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1 be streets ahead of / better than
(to be much better than.) ligge milevis foranEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > be streets ahead of / better than
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2 street
stri:t1) (a road with houses, shops etc on one or both sides, in a town or village: the main shopping street; I met her in the street.) gate2) ((abbreviated to St when written) used in the names of certain roads: Her address is 4 Shakespeare St.) gate•- street directory
- be streets ahead of / better than
- be up someone's street
- not to be in the same street asgatesubst. \/striːt\/gatenot in the same street as (britisk, hverdagslig) ikke kunne måle seg med, ikke være på høyde mednot up someone's street eller not down someone's street ikke forstå seg på, ikke ligge for, ikke (ligge) i noens gateon the streets hjemløs prostituert(right) up someone's street eller (right) down someone's street (amer.) (akkurat) noe for noen, passe noen perfekt, (ligge) i noens gatestreets ahead (britisk, hverdagslig) langt foran, helt overlegen, i en (helt) annen ligastreets better uendelig mye bedre
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