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bə:d(a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly: Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly.) fuglfugl--------jente--------pikesubst. \/bɜːd\/1) fugl2) ( jakt) fugl, vilt3) ( hverdagslig) (pussig) type, fyr, raring• she was a queer bird, they thought4) ( slang) jente, berte, ung dame, smårips5) ( slang) kjæreste, dame6) ( badminton) fjærball7) ( skyting) leirdue8) (britisk, slang) fengsela bird in the bush en eventualiteta bird in the hand et faktum, en realiteta bird in the hand is worth two in the bush en fugl i hånden er bedre enn ti på taketa little bird told me eller a little bird has it en liten fugl sang, ryktet forteller atbirds of a feather (folk) av samme ullabirds of a feather flock together like barn leker best, krake søker makebirds were tilting on the boughs ha slagsidedo bird sitte inne, soneearly bird morgenfuglgive somebody the bird ( slang) pipe ut noen avspise noen, gi noen sparkenhun ble pepet ut \/ hun fikk sparkenkill two birds with one stone slå to fluer i en smekkold bird gammel revpull the birds ha draget på damenestrictly for the birds helt uinteressant, for spesielt interessertethe bird is\/has flown (hverdagslig, også overført) fuglen har fløyetthe birds and the bees ( hverdagslig) blomster og bier ( overført) blomster og bier, hvordan barn blir tilthe early bird catches\/gets the worm morgenstund har gull i munn
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