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1 impossible
im'posəbl1) (that cannot be or be done: It is impossible to sing and drink at the same time; an impossible task.) umulig, uoverkommelig2) (hopelessly bad or wrong: That child's behaviour is quite impossible.) umulig•- impossibilityulidelig--------umuligadj. \/ɪmˈpɒsəbl\/, \/ɪmˈpɒsɪbl\/ eller imposs1) umulig2) ( hverdagslig) umulig, vanskelig3) (hverdagslig, om person) urimelig, umulig4) ( matematikk) imaginærask for the impossible be om det umuligeimpossible person umulig menneske• «Impossible person!», he cried«Du er helt umulig!», skrek han -
2 quite
1. adverb1) (completely; entirely: This is quite impossible.) helt, fullstendig, absolutt2) (fairly; rather; to a certain extent: It's quite warm today; He's quite a good artist; I quite like the idea.) ganske, temmelig, nokså2. interjection(exactly; indeed; I agree: `I think he is being unfair to her.' `Quite'.) akkurat!; (helt) riktig!ganske--------heltadv. \/kwaɪt\/1) helt (og holdent), absolutt2) nøyaktig, eksakt, akkurat3) svært, temmelig, ikke så lite4) ganske, nokså5) faktisk, egentlignot quite ikke helt, knaptquite a litt av enquite a bit \/ a lot \/ a few ganske mye, en (god) delquite a little ikke så lite, en hel delquite another thing eller quite a different thing en helt annen sakquite as much (nøyaktig) like myequite enough se ➢ enoughquite (so)! akkurat det, ja!, helt riktig!quite so, but... ja visst, men...quite some time ganske lengevi har ikke sett ham på ganske lenge \/ på en god stundquite something! virkelig noe• that's quite something!det var ikke verst! \/ det var bra!quite the absolutt, virkeligquite the contrary\/reverse nøyaktig det motsatte, helt motsatt, tvert imotquite the thing ( gammeldags) i god formgod takt og tone, god oppførsel, høfligdet ville ikke være helt god oppførsel å dukke opp uten å si fra på forhåndwhen quite a child allerede som barn -
3 jam
‹æm I noun(a thick sticky substance made of fruit etc preserved by being boiled with sugar: raspberry jam; ( also adjective) a jam sandwich.) syltetøy, marmelade- jammyII 1. past tense, past participle - jammed; verb1) (to crowd full: The gateway was jammed with angry people.) stappe, proppe2) (to squeeze, press or wedge tightly or firmly: He jammed his foot in the doorway.) presse; klemme3) (to stick and (cause to) be unable to move: The door / steering-wheel has jammed.) sitte fast4) ((of a radio station) to cause interference with (another radio station's broadcast) by sending out signals on a similar wavelength.) forstyrre2. noun1) (a crowding together of vehicles, people etc so that movement is difficult or impossible: traffic-jams.) -kork, blokkering2) (a difficult situation: I'm in a bit of a jam - I haven't got enough money to pay for this meal.) knipe•- jam onblokkering--------knipe--------syltetøyIsubst. \/dʒæm\/1) syltetøy2) ( elektronikk) blokkering, opphoping3) klem, press, det å sitte fast4) trengsel, kork5) ( teknikk) stans, lås6) ( sjøfart) beknip7) ( radio) forstyrrelse8) (slang, overført) knipe, klemme, klammeri9) (musikk, også jam session) jam, jam session10) fornøyelse, lett matchbit of jam hell, flaks fornøyelsebe in a jam sitte i klisteret, være i trøbbeljam of logs tømmervasejam tomorrow gull og grønne skogerput on jam (austr., slang) gjøre seg viktig, spille overlegensome people get all the jam det er noen som har detIIverb \/dʒæm\/1) ( basketball) dunke2) klemme, trykke, presse3) fylle, blokkere4) sette(s) ut av funksjon, (få til å) låse seg, henge seg opp5) ( sjøfart) komme i beknip6) ( radio) forstyrre, jamme7) komme i klemme, bli blokkert, bli fastkilt8) ( musikk) jamme9) (amer.) knullejam into presse inn i, presse ned ijam on the brakes hive seg på bremsene, bremse hardtjam something through (amer.) trumfe noe gjennomjam together klemme sammenjam up ( også overført) bremse opp, stoppeIIIadv. \/dʒæm\/propp- -
4 reconcile
1) (to cause (people) to become friendly again, eg after they have quarrelled: Why won't you be reconciled (with him)?) forlike, forsone2) (to bring (two or more different aims, points of view etc) into agreement: The unions want high wages and the bosses want high profits - it's almost impossible to reconcile these two aims.) forene, bringe i overensstemmelse3) (to (make someone) accept (a situation, fact etc) patiently: Her mother didn't want the marriage to take place but she is reconciled to it now.) forsone seg med•verb \/ˈrekənsaɪl\/1) forsone, forlike, forene2) ( fysisk) bilegge, gjøre opp, skvære opp3) få til å stemme overens, få til å harmonere, gjøre forenlig, bringe i samsvar med, forene4) (bank, EDB e.l.) avstemmebecome reconciled (with) forsones, forlikes, forsone seg medreconcile oneself to forsone seg medbe\/become reconciled to forsone seg med, finne seg i -
5 the last straw
(a fact, happening etc which, when added to all other facts or happenings, makes a situation finally impossible to bear.) dråpen som får begeret til å flyte over
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