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41 business
'biznis1) (occupation; buying and selling: Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.) yrke, forretning(er); handel; bransje2) (a shop, a firm: He owns his own business.) butikk, forretning, bedrift3) (concern: Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).) oppgave, sak•- businessman
- on businessarbeid--------butikk--------forretning--------forretningsaktivitet--------jobb--------yrkesubst. (i flertall: businesses) \/ˈbɪznəs\/1) handel, forretningsliv, forretningsvirksomhet2) foretak, firma, butikk, forretningstarte for seg selv\/begynne egen forretning3) bransje, yrke, arbeid4) oppgave, gjøremål, ærend, sak, arbeid5) sak, anliggende, affære, historie (hverdagslig, ofte nedsettende)6) ( teaterfag) spill7) ( hverdagslig) prostitusjonattend to one's business eller go about one's business stelle med sitt, passe sine egne sakerbe in business for oneself drive for seg selv, være selvstendig næringsdrivende, drive egen forretningbe out of business være arbeidsløs, være uten arbeidbig business storkapitalenbusiness as usual alt går som vanligcome on business ha et ærenddo a good business gjøre gode forretningerdo a good stroke of business gjøre en god handel\/forretning• Emily bought an antique watch at a low price, and felt that she did a good stroke of businessEmily kjøpte en antikk klokke veldig billig og følte at hun hadde gjort en god handeldo business gjøre forretningerdo one's business (hverdagslig, om hund eller baby) gjøre stort, gjøre sitt fornødnefunny business humbug, lureri, triks, knepget down to business komme til sakengo into business gå handelsveien, gå forretningsveienhave no business to do something ikke ha noen rett til å gjøre noelike nobody's business ( hverdagslig) som bare detmean business ( hverdagslig) mene alvormind your own business! ( hverdagslig) pass dine egne saker!a nasty business en stygg historieon business i forretninger, på forretningsreiseother business ( på dagsorden) eventuelta piece of business en forretning, en handelput on business øke omsetningen• perhaps we should reduce prices to put on business?put out of business utkonkurrere, slå konkurssend a person about his business ( gammeldags) avfeie noen, vise noen vinterveienthe whole business hele greia, alt sammen• I'm sick of the whole business. I just want to go homejeg er lei av hele greia. Jeg vil bare hjem -
42 clock
klok 1. noun1) (an instrument for measuring time, but not worn on the wrist like a watch: We have five clocks in our house; an alarm clock (= a clock with a ringing device for waking one up in the morning).) klokke, ur2) (an instrument for measuring speed of a vehicle or distance travelled by a vehicle: My car has 120,000 miles on the clock.) (-)måler, speedometer2. verb(to register (a time) on a stopwatch etc.) ta tida (på)- clockwork
- clock in
- out/on
- off
- clock up
- like clockwork
- round the clockklokke--------urIsubst. \/klɒk\/1) klokke, ur2) ( hverdagslig) måler, taksameter, speedometer, stemplingsur, stemplingsklokke, kontrollur3) ( slang) fjes, tryne, ansiktbeat the clock ( hverdagslig) fullføre før tiden er ute, bli ferdig før tidenby the clock etter klokken, ifølge klokkenclean someone's clock (amer., hverdagslig) gi noen juling, banke noen, overgå noenround the clock eller around the clock døgnet rundtsleep the clock round sove rundtturn\/put back the clock eller turn\/put the clock back ( overført) stille klokken tilbake, snu utviklingen tilbakework against the clock arbeide om kapp med tidenIIsubst. \/klɒk\/( på strømpe) mønster, kilehælIIIverb \/klɒk\/1) ( sport) ta tiden på, klokke (hverdagslig)2) ( hverdagslig) få notert en tid på, komme opp i, registrere3) ( slang) slå, klappe til4) ( slang) glo på, kikke5) (hverdagslig, på bil) skru tilbake kilometertellerenclock in\/on ( på arbeidsplass) stemple innclock out\/off ( på arbeidsplass) stemple utclock up ( hverdagslig) få notert en tid på, oppnå, komme opp i, registrere• we clocked up 100 m.p.h. -
43 judge
