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1 stormægtig
adj mighty;( del af fyrstes titel & = arrogant) high and mighty. -
2 hovskisnovski
adjT high and mighty, high-hatted, uppish. -
3 stor
big, extreme, great, hearty, large, major, mansize(d), real, substantial, wide* * *adjcar, country, family, house, number, profit, sum);( især om noget ikke måleligt) great ( fx joy, difficulty, event, loss, disappointment, speed; poet, coward; Alexander the Great; Rubens' great, both literally and metaphorically, canvases);(især T; udtrykker ofte at man er imponeret af størrelsen) big ( fx car, dog, house, mistake, surprise, swindle; what a big cigar; don't cry, Joan, you're a big girl now, you know),( især barnesprog) great big ( fx dog, house, tree);( om hvad der kan opgøres i tal ofte) heavy ( fx bill, casualities, gains, increases, losses, reductions, unemployment);( høj) tall ( fx man, tree);( om bogstav) capital ( fx a capital A; he is Conservative with a capital(el. big) C);[ når du bliver stor] when you are a big boy (, girl),(dvs voksen) when you grow up;[ hvor han er blevet stor!] how he has grown![en check stor £10] a cheque for £10;[ ih du store!] good Heavens! Great Scott! gosh![ store og små] great and small;[ så stor som] as big as, the size of;[ dobbelt så stor som han] twice his size;(se også III. lige);[ med sb:][ stor appetit] a good (el. hearty) appetite;[ det var en stor dag for ham] it was a great day for him; it was his big day;[ han havde en af sine store dage] he had a field day;[ det store flertal] the great majority, the greater part;[ stor oktav] great (el. double) octave;[ store penge] big money;[ det store publikum] the general public;[ denne verdens store] the great ones of the earth;[ gøre store øjne] open one's eyes wide,( stirre) stare;[ med præp:][ i det store og hele] on the whole, by and large;[ stor i slaget], se slag;[ skrive med stort], se skrive;[ stor på den] high and mighty;[ han er ved at blive lidt for stor på den] he is getting above himself;[ spille stor på den over for en] come it over somebody;[ til min store glæde (, beklagelse, ærgrelse)] to my great regret (, delight, annoyance), much to my regret (, delight, annoyance). -
4 slag
bang, battle, blow, cloak, cuff, drive, knock, percussion, punch, shot, slog, smash, sock, stroke, swipe* * *(et -)( med hånd, våben etc) blow, stroke,( hårdt) knock;( med flad hånd) slap ( fx a slap in the face);( let) tap;( med pisk) cut,( især som straf) lash ( fx receive twenty lashes);( med boldtræ, golfkølle, ketcher etc) stroke;( taktslag, trommeslag) beat;(dvs banken) beating, pulsation;( af klokke, ur; stempelslag etc) stroke;( af bølger, vind etc) beating;( dueslag) dovecot;( overraskelse) blow, shock ( fx it was a hard blow (, a shock) to them);(mil.) battle;( klædningsstykke) cape;( okseslag) flank,( svineslag) belly of pork;( spil) game ( fx of cards);[ ikke et slag] not a bit;[ han har ikke bestilt et slag] he has not done a stroke (of work);[ slå et slag for] strike a blow for;[ små slag!](fig) steady (on)! gently![ med præp:][ falde i slag] prepare to strike;(fig) the hour has struck;[ komme (el. gå) slag i slag] follow (each other) in rapid succession;(også fig) a slap in the face;[ et slag i hovedet] a blow (, knock) on the head;(fig) an ineffectual gesture;(dvs vigtig) high and mighty;(dvs flot) he likes to do things in style;[ med ét slag] with one stroke,(fig) at a stroke, at a blow,( i et nu) all at once;[ et slag med halen] a flick of the tail;[ slaget om England] the Battle of Britain;(dvs præcis) on the stroke;[ være der på slaget 9] be there on the stroke of 9,T be there at 9 o'clock on the dot;[ slaget ved](fx Hastings, Waterloo) the battle of ( fx Hastings, Waterloo). -
5 storsnudet
bumptious, high and mighty, lofty, loftily* * *adj arrogant,T stuck-up.
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