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rə'li:f1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) lindring; lettelse; befrielse2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) nødhjelp3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) avløsning, avlastning4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) befrielse5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relieffarbeid•- relieve- relievedhjelp--------lindring--------servitutt--------unnsetningIsubst. \/rɪˈliːf\/1) lettelse, befrielse, lindring2) bistand, stønad, sosialhjelp (amer.)3) unnsetning, befrielse (av en beleiret by e.l.)4) avlastning, vaktskifte, avløsning(smannskap)5) ( historisk) lensavgift, betaling fra vasall til godseier6) ( golf) fritakafford\/bring\/give relief lindre, gi lindringangle of relief ( mekanikk) frivinkel, klaringsvinkel, ryggvinkelbe on relief (amer.) motta sosialhjelp, gå på sosialen (hverdagslig)by way of (light) relief som avveksling, som underholdningtax relief skattelettelse, skattefradragIIsubst. \/rɪˈliːf\/(kunst, typografi eller overført) relieffbring\/throw something into relief sette noe i relieff, skape en kontrast til noehigh relief hautreliefflow relief basrelieffstand out in strong\/sharp\/bold relief against something stå skarpt avtegnet mot noe, danne en skarp kontrast til noeIIIadj. \/rɪˈliːf\/avløser-, ekstra-, avlastnings-
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