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1 plain
adj. tydlig, klar; enkel; ful; jämn, slät--------adv. enkelt; uppenbart, tydligt--------n. jämn mark; slätt* * *[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) enkel, vanlig2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) klar, tydlig3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) ärlig, uppriktig4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) uppenbar5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) alldaglig, slätstruken, ful2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) slätt2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) rätstickning•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
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2 savanna(h)
[sə'vænə](a grassy plain with few trees: the savanna(h)s of Central America.) savann -
3 savanna(h)
[sə'vænə](a grassy plain with few trees: the savanna(h)s of Central America.) savann -
4 bald
adj. skallig; kal, bar; rak på sak* * *[bo:ld]1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) []skallig2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) kal, bar3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) rakt på sak, ohöljd•- baldness- balding
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5 patterned
adj. mönstrad; formad; kopierad efter* * *adjective (with a decoration or design on it; not plain: Is her new carpet patterned?) mönstrad -
6 simple
adj. enkel; lättförståelig; okomplicerad; dum, enfaldig, naiv; okonstlad; anspråkslös--------n. dumhet, enfaldighet, vanlighet, ; helande ört, helande växt* * *['simpl]1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) enkel2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) enkel3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) enkel, anspråkslös4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) enkel, ren5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) troskyldig, naiv, godtrogen6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) enfaldig•- simplicity
- simplification
- simplified
- simplify
- simply
- simple-minded
- simple-mindedness
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