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1 climb
1. verb1) ((of a person etc) to go up or towards the top of (a mountain, wall, ladder etc): He climbed to the top of the hill; He climbed up the ladder; The child climbed the tree.) klatre; gå op ad2) (to rise or ascend.) stige2. noun1) (an act of going up: a rapid climb to the top of his profession.) opstigning; klatren op2) (a route or place to be climbed: The guide showed us the best climb.) sted at klatre•- climber* * *1. verb1) ((of a person etc) to go up or towards the top of (a mountain, wall, ladder etc): He climbed to the top of the hill; He climbed up the ladder; The child climbed the tree.) klatre; gå op ad2) (to rise or ascend.) stige2. noun1) (an act of going up: a rapid climb to the top of his profession.) opstigning; klatren op2) (a route or place to be climbed: The guide showed us the best climb.) sted at klatre•- climber -
2 scale
I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) skala2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) skala; -skala3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) skala4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) skala; målestoksforhold5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) omfangII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) klatreIII [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) skæl- scaly* * *I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) skala2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) skala; -skala3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) skala4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) skala; målestoksforhold5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) omfangII [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) klatreIII [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) skæl- scaly
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