1. verb1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) dømme2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) dømme3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) bedømme4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) dømme2. noun1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) dommer2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) dommer3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) kjenner, ekspert•- judgment
- judging from / to judge from
- pass judgement on
- pass judgementdømmeIsubst.1) (jus, også i konkurranser e.l.) dommer2) bedømmer, kjennerappear before a judge ( jus) møte\/stille for retten (i sivil\/kriminalsak)be a good judge of ha god greie påset oneself up as a judge (up)on somebody sette seg til doms over noen, opphøye seg til dommer over noenIIverb \/dʒʌdʒ\/1) dømme, felle dom over, tjenestegjøre som dommer2) avgjøre, bestemme3) bedømme4) anslå, anta, ansedon't judge a book by its cover man skal ikke skue hunden på hårene, døm ikke noe(n) etter utseendetjudge by dømme etterjudge for oneself avgjøre selv, bestemme selvjudge not, that ye be not judged ( bibelsk) døm ikke, for at dere ikke skal bli dømtjudge others by oneself dømme andre etter seg selvjudge that bestemme atjudging by\/from å dømme etter• judging by the turnout, your party was a great success -
44 pop
I 1. pop noun1) (a sharp, quick, explosive noise, such as that made by a cork as it comes out of a bottle: The paper bag burst with a loud pop.) smell, knall2) (fizzy drink: a bottle of pop.) brus2. verb1) (to (cause to) make a pop: He popped the balloon; My balloon has popped.) smelle2) (to spring upwards or outwards: His eyes nearly popped out of his head in amazement.) sprette ut, gå i lufta3) (to go quickly and briefly somewhere: He popped out to buy a newspaper.) stikke ut/innom4) (put quickly: He popped the letter into his pocket.) stikke•- popcorn- pop-gun
- pop up II pop adjective1) ((of music) written, played etc in a modern style.) popmusikk2) (of, or related to, pop music: a pop group; a pop singer; pop records.) pop-pappa--------smelleIsubst. \/pɒp\/1) knall, smell2) skudd3) (gammeldags eller amer., hverdagslig) brus (leskedrikk med kullsyre)a pop (amer., hverdagslig) per stykk• the jackets cost 50$ a pophave\/take a pop at skyte etter ( overført) gjøre et forsøk påin pop (slang, britisk) stampet, pantsattIIsubst. \/pɒp\/ ( hverdagslig)1) pop, popmusikk2) poplåttop of the pops ( hverdagslig) kjempepopulærIIIsubst. \/pɒp\/(spesielt amer., hverdagslig) forkortelse for poppaIVverb \/pɒp\/1) smelle (med), knalle2) stikke3) ( hverdagslig) skyte4) ( om skytevåpen) fyre av5) åpne seg med et smell6) (britisk, slang) stampe, pantsette7) ( slang) stappe i seg, spise, sluke8) (om ristede kastanjer, popcorn e.l.) sprette opp med et smell9) riste (kastanjer e.l.), poppe (mais e.l.)10) (slang, om sprøyte eller stoff) ta, sette, injiserepop a question at someone plutselig stille noen et spørsmål, slenge frem et spørsmål til noenpop (away) at ( hverdagslig) skyte på\/etterpop down skrive nedpop home ( hverdagslig) stikke hjempop in ( hverdagslig) stikke inn(om)pop in and out ( hverdagslig) pile inn og utpop off skyte (på)rydde av veien, gjøre slutt på( slang) stryke med, krepere ( slang) stikke, gi seg i vei, forsvinne i all stillhet ( om sinneutbrudd) skrike utpop on slenge seg påpop one's clogs (britisk, hverdagslig) stryke med, vandre hedenpop on someone\/something treffe på noen\/noe uventetpop out titte frem, titte ut, dukke frem sprette utpop the question (gammeldags, hverdagslig) fripop up ( hverdagslig) dukke oppVadj. \/pɒp\/ (forkortelse for) popular ( hverdagslig) pop, populær-VIadv. \/pɒp\/pang, vips, svuppden sa bang\/den smaltVIIinterj. \/pɒp\/pang, vips, svupp -
45 presentation
