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1 cause
ko:z 1. noun1) (something or someone that produces an effect or result: Having no money is the cause of all my misery.) årsak2) (a reason for an action; a motive: You had no cause to treat your wife so badly.) grunn3) (an aim or concern for which an individual or group works: cancer research and other deserving causes; in the cause of peace.) sak2. verb(to make (something) happen; to bring about; to be the means of: What caused the accident?; He caused me to drop my suitcase.) forårsake, få til å, bringe til, påføreforårsake--------grunn--------kampanje--------årsakIsubst. \/kɔːz\/1) årsak, grunn, foranledning2) sak3) ( jus) sak, rettsspørsmålbe the original cause of gi støtet tilcause and effect årsak og virkningcause of action ( jus) søksmålsgrunnlag, saksgrunnlagcause of death ( jus) dødsårsakefficient cause bevirkende årsak, grunnenlist in a cause arbeide ivrig for en sak, engasjere seg i en sakenlist somebody in a cause vinne noen for en (god) sakfight a just cause kjempe for en rettferdig sakjust cause ( jus) skjellig grunn, rimelig grunnmake common cause with gjøre felles sak med• they used to be adversaries but now they made common cause with each otherfør var de motstandere, men nå gjorde de felles sakplead a cause føre en sak, prosedereplead somebody's cause ( også jus) snakke for noen, tale noens saksmall cause for something liten grunn til noeshow cause ( jus) anføre skjellig grunnwithout cause uten foranledning, umotivert, ubegrunnetIIverb \/kɔːz\/1) forårsake, foranledige, være årsak til, fremkalle, volde, medføre, føre til, skape, bevirke, bringe, avstedkomme2) tilføre, påføre3) få til åcause something to be done sørge for at noe blir gjortcause trouble to somebody skape vanskeligheter for noen -
2 poor
puə 1. adjective1) (having little money or property: She is too poor to buy clothes for the children; the poor nations of the world.) fattig2) (not good; of bad quality: His work is very poor; a poor effort.) dårlig, elendig, skral3) (deserving pity: Poor fellow!) stakkars•- poorness- poorly 2. adjective(ill: He is very poorly.) dårlig, skraldårlig--------fattig--------stakkars--------usseladj. \/pɔː\/, \/pʊə\/1) fattig, arm2) knapp, mager, elendig, dårlig, ussel, ynkelig3) stakkars• poor fellow!• poor me!4) (hverdagslig, om avdød) saligbe poor at something være dårlig i noepoor in something som mangler noe, som er dårlig utstyrt med noe -
3 ridiculous
rə'dikjuləs 1. adjective(very silly; deserving to be laughed at: That's a ridiculous suggestion; You look ridiculous in that hat!) latterlig, meningsløs- ridiculousness
- ridicule 2. noun(laughter at someone or something; mockery: Despite the ridicule of his neighbours he continued to build a spaceship in his garden.) latterliggjøringabsurd--------latterligadj. \/rɪˈdɪkjʊləs\/tåpelig, latterlig, tullete, meningsløsmake oneself ridiculous gjøre seg til latter -
4 laugh at
(to make it obvious that one regards something or someone as humorous, ridiculous or deserving scorn: Everyone will laugh at me if I wear that dress!; The others laughed at his fears.) le av
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