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1 smokescreen
1) (a cloud of smoke used to conceal the movements of troops etc.) rökridå2) (something intended to conceal one's activities etc.) rökridå -
2 screen
n. skärm; tv-ruta; vindruta; anslagstavla; såll; filmduk, film; mask; fasad; ridå; filter; raster--------v. dölja (bakom en skärm, bakom rök etc.); visa (på bio); sikta, sålla, sortera; skärma av; skydda; utstråla; filma* * *[skri:n] 1. noun1) (a flat, movable, often folding, covered framework for preventing a person etc from being seen, for decoration, or for protection from heat, cold etc: Screens were put round the patient's bed; a tapestry fire-screen.) skärm2) (anything that so protects etc a person etc: He hid behind the screen of bushes; a smokescreen.) ridå, mur3) (the surface on which films or television pictures appear: cinema/television/radar screen.) duk, skärm2. verb1) (to hide, protect or shelter: The tall grass screened him from view.) skydda, skyla, dölja2) (to make or show a cinema film.) filma, spela in, visa på bio (i tv)3) (to test for loyalty, reliability etc.) undersöka, testa, skaffa upplysningar om4) (to test for a disease: Women should be regularly screened for cancer.) undersöka•- the screen -
3 smoke
n. rök; bloss; cigarett, cigarr (slang)--------v. röka* * *[sməuk] 1. noun1) (the cloudlike gases and particles of soot given off by something which is burning: Smoke was coming out of the chimney; He puffed cigarette smoke into my face.) rök2) (an act of smoking (a cigarette etc): I came outside for a smoke.) rök, bloss2. verb1) (to give off smoke.) ryka2) (to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc): I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars.) röka3) (to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke.) röka•- smoked- smokeless
- smoker
- smoking
- smoky
- smoke detector
- smokescreen
- go up in smoke
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