curtain

curtain
'kə:tn
noun
(a piece of material hung up to act as a screen at a window, on a theatre stage etc: The maid drew the curtains; The curtain came down at the end of the play.) gardin, forheng, portière, sceneteppe
- curtain off
forheng
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gardin
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teppe
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subst. \/ˈkɜːtn\/
1) gardin
2) forheng, portiere
3) (overført) teppe, vegg
a curtain of smoke
4) (overført) slør
5) (teater) teppe, sceneteppe
the curtain falls
6) (teater) teppe, teppefall
7) (teater) sluttreplikk, sorti
8) (teater) fremkallelse
take several curtains
bli fremkalt flere ganger
9) (militærvesen) kurtine (mur\/voll mellom to bastioner)
10) (slang, som flertall: curtains) slutten, døden
it will be curtains for us if the police catch us
det er ute med oss\/vi er dødsens dersom politiet finner oss
a pair of curtains et fag gardiner
behind the curtain bak kulissene, ubemerket
bring down the curtain on something avslutte noe, la teppet gå ned for noe
draw a curtain over something trekke et (glemselens) slør over noe, forbigå noe i stillhet
draw the curtains trekke gardinene for
ring up\/down the curtain (teater) gi signal om at teppet skal gå opp\/ned
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verb \/ˈkɜːtn\/
1) henge opp gardiner
curtain a window
henge opp gardiner foran et vindu
2) renne, sige (om maling)
curtain off skille\/skjerme av med et forheng

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