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1 meat
mi:t(the flesh of animals or birds used as food: She does not eat meat; ( also adjective) What did you have for the meat course?) kjøtt- meatyessens--------kjerne--------kjøttsubst. \/miːt\/1) kjøtt, kjøttmat2) (om frukt, nøtter, egg e.l.) innmat, spiselig del, kjøtt3) (i f.eks. argument) essensen, kjernen, det vesentligeet problem som virkelig er noe å sette tennene i \/ et problem å bryne seg på4) (i f.eks. tekst) innhold, opplysninger, informasjon5) (amer.) bytte6) ( gammeldags) måltid7) (vulgært, slang) pikk8) (vulgært, slang, også kvinne som seksualobjekt) fitteall (that) meat and no potatoes bare kropp og ingen hjernebeat one's meat runke, onanerebutcher's meat forklaring: alt slaktekjøtt unntatt vilt, fjærfe og baconcold meat påleggfreeze meat lokalbedøvelse (gjennom frysing)meat analogue kjøtterstatningforklaring: noe en liker og som faller en enkelt å gjøre ( britisk) akkurat hva en trengerthe meat and potatoes of something den viktigste, mest grunnleggende delen av noemeat extract kjøttekstraktmeat grinder (amer.) kjøttkvernmeat tenderizer kjøttklubbe mørsaltone man's meat is another man's poison den enes død den annens brødstrong meat ( overført) kraftig kost -
2 mince
mins 1. verb1) (to cut into small pieces or chop finely: Would you like me to mince the meat for you?) finhakke, kverne (kjøtt)2) (to walk with short steps, in an unpleasantly dainty or delicate way: She minced over to him.) trippe, svinse2. noun(meat (usually beef) chopped up into small pieces: mince and potatoes.) kvernet/hakket kjøtt- mincer- mincing
- mincingly
- mincemeathakkeIsubst. \/mɪns\/( spesielt britisk) kjøttdeig, hakket kjøttIIverb \/mɪns\/1) (om mat, spesielt kjøtt) hakke, skjære, finhakke, finskjære2) opptre med tilgjort eleganse3) trippe, gå på en jålete måte4) ( om språk) mildne, moderere5) snakke på tilgjort måteminced meat hakket kjøtt, kjøttdeigmince one' words moderere språket sittnot mince matters\/words ta bladet fra munnen, snakke rett fra levra, ikke legge fingrene mellom -
3 small
smo:l1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) liten, i småbiter2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) i liten målestokk, mindre betydelig3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) liten, ikke mye4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) liten (bokstav), små (bokstaver)•- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
- feel/look smallliten--------ubetydeligIsubst. \/smɔːl\/bare i uttrykkin small i liten skalathe small of the back korsryggenthe small of the leg smalleggenIIadj. \/smɔːl\/1) liten, små, små-2) spinkel, sped, tynn, smal3) ubetydelig, uvesentlig, bagatellmessig4) ( om antall) lavt, lite5) beskjeden, enkel6) smålig, småskåren7) liten, ynkelig, stakkarslig, skamfull8) svak, utvannet, kraftløs9) ( om lyd eller stemme) tynn, svak, forsiktig, lavfeel small kjenne seg ubetydelig være skamfulllook small se ynkelig uta small matter en fillesak, en bagatellsmall natured smålig, lumpensmall people små(kårs)folksmall potatoes ( hverdagslig) småtterier, bagateller, blåbærsmall print liten skrift, fint trykksmall rain lett regnsmall screen ( hverdagslig) TVsmall wonder intet under, ikke (så) rartIIIadv. \/smɔːl\/1) lite, smått2) i små biter3) ( om stemme) lavt, lavmælt, spaktcut something small skjære noe i småstykkersing small ( overført) dempe seg, endre tonen opptre beskjedent
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