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1 reduce
rə'dju:s1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) sette ned, redusere2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) slanke seg, ta av3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) slå sønder og sammen, knuse; redusere•- reductionredusereverb \/rɪˈdjuːs\/1) redusere, nedsette, senke, svekke, (for)minske, redusere størrelsen på, begrense, innskrenke, skjære nedi en svært svekket\/nedsatt tilstand2) bringe til, hensette, hensette i en tilstand, forvandle (til), tvinge (til å gjøre noe)3) reduseres, minskes, forringes4) innordne, klassifisere5) degradere, flytte ned6) ( matematikk) redusere, forkorte, forenkle7) nedkjempe, beseire, kue, slå ned, legge under seg8) ( medisin) sette sammen9) (kjemi, matlaging) redusere10) ( mineralogi) konsentrere, smelte11) fortynneon a reduced scale i forminsket målestokkreduce in strenght svekke styrken, redusere styrkenreduce one's weight slanke seg, gå ned i vektreduce to bringe til, forvandle tillegge i\/forvandle til askevære henvist til tigging, drives til å tiggereduce to despair gjøre fortvilet, bringe til fortvilelsereduce to misery styrte ut i elendighetreduce to order få orden i, få orden påreduce to subjection\/submission tvinge til underkastelse, tvinge i kne -
2 tear
I tiə noun(a drop of liquid coming from the eye, as a result of emotion (especially sadness) or because something (eg smoke) has irritated it: tears of joy/laughter/rage.) tåre- tearful- tearfully
- tearfulness
- tear gas
- tear-stained
- in tears II 1. teə past tense - tore; verb1) ((sometimes with off etc) to make a split or hole in (something), intentionally or unintentionally, with a sudden or violent pulling action, or to remove (something) from its position by such an action or movement: He tore the photograph into pieces; You've torn a hole in your jacket; I tore the picture out of a magazine.) rive, flenge, spjære2) (to become torn: Newspapers tear easily.) revne, gå fra hverandre3) (to rush: He tore along the road.) fare/suse av gårde2. noun(a hole or split made by tearing: There's a tear in my dress.) rift, flenge- be torn between one thing and another- be torn between
- tear oneself away
- tear away
- tear one's hair
- tear upflenge--------rift--------rive--------tåreIsubst. \/tɪə\/1) tåre2) dråpebe easily moved to tears ha lett for å begynne å gråte, ta lett til tåreneburst into tears briste i gråtchoking with tears halvkvalt av gråt\/tårerfight back one's tears kjempe med gråten(all) in tears oppløst i tårer, gråtendeon the tear småfull, berusetreduce somebody to tears få noen til å begynne å gråtevale of tears ( poetisk) jammerdalvalley of tears jammerdalwithout tears ( som boktittel e.l.) på en lett måte, på 1-2-3• I have borrowed a book called «French without tears»jeg har lånt en bok som heter «Fransk på 1-2-3»IIsubst. \/teə\/1) rift, flenge, (revet) hull2) fart3) sinne, raseri4) (amer.) fyllefest, rangelgo on a tear (amer., hverdagslig) gå på rangeltear and wear eller wear and tear slitasjeIII1) rive av, rive i stykker, (rive og) slite, rykke, hale (og dra)2) spjære, flenge, rive opp3) gå i stykker, bli revet i stykker, revne4) ( overført) splitte, rive fra hverandre5) ( overført) plage, slite i stykker6) ruse, fare av sted, rasebe torn between slites mellomtear about rase rundt, fare omkringtear along fare frem(over)tear at rive og slite i( hverdagslig) kaste seg overtear away slite bort, rive bort, rykke bort rase i vei, fare borttear down rive (ned), slite nedsnakke stygt om, rakke ned påtear into kaste seg over, gå løs på hudflette, skjelle uttear off slite bort, rive av, rive løsrive av segrase i vei, fare bort ( hverdagslig) slenge sammen, raske sammen( slang) rive av, ta en kjapp rundetear oneself away ( også overført) slite seg (løs), rive seg (løs)tear one's hair rive seg i hårettear open rive opprispe opptear out rive ut, rykke utrase ut, fyke på dørtear somebody off a strip eller tear a strip off somebody gi noen en overhøvling, skjelle ut noentear to pieces\/shreds ( også overført) rive i stykker, slite i stykker, sønderrive, kritisere kraftig, lage hakkemat avtear up rykke opprive i stykker, rive oppthat's torn it! ( hverdagslig) nå er det nok!
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