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1 stiff
stif1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) stiv2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) stiv; støl3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) stiv, tykk4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) vanskelig, streng5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) sterk, stiv (kuling)6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) stiv, formell•- stiffly- stiffness
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- scare stifflik--------stiv--------stri--------vrienIsubst. \/stɪf\/ ( hverdagslig)1) lik, kadaver2) (amer.) tørrpinn, kjedelig person3) kløne, klosset person• you big stiff!4) fyllik, fyllesvin5) landstryker, boms, lasaron6) (austr.) forklaring: brev smuglet ut av fengsel7) sjanseløs veddeløpshest8) gnier, gjerrigknark, kunde som ikke gir drikkepenger, gjest som ikke gir drikkepengerIIverb \/stɪf\/ ( hverdagslig)1) (amer.) lure, svindle, ikke betale (f.eks. drikkepenger)2) drepeIIIadj. \/stɪf\/1) stiv, støl, lemster2) treg3) stiv, kjølig, formell, tvungen, unaturlig4) ( om vind) stiv, sterk, kraftig5) ( om alkohol og medisin) stiv, sterk6) streng, hard7) skarp, krass8) ( om pris) drøy, stiv9) vanskelig, vrienkeep a stiff upper lip late som ingenting, ikke klage, ikke fortrekke en mineput up a stiff fight kjempe hardt, gjøre kraftig motstandstiff denial blankt avslagIVadv. \/stɪf\/bare i uttrykkbe frosen stiff være stivfrossenbe scared stiff være vettskremt, være lamslått av redselbore someone stiff kjede livet av noen -
2 riddle
I 'ridl noun(a puzzle usually in the form of a question, which describes an object, person etc in a mysterious or misleading way: Can you guess the answer to this riddle?; The answer to the riddle `What flies for ever, and never rests?' is `The wind'.) gåteII 'ridl verb(to make (something) full of holes: They riddled the car with bullets.) gjennomhulle/-bore, pepregåteIsubst. \/ˈrɪdl\/gåte (også om person), rebusIIsubst. \/ˈrɪdl\/sikt, såld, harpeIIIverb \/ˈrɪdl\/løse gåter, snakke i gåterIVverb \/ˈrɪdl\/1) sikte, sile2) ( også overført) pepre, bombardere, punktere, gjennomhullebe riddled with debts ha gjeld oppover øreneriddle an argument gjennomhulle et argumentriddled full av hull, gjennomhulletriddle with ( også overført) pepre med, bombardere med
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