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1 penny
'peniplurals - pence; noun1) (in British currency, the hundredth part of `1: It costs seventy-five pence; Oranges, 12p each.) penny, cent2) (in certain countries, a coin of low value.) skilling, øre3) (the value of such a coin.) penny, cent•subst. (: om mynt pennies, om verdipence) \/ˈpenɪ\/1) penny (engelsk mynt = 1\/100 pund (før 1971= 1\/12 shilling))2) (amer. hverdagslig) cent (1\/100 dollar)a penny for your thoughts hva er det du tenker på?he hasn't got a penny to his name han eier ikke nåla i veggenin for a penny, in for a pound har man sagt A får man si B, den som vil være med på leken, må også tåle stekenlook at every penny snu (og vende) på skillingenpenny plain enkel, kjedelig, prosaiskpretty penny en pen skillingspend a penny ( hverdagslig) gå på et visst sted, gå på dotake care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves ( svarer omtrent til) mange bekker små gjør en stor å(at last) the penny dropped nå gikk det endelig et lys oppthey are ten\/two a penny det går tretten av dem på dusinetturn an honest penny tjene til sitt levebrød på en ærlig måte -
2 pretty
'priti 1. adjective1) ((not usually of boys and men) pleasing or attractive: a pretty girl/tune/picture/dress.) pen, nydelig, fin2) (used jokingly: This is a pretty mess!) nydelig, fin2. adverb(rather: That's pretty good; He's pretty old now.) ganske, temmelig- prettily- prettiness
- pretty much the same
- alike
- pretty wellnett--------penIsubst. \/ˈprɪtɪ\/(hverdagslig, golf) fairway (den klipte delen av banen)fill something to the pretty ( om glass) fylle noe til trengselpretties ( hverdagslig) fint (under)tøy fine småting, pynt og fjasIIverb \/ˈprɪtɪ\/bare i uttrykkpretty oneself gjøre seg vakkerpretty up fikse opp\/påIIIadj. \/ˈprɪtɪ\/1) søt, pen, yndig, bedårende2) flink, god3) nett, småpen4) (om ting, også) trivelig, bra, utmerket5) ( ironisk) pen, fin, nydelig• this is a pretty mess!6) betydelig, temmelig, ganske, nettmake oneself pretty gjøre seg vakkermy pretty one eller my pretty! min skjønne!, søte deg!pretty as a picture billedskjønn, vakker som dagenIVadv. \/ˈprɪtɪ\/( hverdagslig) nokså, ganske, temmeligbe pretty well ha det ganske brabe sitting pretty well ha det veldig bra, ha det som plommen i egget ha sitt på det tørre ligge bra til, være i en fordelaktig posisjonpretty much nesten, omtrent, så godt sompretty well nesten, praktisk talt, så godt som
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