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1 strain
I 1. strein verb1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) anstrenge (seg), stramme, anspenne2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) overanstrenge; vrikke3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) være en tålmodighetsprøve4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) sile, filtrere2. noun1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) stramming; belastning, påkjenning2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) press, overanstrengelse, påkjenning3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) forstrekning, forstuing4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) prøvelse, påkjenning•- strained- strainer
- strain off II strein noun1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) rase, -stamme2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) anlegg, element3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) tone, melodibelastning--------forstuing--------låt--------melodi--------raseIsubst. \/streɪn\/1) spenning, tøying, strekk(ing), stramming2) ( teknikk) påkjenning, belastning, trykk3) press, stress, påkjenning, belastning, prøvelse4) utmattelse, overanstrengelse5) ( medisin) forstrekning, vrikking, forstuing6) tone, (sinns)stemning7) stilat full strain ( gammeldags) med stort besværbe a strain on something slite på noe, tære på noebe under severe strain være under sterkt press være utsatt for harde påkjenningerin lofty strains i høystemte ordelagput a great strain on utsette for en stor belastning, sette på en hard prøvestand the strain motstå presset tåle påkjenningenIIsubst. \/streɪn\/1) slekt, ætt, familie2) avstamning, herkomst3) ( biologi) stamme4) ( biologi) rase, sort, art5) anstrøk, trekk, element, tendens, snev6) (arve)anlegg, genIIIverb \/streɪn\/1) anstrenge seg, streve, slite2) overanstrenge, overbelaste3) ( medisin) forstrekke, forstue, vrikke4) spenne, strekke, stramme5) utnytte, dra veksler på6) presse, tøye, gjøre vold på7) overskride8) stille på prøve, prøve9) slite, hale, rykke11) ( ved avføring) trekke sammen musklenestrain (off) sile av, sile bortstrain after anstrenge seg for å få, være ute etter jage etterstrain a point avvike sine prinsipper, gjøre et unntakstrain a point in someone's favour gjøre et (spesielt) unntak for noenstrain at streve med, slite med slite (og dra) inære betenkeligheter vedstrain at a gnat and swallow a camel sile(r) myggen, men sluke(r) kamelenstrain every nerve anstrenge seg til det ytterste, sette alt inn påstrain one's ears lytte spent, spisse ørerstrain oneself anstrenge seg til det ytterste overanstrenge segstrain one's eyes kikke spent, skjerpe blikket (over)anstrenge øynenestrain one's voice snakke så høyt man kan, synge så høyt man kan anstrenge stemmen sin, presse stemmen sinstrain someone to one's bosom trykke noen til sitt bryststrain the law tøye loven (vel langt), tolke loven altfor liberalt -
2 at risk
(in danger; likely to suffer loss, injury etc: Heart disease can be avoided if people at risk take medical advice.) i fare/risikogruppe
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