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1 worth one's while
(worth one's time and trouble: It's not worth your while reading this book, because it isn't accurate.) -
2 while
conj. medan, under tiden; så länge; även om; samtidigt, när--------n. stund, tag; tid; möda, besvär--------prep. tills (ålderdomligt)--------v. spendera tid; fördriva tiden* * *1. conjunction( also whilst)1) (during the time that: I saw him while I was out walking.) medan, under det att2) (although: While I sympathize, I can't really do very much to help.) även om2. noun(a space of time: It took me quite a while; It's a long while since we saw her.) stund, tid- worth one's while -
3 hijack
n. kapning--------v. kapa (flygplan)* * *1. verb1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) kapa2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) råna3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) stjäla, plundra2. noun(the act of hijacking.) []kapning, rån- hijacker
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Worth while — Worth Worth, a. [OE. worth, wur[thorn], AS. weor[eth], wurE; akin to OFries. werth, OS. wer[eth], D. waard, OHG. werd, G. wert, werth, Icel. ver[eth]r, Sw. v[ a]rd, Dan. v[ae]rd, Goth. wa[ i]rps, and perhaps to E. wary. Cf. {Stalwart}, {Ware} an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Worth while — While While, n. [AS. hw[=i]l; akin to OS. hw[=i]l, hw[=i]la, OFries. hw[=i]le, D. wigl, G. weile, OHG. w[=i]la, hw[=i]la, hw[=i]l, Icel. hv[=i]la a bed, hv[=i]ld rest, Sw. hvila, Dan. hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. quietus quiet,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
worth-while — worth|while or worth while «WURTH HWYL», adjective. worth time, attention, or effort; having real merit: »He ought to spend his time on some worthwhile reading. SYNONYM(S): valuable, useful. –worth´while´ness, –worth´ while´ness, noun. Usage… … Useful english dictionary
worth|while — or worth while «WURTH HWYL», adjective. worth time, attention, or effort; having real merit: »He ought to spend his time on some worthwhile reading. SYNONYM(S): valuable, useful. –worth´while´ness, –worth´ while´ness, noun. Usage … Useful english dictionary
worth while — worth while, worthwhile The traditional distinction is to use the two word form predicatively (i.e. after a verb, as in The experiment was worth while) and the one word form attributively (i.e. before a noun, as in a worthwhile experiment).… … Modern English usage
worth while — ► worth while (or worth one s while) worth the time or effort spent. Main Entry: ↑while … English terms dictionary
worth while — british phrase another way of writing worthwhile Thesaurus: useful and effective and working correctlysynonym Main entry: worth … Useful english dictionary
worth´-while´ness — worth|while or worth while «WURTH HWYL», adjective. worth time, attention, or effort; having real merit: »He ought to spend his time on some worthwhile reading. SYNONYM(S): valuable, useful. –worth´while´ness, –worth´ while´ness, noun. Usage … Useful english dictionary
worth´while´ness — worth|while or worth while «WURTH HWYL», adjective. worth time, attention, or effort; having real merit: »He ought to spend his time on some worthwhile reading. SYNONYM(S): valuable, useful. –worth´while´ness, –worth´ while´ness, noun. Usage … Useful english dictionary
worth while (or worth one's while) — worth the time or effort spent. → while … English new terms dictionary
worth while — worth (your) while of benefit to you. It would be worth your while to see if you can still get tickets to the show. You could make this trip more worth your while if you arranged to see more than one client … New idioms dictionary
