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1 reply
1. verb(to answer: `I don't know,' he replied; Should I reply to his letter?; She replied that she had never seen the man before; She replied by shrugging her shoulders.) svare2. noun1) (an answer: `I don't know,' was his reply; I'll write a reply to his letter.) svar2) (the act of answering: What did he say in reply (to your question)?) svar* * *1. verb(to answer: `I don't know,' he replied; Should I reply to his letter?; She replied that she had never seen the man before; She replied by shrugging her shoulders.) svare2. noun1) (an answer: `I don't know,' was his reply; I'll write a reply to his letter.) svar2) (the act of answering: What did he say in reply (to your question)?) svar -
2 retort
[rə'to:t] 1. verb(to make a quick and clever or angry reply: `You're too old', she said. `You're not so young yourself,' he retorted.) svare igen2. noun(such a reply.) gensvar* * *[rə'to:t] 1. verb(to make a quick and clever or angry reply: `You're too old', she said. `You're not so young yourself,' he retorted.) svare igen2. noun(such a reply.) gensvar -
3 bark
I 1. noun(the short, sharp cry of a dog, fox etc.) gøen; bjæffen2. verb1) (to make this sound: The dog barked at the stranger.) gø; bjæffe2) (to utter abruptly: She barked a reply.) bjæffeII 1. noun(the covering of the trunk and branches of a tree: He stripped the bark off the branch.) bark2. verb(to take the skin off (part of the body) by accident: I barked my shin on the table.) skrabe* * *I 1. noun(the short, sharp cry of a dog, fox etc.) gøen; bjæffen2. verb1) (to make this sound: The dog barked at the stranger.) gø; bjæffe2) (to utter abruptly: She barked a reply.) bjæffeII 1. noun(the covering of the trunk and branches of a tree: He stripped the bark off the branch.) bark2. verb(to take the skin off (part of the body) by accident: I barked my shin on the table.) skrabe -
4 affirmative
[-tiv]adjective, noun (saying or indicating yes to a question, suggestion etc: He gave an affirmative nod; a reply in the affirmative.) bekræftende* * *[-tiv]adjective, noun (saying or indicating yes to a question, suggestion etc: He gave an affirmative nod; a reply in the affirmative.) bekræftende -
5 couch
I noun(a type of sofa for sitting or lying on: The doctor asked him to lie on the couch.) briksII verb(to express (in words): He couched his reply in vague terms.) udtrykke* * *I noun(a type of sofa for sitting or lying on: The doctor asked him to lie on the couch.) briksII verb(to express (in words): He couched his reply in vague terms.) udtrykke -
6 counter-attack
1. noun(an attack in reply to an attack: The enemy made a counter-attack.) modangreb2. verb(to make such an attack (on): Our troops counter-attacked.) gå til modangreb* * *1. noun(an attack in reply to an attack: The enemy made a counter-attack.) modangreb2. verb(to make such an attack (on): Our troops counter-attacked.) gå til modangreb -
7 failure
[-jə]1) (the state or act of failing: She was upset by her failure in the exam; failure of the electricity supply.) nederlag; svigt2) (an unsuccessful person or thing: He felt he was a failure.) fiasko3) (inability, refusal etc to do something: his failure to reply.) manglende evne* * *[-jə]1) (the state or act of failing: She was upset by her failure in the exam; failure of the electricity supply.) nederlag; svigt2) (an unsuccessful person or thing: He felt he was a failure.) fiasko3) (inability, refusal etc to do something: his failure to reply.) manglende evne -
8 per cent
[pə'sent]adverb (, noun (often written % with figures) (of numbers, amounts etc) stated as a fraction of one hundred: Twenty-five per cent of one hundred and twenty is thirty; 25% of the people did not reply to our letters.) procent* * *[pə'sent]adverb (, noun (often written % with figures) (of numbers, amounts etc) stated as a fraction of one hundred: Twenty-five per cent of one hundred and twenty is thirty; 25% of the people did not reply to our letters.) procent -
9 response
[-s]1) (a reply or reaction: Our letters have never met with any response; My suggestions met with little response.) svar; reaktion2) ((usually in plural) in church services, a part spoken by the congregation rather than the priest.) korsvar* * *[-s]1) (a reply or reaction: Our letters have never met with any response; My suggestions met with little response.) svar; reaktion2) ((usually in plural) in church services, a part spoken by the congregation rather than the priest.) korsvar
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