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1 wasteful
adjective (involving or causing waste: Throwing away that bread is wasteful.) uøkonomisk (sløsing)adj. \/ˈweɪstf(ʊ)l\/1) ødsel, sløsete, uøkonomisk2) ødeleggende, herjendebe wasteful with sløse medwasteful of sløsete med -
2 extravagant
ik'strævəɡənt1) (using or spending too much; wasteful: He's extravagant with money; an extravagant use of materials/energy.) råflott, ødsel, ekstravagant2) ((of ideas, emotions etc) exaggerated or too great: extravagant praise.) overdrevet, overspent•- extravaganceadj. \/ɪkˈstrævəɡənt\/, \/ekˈstrævəɡənt\/1) ekstravagant, sløsaktig, overdådig, ødsel, råflott2) (voldsomt) overdreven, urimelig, ublu3) vill, ustyrlighan har en løpsk \/ altfor livlig fantasi -
3 practice
'præktis1) (the actual doing of something, as opposed to the theory or idea: In theory the plan should work, but in practice there are a lot of difficulties.) praksis2) (the usual way(s) of doing things; (a) habit or custom: It was his usual practice to rise at 6.00 a.m.) skikk, vane3) (the repeated performance or exercise of something in order to learn to do it well: She has musical talent, but she needs a lot of practice; Have a quick practice before you start.) øving, øvelse4) (a doctor's or lawyer's business: He has a practice in Southampton.) (lege-/advokat)praksis•- make a practice of
- put into practicetreningIsubst. \/ˈpræktɪs\/1) praksis2) praksis, skikk, skikk og bruk, kutyme, (sed)vane, fremgangsmåtesom jeg har for vane (å gjøre), som jeg vanligvis gjør3) øvelse, trening4) ( advokats eller leges) praksis5) ( om yrke) utøvelse6) ( jus) rettspraksisbe\/keep in practice være i treningbe out of practice være ute av trening, mangle trening\/øvelsecontrary to the usual practice stikk i strid med vanlig praksisdepart from one's practice avvike fra sitt vanlige mønsterin practice i praksismake a practice of gjøre noe til en fast regel, gjøre noe til en vanea matter of common practice ganske vanlig, ganske alminneligpractice makes perfect øvelse gjør mesterpractices (ulovlig) trafikk, (tvilsomme) metoder, knep, trickput something in(to) practice omsette noe i praksissharp practice lureri, uredelige metoderwasteful practices sløseri, sløsingIIverb \/ˈpræktɪs\/(amer.) se ➢ practise -
4 prodigal
'prodiɡəl(spending (money etc) too extravagantly; wasteful.) ødsel, sløsende- prodigality
- the prodigal son Isubst. \/ˈprɒdɪɡ(ə)l\/ødeland, person som sløserIIadj. \/ˈprɒdɪɡ(ə)l\/gavmild, rundhåndet, ødselbe prodigal of ( også) sløse\/ødsle med, ikke spare på -
5 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.) kaste bort, sløse, ødelegge2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) avfall(sprodukt), skrap, søppel2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) sløsing, sløseri3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) øde-/villmark•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste awayavfall--------sløsingIsubst. \/weɪst\/1) sløseri, sløsing, ødselhet2) avfall, skrot, søppel, rester3) feilgods, vrakgods4) ( typografi) makulatur5) spill, svinn, bortfall6) ( også waste pipe) avløpsrør7) ødemark, villmark, vidde8) ødeleggelse, herjing9) nedsliting, avsliping10) forfall, forringelse (jus)go to waste gå til spillewaste of sløsing med, (noe) bortkastet• what a waste of money!IIverb \/weɪst\/1) sløse med, la gå til spille, kaste bort, gå tapt2) gå til spille, sløses med, renne bort3) forsømme, forspille4) ( litterært) ødelegge, herje, plyndre5) tære på, fortæres, svekke, uttære6) ( gammeldags) forbruke (penger), fordrive (tid), tilbringe (tid)7) ( jus) la forfalle, vanskjøtte, forringe8) ( litterært) svinne9) ( slang) drepe11) tømmes, utømmes, krympe (sammen), tørke utbe wasted være bortkastet, være til ingen nyttegå tapt, gå til spille( slang) være dritings, være snydens fullwaste away tære bort, fortæres, svekkes, svinne henwasted by herjet av, svekket avwaste not, want not ( ordtak) den som sparer, den harwaste one's breath tale for døve ørerwaste words tale for døve ører prate uten stansIIIadj. \/weɪst\/1) øde, brakk, udyrket2) avfalls-, spill-lay waste herje, ødelegge, legge i ruinerlie waste ligge øde
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