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1 old maid
(an unmarried woman who is past the usual age of marriage.) peppermø, gammel jomfrusubst.1) gammel jomfru, gammel frøken, peppermø2) ( kortspill) gammel jomfru, svarteper -
2 old
əuld1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) gammel2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) gammel3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) gammel4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) avlagt, gammel5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) tidligere, gammel, forhenværende•- old age- old boy/girl
- old-fashioned
- old hand
- old maid
- the old Isubst. \/əʊld\/bare i uttrykkfrom of old fra gammelt av, fra gammel tid(in days\/times) of old i gamle dager, før i tiden, fra gammelt avthe men of old menneskene i gamle dagerIIeldest) \/əʊld\/1) gammel, aldrende2) ( hverdagslig) gammel, god3) gammel, tidligere, forhenværende4) gammel, erfaren5) gammel, utslitt, foreldet, brukt6) gammel-any old how på noen som helst måte på måfå, sjusketany old thing ( hverdagslig) hva som helstas old as the hills så gammel som alle haugergood old...! ( hverdagslig) gode, gamle...!in the old days eller in the days of old i gamle dagerold flame gammel flamme (person man tidligere har vært forelsket i) -
3 goose
ɡu:splural - geese; noun(a web-footed animal like a duck, but larger: The farmer's wife keeps geese.)- he wouldn't say boo to a goosegåsIsubst. (flertall: geese) \/ɡuːs\/1) ( en av flere arter i fuglestammen Anserini) gås2) ( overført) tåpe, fjols, tosk, gås3) ( slang) klyp i baken4) ( terningspill) forklaring: gammeldags brettspill5) ( matlaging) gås, gåsesteikall one's geese are swans ha det med å overdrive, alltid gjøre tingene bedre enn de ercan't say boo to a goose ( overført) ikke tore åpne munnen, være svært engstelig av segcook somebody's goose ( hverdagslig) gjøre kål på noen, fikse noen ( hverdagslig) stoppe noen, ødelegge sjansene for noenget the goose (teater, slang) bli pepet utgone goose ( hverdagslig) noe som er ferdig, noe som ikke er til å redde• after the kids had played with it, my old sewing machine was gone gooseetter at ungene hadde lekt med den, var den gamle symaskinen min ferdiggooses (skredders) pressejernkill the goose that lays the golden eggs slakte høna som verper gulleggset the fox to keep the geese se ➢ fox, 1IIverb \/ɡuːs\/1) ( slang) klype i baken2) presse med pressejern3) (teater, slang) pipe ut4) (amer.) kvikke opp, gi innsprøytning
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