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1 waste away
(to decay; to lose weight, strength and health etc: He is wasting away because he has a terrible disease.) tære bort, utmagres, utpines -
2 waste
weist 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) kaste bort, sløse, ødelegge2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) avfall(sprodukt), skrap, søppel2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) sløsing, sløseri3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) øde-/villmark•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste awayavfall--------sløsingIsubst. \/weɪst\/1) sløseri, sløsing, ødselhet2) avfall, skrot, søppel, rester3) feilgods, vrakgods4) ( typografi) makulatur5) spill, svinn, bortfall6) ( også waste pipe) avløpsrør7) ødemark, villmark, vidde8) ødeleggelse, herjing9) nedsliting, avsliping10) forfall, forringelse (jus)go to waste gå til spillewaste of sløsing med, (noe) bortkastet• what a waste of money!IIverb \/weɪst\/1) sløse med, la gå til spille, kaste bort, gå tapt2) gå til spille, sløses med, renne bort3) forsømme, forspille4) ( litterært) ødelegge, herje, plyndre5) tære på, fortæres, svekke, uttære6) ( gammeldags) forbruke (penger), fordrive (tid), tilbringe (tid)7) ( jus) la forfalle, vanskjøtte, forringe8) ( litterært) svinne9) ( slang) drepe11) tømmes, utømmes, krympe (sammen), tørke utbe wasted være bortkastet, være til ingen nyttegå tapt, gå til spille( slang) være dritings, være snydens fullwaste away tære bort, fortæres, svekkes, svinne henwasted by herjet av, svekket avwaste not, want not ( ordtak) den som sparer, den harwaste one's breath tale for døve ørerwaste words tale for døve ører prate uten stansIIIadj. \/weɪst\/1) øde, brakk, udyrket2) avfalls-, spill-lay waste herje, ødelegge, legge i ruinerlie waste ligge øde -
3 waste paper
(paper which is thrown away as not being useful: Offices usually have a great deal of waste paper.) papiravfall -
4 languish
'læŋɡwiʃ(to grow weak; to waste away.) dabbe av, vansmekte; synke henvansmekteverb \/ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ\/1) bli svak, bli matt, bli apatisk, sløves2) ( overført) dabbe av, gå tregt, dø hen, stilne av3) vansmekte, vantrives, sykne hen, visne hen4) ( gammeldags) se smektende ut5) verke etter noe, lide under begjærlanguish for something sukke etter noe, lengte etter noe, ønske noe sterktlanguish to lengte etter ålanguish under lide under -
5 breath
breƟ1) (the air drawn into, and then sent out from, the lungs: My dog's breath smells terrible.) pust, ånde2) (an act of breathing: Take a deep breath.) pusting, åndedrag•- breathlessly
- breathlessness
- hold one's breath
- out of breath
- under one's breathpustsubst. \/breθ\/1) pust, ånde, åndedrag, åndedrett2) vindpust, pust3) pusterom4) sukk, hvisking5) ( overført) antydning, anelse, spor6) ( språkvitenskap) ubetont lydcatch one's breath snappe etter pusten, gispe, holde pustendraw breath trekke pusten, puste innfirst draw breath ( poetisk) se dagens lys, fødeshold one's breath holde pustenkeep one's breath to cool one's porridge eller save one's breath to cool one's porridge holde inne med det man har å silong breath dypt åndedragout of breath andpusten, heseblesende, stakkåndetrun oneself out of breath løpe pusten av segsave one's breath ikke si noe, holde munnbe short of breath være andpusten\/stakkåndettake breath eller recover one's breath (again) eller get one's breath (again) trekke pusten, puste uttake someone's breath away få noen til å miste pusten, ta pusten fra noenunder\/below one's breath hviskende, lavmælt, med dempet røstwaste one's breath snakke forgjeves, tale for døve ørerwaste one's breath on kaste bort ord på -
6 fritter
'fritə((often with away) to throw away or waste gradually: He frittered (away) all his money on gambling.) sløse/ødsle/søle bortIsubst. \/ˈfrɪtə\/( matlaging) noe som er frityrstektIIverb \/ˈfrɪtə\/dele i småbiter, skjære i småbiter, bryte i småbiterfritter something away søle bort noe, sløse bort noe, ødelegge noe, kaste bort noe -
7 dawdle
'do:dl(to waste time especially by moving slowly: Hurry up, and don't dawdle!) gå og drive, somle- dawdler- dawdlingverb \/ˈdɔːdl\/somle, søle, daffe, gå og drivedawdle away somle bort, søle bort, forspille -
8 rubbish
