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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 cover
1. verb1) (to put or spread something on, over or in front of: They covered (up) the body with a sheet; My shoes are covered in paint.) dekke (til/over), skjule, overtrekke2) (to be enough to pay for: Will 10 dollars cover your expenses?) dekke3) (to travel: We covered forty miles in one day.) tilbakelegge4) (to stretch over a length of time etc: His diary covered three years.) strekke seg over, spenne over5) (to protect: Are we covered by your car insurance?) trygde, være forsikret, dekke6) (to report on: I'm covering the race for the local newspaper.) dekke, referere7) (to point a gun at: I had him covered.) holde i sjakk med gevær2. noun1) (something which covers, especially a cloth over a table, bed etc: a table-cover; a bed-cover; They replaced the cover on the manhole.) dekke, duk, -teppe, trekk2) (something that gives protection or shelter: The soldiers took cover from the enemy gunfire; insurance cover.) skjul(ested), ly3) (something that hides: He escaped under cover of darkness.) dekning, ly•- coverage- covering
- cover-girl
- cover story
- cover-upbeskytte--------deksel--------konvolutt--------lokk--------omslag--------perm--------skjul--------teppeIsubst. \/ˈkʌvə\/1) dekke, overtrekk, lag, kapsel, hylster, futteral2) hette, lokk, deksel3) perm, (bok)omslag, konvolutt4) ly, skjul, le5) dekning (også militærvesen), vern, gjemmested6) ( overført) skalkeskjul, utflukt, påskudd7) kratt, tykning8) ( for dyr) hi9) ( handel) dekning, forsikring10) kuvert11) (avis, radio e.l.) dekning, reportasjebreak cover eller break covert ( jakt) forlate gjemmestedet, komme frem fra gjemmestedet, fly opp (om fugl)from cover to cover fra perm til permride to cover delta i revejakttake cover søke dekningunder cover under tak i dekning, under jorden inkognitounder cover of i ly av, under dekke av• under cover of the night, he sneaked outunder plain cover i nøytral konvolutt, diskret avsenderunder registered cover i rekommandert konvoluttunder separate cover separat, som egen forsendelseunder this cover vedlagtwork under cover spaneIIverb \/ˈkʌvə\/1) dekke, dekke til\/over, skjule, trekke, overtrekke, belegge, overstrø2) bekle, kle (over)3) skjule, beskytte, gjemme4) ( om bok) sette omslag på5) pynte på6) ( sport) dekke7) ( også militærvesen) dekke, ha under kontroll, holde i sjakk8) utgjøre dekning\/beskyttelse for9) behandle, rekke, bli ferdig med10) strekke seg, spenne over, omfatte, omspenne11) (avisspråk, radio, e.l.) dekke, referere14) ( om distanse) tilbakelegge15) ( om større husdyr) bedekkecover for somebody dekke noen, gi noen alibi steppe inn for noen, fungere som vara for noencover in fylle igjen, dekke til, bygge tak på\/tilcover one's ass (amer., hverdagslig) holde ryggen fri, unngå kritikkcover one's back holde ryggen fri, unngå kritikkcover oneself up well kle ordentlig på seg, kle seg varmtcover oneself with ( i tipping) gardere medcover oneself with shame bringe skam\/vanære over segcover something with something legge\/bre noe over noecover the retreat ( militærvesen) dekke tilbaketogetcover thoroughly behandle utførligcover up skjule, dekke\/bre\/glatte over, dysse ned, mørkleggecover up for somebody beskytte\/dekke noen, skjule det noen har gjortcovered with shame skamfull -
3 shut
1. present participle - shutting; verb1) (to move (a door, window, lid etc) so that it covers or fills an opening; to move (a drawer, book etc) so that it is no longer open: Shut that door, please!; Shut your eyes and don't look.) lukke, stenge2) (to become closed: The window shut with a bang.) lukkes, lukke seg3) (to close and usually lock (a building etc) eg at the end of the day or when people no longer work there: The shops all shut at half past five; There's a rumour that the factory is going to be shut.) stenge, lukke4) (to keep in or out of some place or keep away from someone by shutting something: The dog was shut inside the house.) stenge inne/ute2. adjective(closed.) stengt, lukket- shut off
- shut uplukke1) stenge, lukke2) stenge av3) stenge inne4) klemme, få i klem5) stenges, (kunne) lukkes, gå igjenshut away isolere, stenge inn, gjemme bortshut down stenge, lukke, lukke igjen, slå igjen• shut down the window!• did you shut down the lid?falle på, senke seg( overført) legge ned, stengelegges ned, bli lagt nedshut fast ordentlig stengtshut in stenge inne, innelukke, innesperreomringe, omkranseklemme (fast)shut off stenge av, slå av, stanse( overført) utestenge, utelukkeshut one's ears to ( overført) late som en ikke hørershut one's eyes to ( overført) lukke øynene forshut one's mouth about something ( hverdagslig) holde munn om noeshut out ( også overført) stenge ute, holde utestengt, utelukkeshut somebody up få noen til å holde munnshut the door on ( overført) stenge døren forshut to stenge igjenshut up stenge (av), lukke (til), slå igjen, folde sammen• before they left, they shut up the house• shut up your books!slutte medsperre inne, stenge inne, låse inne• shut her up in prison!( hverdagslig) holde munn, tieshut up shop ( hverdagslig) lukke butikken, opphøreshut your face\/mouth! ( slang) hold kjeft!
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