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ho:s1) (a large four-footed animal which is used to pull carts etc or to carry people etc.) hest, gamp, hingst2) (a piece of apparatus used for jumping, vaulting etc in a gymnasium.) hest•- horsefly
- horsehair
- horseman
- horsemanship
- horseplay
- horsepower
- horseshoe
- on horseback
- straight from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouthheroin--------hestIsubst. \/hɔːs\/1) ( hverdagslig) hest, gamp3) hingst, vallak4) (tar verb i flertall, militærvesen) kavaleri, kavalerister5) bukk, krakk, stativ6) ( hverdagslig) hestekraft7) ( gruvedrift) forklaring: hindring i en åre8) (amer., slang) fuskelapp, jukselapp9) (amer., slang) heroina horse of another\/different colour noe helt annetbe able to eat a horse være skrubbsultenbet on a horse each way ( hesteveddeløp) satse på samme hest både som vinner og på 2. eller 3. plasscaptain of horses kaptein i kavallerietdead horse (amer., hverdagslig) forklaring: utdebattert sak som det likevel stadig refereres til• that whole issue is a dead horse, don't keep going on about ithele den saken er utdebattert, ikke fortsett å prate om det hele tidadon't beat a dead horse eller don't whip a dead horse ikke prøv å gjenopplive en død sakdon't change\/swap horses in midstream du kan ikke bytte hest midt i strømmen, du kan ikke bytte hest midt på broeneat like a horse ete som en hest, lange i segflog\/beat a dead horse (britisk, austr., amer.) terpe (forgjeves) på noe, diskutere noe som allerede er avgjort, spille krefter på noe uoppnåeligfrom the horse's mouth ( om informasjon) førstehånds, rett fra kilden, fra pålitelig holdget\/come (down) off one's high horse ( overført) stige ned fra sin høye hest, jekke seg nedget on one's high horse eller be on\/ride one's high horse (hverdagslig, overført) sette seg på sin høye hest, være hovmodighold one's horses (hverdagslig, overført) ta det med ro, slappe avhorse and foot ( militærvesen) kavaleri og infanterihorse artillery (amer., militærvesen, historisk) beredent artilleri (artilleri utstyrt med hester)the horse latitudes forklaring: vindstille havstrøk på hver halvkule mellom passatvindene og vestavindenea horse of mettle en fyrig hesthorses (amer., hverdagslig) hester, hestekrefterhorses for courses (austr., britisk) rett mann på rett plasslight horse ( historisk) lett kavaleri, lettbevæpnet kavaleriMaster of the Horses hoffstallmesternever look a gift horse in the mouth vær takknemlig for det du fårput a horse to spenne for en hestput the cart before the horse gjøre noe i omvendt rekkefølge, begynne i gal endeput the horse to the cart spenne hesten for kjerrenregiment of horses kavaleriregimentride one's high horse eller ride the high horse ( overført) sette seg på sin høye hest, sitte på sin høye hesttake horse stige til hestwhite horse bølge med skumskavl (på sjøen)wild horses could\/would not drag me there ikke 10 ville hester skal få meg avgårdewilling horse ( overført) arbeidsgamp, arbeidsjern, arbeidsmaurwinged horse bevinget hest, vingehest, Pegasuswork like a horse slite som et dyr, arbeide som en gamp, jobbe som en hestyou can lead\/take a horse to water but you can't make him drink du kan ikke tygge maten for noenIIverb \/hɔːs\/1) utstyre med hester, skaffe hester til2) spenne hest for, spenne hester for3) stige til hest4) ri, ri på5) gjøre narr av, drive ap med, holde leven med6) opptre støyende og høyrøstet (f.eks. i en scene i et skuespill)7) bære på ryggen, la sitte på ryggen8) ( foreldet) prylehorse around (amer., slang) holde leven, husere
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