Engelsk | Norsk |
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as well as (and in addition) conjunction [UK: əz wel əz] [US: ˈæz ˈwel ˈæz] | (Bokmål) samtconjunction (Nynorsk) og dessutanconjunction |
Ash Wednesday (the Christian day of penitence 46 days before Easter) noun [UK: ˈæʃ.ˈwenz.dɪ] [US: ˈæʃ.ˈwenz.dɪ] | (Bokmål) askeonsdagnoun (Nynorsk) oskeonsdagnoun |
atomic weight [atomic weights] (former terms for relative atomic mass) noun [UK: ə.ˈtɒ.mɪk weɪt] [US: ə.ˈtɑː.mɪk ˈweɪt] | (Bokmål) atomvektnoun (Nynorsk) atomvektnoun |
awe (feeling of fear and reverence) noun [UK: ɔː] [US: ˈɑː] | (Bokmål) ærefryktnoun |
awesome (excellent, exciting) adjective [UK: ˈɔː.səm] [US: ˈɑː.səm] | (Bokmål) kjempebraadjective (Nynorsk) kjempebraadjective |
battery-powered (powered by battery) adjective [UK: ˈbæ.tri ˈpaʊəd] [US: ˈbæ.tə.ri ˈpaʊərd] | (Bokmål) batteridrevetadjective (Nynorsk) batteridrivenadjective |
bedwetter (person who (habitually) urinates in his or her bed (during sleep)) noun | (Bokmål) sengevæternoun |
bell tower (tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry) noun [UK: bel ˈtaʊə(r)] [US: ˈbel ˈtaʊər] | (Bokmål) klokketårnnoun (Nynorsk) klokketårnnoun |
bellwether [bellwethers] (the leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck) noun [UK: ˈbel.we.ðə(r)] [US: ˈbeˌl.we.ðər] | (Bokmål) bjellesaunoun |
bestow [bestowed, bestowing, bestows] (to present a thing as a gift or honour) verb [UK: bɪ.ˈstəʊ] [US: bəˈsto.ʊ] | forære, skjenkeverb |
between (in the position or interval that separates two things) preposition [UK: bɪ.ˈtwiːn] [US: bɪ.ˈtwiːn] | mellompreposition |
between a rock and a hard place (in a difficult and inescapable position) preposition | (Bokmål) mellom barken og veden (between the tree and the bark)preposition (Nynorsk) mellom borken og veden (between the tree and the bark)preposition |
birth weight [birth weights] (weight of a baby at birth) noun [UK: bɜːθ weɪt] [US: ˈbɝːθ ˈweɪt] | (Bokmål) fødselsvektnoun (Nynorsk) fødselsvektnoun |
blood, sweat and tears (person's determination and hard work) noun | |
borrow [borrowed, borrowing, borrows] (receive temporarily) verb [UK: ˈbɒ.rəʊ] [US: ˈbɑːˌro.ʊ] | (Bokmål) låneverb |
bowel [bowels] (intestines, entrails) noun [UK: ˈbaʊəl] [US: ˈbaʊəl] | tykktarmnoun |
bowel [bowels] (large intestine) noun [UK: ˈbaʊəl] [US: ˈbaʊəl] | tarmnoun |
brew [brewed, brewing, brews] (to make beer) verb [UK: bruː] [US: ˈbruː] | (Bokmål) bryggeverb |
brewery [breweries] (building where beer is produced) noun [UK: ˈbrʊə.ri] [US: ˈbruːə.ri] | (Bokmål) bryggerinoun (Nynorsk) bryggjerinoun |
cauliflower [cauliflowers] (vegetable) noun [UK: ˈkɒ.lɪ.flaʊə(r)] [US: ˈkɑː.lə.ˌflɑː.wər] | (Bokmål) blomkålnoun (Nynorsk) blomkålnoun |
cauliflower [cauliflowers] noun [UK: ˈkɒ.lɪ.flaʊə(r)] [US: ˈkɑː.lə.ˌflɑː.wər] | blomkålnoun |
cauliflower ear [cauliflower ears] (swollen and deformed outer ear) noun | (Bokmål) blomkålørenoun |
chew [chewed, chewing, chews] (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing) verb [UK: tʃuː] [US: ˈtʃuː] | tyggeverb |
chickweed (herb) noun [UK: ˈtʃɪ.kwiːd] [US: ˈtʃɪ.kwiːd] | vassarvenoun |
cold sweat (perspiration which feels chilly) noun [UK: kəʊld swet] [US: koʊld ˈswet] | (Bokmål) kaldsvettenoun |
cold weapon (weapon that does not use explosives or fire) noun | (Bokmål) blankvåpennoun |
colonial power (country with colonies) noun | (Bokmål) kolonimaktnoun (Nynorsk) kolonimaktnoun |
common chickweed (herb) noun [UK: ˈkɒ.mən ˈtʃɪ.kwiːd] [US: ˈkɑː.mən ˈtʃɪ.kwiːd] | vassarvenoun |