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1 mess about/around
1) (to behave in a foolish or annoying way: The children were shouting and messing about.) rote/drive omkring2) (to work with no particular plan in a situation that involves mess: I love messing about in the kitchen.) sysle, drive med3) ((with with) to meddle or interfere with: Who's been messing about with my papers?) fikle med, rote i/med4) (to upset or put into a state of disorder or confusion: The wind messed her hair about.) rote til, bringe i uorden -
2 mess
mes 1. noun(a state of disorder or confusion; an untidy, dirty or unpleasant sight or muddle: This room is in a terrible mess!; She looked a mess; The spilt food made a mess on the carpet.) rot, uorden, virvar2. verb((with with) to meddle, or to have something to do with: She's always messing with the television set.) fikle med, forkludre- messy- messily
- messiness
- mess-up
- make a mess of
- mess about/around
- mess upmesse--------rot--------uordenIsubst. \/mes\/1) røre, rot, uorden, virvar• this is a fine mess!2) kinkig situasjon, klemme, knipe3) griseri, søl, lort, søppel4) kaos, haug, rotete ansamling5) ( hverdagslig) mislykket person, håpløs person6) ( hverdagslig) mentalt forvirret person7) (nedsettende, om mat) grøt, smørje, skvip8) ( gruppe som spiser sammen) spiselag, bord, bakk (sjøfart)9) forklaring: maten ved et spiselag10) messe, spisesal, spiserom11) ( gammeldags) matrett, porsjon (særlig suppe eller stuing)dine at mess spise i messa, skaffe (gammeldags)get into a mess havne i en kinkig situasjon, havne i (en) knipe, rote det til for seg (selv)be in a mess være i uorden, være i en salig røre• what a mess the room is in!for et rotete rom!\/for en tilstand dette rommet er i!( om person) være i en kinkig situasjon, være i (en) knipe, sitte fint i det• we are in a fine mess!look a mess se forferdelig utmake a mess lage rot, lage uorden, rote til grise, søle gjøre i buksa, gjøre fra segmake a mess of something rote til noe, forkludre noe spolere noe, ødelegge noe grise til noe, søle til noese ➢ birthrightwhat a mess! for et rot!IIverb \/mes\/1) grise, søle2) rote, forkludre, klusse3) ødelegge, spolere, kullkaste4) spise i messa (militærvesen), skaffe (sjøfart)5) (militærvesen, sjøfart) bespise, beverte6) ( om avføring) gjøre fra seg, gjøre sitt fornødne, gjøre, grise tilmess about\/around rote rundt fomle, tukle kaste bort tiden, drive dank sysle, stelle, pusle (amer.) være utromess about\/around with (amer.) stå i med, være utro med skape uorden i, rote medmess somebody about\/around gjøre det vanskelig for noen, stelle i stand problemer for noenmess up grise til, søle til kullkaste, spolere, ødelegge rote til, forkludre(amer.) mislykkes, rote det tilmess with blande seg borti, legge seg opp i bråke med, legge seg ut med stå i med, være utro med rote med, klusse med (militærvesen, sjøfart) spise sammen med
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