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1 plain
plein 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) enkel, alminnelig, vanlig2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) klar, tydelig3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) oppriktig, likefram4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) tydelig, klar5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) lite pen2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) slette, flate, vidde2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) rett strikkemaske•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain Englishenkel--------flate--------plan--------ren--------simpel--------skjær--------slette--------tydeligvisIsubst. \/pleɪn\/1) slette, jevn, åpen mark2) rettstrikning, rett, rett maske3) ( poetisk) slagfeltabyssal plain dyphavssletteIIverb \/pleɪn\/( gammeldags eller poetisk) sørge, klageIIIadj. \/pleɪn\/1) enkel, hverdagslig• here we serve good, plain foodher serverer vi god, hverdagslig mat2) ikke pyntet\/dekorert, ensfarget3) lettfattelig, klart uttrykt• what? plain talk from a politician?4) ærlig, rett fra hjertet5) skikkelig, åpenbar, ren og skjær6) uten spesiell status\/tittel, uten pretensjoner, enkel7) ( om utseende) ikke vakker, lite pen, alminnelig8) ( strikking) rett, glattin plain sight of something med noe innen synsvidde innen synsvidde av noeplain and simple rett og slettplain as day soleklart, klart som dagenplain bread and butter smørbrød uten pålegg, smør og brødplain card ( i kortspill) verken trumfkort eller bildekortplain chocolate mørk sjokoladeplain cigarette sigarett uten filter eller munnstykkeplain clothes ( også plain-clothes) sivilt antrekkplain flour vanlig mel (uten tilsatt bakepulver)plain Jane jente med alminnelig utseendeplain knitting rettstrikning glattstrikningplain omelette omelette naturelle, fransk omelettplain ring glatt ringplain sailing grei skuring, bare barnemat, en lett oppgave, en lett match ( sjøfart) seiling i farvann uten skjær eller hindringerplain stitch rett maskeplain text klartekst, ikke kodeplain water rent vannIVadv. \/pleɪn\/1) tydelig, klart• I'll tell you plain: I'm finished with you2) simpelthen, rett og slett, rent ut sagt -
2 simple
'simpl1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) enkel, lett2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) enkel, ukomplisert3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) enkel, liketil4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) enkel, rein og skjær5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) naiv, godtroende6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) enfoldig, enkel•- simplicity
- simplification
- simplified
- simplify
- simply
- simple-minded
- simple-mindednessenkel--------grei--------lettIsubst. \/ˈsɪmpl\/1) dumrian2) person av enkel herkomst3) ( gammeldags) legeurtsimples enkelt folkIIadj. \/ˈsɪmpl\/1) enkel, usammensatt, ukomplisert, primitiv2) ukunstlet, naturlig, likefrem, enkel, simpel3) troskyldig, godtroende, naiv, enfoldig4) lett, tydelig, åpenbar• don't worry, it's a simple problemikke bekymre deg, det er et enkelt problem5) renpure and simple ganske enkelt, ren og skjær -
3 austere
o:'stiə(severely simple and plain; without luxuries or unnecessary expenditure: an austere way of life.) barsk, strengadj. \/ɒˈstɪə\/, \/ɔːstɪə\/1) streng, alvorlig, bister2) spartansk, asketisk, nøysom3) nøktern, alvorlig, seriøs4) enkel5) ( om smak) bitter, sur
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