Norvég | Angol |
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(Bokmål) som hund og katt preposition | at loggerheads(unable to agree; opposing) |
(Bokmål) som hund og katt, ikke være på samme bølgelengde preposition | at sixes and sevens(in a state of dispute or disagreement) |
(Bokmål) som man reder, så ligger man verb | make one's bed and lie in it(to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences) |
(Bokmål) som man roper i skogen får man svar phrase | squeaky wheel gets the grease(the person who complains most receives the attention) |
(Bokmål) som regel adverb | as a rule(in general; most often) |
(Bokmål) som sådan, i sin alminnelighet preposition | at large(in general) |
(Bokmål) som sagt, så gjort phrase | no sooner said than done(no sooner than something is said it will be done) |
(Bokmål) som tilhører tiden før syndfloden, antediluviansk adjective | antediluvian(biblical) |
(Bokmål) somali noun {m}, SomaliSk {m} | Somali [Somalis](a language) |
(Bokmål) Somalia proper noun | Somalia(country in the Horn of Africa) |
(Bokmål) somalier noun {m} | Somali [Somalis](a person from Somalia or of Somali descent) |
(Bokmål) somalisk adjective | Somali(pertaining to Somalia) |
(Bokmål) somatisk adjective | somatic(relating to the body of an organism) |
(Bokmål) sommersolverv noun {n} | summer solstice(the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun) |
(Bokmål) sommertid noun {m} {f} | daylight saving time(an adjustment of the official time during summer) summertime(the period or season of summer) |
(Bokmål) sparsommelig, nøysom adjective | thrifty [thriftier, thriftiest](given to, or evincing, thrift) |
(Bokmål) sparsommelighet noun {m} {f} | parsimony(great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily) |
(Bokmål) stolt som en hane (proud as a rooster) adjective | proud as a peacock(extremely proud) |
(Bokmål) stor kålsommerfugl noun {m} | large white(butterfly) |
(Bokmål) tvilsom adjective | dubious(arousing doubt) |
(Bokmål) tynn som en strek adjective | thin as a rake(incredibly thin) |
(Bokmål) uaktsomhet noun {m} {f} | negligence(failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) |
(Bokmål) uaktsomt drap noun {n} | manslaughter [manslaughters](act of killing unlawfully) |
(Bokmål) ubesluttsom adjective | indecisive(not decisive) |
(Bokmål) ubesluttsomhet noun {m} {f} | indecision(inability to decide on a course of action) |
(Bokmål) ufølsom adjective | insensitive(not having normal physical feeling) |
(Bokmål) uhjelpsom adjective | unhelpful(not helpful) |
(Bokmål) ulønnsom adjective | unprofitable(not making a profit) |
(Bokmål) unntaket som bekrefter regelen noun | exception that proves the rule(occurrence of counterexample) |
(Bokmål) vaktsom adjective | vigilant(watchful) watchful(observant, vigilant and aware) |
(Bokmål) vaktsomt adverb | watchfully(in a watchful manner) |
(Bokmål) virksomhet noun {m} | business [businesses](occupation, work or trade of a person) |
(Bokmål) æres den som æres bør phrase | credit where credit's due(praise) |
(I'm hungry as a wolf) jeg er sulten som en ulv phrase | I could eat a horse(I am very hungry) |
(Nynorsk) av di, fordi, ettersom, då conjunction | because(by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) |
(Nynorsk) det er ikkje gull alt som glimrar phrase | all that glitters is not gold(things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so) |
(Nynorsk) ei svale gjer ingen sommar phrase | one swallow does not a summer make(one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend) |
(Nynorsk) flat som ei pannekake adjective | flat as a pancake(extremely flat) |