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1 næsten
about, almost, close on, close to, as good as, hardly, within an inch of, most, nearly, next to, well-nigh, practically, pretty much the same, pretty well* * *adv nearly ( fx ready; finished; nearly 20 miles (, pounds, years)); almost ( fx ready, finished; almost 20 miles (, pounds, years));( NB kun: almost immediately; it is almost better (, too late, too much, incredible); I almost envy you; it is almost a pleasure);( stærkere) all but ( fx empty, ready, useless, inevitable);( praktisk talt) practically ( fx practically all of them);[ næsten aldrig] hardly ever;F almost never; seldom if ever;[ næsten altid] nearly always;[ næsten ikke] hardly;[ næsten ingen] hardly anybody,F almost nobody,(+ sb) hardly any,F almost no ( fx money);[ næsten intet] hardly anything, next to (el. F almost) nothing,(+ sb) hardly any,F almost no ( fx hope);[ næsten overalt] almost everywhere;[ jeg synes næsten] I rather think;[ næsten umuligt] hardly possible, almost impossible. -
2 snæver
confined, narrow* * *adj narrow;(om klæder etc) tight, close-fitting;[ i snævrere forstand] in a more restricted sense;[ inden for snævre grænser] within narrow limits (, F: bounds);( bibelsk) the strait gate;[ i en snæver vending] at a pinch. -
3 hår
см. have 2.* * *beard, hair, sting* * *(et -) hair;[ ikke et hår bedre] not a bit (el. scrap) better;[ have hår på brystet] have hairs on one's chest;[ hårene rejste sig på mit hoved] my hair stood on end;[ sætte sit hår] do one's hair;[ sætte sit hår op] put (el. take) up one's hair;(se også nakke);[ med præp:][ fare i hårene på] fly at;[ stryge katten med hårene] stroke the cat with the fur;[ stryge mod hårene] stroke against the hair;(fig også) rub (up) the wrong way;[ ligne ham på et hår] be exactly like him; be the living image of him;[ på et hængende hår] by a hair's breadth,T by the skin of one's teeth ( fx I escaped by the skin of myteeth);( også) I had a narrow escape; it was a near thing;T it was a close shave;[ jeg var på et hængende hår blevet slået ihjel] I narrowly escaped being killed,T I came within an ace of being killed;(fig) drag in;[ trække sig selv op ved hårene] pull oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps.
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