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61 agent
'ei‹ənt1) (a person or thing that acts: detergents and other cleaning agents.) (virke)middel2) (a person who acts for someone in business etc: our agent in London; a theatrical agent.) agent, representant3) ((especially secret agent) a spy: an agent for the Russians.) spion, agent•- agency- by/through the agency ofagentsubst. \/ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nt\/1) agent, representant, byrå2) forhandler3) middel4) virkende kraft5) årsak6) ( kjemi) agens7) ( grammatikk) agens, handlende person8) ( også secret agent) hemmelig agent, agent9) ( politikk) sekretær -
62 all-round
1) (including or applying to every part, person, thing etc: an all-round pay rise.) allsidig, allmenn2) (good at all parts of a subject etc: an all-round sportsman.) allsidigIadj. \/ˌˈɔːlraʊnd\/1) mangesidig, allsidig2) generell, universal-, ikke spesialisert3) som går helt rundtIIadv. \/ˌɔːlˈraʊnd\/hele veien (rundt), overalt, på alle måter -
63 amount
1. verb( with to)1) (to add up to: The bill amounted to $15.) beløpe seg til, komme på2) (to be equal to: Borrowing money and not returning it amounts to stealing.) være jevngodt med/det samme som, bety2. noun(a quantity, especially of money: a large amount of money in the bank.) sum, beløpbeløp--------mengde--------sumIsubst. \/əˈmaʊnt\/1) beløp, (slutt)sum• she bought furniture to the amount of £20002) mengde, masse, kvantitetdet (ekstra) bryderiet dette medfører\/medførte3) omfang, innhold, verdi• the amount of her remarks was that...budskapet hennes var egentlig at...any amount hvor lenge som helst, så mye som muligany amount of en mengde, en masse (med), massevis, haugevisno amount of uansett hvor mye, ingentingIIverb \/əˈmaʊnt\/bare i uttrykkamount to beløpe seg til, bli (til sammen)• the bill amounted to £100komme opp i, dreie seg om( overført) være det samme som, innebære, betyvære verdbli -
64 appearance
1) (what can be seen (of a person, thing etc): From his appearance he seemed very wealthy.) utseende, ytre2) (the act of coming into view or coming into a place: The thieves ran off at the sudden appearance of two policemen.) tilsynekomst, ved synet av3) (the act of coming before or presenting oneself/itself before the public or a judge etc: his first appearance on the stage.) opptreden; frammøtesubst. \/əˈpɪər(ə)ns\/1) utseende, ytre2) offentlig fremtreden, opptreden, fremmøte3) tilsynekomst, det å dukke opp4) utgivelse, det å komme ut5) ( gammeldags) foreteelse, fenomenappearances ( spesielt flertall) det ytre, skinnetappearances are deceptive skinnet bedrargive the appearance of eller have the appearance of se ut til å gi skinn av, late somgo by appearances eller judge by appearance dømme etter det ytre\/fasadenin appearance ytre sett slik det ser utkeep up appearances holde på formen, vokte fasadenmake an appearance gjøre en kort opptreden, være til stede en kort stundmake one's appearance dukke opp, vise seg, opptremake one's first appearance (teater e.l.)debutereput in a personal appearance foreta en personlig henvendelse -
65 approval
noun (the act or state of agreeing to or being pleased with (a person, thing etc): This proposal meets with my approval.) godkjenning, bifall, samtykkegodkjenningsubst. \/əˈpruːv(ə)l\/1) godkjenning2) anerkjennelse, bifall, samtykkemeet with approval bli godkjent, vinne bifallseal of approval se ➢ sealstamp of approval se ➢ stamp -
66 approve
ə'pru:v1) ((often with of) to be pleased with or think well of (a person, thing etc): I approve of your decision.) godkjenne, bifalle2) (to agree to (something): The committee approved the plan.) godkjenne, samtykke i•- approval- on approvalgodkjenneverb \/əˈpruːv\/1) godkjenne, bifalle2) like, vurdere positivt3) gå med på, samtykke i en avgjørelse4) ( gammeldags) vise seg (å være)approve of like godkjenne, bifalle, samtykke i uttrykke sympati for -
67 around
