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1 bend/fall over backwards
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2 bend
bend 1. past tense, past participle - bent; verb1) (to make, become, or be, angled or curved: Bend your arm; She bent down to pick up the coin; The road bends to the right; He could bend an iron bar.) bøye, bukte seg, svinge2) (to force (someone) to do what one wants: He bent me to his will.) dreie, tvinge2. noun(a curve or angle: a bend in the road.) kurve, sving- bent onbøye--------fold--------kurveIsubst. \/bend\/1) bøyning, bøy, bøyd del, krumning2) ( om vei) kurve, sving3) ( sjøfart) knop, stikk4) ( lær) kjernestykkebend sinister ( heraldikk) skråbjelke\/diagonal på våpenskjold (antyder fødsel utenfor ekteskap)round the bend (hverdagslig, om person) forskrudd, galII1) bøye, bøye seg2) ( om vei) svinge, dreie, bukte seg3) ( teknikk) bøye, krumme, folde4) ( overført) bøye seg, snu om, gi etter5) ( sjøfart) påstikke, feste, beslå (seil)bend one's course\/steps towards gå i retning avbend one's mind to something konsentrere seg om noebend over backwards ( overført) anstrenge seg til det ytterstebend somebody to one's will få noen til å gjøre som man vilbend the rules tøye reglenebend to a task ta seg av en oppgavebe bent (up)on være fast bestemt påcatch somebody bending ( hverdagslig) overraske noen, overrumple noen, ta noen på sengenon bended knees på sine knær, bønnfallende -
3 backwards
1) (towards the back: He glanced backwards.) baklengs, bakover, tilbake2) (with one's back facing the direction one is going in: The child walked backwards into a lamp-post.) baklengs3) (in the opposite way to that which is usual: Can you count from 1 to 10 backwards? (= starting at 10 and counting to 1).) baklengs, bakfrabakvendtadv. \/ˈbækwədz\/ eller backwardbak(lengs), bakover, tilbakebackwards and forwards frem og tilbake, hit og ditknow something backwards kunne noe utenat, kunne noe forlengs og baklengslean\/bend\/fall over backwards for someone\/something ( overført) gjøre sitt ytterste for noe(n), gjøre alt for noe(n) -
4 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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