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1 frighten
verb (to make (someone) afraid: She was frightened by a large dog.) skremme, gjøre reddskremmeverb \/ˈfraɪt(ə)n\/1) skremme, gjøre forskrekket, gjøre redd2) bli skremt, bli reddjeg er redd, og jeg er ikke lettskremtfrighten somebody into doing something skremme noen til å gjøre noefrighten somebody off skremme noen bortfrighten somebody out of his wits skremme vettet av noenfrighten somebody to death skremme livet av noen -
2 scare
skeə 1. verb(to startle or frighten: You'll scare the baby if you shout; His warning scared her into obeying him.) gi en støkk, skremme2. noun1) (a feeling of fear or alarm: The noise gave me a scare.) støkk, skrekk, sjokk2) (a feeling of fear or panic among a large number of people: a smallpox scare.) panikk•- scared- scarecrow
- scaremonger
- scare away/offskremmeIsubst. \/skeə\/1) skrekk, forskrekkelse, støkk, panikk2) skrekk-, panikk-get a scare få en skrekk i livet, bli forskrekket\/skremtgive someone a scare gi noen en skrekk i livetIIverb \/skeə\/1) skremme2) skremme opp, spre frykt blant, skape panikk\/uro blant3) forskrekke, bli forskrekket, bli skremtbe scared stiff eller be scared dead bli livreddscare easily være lettskremtscare off\/away skremme bort\/vekk ( overført) avskrekkescare somebody out of his\/her wits skremme vettet av noenscare somebody to death eller scare the life out of somebody eller scare the hell out of somebody eller scare the shit out of somebody ( slang eller vulgært) skremme livet av noen, skremme livskiten av noenscare up (amer., slang) (frem)skaffe, få tak i, fikse, oppdrive
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