1. preposition, adverb1) (on all sides of or in a circle about (a person, thing etc): Flowers grew around the tree; They danced around the fire; There were flowers all around.) rundt (omkring)2) (here and there (in a house, room etc): Clothes had been left lying around (the house); I wandered around.) rundt omkring2. preposition(near to (a time, place etc): around three o'clock.) rundt, omkring3. adverb1) (in the opposite direction: Turn around!) rundt2) (near-by: If you need me, I'll be somewhere around.) i nærhetenomkring--------omtrent--------vedIadv. \/əˈraʊnd\/1) rundt, rundt omkring2) på alle kanter, til alle sider3) omtrent, cirka (om tid, antall e.l.)4) som er aktiv, som holder på, som eksistererall around overaltbe up and around (særlig amer.) være oppe, være på fartenhave been around ( hverdagslig) være erfaren, ha vært med på litt av hvert, ha livserfaringhan har reist en hel del, han har sett det mesteIIprep. \/əˈraʊnd\/1) rundt, omkring2) i nærheten, like ved3) om4) rundt omkring i5) ( om bevegelse) rundt omkring, fra sted til stedaround the clock døgnet rundt, hele døgnet -
68 arrival
1) (the act of arriving: I was greeted by my sister on my arrival.) ankomst, framkomst2) (a person, thing etc that has arrived: I wish he would stop calling our baby the new arrival.) nykommer, nyankommen (person)subst. \/əˈraɪv(ə)l\/1) ankomst, fremkomst2) oppkomst, tilvekst3) nykommer, nylig ankommeten nykomling, et nytt familemedlemarrivals ( samferdsel) ankommende passasjerer (fra fly, tog e.l.)fresh arrivals nyankomne (personer)on arrival ved ankomst, ved fremkomstento await arrival ( på brev) skal ikke ettersendes -
69 article
1) (a thing or an object: This shop sells articles of all kinds; articles of clothing.) vare, artikkel2) (a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine: He has written an article on the new sports centre for a local magazine.) artikkel3) (the (the definite article) or a/an (the indefinite article).) (bestemt/ubestemt) artikkelartikkel--------klausul--------tingIsubst. \/ˈɑːtɪkl\/1) ting, gjenstand2) ( handel) vare, artikkel3) (i avis, blad e.l.) artikkel4) (jus, om dokumenter) artikkel, ledd, paragraf, bestemmelse5) ( grammatikk) artikkelarticle of clothing klesplaggarticle of faith trosartikkelarticles avtale, kontraktsperiode (for utdanningsstilling for jurist, arkitekt e.l.) ( sjøfart) hyrearticles of apprenticeship lærlingkontrakt, lærekontraktarticles of association vedtekterarticles of food matvarerhousehold articles husholdningsutstyr, husholdningsgjenstander, husholdningsartiklerin articles i læreserve one's articles gå i læretake articles skaffe seg praksis, gå i lære (hos advokat e.l.)the Thirty-Nine Articles de 39 artiklene (trosbekjennelsen i den anglikanske kirke)IIverb \/ˈɑːtɪkl\/( oftest be articled) knytte til seg (person til utdanningsstilling for jurist, arkitekt eller lignende)articled clerk trainee, praktikant (f.eks. jurist på advokatkontor)be articled to ( om lege- eller advokatpraksis) være tilknyttet -
70 at
æt( showing)1) (position: They are not at home; She lives at 33 Forest Road) på, i, ved, hos2) (direction: He looked at her; She shouted at the boys.) på, til, mot, etter3) (time: He arrived at ten o'clock; The children came at the sound of the bell.) på, i, ved, da...4) (state or occupation: The countries are at war; She is at work.) i, på, ved5) (pace or speed: He drove at 120 kilometres per hour.) i6) (cost: bread at $1.20 a loaf.) til, for•- at allvedprep. \/æt\/, trykksvak: \/ət\/1) ( om sted) på, ved, i, til, hos• when does Sybil arrive at Bath?2) (om retning, mål) på, til, etter, mot• do you wanna go for a drive and look at the view?• he didn't speak, he just smiled at themhan sa ikke noe, han bare smilte til dem3) ( om tid) ved, på, i, samtidig• see you at five thirty, thenda sees vi halv seks, davi reiser på fjellet i påsken\/ved påsketider• at first, she hesitated• she changed her mind at the last moment, at the age of ninetyhun ombestemte seg i siste øyeblikk, da hun var nitti4) (om måte, tilstand) i, på, med, til5) ( om pris) for, til• I got it at $56) etter, i henhold til7) ( om anledning) over, på, av, ved• somewhat shocked at his doing such a thing, they laughed at himde lo av ham, lettere sjokkert over at han kunne gjøre noe sånt8) ( EDB) \@, krøllalfaat last til slutt, endeligat least i det minsteat most i beste fallat once med en gang, straksat that ( hverdagslig) dessuten, på kjøpet, med detbe at it være i gang, holde på med noebe at someone være på noen, være etter noenbe at something holde på med noe• what is she at?be good at something være god i noe, være flink til noewhere it's at ( slang) (sted) der ting skjer, stedet -
71 attribute
