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1 surprising
adjective (likely to cause surprise: surprising news; It is not surprising that he resigned.) overraskende, forbausendeadj. \/səˈpraɪzɪŋ\/overraskende, forbausende -
2 extraordinary
ik'stro:dənəri(surprising; unusual: What an extraordinary thing to say!; She wears the most extraordinary clothes.) usedvanlig, ekstraordinærtusedvanligIsubst. \/ɪkˈstrɔːd(ə)nərɪ\/forklaring: noe som kommer i tilleggextraordinaries ting utenom det vanlige ( militærvesen) ekstrautgifterIIadj. \/ɪkˈstrɔːd(ə)nərɪ\/1) særskilt, tilfeldig2) ekstraordinær, overordentlig, usedvanlig3) merkverdig, besynderlig, eiendommelighow extraordinary! så rart!, det var merkelig!, så besynderlig! -
3 greet
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4 should
ʃudnegative short form - shouldn't; verb1) (past tense of shall: I thought I should never see you again.) ville2) (used to state that something ought to happen, be done etc: You should hold your knife in your right hand; You shouldn't have said that.) burde, skulle3) (used to state that something is likely to happen etc: If you leave now, you should arrive there by six o'clock.) burde, skulle4) (used after certain expressions of sorrow, surprise etc: I'm surprised you should think that.) ville5) (used after if to state a condition: If anything should happen to me, I want you to remember everything I have told you today.) skulle6) ((with I or we) used to state that a person wishes something was possible: I should love to go to France (if only I had enough money).) skulle/vil(le) gjerne7) (used to refer to an event etc which is rather surprising: I was just about to get on the bus when who should come along but John, the very person I was going to visit.) skulleverb \/ʃʊd\/, trykksvakt: \/ʃəd\/ (pret. av) shallskulle, burde, bør• how should I know? -
5 surprise
1. noun((the feeling caused by) something sudden or unexpected: His statement caused some surprise; Your letter was a pleasant surprise; There were some nasty surprises waiting for her when she returned; He stared at her in surprise; To my surprise the door was unlocked; ( also adjective) He paid them a surprise visit.) overraskelse, forbauselse2. verb1) (to cause to feel surprise: The news surprised me.) overraske, forbause2) (to lead, by means of surprise, into doing something: Her sudden question surprised him into betraying himself.) få/narre til å gjøre3) (to find, come upon, or attack, without warning: They surprised the enemy from the rear.) overraske•- surprising
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- take by surpriseoverraskeIsubst. \/səˈpraɪz\/1) overraskelse2) forbauselse, forundringsurprise attack overraskelsesangrep, overrumplingtake by surprise overrumple, overraske, ta på fersk gjerningIIverb \/səˈpraɪz\/1) overraske2) forbause, forundre• you surprise me!• I should not be surprised if...det skulle ikke forundre meg om...3) overrumple, komme over, gripe4) lokke, forlede, villedebe surprised at være forbauset oversurprise someone into doing something forlede noen til å gjøre noe -
6 weightiness
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7 make heavy weather of
(to find surprising difficulty in doing: He said he'd finish the job in half an hour, but he's making rather heavy weather of it.) synes at noe er vanskelig -
8 no wonder
(it isn't surprising: No wonder you couldn't open the door - it was locked!) (det er) ikke rart, intet under
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