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1 despair
di'speə 1. verb(to lose hope (of): I despair of ever teaching my son anything.) fortvile, oppgi håpet2. noun1) (the state of having given up hope: He was filled with despair at the news.) fortvilelse, håpløshet2) ((with the) something which causes someone to despair: He is the despair of his mother.) fortvilelse (for)Isubst. \/dɪˈspeə\/1) fortvilelse2) håpløshetdrive somebody to despair gjøre noen fortviletbe in despair of være fortvilet overIIverb \/dɪˈspeə\/fortvile, oppgi håpet, miste håpetdespair of oppgi håpet om -
2 reduce
rə'dju:s1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) sette ned, redusere2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) slanke seg, ta av3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) slå sønder og sammen, knuse; redusere•- reductionredusereverb \/rɪˈdjuːs\/1) redusere, nedsette, senke, svekke, (for)minske, redusere størrelsen på, begrense, innskrenke, skjære nedi en svært svekket\/nedsatt tilstand2) bringe til, hensette, hensette i en tilstand, forvandle (til), tvinge (til å gjøre noe)3) reduseres, minskes, forringes4) innordne, klassifisere5) degradere, flytte ned6) ( matematikk) redusere, forkorte, forenkle7) nedkjempe, beseire, kue, slå ned, legge under seg8) ( medisin) sette sammen9) (kjemi, matlaging) redusere10) ( mineralogi) konsentrere, smelte11) fortynneon a reduced scale i forminsket målestokkreduce in strenght svekke styrken, redusere styrkenreduce one's weight slanke seg, gå ned i vektreduce to bringe til, forvandle tillegge i\/forvandle til askevære henvist til tigging, drives til å tiggereduce to despair gjøre fortvilet, bringe til fortvilelsereduce to misery styrte ut i elendighetreduce to order få orden i, få orden påreduce to subjection\/submission tvinge til underkastelse, tvinge i kne
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