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1 relate
rə'leit 1. verb1) (to tell (a story etc): He related all that had happened to him.) fortelle, berette2) ((with to) to be about, concerned or connected with: Have you any information relating to the effect of penicillin on mice?) sette i/ha sammenheng med, vedrøre3) ((with to) to behave towards: He finds it difficult to relate normally to his mother.) ha omgang med•- related- relation
- relationship
- relative 2. adjective1) (compared with something else, or with each other, or with a situation in the past etc: the relative speeds of a car and a train; She used to be rich but now lives in relative poverty.) forholdsvis, relativ2) ((of a pronoun, adjective or clause) referring back to something previously mentioned: the girl who sang the song; the girl who sang the song.) relativt (pronomen)•verb \/rɪˈleɪt\/1) berette, fortelle2) sette i sammenheng, være i sammenheng, relatererelate to stå i forbindelse med, gjelde, angå føle med, se på med sympatisk forståelse, kjenne seg igjen i• I can relate to that actress, I get nervous myselfjeg føler med den skuespillerinnen, jeg blir nervøs selvrelating to angående, vedrørendestrange to relate merkelig nok• strange to relate, I met him again in Paris -
2 strange
strein‹1) (not known, seen etc before; unfamiliar or foreign: What would you do if you found a strange man in your house?; Whenever you're in a strange country, you should take the opportunity of learning the language.) fremmed, ukjent2) (unusual, odd or queer: She had a strange look on her face; a strange noise.) rar, merkelig, underlig•- strangeness
- stranger
- strange to say/tell/relate
- strangely enoughmerkeligadj. \/streɪn(d)ʒ\/1) fremmed, ukjent, ny2) rar, merkelig, underlig, eiendommelig, merkverdig, snodig, besynderlig3) uvanlig, sjelden4) avmålt, reservert5) ( gammeldags) utenlandskfact\/truth is stranger than fiction virkeligheten overgår ofte fantasienfeel strange føle seg ille til mote føle seg uvel, føle seg dårligstranger things have happened underligere ting har hendt (derfor er ikke dette umulig å tro på)strange to ukjent med, ikke kjenne tiluvant med, ikke familiærstrange to say merkelig nok, underlig nok -
3 strange to say/tell/relate
(surprisingly: Strange to say, he did pass his exam after all.) merkelig nok
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