1. ə'tribjut verb1) (to think of as being written, made etc by: The play is attributed to Shakespeare.) tillegge, tilskrive2) (to think of as being caused by: He attributed his illness to the cold weather.) gi skylden for, forklare med2. noun(a quality that is a particular part of a person or thing: Intelligence is not one of his attributes.) egenskap, kvalitetattributtIsubst. \/ˈætrɪbjuːt\/1) attributt, kjennetegn, egenskap2) ( grammatikk) attributt, bestemmelse3) (filosofi, teologi) grunnegenskap4) ( logikk) attributtattribute of egenskap ved, kjennetegn vedIIverb \/əˈtrɪbjuːt\/tilskrive, tilleggeattribute something to somebody tillegge noen noe -
72 auction
'o:kʃən 1. noun(a public sale in which each thing is sold to the person who offers the highest price: They held an auction; He sold the house by auction.) auksjon2. verb(to sell something in this way: He auctioned all his furniture before emigrating.) auksjonere; selge på auksjonIsubst. \/ˈɔːkʃ(ə)n\/1) auksjon2) (kortspill, spesielt bridge) meldingsrundeauction (bridge) ( kortspill) auksjonsbridgesell by auction eller put up for\/to auction selge på auksjonIIverb \/ˈɔːkʃ(ə)n\/auksjonereauction off auksjonere bort, selge ved auksjon -
73 avoid
ə'void(to keep away from (a place, person or thing): He drove carefully to avoid the holes in the road; Avoid the subject of money.) unngåsky--------unngåverb \/əˈvɔɪd\/1) unnvike, unngå, holde seg på avstand fra, holde seg fra2) ( jus) avkrefte, gjøre ugyldigavoid doing something unngå å gjøre noe -
74 away
ə'wei1) (to or at a distance from the person speaking or the person or thing spoken about: He lives three miles away (from the town); Go away!; Take it away!) bort(e)2) (in the opposite direction: She turned away so that he would not see her tears.) bort, vekk, unna3) ((gradually) into nothing: The noise died away.) (dø) bort4) (continuously: They worked away until dark.) i vei, uten stans5) ((of a football match etc) not on the home ground: The team is playing away this weekend; ( also adjective) an away match.) borte(kamp)fortaptIsubst. \/əˈweɪ\/( sport) bortekampIIadj. \/əˈweɪ\/1) ( sport) borte-2) i gangIIIadv. \/əˈweɪ\/1) bort, i vei, sin vei2) fra seg, til sides, ut av veien3) bort(e), på avstand, unna4) borte, på bortebane (sport), ikke her5) videre, på• come on, work away!kom igjen, jobb videre!6) langt7) uten å nøleaway (with)! bort (med)!, vekk (med)!, ut (med)!far and away eller out and away langt (på vei), uten sammenlikning, helt klart, absoluttstraight\/right away med det samme, med en gang -
75 axis
'æksisplural - axes; noun1) (the real or imaginary line on which a thing turns (as the axis of the earth, from North Pole to South Pole, around which the earth turns).) akse2) (a fixed line used as a reference, as in a graph: He plotted the temperatures on the horizontal axis.) akseakse--------akselsubst. (flertall: axes) \/ˈæksɪs\/, i flertall: \/ˈæksiːz\/(matematikk, fysikk eller politikk) akse -
76 back
bæk 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) rygg2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) rygg3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) bakside, bakerste del4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) back2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) bak-, bakre; rygg-3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) tilbake, igjen2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) bakover, vekk3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) tilbake4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) igjen5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) tilbake til4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) rygge2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) støtte; bakke opp3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) satse (penger) på, holde på•- backer- backbite
- backbiting
- backbone
- backbreaking
- backdate
- backfire
- background
- backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) bakhånds-, skrevet med steilskrift- backlog- back-number
- backpack
- backpacking: go backpacking
- backpacker
- backside
- backslash
- backstroke
- backup
- backwash
- backwater
- backyard
- back down
- back of
- back on to
- back out
- back up
- have one's back to the wall
- put someone's back up
