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1 reach
ri: 1. verb1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) nå, komme fram til2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) rekke, nå, gripe etter3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) strekke ut etter4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) nå, få tak i5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) strekke, rekke2. noun1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) rekkevidde, avstand2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) rekkevidde3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) rett strekningnå--------rekke--------rekkevidde--------strekningIsubst. \/riːtʃ\/1) det å rekke, det å strekke2) rekkevidde, omfang, utstrekning, fatteevne3) ( om skytevåpen) skuddvidde4) strekning, strekke, områdebeyond one's reach over ens fatteevnebeyond\/out of (the) reach of gunshot ( om skytevåpen) utenfor skuddvidde, ikke på skuddholdget out of reach trekke seg unna, komme seg vekkkeep out of the reach of danger unngå alle farerout of reach utenfor rekkevidde, uoppnåeligto be kept out of children's reach eller to be kept out of the reach of children oppbevares utilgjengelig for barnwithin arm's reach se ➢ arm, 1within easy reach of i umiddelbar nærhet avIIverb \/riːtʃ\/1) strekke, rekke (ut)2) gripe, ta3) rekke, gi• reach me that book, please4) ( også overført) nå, nå opp til, nå frem til, rekke (frem til), komme frem til• as soon as they had reached the station, they started to bickerså snart de hadde kommet frem til stasjonen, begynte de å kjekle5) nå, komme opp i6) kontakte, sette seg i forbindelse med7) ( om alder) (opp)nå, bli8) ( sjøfart) seile med vinden på tvers9) (amer., slang) bestikke, kjøpe, smørereach for somebody\/something gripe etterreach somebody by something få tak i noen på noe -
2 go to seed
1) ((of a person) to become careless about one's clothes and appearance: Don't let yourself go to seed when you reach middle age!) gå i frø2) ((of a place) to become rather shabby and uncared for: This part of town has gone to seed recently.) bli nedslitt3) ((also run to seed) (of a plant) to produce seeds after flowering.) sette frø
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