bragd bragd s m feat, exploit, achievement, accomplishment brak s n bang, crash; noise; (om torden) peal brake v crash; (tordne) thunder, roar, peal brakk adj 1 (om jord) fallow; ligge brakk lie fallow 2 (om vann) brackish brakke s m/f barrack(s) brakkmark s m/f fallow (field) brann s m fire; (stor) conflagration; huset stod i brann the house was on fire; høyet kom i brann the hay caught fire brannalarm s m fire alarm brannbil s m fire engine brannbombe s m/f incendiary (bomb); firebomb branndør s m/f fire door brannfakkel s m (fig) firebrand kaste ut en brannfakkel let off a bombshell brannfarlig adj combustible; inflammable brannfast adj fireproof brannfolk s (koll) firemen; fire brigade brannforsikring s m/f fire insurance branngavl s m fire gable brannhydrant s m fire hydrant; fireplug (amer) brannmann s m fireman brannmester s m → brannsjef brannmur s m fireproof wall brannpolise s m fire (insurance) policy brannsikker adj fireproof brannsjef s m chief fire officer, fire chief brannslange s m fire hose brannslokningsapparat s n fire extinguisher brannstasjon s m fire station brannstiftelse s m arson, fire-raising brannstifter s m arsonist, incendiary brannstige s m fire escape brannsår s n burn branntomt s m/f burnt-out ruins (fl) brannutrykning s m fire-brigade turnout, fire department call-out (amer) brannvarsler s m fire alarm brannvarsling s m/f fire alarm brannvarslingsanlegg s n fire alarm system brannvern s n fire protection brannvesen s n fire service; (konkret) fire brigade, fire department (amer) bransje s m trade; line of business bransjeorganisasjon s m trade organisation, trade organization bransjeregister s n trade index, Yellow Pages (amer) bras s m (sjø) brace brase v 1 (steke) frizzle 2 (fare) rush; brase inn i crash into brasene s (fl)
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klare brasene weather the storm, pull it off, bring it off Brasil (geogr) Brazil brasilianer s m Brazilian brasiliansk adj Brazilian brask s m; med brask og bram ostentatiously bratsj s m viola bratt adj steep; (stupbratt) precipitous braute v swagger, brag bravo! interj bravo! bravorop s n bravo, cheer bre1 s m (isbre) glacier bre2 v (spre) spread bre seg (vinne utbredelse) spread; nyheten/ epidemien bredte seg the news/the epidemic spread bred adj broad, wide; 60 fot bred sixty feet broad; et bredt utvalg a wide selection; jf bredt bredd s m bank; (strandbredd) shore; gå over sine bredder overflow its banks bredde s m/f 1 breadth, width; fem fot i bredden five feet across; five feet broad; five feet in width; de marsjerte fire i bredden they marched four abreast 2 (astronomisk, geografisk) latitude breddegrad s m degree of latitude; parallel breddfull adj brimful bredside s m/f broadside bredskuldret adj broad-shouldered bredsporet adj broad-gauge, broad-gaged (amer) bredt adv broadly, widely vidt og bredt far and wide; han talte vidt og bredt om saken he spoke at great length on the subject bregne s m (bot) fern, bracken brei adj → bred breie v → bre breke v bleat brekke v break; stokken brakk i to the stick broke in two brekke seg 1 retch 2 (kaste opp) vomit, throw up brekkjern s n jemmy, crowbar brekkmiddel s n emetic brekkstang s m/f → brekkjern brem s m (på hatt) brim brems s m (insekt) gadfly, botfly bremse1, brems m/f s (på hjul eller maskin) brake bremse2 v brake; put on the brake; hun bremset she put on the brake bremselengde s m/f braking distance, braking length bremselys s n brake light bremsespor s n brake tracks; skid marks brennbar adj combustible; inflammable
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