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1 wag
wæɡ 1. past tense, past participle - wagged; verb((especially of a dog's tail) to (cause to) move to and fro, especially from side to side: The dog wagged its tail with pleasure.) logre, riste på2. noun(a single wagging movement: The dog's tail gave a feeble wag.) logring, ristingsvingeIsubst. \/wæɡ\/1) logring2) vifting, svinging, virring3) spøkefugl, skøyer4) (austr.) skulkerIIverb \/wæɡ\/1) logre, vifte (med), riste, svinge• don't you wag your finger at me!2) ( hverdagslig) vralte3) (austr.) skulkethe tail is wagging the dog ( overført) det er halen som logrer med hunden (det er de underordnede som bestemmer)wag along vralte i veiwag one's chin\/tongue ( overført) sladre, fare med løst snakk -
2 tail
teil 1. noun1) (the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail.) hale, stjert, svans2) (anything which has a similar function or position: the tail of an aeroplane/comet.) hale; slep; flak2. verb(to follow closely: The detectives tailed the thief to the station.) følge, skygge- - tailed- tails 3. interjection(a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc.) mynt!- tail-end- tail-light
- tail wind
- tail offbakende--------ende--------grunn--------haleIsubst. \/teɪl\/1) ( også overført) hale, svans, stjert2) slutt, siste del3) ( hverdagslig) detektiv, sporhund, skygge4) ende, bakre del, bakende (amer., hverdagslig), fitte (vulgært)5) (frakke)skjøt, (kjole)slep, (skjorte)flak6) hestehale, (hår)pisk7) nedstrek under linjen (på bokstav)8) ( musikk) (note)hals9) ( vulgært) skreppe(r), berte(r), kvinnfolk (som sexobjekt)10) ( også i flertall) avfall, bunnsats, restat the tail of i slutten av, sist i, bakerst ibe on someones tail være i hælene på noenhave someone by the tail ( hverdagslig) ha overtaket på noenin tails ( hverdagslig) (kledt) i kjole og hvittkeep one's tail up holde motet oppe, holde humøret oppepiece of tail knull, nummer ( kvinne som seksualobjekt) berte, rypetails (snipp)kjole mynt (motsatt av krone)turn tail vende seg bort, vende ryggen til snu og flykte, slå retrett, stikke av stikke halen mellom benatwist somebody's tail forarge noen, irritere noentwist the lion's tail vekke den slumrende løve (angripe Storbritannia)with one's tail between one's legs med halen mellom benaIIsubst. \/teɪl\/( jus) begrensning i arverettenestate in tail fideikomissheir in tail arving til fideikomisstenant in tail innehaver av fideikomissIIIverb \/teɪl\/1) skygge2) følge etter (i en lang rad), henge etter, fly i hælene på3) avslutte, danne baktropp (i), komme sist\/bakerst (i)4) stille seg i rekke etter hverandre, sette på rad5) holde i halen, dra i halen, trekke i halen6) skjære halen av, kupere7) skjære av den nederste delen på, skjære av den nederste roten på8) sette hale på, forsyne med hale9) ( sjøfart) ligge forankret med akterenden mot strømmen, ligge forankret med akterenden mot vindentail after somebody følge noen i hælene, følge rett etter noentail aground ( sjøfart) gå på grunn med akterendentail away\/off avta, bli svakere, dø bort, svinne hentail off ( hverdagslig også) stikke, løpe sin veitail off into fortape seg itail out stille seg i en lang rekke, spre seg uttail something on to something feste noe i enden på noe, henge noe på noetop and tail nippe (bær)
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