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1 plunge
1. verb1) (to throw oneself down (into deep water etc); to dive: He plunged into the river.) styrte, kaste seg, stupe2) (to push (something) violently or suddenly into: He plunged a knife into the meat.) stikke, bore2. noun(an act of plunging; a dive: He took a plunge into the pool.) sprang; stup; dukkert- plunger- take the plungestup--------styrteIsubst. \/plʌn(d)ʒ\/1) sprang, dykk, stup2) ( overført) dypdykk, senking, styrting3) ( om hest) kast fremover4) (spesielt amer.) badebasseng5) ( hverdagslig) høyt (og farlig) spill6) ( økonomi) falltake the plunge våge spranget, ta det avgjørende skrittet, ta skrittet fullt utIIverb \/plʌn(d)ʒ\/1) styrte, stupe, kaste seg, storme2) kaste seg fremover (om hest), stampe (om fartøy)3) ( hverdagslig) spille høyt spill4) ( økonomi) rase, stupe5) styrte, kaste6) ( om sverd e.l.) bore, støte, stikke7) ( om potteplante) forklaring: plassere i jord opp til kanten av pottenplunged in innhyllet i, fordypet iplunge into ( overført) kaste seg inn iplunge somebody into grief volde noen stor sorg -
2 dive
1. verb1) (to plunge headfirst into water or down through the air: He dived off a rock into the sea.) stupe, dukke ned, dykke2) (to go quickly and suddenly out of sight: She dived down a back street and into a shop.) forsvinne ut av syne, stupe, dukke2. noun(an act of diving: She did a beautiful dive into the deep end of the pool.) stup- diver- diving-board
- great diving beetledukke--------dykk--------dykke--------stupeIsubst. \/daɪv\/1) dykking, dukking2) ( turn) kasterulle3) (sport, luftfart) stup4) ( hverdagslig) kneipe, kro, vertshus, bule5) (om kurser, priser e.l.) fall, stupmake a dive for\/at\/into dykke ned etter, hive seg etter, stupe ned i, stupe inn itake a dive (boksing, om avtalt spill)forklaring: late som om man blir slått ut (om priser, håp e.l.) synke, falle, stupeII1) dykke, dukke2) (sport, luftfart) stupe, stupe ned3) gripe ned (i), grave, rote4) ( om priser e.l.) falle, synke, stupe5) ( overført) fordype seg, forske6) ( slang) begå lommetyveridive for dykke etter, kaste seg ned etterdive into forsvinne inn i, kaste seg inn i gripe ned ifordype seg i, forske i ( overført) kaste seg ut i
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