- take a back seatbakside--------rygg--------ryggrad--------tilbakeIsubst. \/bæk\/1) rygg, ryggrad2) bakside, bakre del, borteste del3) bakgrunn4) ( sport) back (forsvarsspiller i bakre rekke)arch one's back ( om katt) skyte ryggat the back of ( også overført) bakat the back of beyond i en avkrok, utenfor folkeskikkenback of the head nakke, bakhodeback to front bak frembehind someone's back bak ryggen på noenbreak somebody's back ( overført) overanstrenge noen, ta knekken på noenbreak the back of something gjøre unna det vanskeligste ved noeget off somebody's back ( hverdagslig) slutte å trakassere noen, slutte å mase på noen, slutte å plage noen• get off my back!be glad to see the back of somebody\/something være glad for å bli kvitt noen\/noehave at the back of oneself eller have at one's back ha bak seg, ha støtte i, ha i ryggenknow something like the back of one's hand kjenne noe som sin egen bukselommemake a back for somebody ( om å hoppe bukk) stå bukk for noenbe on one's back ligge sykon the back of that ( hverdagslig) i tillegg til detpat oneself on the back klappe seg selv på skulderen, rose seg selvpat somebody on the back ( overført) gi noen en klapp på skulderenput\/get someone's back up ( hverdagslig) ergre noen, få noen til å reise bustput one's back into something sette alt inn på noeshort back and sides ( om hår) kort i nakken og på sideneturn one's back (up)on vende ryggen tilturn one's back (up)on somebody vende noen ryggen, la noen i stikkenturn one's back (up)on something lukke øynene for noe, ikke ville se noe ta avstand fra noewith one's back to the wall ( overført) med ryggen mot veggenIIverb \/bæk\/1) gå baklengs, rygge2) støtte (moralsk eller økonomisk)• if you want to get an education, I'll back you all the way3) ligge bak, danne bakgrunn for4) ( musikk) akkompagnere5) holde på, spille på, satse på6) skrive bakpå, endossere, kontrasignere7) sette rygg på, sette bakside på, bekleback away gå tilbake, dra seg unnaback down trekke tilbake (påstand eller krav), gi seg, vike unna, gi etterback off dra seg unna, rygge gi seg, slutte å angripe trekke tilbake (påstand eller krav)back on to ligge bak, ligge med baksiden motback out (of) gå baklengs ut (av) trekke seg ut (av), hoppe av (fra), stikke av (fra)back the wrong horse ( overført) satse på feil hestback up underbygge, styrkedu har ingenting som kan underbygge ditt utsagn støtte, hjelperygge, bakke( EDB) sikkerhetskopiere, gjenopprette ( om trafikk) lage køoversvømme, akkumulereback water\/the oars skåte bakke utIIIadj. \/bæk\/1) bak-, bakre, rygg-2) avsides(liggende), elendig3) omvendt, bak-, mot-4) resterende, etterskudds-in the back rooms ( hverdagslig) bak kulisseneIVadv. \/bæk\/1) bakover, tilbake2) tilbake, igjen, til gjengjeld3) på avstand, bort4) (amer., sport) etterback and forth frem og tilbakeback of (amer.) bakcall back ( telekommunikasjon) ringe tilbakego back (up)on one's word bryte sitt ord -
77 ban
bæn 1. noun(an order that a certain thing may not be done: a ban on smoking.) forbud, bann(lysing)2. verb(to forbid: The government banned publication of his book.) forby, lyse i bannforbyIsubst. \/bæn\/1) forbud2) ( historisk) bannlysing3) ( foreldet) forbannelsea ban on something et forbud mot noelift the ban (opp)heve forbudetput a ban on something forby noeIIverb \/bæn\/1) forby, bannlyse2) ( foreldet) forbanne -
78 barter
1. verb(to trade by giving (one thing) in exchange (for another): The bandits bartered gold for guns.) bytte(handle)2. noun(goods used in bartering: Some tribes use sea-shells as barter.) bytteobjektbyttehandelIsubst. \/ˈbɑːtə\/byttehandel, bytte, bytteobjektbarter economy naturalhusholdningIIverb \/ˈbɑːtə\/1) drive byttehandel2) bytte, bytte ut, bytte bortbarter away bytte bort, tuske bortbarter something for something else bytte bort noe mot noe annetget something by barter bytte seg til noe -
79 basis
'beisisplural - bases; noun(that on which a thing rests or is founded: This idea is the basis of my argument.) grunnlag, basisgrunnlagsubst. (flertall: bases) \/ˈbeɪsɪs\/, flertall: \/ˈbeɪsiːz\/basis, grunnlag, utgangspunktbasis for calculation beregningsgrunnlagform the basis of\/for danne grunnlaget forlegal basis ( jus) rettsgrunnlagon a commission basis på provisjonsbasison a shaky basis eller on an unsound basis på sviktende grunnlagon the basis of på basis\/grunnlag av -
80 bastion
(a person, place or thing which acts as a defence: He's one of the last bastions of the old leisurely way of life.) bastion, festningsubst. \/ˈbæstɪən\/bastion
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