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1 bread and butter
((a way of earning) one's living: Writing novels is my bread and butter.) levebrødsubst.1) brød og smør• could I have a slice of bread and butter?2) smørbrød3) levebrødquarrel with one's bread and butter komme på kant med arbeidsgiveren sinwork for one's bread and butter gjøre nytte for maten -
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adj. \/ˌbredən(d)ˈbʌtə\/1) som dekker grunnbehovene, grunnleggende, rutinemessig• it's a bread-and-butter job, but at least I can support my familydet er en rutinejobb, men jeg kan i alle fall forsørge familien2) ( hverdagslig) saklig, praktisk3) ( hverdagslig) umoden, skolepikeaktig -
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bred1) (a type of food made of flour or meal baked: bread and butter.) brød2) (one's living: This is how I earn my daily bread.) livets opphold•- breadwinner
- bread and butter
- on the breadlinebrødIsubst. \/bred\/1) brød2) brød, levebrød, føde, underhold3) ( slang) penger, grynbread and circus brød og sirkusbread and scrape forklaring: brød med et tynt lag smør eller margarinbread and water vann og brødbreak bread with someone bryte brød med noen, spise med noencast one's bread upon the water(s) gjøre godt uten tanke på egen vinnninghave one's bread buttered on both sides sitte godt i detknow (on) which side one's bread is buttered vite sitt eget beste, vite å mele sin egen kakemake\/earn one's bread tjene til livets oppholdtake the bread out of someone's mouth ta brødet ut av munnen på noen, ta levebrødet fra noenbe the best\/greatest thing since sliced bread ( hverdagslig) være det beste som har skjedd på lange tiderwin one's daily bread tjene til livets oppholdIIverb \/bred\/panere, griljere -
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1. noun(a fatty substance made from cream by churning.) smør2. verb(to spread with butter: She buttered the bread.) ha smør på- buttery- butterfingers
- butterscotch
- butter upsmørIsubst. \/ˈbʌtə\/1) smør2) ( hverdagslig) smigring, smiskinglook as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth se helt uskyldig ut (enda man ikke er det)make butter kjerne smørIIverb \/ˈbʌtə\/smøre, smøre smør påbuttered side up med smørsiden oppbutter someone up ( hverdagslig) smøre noen, smigre noen, smiske for noen -
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1. noun1) (a thin broad piece (of something): How many slices of meat would you like?) skive, bit2) (a part or share: Who got the largest slice of the profits?) del, bit, stykke2. verb1) (to cut into slices: He sliced the sausage/cucumber.) skjære i skiver, snitte2) (to cut (as) with a sharp blade or knife: The blade slipped and sliced off the tip of his forefinger.) skjære av3) (in golf etc, to hit (a ball) in such a way that it curves away to the right (or in the case of a left-handed player, to the left).) slå en slice, skru•- sliced- slicerdel--------sleiv--------spade--------stykkeIsubst. \/slaɪs\/1) skive, stykke2) del, stykke, bit• that was a slice of luck!3) stekespade, fiskespade, kakespade4) (sport, ballspill) skru5) ( golf) sliceslice of bread and butter smørbrøda slice of life et stykke virkelighetIIverb \/slaɪs\/1) skjære i skiver, skive, dele, snitte2) ( sport) skru3) ( golf) slice4) kutte ned, skjære nedslice it where you like hvordan man enn snur og vender på detslice off skjære avslice up skjære i skiver, skive -
7 plain
plein 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) enkel, alminnelig, vanlig2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) klar, tydelig3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) oppriktig, likefram4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) tydelig, klar5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) lite pen2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) slette, flate, vidde2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) rett strikkemaske•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain Englishenkel--------flate--------plan--------ren--------simpel--------skjær--------slette--------tydeligvisIsubst. \/pleɪn\/1) slette, jevn, åpen mark2) rettstrikning, rett, rett maske3) ( poetisk) slagfeltabyssal plain dyphavssletteIIverb \/pleɪn\/( gammeldags eller poetisk) sørge, klageIIIadj. \/pleɪn\/1) enkel, hverdagslig• here we serve good, plain foodher serverer vi god, hverdagslig mat2) ikke pyntet\/dekorert, ensfarget3) lettfattelig, klart uttrykt• what? plain talk from a politician?4) ærlig, rett fra hjertet5) skikkelig, åpenbar, ren og skjær6) uten spesiell status\/tittel, uten pretensjoner, enkel7) ( om utseende) ikke vakker, lite pen, alminnelig8) ( strikking) rett, glattin plain sight of something med noe innen synsvidde innen synsvidde av noeplain and simple rett og slettplain as day soleklart, klart som dagenplain bread and butter smørbrød uten pålegg, smør og brødplain card ( i kortspill) verken trumfkort eller bildekortplain chocolate mørk sjokoladeplain cigarette sigarett uten filter eller munnstykkeplain clothes ( også plain-clothes) sivilt antrekkplain flour vanlig mel (uten tilsatt bakepulver)plain Jane jente med alminnelig utseendeplain knitting rettstrikning glattstrikningplain omelette omelette naturelle, fransk omelettplain ring glatt ringplain sailing grei skuring, bare barnemat, en lett oppgave, en lett match ( sjøfart) seiling i farvann uten skjær eller hindringerplain stitch rett maskeplain text klartekst, ikke kodeplain water rent vannIVadv. \/pleɪn\/1) tydelig, klart• I'll tell you plain: I'm finished with you2) simpelthen, rett og slett, rent ut sagt -
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Ɵin 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) tynn; spinkel2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) tynn, mager3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) tynn4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) tynn, glissen5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) tynn, dårlig, flau2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) tynne(s), bli tynn(ere)- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin outfortynne--------mager--------ringe--------skrinn--------tynn--------ubetydeligIsubst. \/θɪn\/bare i uttrykkthrough thick and thin se ➢ thick, 2IIverb \/θɪn\/1) tynne, tynnes, bli tynn(ere)2) ( om tåke) lette3) fortynne, spe (ut), tynne (ut)4) redusere sterkt, desimere5) ( skogbruk) hugge ut, tynnethin down gjøre tynn(ere), spe (ut), fortynnedu må tynne ut malingen før du begynner å male redusere sterkt, desimereslanke seg, miste vekt, bli tynnerethin out tynne utbli glissenIIIadj. \/θɪn\/1) tynn2) mager, tynn, smal3) sparsom, tynn, spredt4) fåtallig, glissen5) tyntflytende, tynn6) (om tøy, gass, væske, luft e.l.) lett, tynn7) ( om stemme) tynn, spinkel8) spinkel, dårlig, tynn• that's a thin excuse!9) gjennomsiktig, lett å gjennomskue10) ( hverdagslig) ubehagelig, ukomfortabel, forferdelighan har ikke hatt det særlig morsomt\/godtappear out of thin air se ➢ air, 1as thin as a rake så tynn som en spikeron thin ice ( også overført) på tynn isthin end of the wedge skråplan, begynnelsebe thin on the ground være få av, være fåtalligthin on top ( hverdagslig) skallet, som begynner å bli skalletvanish into thin air se ➢ air, 1IVadv. \/θɪn\/tynt
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