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1 sweep under the carpet
(to avoid facing, or dealing with (an unpleasant situation etc) by pretending it does not exist.) feie under teppet -
2 sweep
swi:p 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) feie, koste, sope2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) feie, koste; rive med3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) gå/feie over; hjemsøke4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) feie, suse, skride2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) feiing, kosting, soping2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) feiende bevegelse, sving3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) (skorsteins)feier4) (a sweepstake.) lotteri•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep upsopeIsubst. \/swiːp\/1) feiing, soping, måking2) feiende bevegelse, sveip, drag, strøk, kast, sving3) (skorsteins)feier, gatefeier4) ( i terreng) (lang) strekning, bredt område, lang skråning, lang kurve, lang rad5) rekkevidde, synsvidde, omfang, spennvidde6) ( sjøfart og militærvesen) paravane, minesveiper, minesveiping, patruljering, finkjemming7) ( sport) storseier, brakseier, erobring, seier i samtlige øvelser8) ( kortspill) rent bord, slem9) brønnvippe, styreåre, vindmøllevinge10) usling, lømmelat one sweep eller in one sweep på en gang, i ett (eneste) sveipmake a clean sweep gjøre rent bord(carriage) sweep svinget innkjørsel, svinget oppkjørsela sweep of one's hand en feiende håndbevegelsesweep of shoulder skulderbreddesweep of the oar åretaksweeps det som er feid oppwithin the sweep of something innen noens rekkeviddeII1) feie, sope2) ( om vær og vind) feie (over), feie langs, suse, fare over, slå, skylle3) ( overført) herje, fare herjende frem over, ta med storm, feie (gjennom)4) gli raskt, fare over, suse over, komme farende, jage5) skride frem, seile frem6) ( om kyst e.l.) strekke seg, utbre seg, bøye av7) ( også overført) gjennomsøke, sveipe, dregge, feie rent8) stryke, røre, kjærtegne, gli over (om blikk)9) ( sport e.l.) vinne overlegent, vinne alle grener, vinne alle klasser10) ( militærvesen) bestrykebe swept off one's feet ( overført) bli revet med, bli begeistret, bli tatt med storm bli kastet over endesweep along trekke med segsweep aside feie\/føyse til sidesweep away eller sweep off sope\/skylle vekk, feie med seg, feie unna ( overført også) avskaffe, rydde av veiensweep clean feie (rent)sweep down feie ned, feie utsweep out feie ut, feie rentsweep the board gjøre rent bordsweep up feie opp, skrape sammenswept of tom for, tømt for -
3 carpet
1. noun(a woven covering for floors etc.) teppe, løper2. verb(to cover with a carpet: They haven't carpeted the floor yet.) legge teppe på, dekke med teppeteppeIsubst. \/ˈkɑːpɪt\/1) (gulv)teppe, løper2) veidekke3) ( overført) teppe, dekke, matteAxminster eller Axminster carpet axminster(teppe) (gulvteppe, opprinnelig håndknyttet fra Axminsterbe on the carpet ( overført) være på tapetet, være under overveielse bli irettesatt, bli kalt inn på teppetgive somebody the red carpet treatment ( hverdagslig) rulle ut den røde løperen for noenhave somebody on the carpet kalle noen inn på teppet, gi noen kjeft, gi noen en overhalingpull the carpet from under somebody ( overført) få noen til å miste fotfestet, gjøre situasjonen vanskelig for noensweep something under the carpet ( overført) feie noe under teppetIIverb \/ˈkɑːpɪt\/1) legge teppe på, dekke med et teppe2) ( hverdagslig) gi noen en irettesettelse, gi noen en overhaling, kalle noen inn på teppet -
4 rug
1) (a mat for the floor; a small carpet.) gulvteppe2) ((also travelling-rug) a thick usually patterned blanket for keeping one warm when travelling.) (reise)pleddrye--------teppesubst. \/rʌɡ\/1) rye, lite teppe, matte2) teppe, pledd3) dekke, (til hest eller hund)4) (amer., spøkefullt) tupé, parykk5) (slang, om kvinnelig kjønnshår) matte, kvast, duskbedside rug sengeforleggercut a rug (amer., hverdagslig) svinge seg, danse energiskpull the rug (out) from under slå beina vekk underrug oneself up pakke seg selv inn (i pledd, tykke klær e.l.)sweep something under the rug feie noe under teppet
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