1) (the act of presenting: the presentation of the prizes; the presentation of a new play; ( also adjective) a presentation ceremony; a presentation gold watch.) overrekkelse, forestilling, presentasjon2) (the manner in which written work etc is presented or set out: Try to improve the presentation of your work.) framstilling, framføring, utføring3) (a performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play, opera etc: This is the best presentation of `Macbeth' that I've ever seen.) forestillingpresentasjonsubst. \/ˌpre(zə)nˈteɪʃ(ə)n\/1) ( om person eller gjenstand) presentasjon, presentering2) overlevering, overrekkelse, innlevering3) fremstilling, skildring, utforming4) ( handel) fremlegging, fremvisning, forevisning5) gave, presang, foræring, hedersgave6) ( om kandidat) fremstilling, innstilling7) ( teater) presentasjon, oppføring, fremføring, skuespill8) ( medisin) fosterstilling9) ( kirkelig) kall11) (psykologi, filosofi) symbol, sinnsbildeon presentation of ved forevisning avpayable on presentation betalbar ved sikt\/forevisningpresentation for fremstilling til, innstilling tilpresentation to presentasjon for -
46 refer
rə'fə: 1. past tense, past participle - referred; verb( with to)1) (to talk or write (about something); to mention: He doesn't like anyone referring to his wooden leg; I referred to your theories in my last book.) vise til, nevne2) (to relate to, concern, or apply to: My remarks refer to your last letter.) (hen)vise til, angå, vedrøre3) (to send or pass on to someone else for discussion, information, a decision etc: The case was referred to a higher law-court; I'll refer you to the managing director.) henvise til4) (to look for information (in something): If I'm not sure how to spell a word, I refer to a dictionary.) slå opp i, se etter•- referee2. verb(to act as a referee for a match: I've been asked to referee (a football match) on Saturday.) dømme- reference book
- reference libraryverb \/rɪˈfɜː\/1) henvise, remittere2) henvise noen til, sende\/dirigere noen til, råde noen til å vende seg til, gi noen henvisning til3) henføre, regne med blant, plassere• organisms which some scientists refer to animals, some refer to plants• historians refer the fall of Rome to 410 A.D.historikere mener at Roma falt i 410 e.Kr.4) tilskrive, legge skylden på5) angå, vedrøre6) overføre til7) (skolevesen, om prøve) strykeabove referred to ovennevnt, tidligere nevntrefer to henvise til, referere til, påberope (seg på), appellere til, vende seg tilsikte til, referere seg til, med hensyn til hentyde til, tilsikte, mene, antyde, omtale• are you referring to me?referred pain ( medisin) overført smerte -
47 slave
sleiv 1. noun1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) slave, trell2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) arbeidsslave2. verb(to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) arbeide som en slave, slite som en gamp- slaveryslaveIsubst. \/sleɪv\/( også overført) slave, trellIIverb \/sleɪv\/slave, jobbe som en slave, trelleslave away slite og streve -
48 station
'steiʃən 1. noun1) (a place with a ticket office, waiting rooms etc, where trains, buses or coaches stop to allow passengers to get on or off: a bus station; She arrived at the station in good time for her train.) stasjon2) (a local headquarters or centre of work of some kind: How many fire-engines are kept at the fire station?; a radio station; Where is the police station?; military/naval stations.) stasjon; post3) (a post or position (eg of a guard or other person on duty): The watchman remained at his station all night.) (vakt)post2. verb(to put (a person, oneself, troops etc in a place or position to perform some duty): He stationed himself at the corner of the road to keep watch; The regiment is stationed abroad.) stasjonere, plasserepost--------stasjon--------stillingIsubst. \/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n\/1) stasjon2) (samfunns)stilling, stand, rang3) (anvist) plass, post4) (austr.) kvegfarm, sauefarm5) ( militærvesen) post, base, stasjon6) ( biologi) naturlig hjemsted, forekomststed, funnsted7) ( romersk-katolsk) stasjon (på Jesu vei til Golgata)8) (historisk, i India) garnisonsplass (for engelske soldater), forlegningsplass (for engelske soldater)9) ( jakt) post, standabove one's station over sin standall stations of life alle samfunnsklasserout of station (sjøfart, luftfart) ute av posisjontake up one's station ( også overført) innta sin plassIIverb \/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n\/( spesielt militærvesen) stasjonere, forlegge, plassere, posterestation oneself plassere seg -
