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1 wasting
Isubst. \/ˈweɪstɪŋ\/1) sløseri, ødselhet, sløsing2) ødeleggelse, herjing3) ( gradvis) minsking, sammenkrymping4) nedsliting, slitasje5) ( sport) vektredusering (gjennom trening)wasting of sløsing medIIadj. \/ˈweɪstɪŋ\/1) tærende2) krympende, minskende, svinnende -
2 time-wasting
Isubst. \/ˈtaɪmˌweɪstəɪŋ\/sløsing med tidIIadj. \/ˈtaɪmˌweɪstəɪŋ\/tidsspillende, som sløser med tiden -
3 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 -
4 grudge
1. verb1) (to be unwilling to do, give etc; to do, give etc unwillingly: I grudge wasting time on this, but I suppose I'll have to do it; She grudges the dog even the little food she gives it.) ha imot; ikke unne2) (to feel resentment against (someone) for: I grudge him his success.) ikke unne, bære nag til, misunne2. noun(a feeling of anger etc: He has a grudge against me.) et horn i siden (til), nag (til), uvilje (mot)- grudging- grudginglymisunne--------nag--------uviljeIsubst. \/ɡrʌdʒ\/1) misunnelse, skinnsyke2) uvilje, nagbear\/owe a grudge against somebody eller bear\/owe somebody a grudge bære nag til noen, ha et horn i siden til noenIIverb \/ɡrʌdʒ\/ eller begrudge1) klage på, være misfornøyd med, mislike, reagere med uvilje2) misunne, ikke unnegrudge having to do something gjøre noe motvilliggrudge somebody their success misunne noen deres suksessgrudge the cost se på pengene, kvie seg for å betale -
5 inefficient
ini'fiʃənt(not working or producing results etc in the best way and so wasting time, energy etc: an inefficient workman; old-fashioned, inefficient machinery.) ineffektiv, uegnet- inefficiencyudugeligadj. \/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt\/1) ineffektiv, mangelfull, dårlig2) ( om person) ineffektiv, middelmådig, udugelig, inkompetent -
6 save
I 1. seiv verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) berge, redde2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) spare, legge til side3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) spare en for4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) redde (ballen)5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) frelse6) (to keep data in the computer.) lagre2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) redning- saver- saving
- savings
- saviour
- saving grace
- savings account
- savings bank
- save up II seiv preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) unntatt, så nær som, bortsett fraberge--------frelse--------redde--------spare--------unntattIsubst. \/seɪv\/( sport) redningIIverb \/seɪv\/1) ( også sport) redde2) berge, bevare, verne, beskytte3) ( religion) frelse4) spare, legge unna, legge til side5) spare (på), legge (seg) opp6) spare (inn), spare seg, spare for, unngå• if you walk to the office, you will save spending money on bus fareshvis du går til jobben, sparer du bussutgifter7) holde av, reservere8) ( EDB) lagre9) nå, rekke, komme tidsnokcannot do something to save one's life kan ikke gjøre noe for alt i livetsave appearances bevare ansiktsaved by the bell reddet av gonggongensave from redde frasave one's bacon ( hverdagslig) redde skinnet, ro seg i landsave one's breath være stille, ikke si noe• please, save your breath for a minute!save oneself redde seg, komme seg unna spare seg, spare på kreftene sinesave one's pain spare seg bryderietsave one's pocket spare pengene sinesave one's skin eller save one's neck redde skinnetsave one's strength spare på kreftene (sine), samle kreftersave something out of the fire redde stumpenesave the best till the last spare det beste til sluttsave the day eller save the situation redde situasjonensave the tide (sjøfart, gammeldags) rekke inn og ut mens det er tidevannsave up for spare til, legge unna tilsave us! (Gud) bevare oss!IIIprep. \/seɪv\/(litterært, poetisk) unntatt, med unntak av, så nær som, bare ikkesave and except unntattsave for bortsett fra, unntatt, så nær somIVkonj. \/seɪv\/ eller save that(litterært, poetisk) unntatt, men, bortsett fra -
7 wastage
-ti‹noun (loss by wasting; the amount wasted: Of the total amount, roughly 20% was wastage.) svinn, spillsubst. \/ˈweɪstɪdʒ\/1) sløseri, sløsing2) spill, svinn, tap3) avfall, avfallsstoff• where do they dump factory wastage?4) ( også natural wastage) avgang, naturlig avgangnatural wastage naturlig avgangwastage of sløsing med -
8 pack off
(to send away, usually quickly and without wasting time: They packed the children off to bed early.) sende av gårde, ekspedere -
9 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
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