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1 disappointment
noun Her disappointment was obvious from her face; His failure was a great disappointment to his wife.) skuffelseskuffelsesubst. \/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt\/1) skuffelse2) motganga disappointment to somebody en skuffelse for noendisappointment in love ulykkelig kjærlighetdisappointment of one's hopes knuste forhåpninger -
2 bitter
'bitə1) (having a sharp, acid taste like lemons etc, and sometimes unpleasant: a bitter orange.) bitter, besk2) (full of pain or sorrow: She learned from bitter experience; bitter disappointment.) bitter3) (hostile: full of hatred or opposition: bitter enemies.) bitter4) (very cold: a bitter wind.) bitende•- bitterly
- bitumen
- bituminousbitterIsubst. \/ˈbɪtə\/1) bitter (en type bittert øl)2) bitterhetbitters bitter (søtt brennevin tilsatt bitterstoff), forklaring: alkoholholdig drikkgin and bitters ( drink) blanding av gin og bittert fatøltake the bitter with the sweet ta det onde med det godeIIadj. \/ˈbɪtə\/1) ( om smak) bitter, besk2) ( om mennesker) bitter, forbitret, hatsk3) ( overført) skarp, bitende, hard, bitende kaldbitter against bitter motbitter to bitter påto the bitter end til den bitre ende, helt til det sisteIIIadv. \/ˈbɪtə\/bitende -
3 chagrin
'ʃæɡrin, ]( American) ʃə'ɡrin(disappointment and annoyance.) skuffelse, ergrelseIsubst. \/ˈʃæɡrɪn\/1) skuffelse, ergrelse, harme, irritasjon2) ydmykelse, krenkelseIIverb \/ˈʃæɡrɪn\/, \/ʃəˈɡriːn\/1) skuffe, ergre, gjøre harm, irritere2) føle seg ydmyket, føle seg krenket -
4 conceal
kən'si:l(to hide or keep secret: He concealed his disappointment from his friends.) gjemme, skjule; fortieverb \/kənˈsiːl\/1) skjule, gjemme, dølge2) hemmeligholde, fortie, legge skjul påconceal from skjule forconcealed lighting indirekte belysningconcealed turning uoversiktlig sidevei -
5 cruel
'kru:əl1) (pleased at causing pain; merciless: He was cruel to his dog.) grusom, grufull; nådeløs2) (causing distress: a cruel disappointment.) grufull, smertelig•- cruelly- crueltyadj. \/krʊəl\/, \/kruːl\/1) grusom, ondskapsfull, sadistisk2) ( hverdagslig) grufull, skrekkelig, forferdelig -
6 disappoint
disə'point(to fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of: London disappointed her after all she had heard about it.) skuffe, svike- disappointing
- disappointmentskuffeverb \/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt\/1) skuffe, svike2) tilintetgjøre, forpurre3) bedra, lure, narre -
7 doomed
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8 great
ɡreit1) (of a better quality than average; important: a great writer; Churchill was a great man.) stor, fremragende2) (very large, larger etc than average: a great crowd of people at the football match.) stor, svær3) (of a high degree: Take great care of that book.) svært god4) (very pleasant: We had a great time at the party.) storartet5) (clever and expert: John's great at football.) kjempegod/-flink•- greatly- greatnessbegjærlig--------betydelig--------flott--------ivrig--------nidkjær--------stor--------sværtIsubst. \/ɡreɪt\/bare i uttrykkgreat and small store og små, høy og lavthe great(s) de store, storhetene, essenede rike og fornemme, de mektigeIIadj. \/ɡreɪt\/1) stor2) stor (og imponerende)3) stor, viktig, betydningsfull, vesentlig, hoved-4) stor, berømt, fremstående, fremragende, eminent, ledende, dyktig5) dyp, sterk, mektig, stor6) fornem, fin7) ( om tid) lang8) stor(-), skikkelig, ivrig, flittig9) herlig, flott, storartet, fantastisk, vidunderlig• that's great!(be) a great one for (være) entusiastisk opptatt av, -entusiastgreat at svær til, god til, flink tilgreat big veldig stor(a) great deal en hel del, temmelig mye(a) great many eller (a) great number en hel del, mangegreat on svært opptatt avIIIadv. \/ɡreɪt\/( hverdagslig) utmerket, godt, veldig bra -
9 rather
1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) ganske, nokså, temmelig2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) heller, snarere3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) (eller) snarereheller--------temmeligadv. \/ˈrɑːħə\/, i betydning 4 også: \/ˌrɑːˈħɜː\/1) heller, helst• which would you rather have?nei, helst ikke\/jeg ser helst at jeg slipper2) snarere, snarest, rettere sagt3) ganske, nokså, temmelig, nesten, nærmest• I rather think that...jeg tror nesten at...4) (hverdagslig, som svar) ja visst, jo visst, absolutt, uten tvil, gjernerather than mer... enn, heller... enn -
10 reproach
rə'prəu 1. verb(to rebuke or blame but usually with a feeling of sadness and disappointment rather than anger: She reproached me for not telling her about my money troubles; There is no need to reproach yourself - you did the best you could.) bebreide, klandre2. noun((an) act of reproaching: a look of reproach; He didn't deserve that reproach from you.) bebreidelse- reproachfully Isubst. \/rɪˈprəʊtʃ\/1) bebreidelse, klander2) skjensel, skam(plett), vanærebe above all reproach være hevet over all kritikkbring reproach (up)on føre skam over, føre vanære overterm of reproach se ➢ termIIverb \/rɪˈprəʊtʃ\/bebreide, klandre, laste -
11 sigh
1. verb1) (to take a long, deep-sounding breath showing tiredness, sadness, longing etc: She sighed with exasperation.) sukke, trekke et sukk2) (to say, or express, with sighs: `I've still got several hours' work to do,' he sighed.) sukke2. noun(an act of sighing.) sukk(ing)sukkIsubst. \/saɪ\/1) sukk, sukking2) (svak) susingbreathe\/draw\/fetch\/heave a sigh of relief trekke et lettelsens sukk, puste lettet utIIverb \/saɪ\/1) sukke2) suse3) sukke frem, si sukkende4) lengte, smektesigh for lengte etter, lengte tilbake til, ønske seg tilbake tilsigh out sukke frem, si med et sukk -
12 unwelcome
(received unwillingly or with disappointment: unwelcome news/guests; I felt that we were unwelcome.) uvelkommenadj. \/ˌʌnˈwelkəm\/uvelkommen, ubehageligunwelcome to ubehagelig for -
13 be prepared
((of a person) to be ready (for something, to do something etc): We must be prepared for a disappointment; I'm not prepared (=willing) to lend him more money; The motto of the Scouts is `Be Prepared!'.) være forberedt; vær beredt! -
14 get over
1) (to recover from (an illness, surprise, disappointment etc): I've got over my cold now; I can't get over her leaving so suddenly.) komme over2) (to manage to make (oneself or something) understood: We must get our message over to the general public.) gjøre (seg) forstått, få til å virke på3) ((with with) to do (something one does not want to do): I'm not looking forward to this meeting, but let's get it over (with).) få (noe) overstått -
15 make up for
(to supply a reward, substitute etc for disappointment, damage, loss (of money or time) etc: Next week we'll try to make up for lost time.) erstatte, innhente, ta igjen
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