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  • 1 fall flat

    ramla huvudstupad
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    ((especially of jokes etc) to fail completely or to have no effect: Her joke fell flat.) falla platt till marken, misslyckas

    English-Swedish dictionary > fall flat

  • 2 fall

    n. fall; nedgång; sänkning; sammanstörtande; höst; vattenfall; kapitulation; lutning, sluttning
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    v. falla; gå ner; reduceras, minskas; bli; drabba; bli tillfångatagen
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    [fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) falla
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) falla (ramla) omkull
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) sjunka, avta
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) inträffa
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) falla, bli
    6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) åligga, tillkomma
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) fall, kull[]
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) -fall, nederbörd
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) fall
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) höst
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    - fallout
    - his
    - her face fell
    - fall away
    - fall back
    - fall back on
    - fall behind
    - fall down
    - fall flat
    - fall for
    - fall in with
    - fall off
    - fall on/upon
    - fall out
    - fall short
    - fall through

    English-Swedish dictionary > fall

  • 3 flat

    adj. flat, platt; punkterad (hjul); absolut; (ligga) raklång; utsträckt; smaklös; monoton; sänkt en halv ton (musik)
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    adv. horisontellt; helt och hållet; absolut; rättframt; exakt; räntefri
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    n. lägenhet; plan; slätt; punktering; ton med förtecken, halvt tonsteg nedåt
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    [flæt] 1. adjective
    1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) flat, flack, platt
    2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) tråkig
    3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) uttrycklig, blankt []
    4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) punkterad
    5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) avslagen
    6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) för låg[]
    2. adverb
    (stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) platt, utsträckt
    3. noun
    1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) lägenhet
    2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) b-förtecken, halvt tonsteg nedåt
    3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) platt föremål, []flata
    4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) flackt land, låglänt mark
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    - flatten
    - flat rate
    - flat out

    English-Swedish dictionary > flat

См. также в других словарях:

  • fall flat — ► to be unsuccessful: »The deal fell flat when the two sides could not agree on the terms of the contract. Main Entry: ↑flat …   Financial and business terms

  • fall flat — (on (your) face) to fail completely. Most of her jokes fell flat and her act was a disaster. It used to be an amazing magazine, but it s fallen flat on its face …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall flat — ► fall flat fail to produce the intended effect. Main Entry: ↑flat …   English terms dictionary

  • fall flat — verb fail utterly; collapse The project foundered • Syn: ↑fall through, ↑founder, ↑flop • Derivationally related forms: ↑flop (for: ↑flop) …   Useful english dictionary

  • fall flat on one's face — To come to grief or fail dismally • • • Main Entry: ↑fall * * * fall over forward ■ figurative fail in an embarrassingly obvious way the president could fall flat on his face if the economy doesn t start improving soon …   Useful english dictionary

  • fall flat on your face — fall flat on (your)/its face to fail or make a mistake in an embarrassing way. The new scheme fell flat on its face in spite of all the financial support that was given. It s always amusing to see a newscaster fall flat on his face …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall flat on its face — fall flat on (your)/its face to fail or make a mistake in an embarrassing way. The new scheme fell flat on its face in spite of all the financial support that was given. It s always amusing to see a newscaster fall flat on his face …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall flat on face — fall flat on (your)/its face to fail or make a mistake in an embarrassing way. The new scheme fell flat on its face in spite of all the financial support that was given. It s always amusing to see a newscaster fall flat on his face …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall flat on your face — fall flat (on (your) face) to fail completely. Most of her jokes fell flat and her act was a disaster. It used to be an amazing magazine, but it s fallen flat on its face …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall flat on face — fall flat (on (your) face) to fail completely. Most of her jokes fell flat and her act was a disaster. It used to be an amazing magazine, but it s fallen flat on its face …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall flat on your face — 1) to fall forwards so that you are lying on your front 2) to fail completely, especially in an embarrassing way This scheme will fall flat on its face unless the residents get behind it …   English dictionary

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