dance

1. verb

1) (to move in time to music by ma-king a series of rhythmic steps: She began to dance; Can you dance the waltz?) danse

2) (to move quickly up and down: The father was dancing the baby on his knee.) huske, gynge

2. noun

1) (a series of fixed steps made in time to music: Have you done this dance before?; (also adjective) dance music.) dans

2) (a social gathering at which people dance: We're going to a dance next Saturday.) ball, dans

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- dancer

- dancing

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subst. \/dɑːns\/

1) dans

• join the dance

bli med i dansen

• may I have the next dance?

kan jeg få neste dans?

2) (musikk) dans, dansestykke, dansemelodi

3) dans, dansemoro, dansetilstelning, ball

• they're giving a dance next Saturday

de skal arrangere ball neste lørdag

ask somebody to dance by opp noen til dans

lead somebody a (pretty\/fine) dance stelle i stand problemer for noen

II

verb \/dɑːns\/

1) danse

• he danced her round the floor

han danset rundt med henne på dansegulvet

2) gynge

• dance a baby on one's knee

dance attendance (up)on passe på, se etter smiske for, stå på pinne for

dance for danse av

• he danced for joy

dance on air (gammeldags) bli hengt

dance to danse etter, danse til

• they danced to the music of Mozart

de danset etter musikk av Mozart

dance to someone's tune\/pipe danse etter noens pipe

dance up and down with something hoppe av noe

• she danced up and down with rage

hun hoppet av raseri