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1 dilemma
(a position or situation giving two choices, neither pleasant: His dilemma was whether to leave the party early so as to get a lift in his friend's car, or to stay and walk eight kilometres home.) dilemma, vanskelig valg, knipesubst. \/dɪˈlemə\/, \/daɪˈlemə\/1) dilemma2) ( hverdagslig) klemme, enten-elleron the horns of a dilemma i et dilemma, stå overfor et vanskelig valg -
2 horn
ho:n1) (a hard object which grows (usually in pairs) on the head of a cow, sheep etc: A ram has horns.) horn2) (the material of which this is made: spoons made of horn; ( also adjective) horn spoons.) horn3) (something which is made of horn: a shoehorn.) horn-4) (something which looks like a horn in shape: a snail's horns.) horn5) (the apparatus in a car etc which gives a warning sound: The driver blew his horn.) (bil)horn6) (an instrument, formerly an animal's horn but now made of brass, that is blown to produce a musical sound: a hunting-horn.) blåseinstrument, horn7) ((also French horn) the type of coiled brass horn that is played in orchestras etc.) valthorn•- horned- - horned
- hornyhorn--------trompetIsubst. \/hɔːn\/1) ( zoologi) horn, antenne, følehorn2) horn, bein, beinsubstans, hornsubstans3) ( om lyd e.l.) bilhorn, tåkelur4) ( musikk) horn, messingblåseinstrument5) forklaring: horn eller hornformet redskap som drikkehorn, krutthorn e.l.6) forklaring: redskap laget av horn eller opprinnelig laget av horn, som skohorn, fingerbøl, skje e.l.7) (hverdagslig, jazz) instrument, horn (om alle slags instrumenter)8) trakt, tut (på gammeldags grammofon)9) ( på måneskive) spiss13) (britisk, vulgært) ståpikk14) (amer., hverdagslig) telefon• that lady is on the horn again!16) (radio, slang) høyttaler18) (urmakerfaget, i engelsk ankergang)forklaring: en av to tinder i gaffel som skal berøre anslagsstiften19) forklaring: hornformet utspring eller fremspringbe on the horns of a dilemma befinne seg i et dilemmablow one's own horn (amer., hverdagslig) skryte, være stor i kjeftendraw in one's horns ( overført) stramme livreimen ta det roligere, slå ned fartenIIverb \/hɔːn\/1) sette horn på, utstyre med horn2) stange, spidde med horn3) ( overført) gjøre til hanrei, sette horn (i pannen) på4) (sjøfart, skipsbygging) forklaring: bygge skrog eller skott i riktig vinkel opp fra kjølen ved å ta beddingens skråing med i beregningenhorn in (on) trenge seg inn (på)horn in kaste inn, slenge inn
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