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81 drop in
(to arrive informally to visit someone: Do drop in (on me) if you happen to be passing!) komme/stikke innom -
82 eye-witness
noun (a person who sees something (eg a crime) happen: Eye-witnesses were questioned by the police.) øyenvitne -
83 false alarm
(a warning of something which in fact does not happen.) falsk alarm -
84 go according to plan
(to happen as arranged or intended: The journey went according to plan.) gå/utvikle seg etter planen -
85 go on
1) (to continue: Go on reading - I won't disturb you.) fortsette, bli ved, gå videre2) (to talk a great deal, usually too much: She goes on and on about her health.) snakke i senk3) (to happen: What is going on here?) foregå, være på ferde4) (to base one's investigations etc on: The police had very few clues to go on in their search for the murderer.) ha som holdepunkt -
86 go right
(to happen as expected, wanted or intended; to be successful or without problems: Nothing ever goes right for him.) gå godt/etter planen -
87 hope for the best
(to hope that something will succeed, that nothing bad will happen etc.) håpe på det beste -
88 I told you so
(I told or warned you that this would happen, had happened etc, and I was right: `I told you so, but you wouldn't believe me.) hva sa jeg! -
89 in that case
(if that should happen or should have happened: You're leaving? In that case, I'm leaving too.) i så fall -
90 in the event
(in the end, as it happened/happens / may happen: In the event, I did not need to go to hospital.) da det kom til stykket, til slutt -
91 in the offing
(about to happen: He has a new job in the offing.) under oppseiling, i vente/sikte -
92 in the wind
(about to happen: A change of policy is in the wind.) (være) under oppseiling, på ferde -
93 look ahead
(to consider what will happen in the future.) se framover -
94 pigs might fly
(said of something very unlikely to happen: `We might have fine weather for our holidays.' `Yes, and pigs might fly!') Tror du/dere på julenissen? -
95 plan ahead
(to plan something a long time before it will happen etc.) legge langsiktige planer, tenke framover -
96 run its course
(to develop or happen in the usual way: The fever ran its course.) gå sin gang -
97 sit back
(to rest and take no part in an activity: He just sat back and let it all happen.) forholde seg passiv, sitte med hendene i fanget -
98 synchronise
(to (cause to) happen at the same time, go at the same speed etc, as something else: In the film, the movements of the actors' lips did not synchronize with the sounds of their words; to synchronize watches.) samkjøre, synkronisere- synchronisation -
99 take place
(to happen: What took place after that?) finne sted, skje -
100 tell (someone's) fortune
(to foretell what will happen to someone in the future: The gypsy told my fortune.) spå
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