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wo:l 1. noun1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) mur, vegg, voll2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) vegg2. verb((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) lage mur rundt, gjerde inn- walled- - walled
- wallpaper 3. verb(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) tapetsere- have one's back to the wall
- up the wallmur--------vegg--------vollIsubst. \/wɔːl\/( også overført) vegg, murbang one's head against a (stone) wall ( overført) renne hodet mot veggenbetween you and me and the wall i all fortrolighetclimb the walls ( overført) gå på veggencome up against a (stone) wall kjøre seg helt fastdrive someone up the wall ( overført) tvinge noen i kne, presse noen ( slang) drive noen til vanvidd, gjøre noen galgo over the wall ( slang) rømme fra fengseletgo to the wall ( overført) dra det korteste strået, bukke under, lide nederlag ( om forretning) gå konkurs, gå under bli satt til side, bli glemt ( overført) gå til verdens ende, gjøre alt gi ettergo up the wall ( slang) bli fra seg, bli (aldeles) villhave one's back to the wall ( overført) være trengt opp i et hjørne, stå med ryggen mot veggenhave the wall gå nærmest veggen (på fortauet)( overført) ha fortrinnhave the wall of ha fortrinnet fremforhit the wall ( spesielt sport) møte veggenoff the wall (spesielt amer., slang) eksentrisk, uvanlig hissigsee through a brick wall ( hverdagslig) gjennomskuetalk to a brick wall ( overført) snakke til veggenup against the wall opp mot muren (for å bli henrettet) ( overført) opp mot veggen (i en desperat situasjon)walls have ears veggene har ørerIIverb \/wɔːl\/1) omgi (seg) med mur, bygge mur rundt, gjerde inn (også overført)2) mure igjen, mure inn, sperre inn3) avgrense, kante4) ( også wall off) dele av med vegg, atskille (også overført), avskjære5) kle (vegger)wall about omgi med mur, bygge mur rundtwall in omgi med mur, bygge mur rundt, omkransewall round omgi med mur, bygge mur rundtwall up mure igjen, mure inn, sperre inn
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