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1 bow
I 1. verb1) (to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc: He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.) bukke; bøye hodet2) ((with to) to accept: I bow to your superior knowledge.) bøye seg for2. noun(a bowing movement: He made a bow to the ladies.) bukk; hodebøyning- bowedII 1. bəu noun1) (a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.) bue2) (a rod with horsehair stretched along it, by which the strings of a violin etc are sounded.) bue3) (a looped knot of material: Her dress is decorated with bows.) sløyfe2. noun((often in plural) the front of a ship or boat: The waves broke over the bows.) baug, forskipbaug--------bueIsubst. \/baʊ\/bukking, nikking, bukk, nikkmake one's bow gjøre sin entré debutere gjøre sorti ( høytidelig) bukketake a bow ta imot applaus, bukke og takkeIIsubst. \/bəʊ\/1) runding, bøy, bue2) (pil)bue3) ( til strykeinstrument) bue4) ( musikk) bueføring5) rosett, sløyfe6) ( poetisk) regnbue7) ( hestesport) salbue8) (amer.) brilleinnfatning, brillestangdraw a long bow overdrive, ta litt hardt idraw the bow spenne buenhave two\/many strings to one's bow ha flere strenger å spille på, ha flere ressurser å ta avIIIsubst. \/baʊ\/1) (sjøfart, ofte flertall) baug, forstavn2) ( roing) forreste roer, baugmann3) ( roing) forreste åreon the port\/starboard bow på babord\/styrbord baugIVverb \/baʊ\/1) bukke, nikke, hilse med et bukk2) bøye, krøke3) bøye seg, underkaste segbow and scrape bukke og skrapebow down before bøye kne for, gjøre knefall forbe bowed down with være tynget av bugne avbow one's assent nikke samtykkendebow oneself out gå bukkende ut, gå ut med et bukkbow one's thanks bukke til takk, bøye hodet til takkbow somebody in\/out bukke noen inn\/ut, følge noen inn\/utbow to somebody bukke for noenbow to the inevitable finne seg i det uunngåeligeVverb \/bəʊ\/stryke, forklaring: spille med bue på strykeinstrument -
2 stoop
stu:p 1. verb1) (to bend the body forward and downward: The doorway was so low that he had to stoop (his head) to go through it; She stooped down to talk to the child.) krøke ryggen, bøye seg2) (to lower one's (moral) standards by doing something: Surely he wouldn't stoop to cheating!) nedverdige seg, synke (så lavt)2. noun(a stooping position of the body, shoulder etc: Many people develop a stoop as they grow older.) luting, krum rygg- stoopedIsubst. \/stuːp\/1) luting, foroverbøyd stilling2) ( om rovfugl) stup, nedslagwalk with a stoop gå foroverbøyd, ha en lutende gangeIIsubst. \/stuːp\/ (amer.)1) forklaring: liten veranda eller tram med trappetrinn, foran hus2) gatetrapp, utvendig trappIIIverb \/stuːp\/1) bøye seg2) lute, gå foroverbøyd, være krokrygget, kroke ryggen3) ( overført) fornedre seg, nedlate seg, underkaste seg4) ( om rovfugl og overført) stupe, slå ned, plutselig gå til angrepstoop down bøye segstooping with old age tynget av alderstoop over henge over, kroke seg overstoop to nedlate seg til, nedverdige seg til -
3 backward
'bækwəd1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) bakoverrettet, tilbake2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) tilbakestående, seint utviklet3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) underutviklet, tilbakestående•- backwards
- backwards and forwards
- bend/fall over backwards Iadj. \/ˈbækwəd\/1) baklengs, bakoverrettet2) underutviklet, sent utviklet, lite begavetnot backward in something ikke sjenert når det gjelder noeIIadv. \/ˈbækwəd\/se ➢ backwards
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