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2 effort
'efət1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) innsats, (kraft)anstrengelse, krafttak2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) bestrebelse, anstrengelse, strev, flid3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) forsøk, prestasjon•- effortlesslydåd--------forsøk--------gjerning--------kampanje--------strevsubst. \/ˈefət\/1) (kraft)anstrengelse, innsats, strev2) ( teknisk) kraft3) prestasjon, anstrengelse (spesielt kunstnerisk, spøkefullt)til tross for hans oratoriske øvelser, falt publikum snart i søvn4) forsøk, verk, produktbe an effort koste overvinnelsebe unsparing in one's efforts ikke spare på kreftene, gi alt man harby one's own efforts ved egen kraftcost an effort koste overvinnelsemake an all-out effort anstrenge seg til det ytterste, gi alt det en harmake an effort anstrenge seg, gjøre et (alvorlig) forsøkgjøre sitt ytterste \/ gjøre alt man kanput effort into something legge arbeid (eller flid) i noeput forth an effort gjøre en kraftanstrengelsethat's a good effort! ( hverdagslig) ikke verst!, bra gjort!with effort med besværwithout (apparent) effort uten (synlig) anstrengelse -
3 fail
feil 1. verb1) (to be unsuccessful (in); not to manage (to do something): They failed in their attempt; I failed my exam; I failed to post the letter.) mislykkes, slå feil, ikke klare2) (to break down or cease to work: The brakes failed.) svikte, ikke virke/fungere3) (to be insufficient or not enough: His courage failed (him).) svikte, svinne4) ((in a test, examination etc) to reject (a candidate): The examiner failed half the class.) (la) stryke, dumpe5) (to disappoint: They did not fail him in their support.) svikte, skuffe•- failing2. preposition(if (something) fails or is lacking: Failing his help, we shall have to try something else.) i mangel av- failure- without failstryke--------svikteIsubst. \/feɪl\/1) stryk2) stryk(e)kandidat, elev som har strøketwithout fail absolutt, helt sikkert, bestemt, uansett, uten unntakIIverb \/feɪl\/1) mislykkes, ikke lykkes, komme til kort2) strande, ikke føre til noe resultat, bryte sammen3) ( om innhøstning e.l.) slå feil, ikke slå til4) unnlate, forsømme5) stryke, ikke bestå, dumpe, la stryke6) falle gjennom7) streike, stoppe, svikte, ikke strekke til8) gi etter, svikte, ikke holde9) ( handel) gå konkurs, gå over ende, gå fallitt10) skorte, slippe opp, ta slutt11) avta, svinne, forsvinne, dø bort, dø ut12) forringe(s), forverre(s), skrante, svekke(s)13) svikte, late i stikkenfail in mangle, savnesvikte, ikke fullførefail in one's hopes ikke leve opp til sine egne forventningerfail of forfeilemangle, være uten, ikke ha, ikke eiefail to unnlate å, ikke bry seg om åmislykkes med å, mislykkes i å, ikke lykkes å, ikke kunnefail to come utebli, la være å komme, ikke kommefail to see something ikke begripe noe, ikke innse noe -
4 vain
vein1) (having too much pride in one's appearance, achievements etc; conceited: She's very vain about her good looks.) forfengelig2) (unsuccessful: He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning woman.) forgjeves3) (empty; meaningless: vain threats; vain promises.) tom, intetsigende•- vainly- vanity
- in vainforfengelig--------forgjeves--------fåfengt--------tomadj. \/veɪn\/1) forfengelig2) forgjeves, nytteløs, fruktesløs, virkningsløs, fåfengt3) tom, hul, innholdsløs, intetsigendein vain forgjevestake someones name in vain snakke respektløst om noentake the name of God in vain misbruke Guds\/Herrens navn
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