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1 give a wide berth (to)
(to keep well away from: I give people with colds a wide berth / give a wide berth to people with colds.) holde seg langt unna, gå langt utenom -
2 give a wide berth (to)
(to keep well away from: I give people with colds a wide berth / give a wide berth to people with colds.) holde seg langt unna, gå langt utenom -
3 wide
1. adjective1) (great in extent, especially from side to side: wide streets; Her eyes were wide with surprise.) bred, vid(strakt)2) (being a certain distance from one side to the other: This material is three metres wide; How wide is it?) i bredden, bred3) (great or large: He won by a wide margin.) bred, stor4) (covering a large and varied range of subjects etc: a wide experience of teaching.) omfattende, stor, vid2. adverb(with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: He opened his eyes wide.) vidt- widely- widen
- wideness
- width
- wide-ranging
- widespread
- give a wide berth to
- give a wide berth
- wide apart
- wide awake
- wide openbred--------vidstraktIsubst. \/waɪd\/1) (i cricket, også wide ball) ball som går forbi2) ( litterært) slette, vidde, vidstrakt flate3) ( gammeldags) åpent havto the wide ( hverdagslig) fullstendig, heltIIadj. \/waɪd\/1) vidstrakt2) bred3) ( om klær) vid4) stor, rik, omfattende5) (vid)åpen6) ( gammeldags) meget forskjellig, avvikendegive a wide berth se ➢ berthhigh, wide and handsome se ➢ high, 2wide of langt frawide of the mark langt fra målet ( overført) feil, urimeligIIIadv. \/waɪd\/1) vidt2) langt fra hverandre, langt forbifar and wide overalt, vidt og bredtshoot wide skyte bom, bommewide apart langt fra hverandre, med store mellomrom, vidt forskjellig(e)• he lay there, arms wide apartwide awake lys våkenwide open vidstrakt vidåpen, på vidt gapåpen for (muligheter) åpen, sårbar -
4 berth
bə:Ɵ 1. noun1) (a sleeping-place in a ship etc.) køye, soveplass2) (a place in a port etc where a ship can be moored.) bryggeplass, liggeplass2. verb(to moor (a ship): The ship berthed last night.) legge/klappe til kaiankerplassIsubst. \/bɜːθ\/1) ( i tog eller båt) (køye)plass, soveplass, liggeplass2) kaiplass, bryggeplass, ankerplass3) ( sjøfart) nok plass rundt en båt i sjøen, nok plass rundt en båt ved anker4) ( hverdagslig) plass, bås, stillingget a berth få hyregive something\/somebody a wide berth holde seg langt unna noe(n)load on the berth laste fra kai, laste ved kaiIIverb \/bɜːθ\/1) ( sjøfart) fortøye, legge til, bringe til kai, dokke, ankre opp2) skaffe køyeplass, ha køyeplass
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