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bəun 1. noun1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) bein2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) bein2. verb(to take the bones out of (fish etc).) ta bein ut av, renske for bein- bony- bone china
- bone idle
- a bone of contention
- have a bone to pick with someone
- have a bone to pick with
- to the bonebein--------knokkelIsubst. \/bəʊn\/ben, knokkel(as) dry as a bone (så) tørr som knuskthe bare bones of something byggesteiner\/grunnvoll for noebones kastanjetter, skramleinstrumenter ( hverdagslig) terninger dominobrikker spiler (i korsett)bred in the bones medfødt, som ligger i blodetbe chilled\/frozen to the bone iskald tvers igjennomde var iskalde tvers igjennom \/ kulden gikk gjennom marg og ben på demfeel something in one's bones kjenne noe på seg, ane noe i margen, forstå noe intuitivthard as bone hard som flinthave a bone to pick with somebody ha en høne å plukke med noenjump (on) someone's bones ( slang) ha sex med noenlive (very) near the bone leve på sultegrensenmake no bones about ( hverdagslig) ikke ha noen betenkeligheter med\/mot, ikke kvie seg for ikke stikke under en stolmake old bones ( om person) bli gammelnear the bone eller close to the bone på kanten, taktløs på sultegrensenpoint the bone at (austr.) utøve trolldom mot, forhekse ( slang) svikte, bringe ulykke over ( slang) utpeke som skyldigwork one's fingers\/oneself to the bone arbeide som en trell, slite seg i hjelwork somebody to the bone la noen arbeide som en slaveIIverb \/bəʊn\/1) bene ut (fisk eller kjøtt)2) ( slang) rappe, naske3) ( slang) pugge4) forklaring: sette inn spiler i korsettbone up on something ( slang) studere noe intenst
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