensible, definite, distinct, evident, legible, lucid, manifest, open, open and shut*, palpable, patent, talking turkey*, transparent, understandable, visible; concepts… … New thesaurus
Plain — Plain, n. [Cf. OF. plaigne, F. plaine. See {Plain}, a.] 1. Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plain — Plain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plaining}.] [Cf. {Plane}, v.] 1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. [R.] [1913 Webster] We would rake Europe rather, plain the East. Wither. [1913 Webster] 2. To make… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plain — ist der Name folgender Personen: Honest John Plain Maria Plain sowie des Adelsgeschlechts: Grafen von Plain Plain ist ein Ortsname: Plain (Wisconsin) Diese Seite ist eine … Deutsch Wikipedia
Plain — Plain, adv. In a plain manner; plainly. To speak short and pleyn. Chaucer. To tell you plain. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English