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1 hesitation
1) (an act of hesitating.) nøling, vakling2) (unwillingness or uncertainty.) usikkerhet, uvillighetnølingtvil, tvilrådighet, usikkerhet, vakling, nøling, betenkelighet -
2 qualm
(a feeling of uncertainty about whether one is doing right: She had no qualms about reporting her husband's crime to the police.) betenkelighet, samvittighetsnagkvalmesubst. \/kwɑːm\/, \/kwɔːm\/1) betenkelighet, skruppel, kval2) engstelse, bange anelser, tvil3) illebefinnende, kvalmehave qualms about ha betenkeligheter medqualms (of conscience) samvittighetskvaler -
3 degree
di'ɡri:1) ((an) amount or extent: There is still a degree of uncertainty; The degree of skill varies considerably from person to person.) grad2) (a unit of temperature: 20° (= 20 degrees) Celsius.) grad3) (a unit by which angles are measured: at an angle of 90° (= 90 degrees).) grad4) (a title or certificate given by a university etc: He took a degree in chemistry.) grad, eksamen•- to a degreegrad--------nivå--------plansubst. \/dɪˈɡriː\/1) grad2) ledd, slektledd3) rang, verdighet, stilling4) (matematikk, grammatikk, universitet) grad5) (universitet, også) avsluttende eksamen6) ( gammeldags) trinn, trappetrinnby degrees gradvis, trinnvisa degree better en smule bedredegree of comparison ( grammatikk) komparasjonsgraddegree of frost minusgraddegree of latitude breddegraddegree of longitude lengdegraddifference of\/in degree gradsforskjellforbidden degrees ( jus) forbudte grader (om slektsledd som ikke kan inngå ekteskap)honours degree spesiell universitetseksamenbyimperceptible degrees umerkeliga London degree en eksamen fra Londons universitetmurder in the first degree (spesielt amer.) overlagt drapto a certain\/to some degree i en viss utstrekningto\/in a degree til en viss gradto a degree ( hverdagslig) i høy\/høyeste gradto a high degree i høy gradto the last degree i høyeste gradto what degree i hvilken grad -
4 quandary
'kwondəriplural - quandaries; noun(a state of uncertainty; a situation in which it is difficult to decide what to do.) dilemma, knipesubst. \/ˈkwɒndərɪ\/knipe, dilemmajeg er i et dilemma og vet ikke hva jeg skal gjøre \/ jeg er i tvil om hva jeg skal gjøre -
5 suspense
-snoun (a state of uncertainty and anxiety: We waited in suspense for the result of the competition.) spenning, uvisshetspenningsubst. \/səˈspens\/1) uvisshet, spenning, (spent) venting2) utsettelsebe in suspense ( om person) være i helspennkeep\/hold in suspense holde på pinebenken, holde i uvisshet
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