49 ward
wo:d1) (a room with a bed or beds for patients in a hospital etc: He is in a surgical ward of the local hospital.) sykehusrom/-avdeling2) (a person who is under the legal control and care of someone who is not his or her parent or (a ward of court) of a court: She was made a ward of court so that she could not marry until she was eighteen.) myndling, barn under formynderskap•- wardervernIsubst. \/wɔːd\/1) ( på sykehus e.l.) avdeling, sal, rom2) ( administrasjon) (by)distrikt, bydel• which electoral ward do you belong to?umyndig person (som domstolen er tilsynsverge for), myndling4) (spesielt jus, gammeldags) formynderskap5) (teknikk, også wards) innsnitt i nøkkelskjegg, låsgang, reif6) ( gammeldags) vakthold, vakt, bevoktning, forvaring7) avdeling i fengsel8) ( gammeldags) vaktmannskap, garde9) ( fekting) paradebe in ward to somebody eller be in the ward of somebody stå under noens formynderskapbe under ward være under bevoktningcasualty ward akuttavdeling, legevaktkeep watch and ward (over) holde vakt (over), vokte påmaternity ward fødeavdeling, barselavdelingterminal ward avdeling for dødende pasienterward (of court) ( jus) umyndig person (som domstolen er tilsynsverge for)ward in chancery ( jus) umyndig person (som domstolen er tilsynsverge for)IIverb \/wɔːd\/1) legge inn på sykehus2) ( gammeldags) bevokte, vokte over3) ( gammeldags) verge, verne, beskytte -
50 correct
kə'rekt 1. verb1) (to remove faults and errors from: These spectacles will correct his eye defect.) rette opp/på, korrigere, avhjelpe2) ((of a teacher etc) to mark errors in: I have fourteen exercise books to correct.) rette2. adjective1) (free from faults or errors: This sum is correct.) korrekt, riktig2) (right; not wrong: Did I get the correct idea from what you said?; You are quite correct.) riktig•- corrective
- correctly
- correctnesskorrigere--------rett--------rette--------riktigIverb \/kəˈrekt\/1) rette, rette på, korrigere, beriktige2) justere, stille inn riktig, endre3) irettesette, straffe4) avhjelpe, bøte på, råde bot på, rette påcorrect one's watch by stille klokken ettercorrect proofs lese korrekturcorrect somebody on something rette noe hos noenIIadj. \/kəˈrekt\/1) rett, riktig, feilfri, korrekt2) eksakt, nøyaktig, presis3) faktisk, sann, i overenstemmelse med sannheten4) korrekt, som seg hør og bør, passende5) stilsikker, stilriktig, uklanderligbe correct være riktig, stemme ha rettbe correct for passe forthat's correct! det stemmer! -
51 redeem
rə'di:m1) (to buy back (something that has been pawned): I'm going to redeem my gold watch.) kjøpe tilbake, innløse2) (to set (a person) free by paying a ransom; (of Jesus Christ) to free (a person) from sin.) befri, frikjøpe3) (to compensate for or cancel out the faults of: His willingness to work redeemed him in her eyes.) oppveie, gjøre godt igjen•- Redeemer- redemption
- past/beyond redemption
- redeeming featureinnfriverb \/rɪˈdiːm\/1) løse inn, kjøpe tilbake, få tilbake, gjenvinne, innfri2) oppfylle, innfriholde sitt ord\/løfte3) løskjøpe, kjøpe fri, befri, redde4) ( teologi) forløse, gjenløse, frelse5) gjøre god(t) igjen, opprette, oppveie, kompensere -
52 naked
'neikid1) (without clothes: a naked child.) naken, bar2) (openly seen, not hidden: the naked truth.) naken, utilslørt3) ((of a flame etc) uncovered or unprotected: Naked lights are dangerous.) ubeskyttet, åpen (flamme)•- nakedly- nakedness
- the naked eyebar--------bare--------naken--------snauadj. \/ˈneɪkɪd\/1) naken2) bar, blottet3) snau, bar, naken4) åpen5) ubevæpnet, forsvarsløs, hjelpeløs6) utsatt, ubeskyttetas naked as when he was born (så naken) som Gud skapte hamnaked facts nakne faktanaked of utennaked to utsatt forthe naked truth den usminkede sannheten -
53 look out
1) ((usually with for) to watch: She was looking out for him from the window.) vente; se etter2) (to find by searching: I've looked out these books for you.) finne (fram) -
54 gain
