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1 why
1. adverb(for which reason (?): `Why did you hit the child?'; `He hit the child.' `Why?'; Why haven't you finished?; `I haven't finished.' `Why not?'; `Let's go to the cinema.' `Why not?' (= Let's!); Tell me why you came here.) hvorfor2. relative pronoun(for which: Give me one good reason why I should help you!) hvorforIsubst. ( whys) \/waɪ\/grunn, årsakthe whys and wherefores grunnen, årsakenIIadj. og konj. \/waɪ\/1) ( i spørsmål) hvorfor• why was he late?• why didn't I think of that?• why don't I come and pick you up?2) fordi, derfor, grunnen til atthe reason why... grunnen til at...grunnen til at det blir begått innbrudd i stadig flere hus, er at eierne er uforsiktigeIIIinterj. \/waɪ\/1) (overraskelse, indignasjon) men... jo, men, hva• don't you know? why, it's in today's paper• why, that's absurd!• why, a child knows that!• why, didn't I tell you?• why, there he is!• why, what's the harm?2) ( tvilende) ja, tja• is it true? - why, yes, I think soer det sant? - ja, jeg tror da det• why, you know, I am not quite suretja, jeg vet ikke riktig jeg3) (forsterkende, bekreftende) ja, jo• isn't he a bore? - why, yes, he certainly is!er han ikke kjedelig? - ja, det skal jeg hilse og si!4) ja da (... naturligvis)• if that won't do, why (then) we must try something elseom det ikke er nok, ja da må vi prøve noe annet -
2 not
not1) ((often abbreviated to n't) a word used for denying, forbidding, refusing, or expressing the opposite of something: I did not see him; I didn't see him; He isn't here; Isn't he coming?; They told me not to go; Not a single person came to the party; We're going to London, not Paris; That's not true!) ikke2) (used with certain verbs such as hope, seem, believe, expect and also with be afraid: `Have you got much money?' `I'm afraid not'; `Is he going to fail his exam?' `I hope not'.) ikke; dessverre•adv. \/nɒt\/ ( etter hjelpeverb ofte) n'tikke, ei• not a bad idea!not at all absolutt ikke, slett ikke ( som svar på takk) helt i orden, bare hyggelignot a thing slett ingentingnot but what ( gammeldags) men allikevelnot that... ikke for det at..., det er ikke det at..., ikke som omikke så vidt jeg vet \/ ikke det jeg vetnot to for ikke ånot until then ikke før da, først da
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