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1 much
comparative of; see moremyeImeget, mye, omtrent• did you have much difficulty in finding the house?det var bare tull, alt sammenso much for that! det var det!much difficulty may it do you ( spøkefullt) velbekomme, lykke til (ironisk), det kommer du nok til å få mye glede avII1) mye, megethun var svært mye\/betydelig eldre• is he much hurt?tusen (hjertelig) takk \/ mange takki høy grad mot min vilje \/ høyst ugjerne2) absolutt, avgjort, langt, uten tvildet ubetinget største beløpet \/ det avgjort største beløpet3) ( også pretty much, much as usual, much the same way) omtrent, nesten, noenlundedet spiller ingen rolle for meg \/ det er det samme for meghow much hvor mye, hvor høyt• how much do you love him?look much like se ut somdet ser nesten sånn ut \/ det er ikke langt i framuch as I like enda så godt jeg likermuch more langt mer, enda mer, for ikke å snakke ommuch less langt mindre, enda mindrebe not so much... as... være snarere... enn...think too much of oneself ha alfor høye tanker om seg selvIIImye, megetmye av det du sier, er sant• how much rain did you have yesterday?• did you have much difficulty finding the house?as much like (så) mye, så myedet sammejeg tenkte meg det \/ jeg kunne tenke meg det \/ jeg tenkte det nokas much again\/more en gang til så mye, dobbelt så mye, det dobbeltehow much hvor mye• how much are the apples?• how much does it all come to?• how much percent?• how much for this?if so much hvis så myemake much of få mye ut av, forstågjøre stort vesen\/nummer avutnytte (på beste måte), dra fordeler av, gjøre mest mulig ut av gjøre stas avmuch someone does something ( spøkefullt) særlig at noen gjør noe• much you know about it!not as much as ikke så mye som, ikke engangnot be up to much ikke være så mye å skryte av, ikke være noe viderenothing much ( hverdagslig) ikke noe spesielt, ikke noe av betydningnothing so much as mest av altnot much! ( hverdagslig) slett ikke!, absolutt ikke!, nesten aldri!not much of ikke akkurat, ikke noe viderenot so much as ikke så mye som, ikke engangso much så mye\/meget, så og så mye (om beløp, mengde e.l.)so much for ferdig med, takk og farvel, slik går det nåso much the better\/worse så mye bedre\/verre, så meget desto bedre\/verrethink much of something like noe, ha høye tanker om noethis\/that much så mye\/megetthus much så mye for så vidttoo much for mye, altfor myetoo much of a good thing for mye av det godewithout so much as uten så mye som -
2 much as
(although: Much as I should like to come, I can't.) selv om... -
3 much the same
(not very different: The patient's condition is still much the same.) ikke særlig forandret -
4 much-admired
adj. \/ˌmʌtʃədˈmaɪəd\/høyt beundret -
5 much-advertised
adj. \/ˌmʌtʃˈædvətaɪzd\/oppreklamert -
6 much-needed
adj. \/ˌmʌtʃˈniːdɪd\/høyst nødvendig -
7 be not much of a
(to be not a very good thing of a particular kind: I'm not much of a photographer; That wasn't much of a lecture.) ikke være mye til..., ikke være stort å skryte av -
8 so much for
(that's all that can be said about: So much for that - let's talk about something else; He arrived half an hour late - so much for his punctuality!) ferdig med (det), det var det -
9 be not up to much
(to be not very good: The dinner wasn't up to much.) ikke være noe særlig/noe større -
10 be too much for
(to overwhelm; to be too difficult etc for: Is the job too much for you?) være/bli for mye for -
11 make much of
1) (to make a fuss of (a person) or about (a thing).) gjøre mye ut av, gjøre stas på2) (to make sense of; to understand: I couldn't make much of the film.) få noe/mye ut av -
12 not much
(nothing important, impressive etc: My car isn't much to look at but it's fast.) ikke stort/noe særlig -
13 nothing / not much to choose between
(hardly any difference between: There's not much to choose between the two methods.) (nesten) ingen forskjell, like gode, lite å velge imellomEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > nothing / not much to choose between
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14 nothing much
(nothing important, impressive etc: `What are you doing?' `Nothing much.') ikke noe særlig -
15 think little of / not think much of
(to have a very low opinion of: He didn't think much of what I had done; He thought little of my work.) ikke ha høye tanker om, ikke verdsetteEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > think little of / not think much of
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16 think too much of
(to have too high an opinion of: He thinks too much of himself.) ha høye tanker om -
17 without so much as
(without even: He took my umbrella without so much as asking.) uten en gang å -
18 in as much as
(because; in consideration of the fact that: It would not be true to say he had retired from this firm, inasmuch as he still does a certain amount of work for us.) ettersom, fordi, siden -
19 pretty much the same
(more or less the same, alike etc.) mer eller mindre like -
20 beyond expectation
(much more or much better than expected: The plan succeeded beyond all expectations; The hotel was beyond our expectations.) over all forventning
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