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1 egg
I eɡ noun1) (an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched: The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest.) egg2) (such an object laid by a hen, used as food: Would you rather have boiled, fried or scrambled eggs?) egg3) (in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; the ovum: The egg is fertilized by the male sperm.) egg(celle)•- egg-cup- eggplant
- eggshell
- put all one's eggs in one basket
- teach one's grandmother to suck eggs II eɡ- egg onegg--------eggcelleIsubst. \/eɡ\/eggas sure as eggs is\/are eggs ( hverdagslig) så sikkert som at to og to er fire, så sikkert som amen i kirkenbad egg råttent egg ( gammeldags) drittsekkdon't teach your grandmother to suck eggs er det egget som vil lære høna å verpe?, kom ikke her og fortell meg hva jeg skal gjørefree-range eggs egg fra frittgående hønergo suck an egg! (amer.) dra dit pepper'n gror!in the egg i sin (spede) begynnelse, i sin vordenkill the goose that lay the golden egg sage av den grenen man sitter pålay an egg ( spesielt amerikansk slang) bli\/gjøre fiasko, dumme seg fullstendig utput\/have all one's eggs in one basket sette alt på ett kortsit on eggs ( om fugler) rugetread on eggs bevege seg på tynn iswith egg on one's face ( hverdagslig) med skjegget i postkassaIIverb \/eɡ\/eggeegg somebody on egge noen, utfordre noen -
2 brood
bru:d 1. verb1) ((of birds) to sit on eggs.) ruge2) (to think (about something) anxiously for some time: There's no point in brooding about what happened.) sture2. noun(the number of young hatched at one time.) ungeflokk/-skokk, kull, avkomavkom--------yngelIsubst. \/bruːd\/1) ( mest om fugleunger) kull, avkom2) barneflokk (i en familie)3) ( overført) skokk, flokk, sverm, gruppeIIverb \/bruːd\/1) ruge, klekke2) ( overført) gruble, rugebrood on\/over ruge på\/over, gruble på\/over -
3 by
1. preposition1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) ved siden av, hos, (like) ved2) (past: going by the house.) forbi3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) gjennom, langs, over, om4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) av (ble truffet av en stein)5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) med, i6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) ved7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) seinest, innen8) (during the time of.) i, ved9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) med10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) ganger11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) per/pr., (bunt)vis12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) av2. adverb1) (near: They stood by and watched.) (like) ved2) (past: A dog ran by.) forbi3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) til side•- bypass 3. verb(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) kjøre om, lede/føre om- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the wayetter--------ifølgeIsubst. \/baɪ\/ eller bye( kortspill) passby the by eller by the bye apropos, forrestenIIverb \/baɪ\/( kortspill) passe, melde passIIIadv. \/baɪ\/1) i nærheten, ved siden av, inntil2) forbi3) vekk, til side, i reserveby and by snart, senere, om en stundby and large i det store og hele, stort settIVprep. \/baɪ\/, \/bɪ\/, \/bə\/1) ( i passiv) av2) ( i uttrykk om middel eller årsak) av, ved, med, gjennom, i, på• what do you mean by that?3) ( i tidsuttrykk) i, ved, senest, før, til, innen, da, på4) ( om sted og person) ved, ved siden av, hos5) per• you must pay £100 by the daydu må betale 100 £ per dag6) om• by dayom dagen \/ på dagtid7) langs (med), forbi, om, over, via, gjennom8) ( i uttrykk som innebærer bevegelse) inntil, til9) medprisen steg med 10 %10) i, per, etter11) ganger, og12) for, etter, om13) ( i uttrykk som innebærer overensstemmelse) i følge, etter (å dømme)14) ( i uttrykk som innebærer forhold) mot, overfor15) av, ved, underby and by litt etter litt, etter hvertby no means se ➢ meansby the by eller by the way apropos, forrestenby this på den måten
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