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plural - housewives; noun (a woman who looks after her house, her husband and her family, and who usually does not have a job outside the home.) husmor; hjemmegående husmor* * *plural - housewives; noun (a woman who looks after her house, her husband and her family, and who usually does not have a job outside the home.) husmor; hjemmegående husmor -
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3 hopeless
1) (not likely to be successful: It's hopeless to try to persuade him; a hopeless attempt; The future looks hopeless.) håbløs2) ((with at) not good: I'm a hopeless housewife; He's hopeless at French.) håbløs; uduelig3) (unable to be stopped, cured etc: The doctors considered the patient's case hopeless; He's a hopeless liar/idiot.) håbløs* * *1) (not likely to be successful: It's hopeless to try to persuade him; a hopeless attempt; The future looks hopeless.) håbløs2) ((with at) not good: I'm a hopeless housewife; He's hopeless at French.) håbløs; uduelig3) (unable to be stopped, cured etc: The doctors considered the patient's case hopeless; He's a hopeless liar/idiot.) håbløs -
4 house
1. plural - houses; noun1) (a building in which people, especially a single family, live: Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.) hus2) (a place or building used for a particular purpose: a hen-house; a public house.) hus; -hus3) (a theatre, or the audience in a theatre: There was a full house for the first night of the play.) teaterbygning; fuldt hus4) (a family, usually important or noble, including its ancestors and descendants: the house of David.) hus2. verb1) (to provide with a house, accommodation or shelter: All these people will have to be housed; The animals are housed in the barn.) huse2) (to store or keep somewhere: The electric generator is housed in the garage.) anbringe•- housing- housing benefit
- house agent
- house arrest
- houseboat
- housebreaker
- housebreaking
- house-fly
- household
- householder
- household word
- housekeeper
- housekeeping
- houseman
- housetrain
- house-warming 3. adjectivea house-warming party.) housewarming-- housework
- like a house on fire* * *1. plural - houses; noun1) (a building in which people, especially a single family, live: Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.) hus2) (a place or building used for a particular purpose: a hen-house; a public house.) hus; -hus3) (a theatre, or the audience in a theatre: There was a full house for the first night of the play.) teaterbygning; fuldt hus4) (a family, usually important or noble, including its ancestors and descendants: the house of David.) hus2. verb1) (to provide with a house, accommodation or shelter: All these people will have to be housed; The animals are housed in the barn.) huse2) (to store or keep somewhere: The electric generator is housed in the garage.) anbringe•- housing- housing benefit
- house agent
- house arrest
- houseboat
- housebreaker
- housebreaking
- house-fly
- household
- householder
- household word
- housekeeper
- housekeeping
- houseman
- housetrain
- house-warming 3. adjectivea house-warming party.) housewarming-- housework
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6 thrifty
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