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1 gratuitous
1) ((derogatory) done, said etc without good reason or excuse or when not wanted: gratuitous insults.) uprovosert, uberettiget2) (done, given etc without payment: gratuitous advice.) gratis, frivilliggratisadj. \/ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs\/1) kostnadsfri, avgiftsfri, fri, gratis, gratis-2) frivillig3) u(be)grunnet, umotivert, uten tilstrekkelig grunn, uprovosert4) uberettiget, ufortjent5) upåkrevd, meningsløs, unødig -
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1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) ledig, ubeskjeftiget2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) lat, doven3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) tom, innholdsløs4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) grunnløs2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) drive omkring2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) gå på tomgang•- idler- idleness
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- idle awaydovenIsubst. \/ˈaɪdl\/ eller idle speed( teknikk) tomgangchange the idle (speed) justere tomgangenrun at idle (speed) (la) gå på tomgangset the correct idle (speed) justere tomgangenIIverb \/ˈaɪdl\/1) sløse bort tiden, late seg, sløve, dovne seg, drive dank2) drive omkring, reke3) ( teknikk) gå på tomgang, få til å gå på tomgang4) (amer.) ta ut av arbeid, permittere5) sette ut av spillidle (away) sløse bortidle about gå og late seg, drive omkringIIIadj. \/ˈaɪdl\/1) sysselløs, uvirksom, ledig, ubeskjeftiget, ute av drift2) uanvendt, ubrukt, ledig3) ( om person) lat, doven, giddesløs, arbeidssky4) arbeidsløs5) (mekanikk, teknikk) stillestående6) ( teknikk) på tomgang7) ( om handling) meningsløs, nytteløs, fånyttes, unyttig, uten mening, ufruktbar, resultatløs, forgjeves8) (om snakk, trussel e.l.) tom, overflatiskbe idle ligge på latsidenbe\/lie idle stå stille, være ute av driftligge ubruktbe thrown idle se ➢ throw, 2sit idle sitte med hendene i fanget -
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1. ik'skju:z verb1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) unnskylde2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) frita; gi lov til å gå2. ik'skju:s noun(a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing: He has no excuse for being so late.) unnskyldning, påskudd, begrunnelse (for)unnskylde--------unnskyldningIsubst. \/ɪkˈskjuːs\/, \/ekˈskjuːs\/1) unnskyldning, forsvar, bortforklaring, påskudd, begrunnelse• what's his excuse?2) fritak (fra forpliktelse), (melding om) avbud• do you have a written excuse?3) ( hverdagslig) surrogat, erstatningbeyond excuse utilgiveligin excuse of for å unnskyldemake an excuse unnskylde segmake excuses komme med bortforklaringermake excuses for somebody forsvare noen, finne unnskyldninger for noen, unnskylde noenmake something an excuse bruke noe som et påskuddoffer an excuse unnskylde segIIverb \/ɪkˈskjuːz\/, \/ekˈskjuːz\/1) unnskylde2) gi fri, frita, la slippedu kan gå \/ du slipper å bli igjenask to be excused be om å få gå, be om å få gå fra bordetexcuse from frita fra, frita forexcuse me ( irritert utrop) unnskyld meg unnskyld, beklager, jeg ber om unnskyldningexcuse oneself for something unnskylde seg for noe, be om unnskyldning for noeexcuse oneself from something be om å få slippe noe, be seg fri fra noe, takke nei til noeplease, may I be excused? ( skolevesen) kan jeg gå på toalettet? -
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ko:z 1. noun1) (something or someone that produces an effect or result: Having no money is the cause of all my misery.) årsak2) (a reason for an action; a motive: You had no cause to treat your wife so badly.) grunn3) (an aim or concern for which an individual or group works: cancer research and other deserving causes; in the cause of peace.) sak2. verb(to make (something) happen; to bring about; to be the means of: What caused the accident?; He caused me to drop my suitcase.) forårsake, få til å, bringe til, påføreforårsake--------grunn--------kampanje--------årsakIsubst. \/kɔːz\/1) årsak, grunn, foranledning2) sak3) ( jus) sak, rettsspørsmålbe the original cause of gi støtet tilcause and effect årsak og virkningcause of action ( jus) søksmålsgrunnlag, saksgrunnlagcause of death ( jus) dødsårsakefficient cause bevirkende årsak, grunnenlist in a cause arbeide ivrig for en sak, engasjere seg i en sakenlist somebody in a cause vinne noen for en (god) sakfight a just cause kjempe for en rettferdig sakjust cause ( jus) skjellig grunn, rimelig grunnmake common cause with gjøre felles sak med• they used to be adversaries but now they made common cause with each otherfør var de motstandere, men nå gjorde de felles sakplead a cause føre en sak, prosedereplead somebody's cause ( også jus) snakke for noen, tale noens saksmall cause for something liten grunn til noeshow cause ( jus) anføre skjellig grunnwithout cause uten foranledning, umotivert, ubegrunnetIIverb \/kɔːz\/1) forårsake, foranledige, være årsak til, fremkalle, volde, medføre, føre til, skape, bevirke, bringe, avstedkomme2) tilføre, påføre3) få til åcause something to be done sørge for at noe blir gjortcause trouble to somebody skape vanskeligheter for noen
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