Norsk | Engelsk |
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best noun | best(person) |
besta noun {f} | granny [grannies](colloquial: grandmother) |
beste noun | best(effort) |
beste- adjective | grand [grander, grandest](standing in the second or more remote degree of parentage or descent) |
bestemt adjective | particular(specific; discrete; concrete) |
bestiarium noun | bestiary [bestiaries](A medieval treatise of animals) |
bestige verb | mount [mounted, mounting, mounts](to place oneself on a horse, bicycle etc. to ride) |
bestille verb | order [ordered, ordering, orders](to request some product or service) |
bestille, reservere verb | book [booked, booking, books](to reserve) reserve [reserved, reserving, reserves](to book in advance) |
bestride, bebreide verb | rebuke [rebuked, rebuking, rebukes](to criticise harshly; to reprove) |
bestå av, omfatte verb | comprise [comprised, comprising, comprises](be made up of) |
(Bokmål) anstrenge seg, ta i, gjøre sitt beste, stå på verb | make an effort(to try; to work towards a goal) |
(Bokmål) asbest noun {m} | asbestos(any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate) |
(Bokmål) avbestille, avbryte, oppheve, avlyse verb | cancel [cancelled, cancelling, cancels](invalidate, annul) |
(Bokmål) bestand noun {m}, PloPlulaSjon {m} | population [populations](biology: collection of organisms) |
(Bokmål) bestanddel noun {m} | constituent [constituents](part, or component of a whole) |
(Bokmål) bestefar noun {m} | grandfather [grandfathers](grandfather (from either side)) |
(Bokmål) besteforelder (mostly used in pl) noun {m} | grandparent [grandparents](parent of one's parent) |
(Bokmål) bestemme seg verb | make up one's mind(to decide, to reach a conclusion) |
(Bokmål) bestemor (paternal) noun {m} {f}, mormor {m} {f} (maternal), farmor {m} {f} | grandmother [grandmothers](mother of someone's parent) |
(Bokmål) bestemt adjective | definite((linguistics) designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing) |
(Bokmål) bestemt artikkel noun {m} | definite article(article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered) |
(Bokmål) bestenkning (med vievann) noun {c} | aspersion [aspersions](a sprinkling of holy water) |
(Bokmål) bestialsk adjective | bestial(beast-like) |
(Bokmål) bestikk noun {n} | cutlery(eating and serving utensils) |
(Bokmål) bestikke verb | bribe [bribed, bribing, bribes](to give a bribe) pay off(to bribe, especially to deter oversight) |
(Bokmål) bestikkelse noun {m} | bribe [bribes](inducement to a breaking of the rules) |
(Bokmål) bestilling noun {c}, reServering {c}, reServaSjon {m} | reserve [reserves](the act of reserving or keeping back; reservation) |
(Bokmål) bestselgende adjective | best-selling(superlative of well-selling) |
(Bokmål) bestselger noun {m} | bestseller(book or thing sold in large numbers) |
(Bokmål) bestyrtelse noun {m} | consternation(amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay) |
(Bokmål) bestå verb | consist [consisted, consisting, consists](to be composed (of)) |
(Bokmål) det beste fra to verdener noun | best of both worlds(combination of two contradictory benefits) |
(Bokmål) menneskets beste venn noun {m} | man's best friend(an affectionate term for a dog) |
(Bokmål) motsi, bestride, fornekte, forby verb | gainsay [gainsaid, gainsaid, gainsaying, gainsays](to contradict something said) |
(Bokmål) nye koster feier best phrase | a new broom sweeps clean(new management will often make radical changes) |
(Bokmål) selvbestemmelse noun {m}, SjølbeStemmelSe {m} | self-determination(political independence of a people) |
(Bokmål) skifte mening, endre oppfatning, ombestemme seg verb | change one's mind(to decide differently than one had decided before) |