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1 retreat
ri'tri:t 1. verb1) (to move back or away from a battle (usually because the enemy is winning): After a hard struggle, they were finally forced to retreat.) trekke seg tilbake, gjøre retrett2) (to withdraw; to take oneself away: He retreated to the peace of his own room.) trekke seg tilbake2. noun1) (the act of retreating (from a battle, danger etc): After the retreat, the soldiers rallied once more.) tilbaketrekking, retrett2) (a signal to retreat: The bugler sounded the retreat.) retrettsignal3) ((a place to which a person can go for) a period of rest, religious meditation etc: He has gone to a retreat to pray.) rekreasjonshjem; refugium, retreatretrett--------tilbaketogIsubst. \/rɪˈtriːt\/1) (militærvesen, også overført) retrett, tilbaketog2) ( militærvesen) retrettsignal3) ( militærvesen) tappenstrek4) ( fra stilling e.l.) tilbaketredelse, avgang5) tilfluktssted, fristed6) pleiehjem, anstalt7) ( religion) refugium8) ( økonomi) forklaring: det at aksjer synker i verdibeat a retreat trekke seg tilbake, slå retrettbe in retreat eller be on the retreat ( også overført) være på tilbaketog, trekke seg tilbake, være på retrettgo into retreat trekke seg tilbakeleave a line of retreat open for oneself ( overført) holde døren åpen (for retrett), sørge for at man har ryggen fri, sørge for at man har retrettmulighetermake good one's retreat gjennomføre\/fullføre tilbaketogetsound the retreat eller blow the retreat blåse (til) retrettIIverb \/rɪˈtriːt\/1) (militærvesen, også overført) trekke seg tilbake, vike unna, retirere, slå retrett2) ( sjakk) flytte tilbake (en truet brikke)3) ( om is eller vann) forklaring: bli mindre i størrelse eller omfang4) ( om aksjer) synke i verdi -
2 beat
past tense; see beathjerteslag--------puls--------rytme--------slagIsubst. \/biːt\/1) rytme, (taktfaste\/regelmessige) slag\/lyder, trommeslag, dunking, takt, taktslag, taktdel2) distrikt, (interesse)område, patruljeringsområde (for politimann)3) ( fysikk) svevning4) ( radio) svingning5) (avisspråk, amer.) fin nyhet, godbit, sensasjon6) forkortelse for beatnik, beatnik-beat frequency støtfrekvens, beatfrekvensbeat poet beatnikpoetII1) slå, piske, hamre2) ( matlaging) vispe, piske3) slå, beseire, overvinne, overgå4) (amer., slang) snyte5) ( om rytme) banke, slå, tromme6) (etter vilt, under klappjakt) drive7) ( om regn) slå, piske, tromme8) forbløffe, være uforståelig for9) (om solen, også beat down) stekebeat about ( sjøfart) krysse (opp) mot vindenbeat about for ( overført) lete etterbeat about the bush gå som katten rundt\/om den varme grøtenbeat a path\/trail gå opp en sti, gå oftebeat a retreat gå til retrett, trekke seg raskt tilbakebeat eggs piske eggbeat it! ( slang) stikk!, forsvinn!beat off slå tilbakebeat one's breast slå seg på brystetbeat somebody to a frazzle se ➢ frazzle, 1beat someone out of something (amer., slang) snyte noen for noebeat someone to it komme noen i forkjøpetbeat someone to somewhere komme frem før noenbeat the air slå i luften gjøre noe til ingen nyttebeat the streets ( hverdagslig) gå gate opp og gate nedbeat time slå takten, trampe takten, klappe taktenbeat up ( hverdagslig) jule opp, mishandlecan you beat it\/that? ( hverdagslig) har du hørt på maken!, slå den!if you can't beat them, join them man må tute med de ulver som er uteIIIadj. \/biːt\/( hverdagslig) utmattet, utkjørt, slått ut -
3 beat a (hasty) retreat
(to go away in a hurry: The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared.) komme seg unna, trekke seg raskt tilbake -
4 beat a (hasty) retreat
(to go away in a hurry: The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared.) komme seg unna, trekke seg raskt tilbake
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