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1 desert
I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) forlade; svigte; lade i stikken2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) flygte; desertere•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) ørken; ørken-* * *I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) forlade; svigte; lade i stikken2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) flygte; desertere•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) ørken; ørken- -
2 extreme
[ik'stri:m] 1. adjective1) (very great, especially much more than usual: extreme pleasure; He is in extreme pain.) stor; vældig; ekstrem2) (very far or furthest in any direction, especially out from the centre: the extreme south-western tip of England; Politically, he belongs to the extreme left.) yderst3) (very violent or strong; not ordinary or usual: He holds extreme views on education.) yderliggående; ekstrem2. noun1) (something as far, or as different, as possible from something else: the extremes of sadness and joy.) yderpunkt2) (the greatest degree of any state, especially if unpleasant: The extremes of heat in the desert make life uncomfortable.) yderlighed•- extremism
- extremist
- extremity
- in the extreme
- to extremes* * *[ik'stri:m] 1. adjective1) (very great, especially much more than usual: extreme pleasure; He is in extreme pain.) stor; vældig; ekstrem2) (very far or furthest in any direction, especially out from the centre: the extreme south-western tip of England; Politically, he belongs to the extreme left.) yderst3) (very violent or strong; not ordinary or usual: He holds extreme views on education.) yderliggående; ekstrem2. noun1) (something as far, or as different, as possible from something else: the extremes of sadness and joy.) yderpunkt2) (the greatest degree of any state, especially if unpleasant: The extremes of heat in the desert make life uncomfortable.) yderlighed•- extremism
- extremist
- extremity
- in the extreme
- to extremes -
3 tribe
1) (a race of people, or a family, who are all descended from the same ancestor: the tribes of Israel.) stamme2) (a group of families, especially of a primitive or wandering people, ruled by a chief: the desert tribes of Africa.) stamme•- tribal- tribesman* * *1) (a race of people, or a family, who are all descended from the same ancestor: the tribes of Israel.) stamme2) (a group of families, especially of a primitive or wandering people, ruled by a chief: the desert tribes of Africa.) stamme•- tribal- tribesman -
4 waste
[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) spilde2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) affald; affalds-2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) en forspildt mulighed3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) ødemark•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away* * *[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) spilde2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) affald; affalds-2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) en forspildt mulighed3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) ødemark•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away -
5 waterhole
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