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1 dog
doɡ 1. noun(a domestic, meat-eating animal related to the wolf and fox.) hund2. adjective((usually of members of the dog family) male: a dog-fox.) hann-(hund)3. verb(to follow closely as a dog does: She dogged his footsteps.) følge skritt for skritt, forfølge- dogged- doggedly
- doggedness
- dog-biscuit
- dog collar
- dog-eared
- dog-tired
- a dog's life
- go to the dogs
- in the doghouse
- not a dog's chancebikkje--------hundIsubst. \/dɒɡ\/1) hund2) ( zoologi) hann (av rev, ulv, e.l.)3) ( hverdagslig) fyr, kar, mann4) ( også fire dog) ildbukk, kaminstativ (til brensel i kamin)5) ( teknikk) medbringer (verktøy til fastspenning), krampe, klammer, hake, klo6) ( slang) telefon7) (amer., slang) skrap, skrammel, skrot8) (amer., slang) miss, fiasko9) (amer., slang) slendrian, slubbertbe a case of dog eat dog være alles krig mot alledirty dog slyngel, slubberta dog in the manger forklaring: en person som ikke (engang) unner andre det han selv ikke har bruk fordogs (amer., slang) undersåtter (dvs. føtter)jeg har ikke sett deg på mange herrens år \/ jeg har ikke sett deg på evigheterdressed\/done up like a dog's dinner ( slang) staset opp som et juletreevery dog has his day før eller siden smiler lykken til allefight dogs sette hunder opp mot hverandregay dog glad laks, levemanngive a dog a bad name (and hang him) har man først fått dårlig ord på seg, er man stemplet for godtgo to see a man about a dog ( hverdagslig) gå på do (sagt av og om menn)go to the dogs gå i hundenegå den veien høna sparkerhelp a lame dog over a stile hjelpe noen i nødenlazy dog latsabblead a dog's life ( hverdagslig) leve et hundeliv, ha et helvetelead somebody a dog's life ( hverdagslig) gjøre livet surt for noenlet sleeping dogs lie vekk ikke den bjørn som sover (dvs. rør ikke opp i gamle stridsspørsmål)lucky dog heldiggris• you lucky dog!not (even) a dog's chance ( hverdagslig) ikke nubbesjanse, ikke den minste sjanseput on (the) dog ( hverdagslig) gjøre seg viktig, briske segsly dog luring, filurtake a hair of the dog (that bit you) ( hverdagslig) med vondt skal vondt fordrives (spøkefullt om drink dagen derpå som kur mot tømmermenn)teach an old dog new tricks lære en gammel hund å sitte (dvs. få folk til å forandre seg)throw to the dogs ( hverdagslig) kaste (over bord), kassere, la gå i hundene, ofretreat somebody worse than a dog behandle noen som en hund, hundse noenturn dog on somebody (austr., slang) sladre på noen, angi noenIIverb \/dɒɡ\/1) følge etter, jage2) ( også overført) forfølge3) ( teknikk) gripe, holde fast, feste (med krampe e.l.)dog somebody eller dog somebody's steps følge noen hakk i hæl, være i hælene på noen -
2 manger
'mein‹ə(a box or trough in which food for horses and cattle is placed.) krybbekrybbesubst. \/ˈmeɪn(d)ʒə\/1) krybbe2) (sjøfart, amer.) bølgebryter
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