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1 give the go-by
(to ignore in an unfriendly way: I think we'll give all his stupid suggestions the go-by.) neglisjere, ignorere -
2 give the show away
(to make known a secret, trick etc.) avsløre en hemmelighet -
3 give
(to dismiss (someone) or to be dismissed (usually from a job): He got the boot for always being late.) gi/få sparkenforære--------gi--------skjenke--------vieIsubst. \/ɡɪv\/1) elastisitet, svikt, fjæring2) ( overført) tilpasningsevne, fleksibilitetII1) ( også billedlig) gi, skjenke, forære2) unne (seg)3) bevilge, avlegge, avgi4) ( om medisin e.l.) foreskrive, forskrive5) betale, gi (mot vederlag)• how much did you give for that?6) gi etter, svikte, bøye seggrenen gav etter, men brakk ikke7) overlate, betro, overlevere, gi8) ( om tidsbruk) ofre, bruke, vie, sette av9) ( om arrangement) gi, holde, arrangere11) smitte12) ( høytidelig) utstede, avgi, avsi13) utbringe14) legge frem, fremsette, oppgi, gi, angi16) ( om handling) utføre, fremføre, gjennomføre17) presentere, introdusere, sitere• ladies and gentlemen, I give you... Johnny Depp!18) overbringe, formidlegive and take gi og ta, vise vilje til kompromiss, inngå kompromissgive as good as one gets ta\/gi igjen med samme myntgive away gi bort røpe (f.eks. en hemmelighet)• we were planning a surprise party, but Sally gave it away• Neil hid behind the curtain, but his heavy breathing gave him awayoverrekke, overleveredele utgive back gi tilbake, gi (ekko) ( gammeldags) gå unnagive ear to se ➢ ear, 1give forth gi fra seg, avgi, sende ut, tilkjennegi, oppgigive ground se ➢ ground, 1give in overgi seggive it to somebody ( hverdagslig) kjefte, gi noen inn, gi noen det glatte laggive notice ( høytidelig) si opp (en stilling)give off slippe ut, lekke, gi fra seggive onself out as eller give oneself out to be gi seg ut for å væregive oneself over to hengi seg tilgive oneself up overgi seg, melde seg (til politiet)give or take ( hverdagslig) omtrent, fra eller til• it was ten o'clock, give or take a couple of minutesgive out utgi, publisere, dele uttomt, slutt• you can't take a bath, the hot water has given outgive (out) with something (amer., hverdagslig) komme ut med, gi fra seg informasjongive over! ti stille!give rise to forårsake, skapegive (someone) a ring se ➢ ring, 2give (someone) a tinkle se ➢ tinkle, 1give someone away røpe identiteten til en persongive someone best ( slang) innrømme nederlaggive someone one (britisk, vulgært, om mann) ha sex med noengive someone the glad hand se ➢ hand, 1give someone the sack se ➢ sack, 1give someone to understand ( høytidelig) informere, opplysegive someone up slutte å håpe at vedkommende skal komme• oh, there you are, we'd almost given you upgive the game\/show away røpe en hemmelighetgive up sluttegive up on miste troen på slutte å håpe at noe skal skjegive up the ghost se ➢ ghost, 1give way gi etter ( i trafikken) overholde vikeplikten, vike falle sammen, klappe sammengive what for ( slang) irettesette, straffewhat gives? ( slang) hva skjer? -
4 the gist
(the main points (of an argument etc): Just give me the gist of what he said.) kjerne, hovedpoeng -
5 give away
1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) gi bort2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).) røpe, avsløre; avsløring -
6 give up
1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) gi opp/avkall på2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) slutte med (å)3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) avlevere, levere inn4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) bruke (tid) på5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) oppgi håpet, gi tapt -
7 give way
1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) vike for2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) briste, gi etter (for)3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) gi etter -
8 give in
1) (to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield: The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.) gi tapt, gi seg2) (to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority): Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) levere inn -
9 give out
1) (to give, usually to several people: The headmaster's wife gave out the school prizes.) dele ut2) (to come to an end: My patience gave out.) ta slutt3) (to produce: The fire gave out a lot of heat.) sende ut -
10 give or take
(allowing for the addition or subtraction of: I weigh sixty-five kilos, give or take a little (= approximately sixty-five kilos).) pluss minus -
11 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) stikke av fra, fordufte -
12 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) stikke av fra, fordufte -
13 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) la tvilen komme noen til godeEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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14 give (someone) the cold shoulder
( also coldshoulder verb) (to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person): All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.) gi noen en kald skulder, avviseEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > give (someone) the cold shoulder
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15 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) la tvilen komme noen til godeEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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16 give (someone) the cold shoulder
( also coldshoulder verb) (to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person): All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.) gi noen en kald skulder, avviseEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > give (someone) the cold shoulder
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17 give chase
(to chase: The thieves ran off and the policeman gave chase.) sette etter, oppta forfølgelsen -
18 give (someone) a ticking off
(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) gi (noen) en overhaling -
19 give back
(to return something: She gave me back the book that she borrowed last week.) gi/levere tilbake -
20 give birth (to)
((of a mother) to produce (a baby) from the womb: She has given birth to two sets of twins.) føde, nedkomme, bringe til verden
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