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1 brink
briŋk(the edge or border of a steep, dangerous place or of a river.) rand, kantkant--------randsubst. \/brɪŋk\/( også overført) rand, kant, breddbe on the brink of doing something være like ved å gjøre noe, være på nippet til å gjøre noebe on the brink of something stå like foran noe, stå ovenfor noe, stå på randen av noede var på randen av ruin\/fallitt -
2 teeter
Isubst. \/ˈtiːtə\/1) (spesielt amer., også teeter-totter)dumphuske, vippe2) vippende bevegelse, vaklende bevegelse3) ( overført) vakling, nølingIIverb \/ˈtiːtə\/1) vakle, vingle2) ( overført) vakle, nøle, trekke seg, gi seg3) (spesielt amer.) huske (på dumphuske), vippeteeter between ( overført) vakle mellomteeter on the brink\/edge of være på randen av -
3 grave
I ɡreiv noun(a plot of ground, or the hole dug in it, in which a dead person is buried: He laid flowers on the grave.) grav- gravestone
- graveyard II ɡreiv adjective1) (important: a grave responsibility; grave decisions.) viktig, betydningsfull2) (serious, dangerous: grave news.) alvorlig3) (serious, sad: a grave expression.) alvorlig, sørgelig•- gravely- gravityalvorlig--------gravIsubst. \/ɡreɪv\/1) grav2) ( litterært) død• is there life beyond the grave?dig one's own grave ( overført) grave sin egen gravfrom the cradle to the grave fra vugge til gravhave one foot in the grave se ➢ foot, 1look as one has risen from the grave se ut som man har stått opp fra gravenon the brink of the grave ( overført) på gravens randsilent as the grave stille som i gravensomeone has just walked over my grave eller a ghost has just walked over my grave det går kaldt nedover ryggen på megturn in one's grave snu seg i gravenII1) hugge ut, skjære ut2) ( også overført) gravere, risse inn, prege3) ( gammeldags) begravegraven image ( spesielt bibelsk) avgudsbilde, utskåret bildeIIIverb \/ɡreɪv\/( historisk) skrape og tjære bunnen på et skipIVadj. \/ɡreɪv\/, \/ɡrɑːv\/1) alvorlig, høytidelig2) dyster3) viktig, betydningsfull, avgjørende4) alvorlig, graverende5) kritisken kritisk situasjon, et viktig spørsmål6) ( fonetikk) dyp7) ( musikk) grave, høytidelig, langsom8) (sjelden, om farge) livløs, kjedelig, mørk, dyster -
4 precipice
'presipis(a steep cliff.) stup, bratt skrentavgrunnsubst. \/ˈpresɪpɪs\/1) bratt skrent, stup2) ( også overført) avgrunnbe on the brink\/edge of the precipice stå på avgrunnens rand
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