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1 stick one's neck out
(to take a risk.) våge, ta sjansen -
2 risk
risk 1. noun((a person, thing etc which causes or could cause) danger or possible loss or injury: He thinks we shouldn't go ahead with the plan because of the risks involved / because of the risk of failure.) risiko, fare2. verb1) (to expose to danger; to lay open to the possibility of loss: He would risk his life for his friend; He risked all his money on betting on that horse.) risikere, sette på spill2) (to take the chance of (something bad happening): He was willing to risk death to save his friend; I'd better leave early as I don't want to risk being late for the play.) våge, risikere•- risky- at a person's own risk
- at own risk
- at risk
- at the risk of
- run/take the risk of
- run/take the risk
- take risks / take a riskfare--------risikere--------risikoIsubst. \/rɪsk\/1) risiko, fare2) ( forsikring) risikoat one's own risk på eget ansvar, på egen risikoat the risk of med fare forat the risk of one's life med fare for livet, med livet som innsatsbe at risk stå på spill, være i faresonenput at risk sette på spill, risikere, sette i faresonenrun a risk ta en risiko, løpe en risiko, ta en sjanserun\/take the risk of ta sjansen på å, risikereIIverb \/rɪsk\/1) risikere, sette på spill2) ta sjansen på, vågerisk one's life eller risk one's neck sette livet (sitt) på spillhun satte livet sitt på spill da hun reddet hunden fra det brennende huset -
3 neck
I nek noun1) (the part of the body between the head and chest: She wore a scarf around her neck.) hals2) (the part of an article of clothing that covers that part of the body: The neck of that shirt is dirty.) halsutskjæring/-utringning3) (anything like a neck in shape or position: the neck of a bottle.) (flaske)hals•- necklace- neckline
- necktie
- neck and neck II nek verb(to kiss, hug and caress (passionately); to pet.) klinehalsIsubst. \/nek\/1) hals2) ( klær) utringning, hals(ringning)3) ( overført) (flaske)hals4) ( slakt) hals(stykke)5) forklaring: langt og smalt pass eller sund6) forklaring: strime av land eller skog7) ( slang) frekkhet8) ( sjelden) nakkeback of the neck nakkebreak one's neck to ( hverdagslig) gjøre sitt ytterste for åbreak the neck of gjøre unna det verste\/meste avfall on somebody's neck ta rundt noen, falle om halsen på noenget it in the neck ( hverdagslig) bli skjelt ut, få huden full, få svi forhang on somebody's neck klenge seg på noenit's neck or nothing det får bære eller briste, koste hva det koste vilkeep neck and neck with holde jevne trinn medneck and crop raskt og kontant, hodestupsneck of a\/the tooth tannhalsneck of land landtunge, (smalt) nesneck of the woods område, trakteri denne avkroken \/ i dette gudsforlatte hulletneck or nothing uten betenkning, hensynsløst, med dødsforaktrisk one's neck våge livetsave one's neck redde seg fra galgen ( overført) redde skinnetstick one's neck out ( hverdagslig) utsette seg for kritikkbe thrown out on one's neck bli kastet på hodet utbe up to one's neck in debt ha gjeld til oppover ørenewin by a neck vinne med et halvt hestehodewring somebody's neck vri nakken av noen ( overført) drepe noenIIverb \/nek\/1) ( slang) kjæle med, kline2) strype, kvele3) ( slang) drikke
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