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1 speaking
1) (involving speech: a speaking part in a play.) tale-, taling, snakk(ing)2) (used in speech: a pleasant speaking voice.) tale-Isubst. \/ˈspiːkɪŋ\/snakk(ing), tale, talingin a manner of speaking for å si det slikIIadj. \/ˈspiːkɪŋ\/1) talende, som snakker, som taler, tale-2) ( om språk) -talende3) ( overført) talende, slående, uttrykksfullhun ga henne et talende\/uttrykksfullt blikkspeaking acquaintance tilfeldig\/flyktig bekjentskapspeaking portrait et bilde med stor portrettlikhet -
2 general
'‹enərəl 1. adjective1) (of, involving etc all, most or very many people, things etc: The general feeling is that he is stupid; His general knowledge is good although he is not good at mathematics.) alminnelig, generell2) (covering a large number of cases: a general rule.) alminnelig, hoved-3) (without details: I'll just give you a general idea of the plan.) generell, helhets-4) ((as part of an official title) chief: the Postmaster General.) general-, hoved-2. noun(in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below field marshal: General Smith.) general- generalise
- generalization
- generalisation
- generally
- General Certificate of Education
- general election
- general practitioner
- general store
- as a general rule
- in general
- the general publicallmenn--------alminnelig--------general--------generellIsubst. \/ˈdʒen(ə)r(ə)l\/1) ( militærvesen) general, hærfører, feltherre• good\/bad general2) ( kirkelig) (religiøst) overhode3) (hverdagslig, medisin) narkose, totalbedøvelse4) (gammeldags, hverdagslig) tjenestepikegenerals allmenne begreper, allmenne prinsipperIIadj. \/ˈdʒen(ə)r(ə)l\/1) generell, allmenn, utbredt, vanlig2) omtrentlig3) helhets-, total-4) general-, hoved-5) general-, over-6) ( militærvesen) general(s)as a general rule generelt, som regel, som oftest, gjerneas a general thing i allmennhet, i det store og det helegeneral economic conditions generelle økonomiske betingelsergeneral expenses generelle utgifter, administrasjonsutgiftergeneral post (delivery) morgenpostthe general public den store allmennheten, folk flestthe general reader den vanlige leser, de fleste leseregeneral reserves hovedreserve(speaking) in a general way i allmennhet, i det store og det helein general generelt, som regel, som oftest, gjernein general terms med generelle begreperin general use i vanlig bruk, i normal brukin the general interest av generell interesse
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