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Lake Ontario (the lake, see also: Ontario) proper noun [UK: leɪk ɒn.ˈteə.rɪəʊ] [US: ˈleɪk anˈte.rio.ʊ] | (Bokmål) Ontariosjøenproper noun (Nynorsk) Ontariosjøenproper noun |
leave someone on read (read someone's message and not give any response) verb | (Bokmål) readeverb |
look down on (to regard or treat as inferior) verb [UK: lʊk daʊn ɒn ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈlʊk ˈdaʊn ɑːn ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di] | |
lose one's head (behave irrationally or lose self-control) verb [UK: luːz wʌnz hed] [US: ˈluːz wʌnz ˈhed] | |
love of one's life noun | (Bokmål) livs kjærlighetnoun |
loved one (very close friend or family member) noun | kjærenoun |
make one's bed and lie in it (to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences) verb | |
make oneself at home (make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk wʌn.ˈself ət həʊm] [US: ˈmeɪk wʌn.ˈself ət hoʊm] | |
make up one's mind (to decide, to reach a conclusion) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk ʌp wʌnz maɪnd] [US: ˈmeɪk ʌp wʌnz ˈmaɪnd] | |
meet one's maker (die, pass into the afterlife) verb | |
mind one's own business (to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others) verb | |
money doesn't grow on trees (you must work in order to have money) phrase [UK: ˈmʌ.ni ˈdʌznt ɡrəʊ ɒn triːz] [US: ˈmʌ.ni ˈdʌ.zənt ˈɡroʊ ɑːn ˈtriːz] | |
no one (not even a single person) pronoun [UK: nəʊ wʌn] [US: ˈnoʊ wʌn] | (Bokmål) ingenpronoun (Nynorsk) ingenpronoun |
off and on (intermittently) adverb [UK: ɒf ənd ɒn] [US: ˈɒf ænd ɑːn] | av og tiladverb |
off the top of one's head (in an extemporaneous manner; without careful thought, preparation, or investigation) preposition | (Nynorsk) på ståande fot, på strak armpreposition |
offer one's condolences (offer sympathy to someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one) verb | |
on one's last legs (about to die) preposition [UK: ɒn wʌnz lɑːst leɡz] [US: ɑːn wʌnz ˈlæst ˈleɡz] | (Bokmål) synge på siste vers (to be singing the final verse), synge sin svanesangpreposition (Nynorsk) synge på siste vers (to be singing the final verse), synge sin svanesangpreposition |
on one's toes (attentive, active, busy) preposition | (Nynorsk) på tå hevpreposition |
on the tip of one's tongue (known but not quite remembered) preposition | (Bokmål) ha det på tungen, ha noe på tungenpreposition |
one hundred and one (one hundred plus one, see also: one hundred one) numeral [UK: wʌn ˈhʌn.drəd ənd wʌn] [US: wʌn ˈhʌn.drəd ænd wʌn] | (Bokmål) hundreogennumeral |
one hundred one (101, see also: one hundred and one) numeral [UK: wʌn ˈhʌn.drəd wʌn] [US: wʌn ˈhʌn.drəd wʌn] | (Bokmål) hundreogennumeral |
one-to-one (matching each member of one set with one member of another set) adjective | (Bokmål) en-til-enadjective |
paint oneself into a corner (to create a predicament or problem for oneself) verb | |
pick one's nose (insert a finger into one's nostril) verb [UK: pɪk wʌnz nəʊz] [US: ˈpɪk wʌnz noʊz] | plukke nesenverb |
put one's foot in one's mouth (say or do something embarrassing or wrong) verb [UK: ˈpʊt wʌnz fʊt ɪn wʌnz maʊθ] [US: ˈpʊt wʌnz ˈfʊt ɪn wʌnz ˈmaʊθ] | tråkke i salatenverb |
red onion (a type of onion with reddish purplish skin) noun [UK: red ˈʌn.jən] [US: ˈred ˈʌn.jən] | (Bokmål) rødløknoun (Nynorsk) raudlauknoun |
rest on one's laurels (rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further) verb [UK: rest ɒn wʌnz ˈlɒ.rəlz] [US: ˈrest ɑːn wʌnz ˈlɔː.rəlz] | |
shame on you (expression of disapproval) interjection | skam deginterjection |
shoot one's mouth off (make reckless or exaggerated statements) verb | |
shoot oneself in the foot (to act against one's own interest) verb | |
show one's true colors (to reveal how one really is) verb [UK: ʃəʊ wʌnz truː ˈkʌ.lərz] [US: ˈʃoʊ wʌnz ˈtruː ˈkʌ.lərz] | |
spring onion [spring onions] (Allium fistulosum) noun [UK: sprɪŋ ˈʌn.jən] [US: ˈsprɪŋ ˈʌn.jən] | (Bokmål) vårløknoun (Nynorsk) vårlauknoun |