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1 sell down the river
(to betray: The gang was sold down the river by one of its associates.) forråde -
2 sell
selpast tense, past participle - sold; verb1) (to give something in exchange for money: He sold her a car; I've got some books to sell.) selge, omsette2) (to have for sale: The farmer sells milk and eggs.) selge, forhandle3) (to be sold: His book sold well.) bli solgt4) (to cause to be sold: Packaging sells a product.) selge, få solgt•- sell-out- be sold on
- be sold out
- sell down the river
- sell off
- sell out
- sell up Isubst. \/sel\/1) salg, salgsknep2) skuffelse, kalddusj, nedtur, fiasko3) svindel(foretagende), lureriwhat a sell! for en skuffelse! snakk om å gå fem på!II1) selge, avhende2) selge, føre, handle med, forhandle3) selge, være lettsolgt, gå (bra), ha stor omsetning4) (hverdagslig, også overført) markedsføre, føre til salg av, skape interesse for, populariserehan solgte\/markedsførte ideen5) selge, forråde, svike6) ( slang) lure, narre, bedra, loppe, snyte, svindlebe sold out bli solgt ved tvangssalg, bli tvangsrealisertsell by the dozen selge dusinvissell easily være lettsolgtsell for gå for• your car ought to sell for £5000sell foreign se ➢ foreign, 2sell like hot cakes gå som varmt hvetebrødsell off selge ut, selge unnasell oneself selge seg selv, bli korruptsell one's life dearly selge livet sitt dyrtsell out selge ut, bli utsolgtselges, selges ut, la seg kjøpe opp\/ut tømme lageret, ha utsalg ha opphørssalg selge bedriften selge ved tvangssalg, tvangsrealisere ( hverdagslig) bli forræder, selge seg, forråde, gå på akkord, samarbeide med motparten ( historisk)forklaring: selge sin fullmakt som offiser og ta avskjedsell out to (la seg) kjøpes opp avsell short ( handel) spekulere i baissen undervurderesell slowly være vanskelig å selge, gå tregtsell somebody down the drain føre noen bak lysetsell somebody down the river forråde noensell somebody on something få noen med på noe, vekke noens oppmerksomhetsell somebody short ( overført) svikte noen undervurdere noensell up selge ved tvangsauksjonselge alt man eiersell well selge godt, gå bra, ha god omsetningsold again! lurt igjen!to be sold til salgs -
3 river
'rivə(a large stream of water flowing across country: The Thames is a river; the river Thames; the Hudson River; ( also adjective) a river animal.) elv- riversideelv--------flodIsubst. \/ˈrɪvə\/1) elv, flod• the river Amazon \/ the Amazon river2) ( overført) strømsell someone down the river ( slang) forråde noensell something down the river ofre noeup the river (amer., slang) i spjeldet, i fengselIIsubst. \/ˈraɪvə\/person som kløver noe -
4 the
ðə, ði(The form ðə is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union ðə'ju:njən; the form ði is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour ði 'onə)1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.)3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).)4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.)5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.)6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.)•- the...- the...den--------det--------joIdeterm. foran konsonant, ubetont: \/ħə\/, \/ħ\/, vokallyd, betont: \/ħɪ\/, i betydning 10: \/ħiː\/1) ( svarer til bestemt form) -en (hankjønn), -a (hunkjønn), -et (intetkjønn), -ene (flertall)2) ( med bestemt form av substantiv) den, det, de• can you see the old man?3) ( med substantivert adjektiv) den, det, dede holdt en gudstjeneste til minne om den\/de døde• which river is the deepest?4) ( som eiendomspronomen) min5) ( i of-setninger)6) ( i retningsuttrykk)7) (the foran egennavn)8) en, et• he bought a car to the amount of £20009) per• they cost £10 the piecede koster £10 per stykk \/ de koster £10 stykket• are you the Mary Lewis?er du den kjente\/berømte Mary Lewis?han forklarete årsaken, men ikke den virkelige årsaken• the wretch!• the idiots!IIadv. foraonsonantlyd: \/ħə\/ eller \/ħ\/, foran vokallyd: \/ħɪ\/1) jo..., desto, jo..., jojo før du går til sengs, jo bedre vil du føle deg2) destoall the better desto bedrenone the wiser ikke (stort) klokerethe sooner the better jo før, jo bedre
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