1) (waste material; things that have been or are to be thrown away: Our rubbish is taken away twice a week; ( also adjective) a rubbish bin/bag.) søppel, rusk, boss2) (nonsense: Don't talk rubbish!) sludder, våsavfall--------boss--------rask--------skrot--------søppelIsubst. \/ˈrʌbɪʃ\/ ( spesielt britisk)1) avfall, søppel2) skrot, skrap, skrammel3) ( overført) tøv, tøys, tull, vås, sludder, nonsens, vrøvl4) ( overført) søppel, skitt, dritt, skrapshoot rubbish tømme søppeltalk about rubbish! for noe tull!talk rubbish vrøvle, tøve, våse, prate tøv, prate tullIIverb \/ˈrʌbɪʃ\/1) rakke ned på, kritisere, nedvurdere2) ( overført) slakteIIIinterj. \/ˈrʌbɪʃ\/tull, tøys, tullprat -
9 argue
1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) krangle, trette, diskutere2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) argumentere for/mot3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) overtale (til)4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) forsvare, diskutere•- arguable- argument
- argumentativeargumentereverb \/ˈɑːɡjuː\/1) argumentere, diskutere2) diskutere, krangle, trette, kjekle• don't argue with me!3) påstå, hevde, gjøre gjeldende4) røpe, vitne ommåten hun håndterte saken på, vitnet om fremragende kunnskaper i psykologi5) ( om synspunkt e.l.) legge frem, forsvareargue against something argumentere mot noeargue away something bortforklare noeargue for something argumentere for noe kjempe for noeargue somebody into something overtale noen til (å gjøre) noeargue somebody out of something snakke noen fra (å gjøre) noeargue the toss se ➢ tossargue with somebody about\/over something krangle med noen om noe -
10 lose
lu:zpast tense, past participle - lost; verb1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) miste, tape2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.) miste, gå tapt, komme bort3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) bli borte, forlegge4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) tape5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) tape, miste•- loser- loss
- lost
- at a loss
- a bad
- good loser
- lose oneself in
- lose one's memory
- lose out
- lost in
- lost onmiste--------spille--------tape1) miste, tape, bli fratatt2) ( i konkurranse e.l.) tape, bli slått, mislykkesde tapte slaget, men vant krigen3) miste, forlegge4) komme bort fra, forsvinne, bli borte fra5) misse, miste, komme for sent til6) forspille, kaste bort, ødsle, sløse7) bli av med, bli kvitt8) ( om klokke) saktne, saktne seg9) ( sport) løpe fra, springe fra, legge bak seg10) (amer., slang) bli kvitt, legge vekk• you can come in, but lose the gundere kan komme inn, men bli kvitt våpenetlose heart ( overført) miste motetlose height ( luftfart) miste høydelose interest (in) miste interessen (for) bli uinteressantlose it ( hverdagslig) miste kontrollen over temperamentet, bli sintlose oneself in fortape seg ilose one's head ( overført) miste hodetlose one's marbles\/mind ( hverdagslig) bli gallose one's nerve miste motetlose one's way gå seg vill, surre seg bortlose out (on) mislykkes, tape, dra det korteste strået, gi tapt forlose sight of miste noe av syne ( overført) se bort ifralose sleep over ( overført) bekymre seg over, engste seg for, miste nattesøvnen på grunn avlose somebody something gjøre slik at noen mister noen, få noen til å miste noelose the plot ( hverdagslig) miste oversikten (over en situasjon)lose the thread ( overført) miste trådenlose time saktne seglose to tape for miste på grunn avlose weight gå ned i vekt(be) lost dø, omkomme -
11 sewage
-i‹noun (waste matter (carried away in sewers).) kloakkkloakkvannsubst. \/ˈsuːɪdʒ\/, \/ˈsjuːɪdʒ\/1) avløpsvann, kloakkvann2) kloakkanlegg, kloakknett -
12 squander
'skwondə(to waste: He squandered all his money on gambling.) sette over styr, ødsle bortIsubst. \/ˈskwɒndə\/sløseriIIverb \/ˈskwɒndə\/sløse med, ødsle med, kaste vekk, sette over styr, skusle bortsquander away something sløse bort noe -
13 toilet
'toilit((a room containing) a receptacle for the body's waste matter, usually with a supply of water for washing this away; a lavatory: Do you want to go to the toilet?; Where is the ladies' toilet?; ( also adjective) a toilet seat.) toalett, WC; toalett-, do-- toilet-roll
- toilet-waterantrekk--------do--------toalettIsubst. \/ˈtɔɪlət\/1) toalett, WC2) ( det å stelle seg) toalett3) selskapskjole, toalett4) ( gammeldags) toalettbord5) ( medisin) rensing og forbindingmake one's toilet gjøre (sitt) toalett, stelle seg, vaske og kle seg, gjøre seg i standIIadj. \/ˈtɔɪlət\/toalett- -
14 wasteful
adjective (involving or causing waste: Throwing away that bread is wasteful.) uøkonomisk (sløsing)adj. \/ˈweɪstf(ʊ)l\/1) ødsel, sløsete, uøkonomisk2) ødeleggende, herjendebe wasteful with sløse medwasteful of sløsete med
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