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21 fall for
1) (to be deceived by (something): I made up a story to explain why I had not been at work and he fell for it.) la seg narre/lure2) (to fall in love with (someone): He has fallen for your sister.) falle for, forelske seg -
22 fix (someone) up with (something)
(to provide (someone) with (something): Can you fix me up with a car for tomorrow?) ordne, skaffeEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > fix (someone) up with (something)
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23 fix (someone) up with (something)
(to provide (someone) with (something): Can you fix me up with a car for tomorrow?) ordne, skaffeEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > fix (someone) up with (something)
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24 fix (someone) up with (something)
(to provide (someone) with (something): Can you fix me up with a car for tomorrow?) ordne, skaffeEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > fix (someone) up with (something)
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25 fix (someone) up with (something)
(to provide (someone) with (something): Can you fix me up with a car for tomorrow?) ordne, skaffeEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > fix (someone) up with (something)
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26 get something off one's chest
(to tell the truth about something that is worrying one.) lette sitt hjerte for noeEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > get something off one's chest
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27 go in for
1) (to take part in: I'm not going in for the 1,000 metres race.) delta i, melde seg på2) (to do (something) as a hobby, career etc: My son is going in for medicine; She goes in for collecting postcards.) slå seg på, begynne med -
28 have a soft spot for
(to have a weakness for (someone or something) because of great affection: He's always had a soft spot for his youngest son.) være svak for -
29 keep (something) to oneself
(not to tell anyone (something): He kept his conclusions to himself.) holde (noe) for seg selv, holde inne med -
30 keep (something) under one's hat
(to keep (something) secret: Keep it under your hat but I'm getting married next week.) holde noe for seg selvEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > keep (something) under one's hat
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31 keep (something) to oneself
(not to tell anyone (something): He kept his conclusions to himself.) holde (noe) for seg selv, holde inne med -
32 keep (something) under one's hat
(to keep (something) secret: Keep it under your hat but I'm getting married next week.) holde noe for seg selvEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > keep (something) under one's hat
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33 with an eye to something
(with something as an aim: He's doing this with an eye to promotion.) med noe for øye, med henblikk på -
34 act on behalf of / act for
(to do something for (someone else); to act as the representative of (someone): My lawyer is acting on my behalf; He is also acting on behalf of my mother; She is acting for the headmaster in his absence.) handle på vegne av -
35 in for
(likely to experience (especially something bad): We're in for some bad weather; You're in for it if you broke that window!) kunne vente seg, være solgt -
36 in line for
(likely to get or to be given something: He is in line for promotion.) (stå) for tur -
37 so much for
(that's all that can be said about: So much for that - let's talk about something else; He arrived half an hour late - so much for his punctuality!) ferdig med (det), det var det -
38 take (someone) for
(to believe (mistakenly) that (someone) is (someone or something else): I took you for your brother.) regne/ta for å være, tro noen er (...) -
39 take (someone) for
(to believe (mistakenly) that (someone) is (someone or something else): I took you for your brother.) regne/ta for å være, tro noen er (...) -
40 be gasping for
(to want (something) very much: I'm gasping for a cigarette.) være desperat etter/sugen på
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