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1 lean
I li:n past tense, past participles - leant; verb1) (to slope over to one side; not to be upright: The lamp-post had slipped and was leaning across the road.) helle, stå skrått2) (to rest (against, on): She leaned the ladder against the wall; Don't lean your elbows on the table; He leant on the gate.) stille, lene/støtte (seg) mot•- leaningII li:n adjective1) (thin; not fat: a tall, lean man.) mager2) (not containing much fat: lean meat.) mager3) (poor; not producing much: a lean harvest.) mager, dårlig, skrinn•- leannesslene--------mager--------skrinnIsubst. \/liːn\/magert kjøtttake the fat with the lean ta det onde med det godeIIsubst. \/liːn\/helling, luting, det å lutebe on the lean lute, helleIII1) lene seg2) stå skjevt, lute, helle3) lene, lute, støtte, stille4) støtte seg, være henvist til støtte fra andrelean against lene seg mot, støtte seg pålean forwards lene seg foroverlean on\/upon ( overført) lene seg på, være henvist til, støtte seg på, støtte seg til, bygge pålean on somebody ( hverdagslig) presse noen, påvirke noen, rane eller overfalle noenlean out lene seg utlean over få til å lutelute mot, helle motlene seg overlean over backwards ( overført) være altfor ivrig, anstrenge seg for mye, stå på hodet, gjøre sitt ytterstelean towards lute mot ( overført) være svak for, være tilhenger avIVadj. \/liːn\/1) ( om dyr eller mennesker) tynn, smal, mager2) næringsfattig, dårlig, skrinn, mager3) ( om mat) mager, med lavt fettinnhold4) ( typografi) magerbecome\/grow lean ( vanlig om dyr) magres -
2 backwards
1) (towards the back: He glanced backwards.) baklengs, bakover, tilbake2) (with one's back facing the direction one is going in: The child walked backwards into a lamp-post.) baklengs3) (in the opposite way to that which is usual: Can you count from 1 to 10 backwards? (= starting at 10 and counting to 1).) baklengs, bakfrabakvendtadv. \/ˈbækwədz\/ eller backwardbak(lengs), bakover, tilbakebackwards and forwards frem og tilbake, hit og ditknow something backwards kunne noe utenat, kunne noe forlengs og baklengslean\/bend\/fall over backwards for someone\/something ( overført) gjøre sitt ytterste for noe(n), gjøre alt for noe(n) -
3 tend
I tend verb(to take care of; to look after: A shepherd tends his sheep.) passe (på), gjete- tenderII tend verb1) (to be likely (to do something); to do (something) frequently: Plants tend to die in hot weather; He tends to get angry.) pleie (å), være tilbøyelig til2) (to move, lean or slope in a certain direction: This bicycle tends to(wards) the left.) helle mot•- tendencypleie--------røkteIverb \/tend\/1) pleie, bruke, ha for vane2) bevege seg, vise en tendens, være tilbøyelig, gå i en gitt retningIIverb \/tend\/1) passe, stelle, skjøtte, se til2) vokte, gjete3) ( sjøfart) stå klar, passe på4) (amer.) drive, arbeide itend up on ( gammeldags) betjene, varte opp, ta seg avtend store (amer.) stå i butikk, drive butikktend to (spesielt amer., hverdagslig) passe, se til, ta hånd omtend to\/towards ( om person) være tilbøyelig til, vise en tendens til, ha lett for å virke i retning av peke mot, helle til, helle motdette er en blåfarge som heller mot grønt røre seg (i retning) mot, streve motmedvirke til, bidra til, føre til ha til hensikt, tjene tiltend to do something ha en tendens til å gjøre noe være egnet til å gjøre noe
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