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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 plain clothes
ordinary clothes, not a uniform: Detectives usually wear plain clothes; (also adjective) (a plain-clothes job.) sivilklær -
3 plain-clothes
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4 plain-looking
adj. \/ˈpleɪnˌlʊkɪŋ\/1) mindre pen2) med et alminnelig utseende -
5 plain-spoken
adjective (speaking honestly and candidly, not trying to be tactful: She is a very plain-spoken person who always says what she means.)adj. \/ˌpleɪnˈspəʊk(ə)n\/oppriktig, åpen, frittalende, likefrem -
6 plain cooking
subst.hverdagsmat, husmannskost, enkel matlaging -
7 plain-dealing
Isubst. \/ˌpleɪnˈdiːlɪŋ\/oppriktighet, redelighet, ærlighet, åpenhetIIadj. \/ˌpleɪnˈdiːlɪŋ\/oppriktig, ærlig -
8 plain weave
subst.( tekstil) lerretsbinding -
9 plain weaving
subst.( tekstil) lerretsbinding, lerretsveving -
10 plain chocolate
(dark chocolate not containing milk.) mørk sjokolade -
11 plain sailing
(progress without difficulty.) enkelt som fot i hose -
12 in plain English
(in simple words; clearly expressed: Would you mind explaining it in plain English?) enkelt og greit -
13 abyssal
adj. \/əˈbɪsl\/1) bunnløs, avgrunnsdyp, avgrunns-2) ( vitenskapelig) abyssal, dyphavs-abyssal plain se ➢ plain, 1 -
14 sailing
noun (the activity or sport of navigating a ship or boat that has sails: Sailing is one of his hobbies.) seilsportIsubst. \/ˈseɪlɪŋ\/1) seiling2) seilsport3) skipsavgang, avgangstid• when is the next sailing to Portsmouth?4) seiltur, seilas5) navigasjonlist of sailings avgangsliste, seilingslisteplain sailing grei skuringtime of sailing avgangstidIIadj. \/ˈseɪlɪŋ\/1) seilende2) seil-, seilings- -
15 vanilla
və'nilə(a flavouring obtained from a tropical orchid, and used in ice-cream and other foods: vanilla ice-cream.) vaniljevaniljeIsubst. \/vəˈnɪlə\/2) ( også vanilla pod) vaniljestang3) ( matlaging) vanilje4) vaniljeiskremIIadj. \/vəˈnɪlə\/1) ( matlaging) vanilje-2) (hverdagslig, også plain vanilla) ordinær, kjedelig, pregløs• he doesn't exactly disgust me, but he's plain vanillajeg avskyr ham ikke, men han er nokså kjedelig -
16 answer
1. noun1) (something said, written or done that is caused by a question etc from another person: She refused to give an answer to his questions.) svar2) (the solution to a problem: The answer to your transport difficulties is to buy a car.) løsning2. verb1) (to make an answer to a question, problem, action etc: Answer my questions, please; Why don't you answer the letter?) svare2) (to open (the door), pick up (the telephone) etc in reponse to a knock, ring etc: He answered the telephone as soon as it rang; Could you answer the door, please?) lukke opp; ta telefonen3) (to be suitable or all that is necessary (for): This will answer my requirements.) svare til, tilfredsstille4) ((often with to) to be the same as or correspond to (a description etc): The police have found a man answering (to) that description.) samsvare, passe•- answering machine
- answer for
- answerphonesvar--------svareIsubst. \/ˈɑːnsə\/1) svar2) løsning3) ( jus) forsvar, forsvarstaleanswer to svar på, parallell tilfor (an) answer som svarhave all the answers (hverdagslig, spøkefullt) vite det meste, være selvtilfredsin answer to something som svar på noea plain answer en klar beskjedIIverb \/ˈɑːnsə\/1) svare, besvare, svare på2) ( om oppgave e.l.) løse3) ( om forventning eller hensikt) svare til, tilsvare, stemme med, oppfylle, tilfredsstille, lykkeshun innfridde deres forventninger\/de var fornøyd med henne4) være brukbar, passe, duge, lønne seg5) besvare, gjengjelde6) forsvare seg overfor, forsvare seg mot, møte7) lystre, følge8) (økonomi, om gjeld) møte, dekke, honorereanswer back gi svar på tiltale, svare tilbake, være uhøfliganswer for ha ansvar for, være ansvarlig for stå til ansvar (over)for, stå til regnskap for, gå god foranswer the bell\/door gå og lukke oppanswer the description of svare til beskrivelsen av passe med signalementet avanswer the telephone ta telefonen, passe telefonenanswer to tilsvare, stemme med, svare til rapportere til, være underlagt lystre, lydestå til ansvar for være ansvarlig foranswer up svare klart og tydeligin answer to som svar på for å svare på, for å besvare (ta seg av) -
17 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 -
18 bald
bo:ld1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) (flint)skallet2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) uten hår/fjær/pels3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) usmykket, enkel, utilslørt•- baldness- balding
- baldlyfrekk--------skalletadj. \/bɔːld\/1) skallet2) ( zoologi) med hvite fjær på hodet, med hvit pels på hodet3) ( om fjell e.l.) bar, naken4) ( overført) likefrem, åpen, skamløs, (som går) rett på sak5) ( overført) tørr, slett, platt6) ( om bildekk) blankslittbald as a coot flintskallet, fullstendig skalletgo bald bli skallet -
19 baldly
adverb (in a plain or bare way: He answered her questions baldly.) enkelt, tørt, utilslørtadv. \/ˈbɔːldlɪ\/rett på sak, uten omsvøp, likefrem -
20 clear-cut
adjective (having a clear outline; plain and definite: clear-cut features.) klar, skarp(skåret)adj. \/ˌklɪəˈkʌt\/, foranstilt: \/ˈklɪəkʌt\/1) skarp, renlinjet, skarpskåret2) klar, entydig, tydelig
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