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plein 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) enkel, alminnelig, vanlig2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) klar, tydelig3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) oppriktig, likefram4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) tydelig, klar5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) lite pen2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) slette, flate, vidde2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) rett strikkemaske•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain Englishenkel--------flate--------plan--------ren--------simpel--------skjær--------slette--------tydeligvisIsubst. \/pleɪn\/1) slette, jevn, åpen mark2) rettstrikning, rett, rett maske3) ( poetisk) slagfeltabyssal plain dyphavssletteIIverb \/pleɪn\/( gammeldags eller poetisk) sørge, klageIIIadj. \/pleɪn\/1) enkel, hverdagslig• here we serve good, plain foodher serverer vi god, hverdagslig mat2) ikke pyntet\/dekorert, ensfarget3) lettfattelig, klart uttrykt• what? plain talk from a politician?4) ærlig, rett fra hjertet5) skikkelig, åpenbar, ren og skjær6) uten spesiell status\/tittel, uten pretensjoner, enkel7) ( om utseende) ikke vakker, lite pen, alminnelig8) ( strikking) rett, glattin plain sight of something med noe innen synsvidde innen synsvidde av noeplain and simple rett og slettplain as day soleklart, klart som dagenplain bread and butter smørbrød uten pålegg, smør og brødplain card ( i kortspill) verken trumfkort eller bildekortplain chocolate mørk sjokoladeplain cigarette sigarett uten filter eller munnstykkeplain clothes ( også plain-clothes) sivilt antrekkplain flour vanlig mel (uten tilsatt bakepulver)plain Jane jente med alminnelig utseendeplain knitting rettstrikning glattstrikningplain omelette omelette naturelle, fransk omelettplain ring glatt ringplain sailing grei skuring, bare barnemat, en lett oppgave, en lett match ( sjøfart) seiling i farvann uten skjær eller hindringerplain stitch rett maskeplain text klartekst, ikke kodeplain water rent vannIVadv. \/pleɪn\/1) tydelig, klart• I'll tell you plain: I'm finished with you2) simpelthen, rett og slett, rent ut sagt -
3 thin
Ɵin 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) tynn; spinkel2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) tynn, mager3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) tynn4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) tynn, glissen5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) tynn, dårlig, flau2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) tynne(s), bli tynn(ere)- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin outfortynne--------mager--------ringe--------skrinn--------tynn--------ubetydeligIsubst. \/θɪn\/bare i uttrykkthrough thick and thin se ➢ thick, 2IIverb \/θɪn\/1) tynne, tynnes, bli tynn(ere)2) ( om tåke) lette3) fortynne, spe (ut), tynne (ut)4) redusere sterkt, desimere5) ( skogbruk) hugge ut, tynnethin down gjøre tynn(ere), spe (ut), fortynnedu må tynne ut malingen før du begynner å male redusere sterkt, desimereslanke seg, miste vekt, bli tynnerethin out tynne utbli glissenIIIadj. \/θɪn\/1) tynn2) mager, tynn, smal3) sparsom, tynn, spredt4) fåtallig, glissen5) tyntflytende, tynn6) (om tøy, gass, væske, luft e.l.) lett, tynn7) ( om stemme) tynn, spinkel8) spinkel, dårlig, tynn• that's a thin excuse!9) gjennomsiktig, lett å gjennomskue10) ( hverdagslig) ubehagelig, ukomfortabel, forferdelighan har ikke hatt det særlig morsomt\/godtappear out of thin air se ➢ air, 1as thin as a rake så tynn som en spikeron thin ice ( også overført) på tynn isthin end of the wedge skråplan, begynnelsebe thin on the ground være få av, være fåtalligthin on top ( hverdagslig) skallet, som begynner å bli skalletvanish into thin air se ➢ air, 1IVadv. \/θɪn\/tynt
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