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no smoke without fire (gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact) phrase [UK: nəʊ sməʊk wɪð.ˈaʊt ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈnoʊ smoʊk wɪð.ˈaʊt ˈfaɪər] | |
play with fire (put oneself in a precarious situation) verb [UK: ˈpleɪ wɪð ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈpleɪ wɪθ ˈfaɪər] | leke med ildverb |
put up with verb [UK: ˈpʊt ʌp wɪð] [US: ˈpʊt ʌp wɪθ] | |
short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) noun | |
switch [switches] (command line notation) noun [UK: swɪtʃ] [US: ˈswɪtʃ] | (Bokmål) svitsjnoun |
switch [switches] (device to turn electric current on and off) noun [UK: swɪtʃ] [US: ˈswɪtʃ] | (Bokmål) bryternoun (Nynorsk) brytarnoun |
switch [switches] (movable section of railroad track) noun [UK: swɪtʃ] [US: ˈswɪtʃ] | (Bokmål) pensnoun (Nynorsk) pensnoun |
switch [switches] (system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines) noun [UK: swɪtʃ] [US: ˈswɪtʃ] | (Bokmål) sentralnoun |
switch [switches] (thin rod used as a whip) noun [UK: swɪtʃ] [US: ˈswɪtʃ] | (Bokmål) prylestokknoun |
switchblade (type of folding knife) noun [UK: ˈswɪʧ.ˌbled] [US: ˈswɪʧ.ˌbled] | springknivnoun |
Switzerland (sovereign country) proper noun [UK: ˈswɪt.sə.lənd] [US: ˈswɪt.sər.lənd] | (Bokmål) Sveitsproper noun (Nynorsk) Sveitsproper noun |
tar with the same brush (to characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly) verb | |
the road to hell is paved with good intentions (well-intended acts can lead to disasters) phrase [UK: ðə rəʊd tuː hel ɪz peɪvd wɪð ɡʊd ɪn.ˈten.ʃn̩z] [US: ðə roʊd ˈtuː ˈhel ˈɪz ˈpeɪvd wɪθ ˈɡʊd ˌɪn.ˈten.tʃn̩z] | (Bokmål) veien til helvete er brolagt med gode intensjonerphrase |
throw the baby out with the bathwater ((idiomatic) to discard something valuable) verb [UK: ˈθrəʊ ðə ˈbeɪ.bi ˈaʊt wɪð ðə ˈbɑː.θwɔː.tə(r)] [US: ˈθroʊ ðə ˈbeɪ.bi ˈaʊt wɪθ ðə ˈbɑː.θwɔːr.tər] | |
to wit (namely, specifically) adverb [UK: tuː wɪt] [US: ˈtuː ˈwɪt] | (Bokmål) nemligadverb (Nynorsk) nemlegadverb |
wash with (have an effect on (a person)) verb | bite påverb |
wherewith (with which) adverb [UK: ˌweə.ˈwɪð] [US: ˈwer.wɪθ] | Riksmål: hvormedadverb |