ɡein 1. verb1) (to obtain: He quickly gained experience.) få, vinne, nå, skaffe2) ((often with by or from) to get (something good) by doing something: What have I to gain by staying here?) tjene (på), høste fordel (av)3) (to have an increase in (something): He gained strength after his illness.) få, øke4) ((of a clock or watch) to go too fast: This clock gains (four minutes a day).) fortne2. noun1) (an increase (in weight etc): a gain of one kilo.) økning, tilvekst2) (profits, advantage, wealth etc: His loss was my gain; He'd do anything for gain.) fortjeneste, gevinst•- gain onfå--------gagn--------gevinst--------nå--------rekke--------vinne--------vinningIsubst. \/ɡeɪn\/1) ( alminnelig) gevinst, fortjeneste, vinning, utbytte2) inntekt, profitt3) fremskritt, forbedring, fremgang4) økning5) ( elektronikk) forsterkning, vinningfraudulent gains penger tjent gjennom bedrageri, uærlige pengera gain in something en forbedring i noe, en fremgang i noeill-gotten gains urettmessig ervervet gevinst\/gods, ussel vinning ( spøkefullt) lettjente pengerill-gotten gains seldom prosper forbrytelser lønner seg ikkelove of gain profittbegjærIIverb \/ɡeɪn\/1) vinne, oppnå, høste2) skaffe seg, få• what gained him such a reputation?3) tjene, fortjene4) ( også gain over) vinne over på sin side, vinne over5) nå6) ( om klokke) fortne (seg)7) vinne, tjene på, øke, gå opp, tiltagain ground vinne terreng, få innpassgain (in) health få helsen tilbake, bli friskgain in somebody's opinion stige i noens aktelsegain kilos gå opp i vektgain (up) on hale inn på, øke forspranget( om havet) trenge inn på land få innpass hosgain one's end (point) nå sitt målgain somebody to do something få noen til å gjøre noegain strength samle kreftergain the wind ( sjøfart) skyte opp i vindengain weight legge på seg, gå opp i vekt -
55 dog-doo
(amer., hverdagslig) hundebæsj• watch out for dog-doo on the sidewalk! -
56 forgive
fə'ɡivpast tense - forgave; verb1) (to stop being angry with (someone who has done something wrong): He forgave her for stealing his watch.)2) (to stop being angry about (something that someone has done): He forgave her angry words.)•- forgivingforlate--------tilgi1) tilgi2) ettergiforgive and forget tilgi og glemmenot to be forgiven utilgivelig -
57 leisure
'leʒə, ]( American) 'li:ʒər(time which one can spend as one likes, especially when one does not have to work: I seldom have leisure to watch television.) fritidfritidIsubst. \/ˈleʒə\/, vanlig i amer.: \/ˈliːʒə\/fritid, god tid, otiumat leisure ledig, ikke opptatt rolig, i ro og makat someone's leisure når noen har god tid, når det passer, etter behagbe at leisure ha fri ha god tid, ha tidlead a life of leisure leve et behagelig liv, føre en fredelig tilværelseleisure for something (god) tid til, tid forleisure to do something (god) tid til å gjøre noewait somebody's leisure vente til noen får tidIIadj. \/ˈleʒə\/, vanlig i amer.: \/ˈliːʒə\/ledig, fri, ikke opptatt, fritids- -
58 retirement
1) (the act of retiring from work: It is not long till his retirement.) fratredelse, pensjonering2) (a person's life after retiring from work: He's enjoying his retirement.) otium, pensjonstid, pensjonisttilværelsesubst. \/rɪˈtaɪəmənt\/1) tilbaketrukkethet, avsondrethet, isolasjon2) ( militærvesen) tilbaketog, retrett3) fratredelse, tilbaketredelse, pensjonering, avgang, avskjed4) avkrok, unnagjemt sted, tilfluktssted5) ( jus) forklaring: det at juryen trekker seg tilbake for å avgjøre skyldspørsmålet i en sak6) ( jus) forklaring: den tiden det tar for en jury å avgjøre skyldspørsmålet i en sakgo into retirement trekke seg tilbake, pensjonere seg -
59 Pip
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60 slippery
1) (so smooth as to cause slipping: The path is slippery - watch out!) glatt, sleip2) (not trustworthy: He's rather a slippery character.) upålitelig, sleipglatt--------sleip--------slibrigadj. \/ˈslɪpərɪ\/1) glatt, sleip, fettet2) ( om person) upålitelig, sleip, unnvikende3) ( om posisjon eller stilling) usikker, ustabilon slippery ground ( overført) på usikker grunn(as) slippery as an eel (så) glatt som en ålslippery slope ( overført) skråplan
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