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misfire [misfired, misfiring, misfires] (To fail to ignite in the proper sequence) verb [UK: ˌmɪs.ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˌmɪs.ˈfaɪər] | feltändningverb snedtändning ~en ~arverb |
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] | ingen rök utan eldphrase |
oil-fired (burning oil as a fuel) adjective [UK: ɔɪl ˈfaɪəd] [US: ˌɔɪl ˈfaɪərd] | oljeeldadadjektiv |
on fire (being burned by fire) preposition | brinnandepreposition i brandpreposition |
open fire (to begin firing at something or someone) verb [UK: ˈəʊ.pən ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈoʊ.pən ˈfaɪər] | öppna eldverb |
open fire (uncovered fire) noun [UK: ˈəʊ.pən ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈoʊ.pən ˈfaɪər] | öppen eldsubstantiv |
out of the frying pan, into the fire (get from an already bad situation to a worse one) preposition [UK: ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfraɪ.ɪŋ pæn ˈɪn.tə ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfraɪ.ɪŋ ˈpæn ˌɪn.ˈtuː ðə ˈfaɪər] | ur askan i eldenpreposition |
play with fire (put oneself in a precarious situation) verb [UK: ˈpleɪ wɪð ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈpleɪ wɪθ ˈfaɪər] | leka med eldenverb |
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (do someone's difficult work) verb [UK: pʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈpʊl ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈtʃe.snʌts ˈaʊt əv ðə ˈfaɪər] | |
right of first refusal (contractual provision) noun | förköpsrätt [~en ~er]substantiv |
set on fire (cause to begin to burn) verb [UK: set ɒn ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈset ɑːn ˈfaɪər] | antända [~tände, ~tänt, ~tänd ~tänt, pres. ~tänder]verb sätta eld påverb sätta fyr påverb sätta i brandverb |
seventy-first (ordinal number 71st) adjective [UK: ˈsevn.ti ˈfɜːst] [US: ˈse.vən.ti ˈfɝːst] | sjuttioförstaadjektiv |
spread like wildfire (spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably) verb [UK: spred ˈlaɪk ˈwaɪld.faɪə(r)] [US: ˈspred ˈlaɪk ˈwaɪld.ˌfaɪər] | |
St. Elmo's fire (electrical discharge) noun [UK: seɪnt] [US: ˈstriːt] | elmseld [~en]substantiv Sankt Elmseldsubstantiv |
trial by fire (test in which a person is exposed to flames) noun | eldprov [~et ~]substantiv |
twenty-first (the ordinal form of the number twenty-one) adjective [UK: ˈtwen.ti ˈfɜːst] [US: ˈtwen.ti ˈfɝːst] | tjugoförstaadjektiv |
unconfirmed (not finally established, settled or confirmed) adjective [UK: ˌʌnk.ən.ˈfɜːmd] [US: ˌʌnk.ən.ˈfɝːmd] | obekräftad [obekräftat ~e]adjektiv |
where there's smoke, there's fire (if there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but rumors should be handled with skepticism) phrase | ingen rök utan eldphrase |
wildfire [wildfires] (rapidly spreading fire) noun [UK: ˈwaɪld.faɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪld.ˌfaɪər] | löpeld [~en ~ar]substantiv |
Zemfira (transliteration of Земфи́ра) proper noun | Zemfiraproper noun |