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railway station (place where trains stop) noun [UK: ˈreɪl.weɪ ˈsteɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˈreɪˌl.we ˈsteɪʃ.n̩] | (Nynorsk) jarnbanestasjonnoun |
railway track (a pair of parallel rails for trains) noun [UK: ˈreɪl.weɪ træk] [US: ˈreɪˌl.we ˈtræk] | (Bokmål) jernbanespornoun (Nynorsk) jarnbanespornoun |
right of way (right to proceed first in traffic) noun [UK: raɪt əv ˈweɪ] [US: ˈraɪt əv ˈweɪ] | (Bokmål) forkjørsrettnoun (Nynorsk) forkøyrsrettnoun |
roadway [roadways] (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) noun [UK: ˈrəʊ.dweɪ] [US: ˈroʊ.dweɪ] | (Bokmål) veibanenoun |
run away (to flee by running) verb [UK: rʌn ə.ˈweɪ] [US: ˈrən ə.ˈweɪ] | stikke avverb |
runway [runways] ((aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from) noun [UK: ˈrʌn.weɪ] [US: ˈrʌˌn.we] | (Bokmål) rullebanenoun (Nynorsk) rullebanenoun |
sideways (towards one side) adverb [UK: ˈsaɪ.dweɪz] [US: ˈsaɪ.ˌdwez] | (Bokmål) sidelengs, sideveisadverb (Nynorsk) sidelengsadverb |
stowaway [stowaways] (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.) noun [UK: ˈstəʊə.weɪ] [US: ˈstoʊə.weɪ] | (Bokmål) blindpassasjernoun (Nynorsk) blindpassasjernoun |
subway [subways] (underground railway) noun [UK: ˈsʌb.weɪ] [US: ˈsʌˌb.we] | (Bokmål) tunnelbanenoun (Nynorsk) tunnelbanenoun |
subway [subways] (underground walkway) noun [UK: ˈsʌb.weɪ] [US: ˈsʌˌb.we] | (Bokmål) gangtunnelnoun (Nynorsk) gangtunnelnoun |
sway (The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon) noun [UK: sweɪ] [US: ˈsweɪ] | (Bokmål) svainoun |
sway [swayed, swaying, sways] (to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock) verb [UK: sweɪ] [US: ˈsweɪ] | (Bokmål) svaieverb |
sway [swayed, swaying, sways] (to move or wield with the hand) verb [UK: sweɪ] [US: ˈsweɪ] | (Bokmål) svingeverb |
the customer is always right (proverb) phrase | |
the grass is always greener on the other side (others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.) phrase [UK: ðə ɡrɑːs ɪz ˈɔːl.weɪz ˈɡriː.nə(r) ɒn ðə ˈʌð.ə(r) saɪd] [US: ðə ˈɡræs ˈɪz ˈɔːl.weɪz ˈɡriː.nər ɑːn ðə ˈʌð.r̩ ˈsaɪd] | (Bokmål) gresset er alltid grønnere på den andre sidenphrase |
the other way around (same but with things reversed) adverb | andre veienadverb |
the other way round (same but with mentioned things reversed) adverb [UK: ðə ˈʌð.ə(r) ˈweɪ ˈraʊnd] [US: ðə ˈʌð.r̩ ˈweɪ ˈraʊnd] | (Bokmål) omvendtadverb (Nynorsk) omvendadverb |
three-way (in three directions) adjective [UK: θriː ˈweɪ] [US: ˈθriː ˈweɪ] | (Bokmål) treveisadjective |
throw away (discard or dispose of) verb [UK: ˈθrəʊ ə.ˈweɪ] [US: ˈθroʊ ə.ˈweɪ] | kasteverb |
tramway (track on which trams run) noun [UK: ˈtræm.weɪ] [US: ˈtræm.weɪ] | (Bokmål) sporveinoun (Nynorsk) sporvegnoun |
two-way (moving in both directions) adjective [UK: ˈtuː ˈweɪ] [US: ˈtuː ˈweɪ] | (Bokmål) toveisadjective |
waterway [waterways] (navigable body of water) noun [UK: ˈwɔː.tə.weɪ] [US: ˈwɒ.təˌr.we] | (Bokmål) vannveinoun |
when the cat's away the mice will play (in the absence of a controlling entity, subordinates will take advantage of circumstances) phrase [UK: wen ðə ˈkæts ə.ˈweɪ ðə maɪs wɪl ˈpleɪ] [US: hwen ðə ˈkæts ə.ˈweɪ ðə ˈmaɪs wɪl ˈpleɪ] |