effort

effort
'efət
noun
1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) innsats, (kraft)anstrengelse, krafttak
2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) bestrebelse, anstrengelse, strev, flid
3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) forsøk, prestasjon
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- effortlessly
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subst. \/ˈefət\/
1) (kraft)anstrengelse, innsats, strev
• the war effort
krigsinnsatsen
2) (teknisk) kraft
3) prestasjon, anstrengelse (spesielt kunstnerisk, spøkefullt)
• in spite of his oratorical efforts the audience soon went to sleep
til tross for hans oratoriske øvelser, falt publikum snart i søvn
4) forsøk, verk, produkt
• that book is not one of his happier efforts
den boken er ikke en av hans mest vellykkede
be an effort koste overvinnelse
be unsparing in one's efforts ikke spare på kreftene, gi alt man har
by one's own efforts ved egen kraft
cost an effort koste overvinnelse
make an all-out effort anstrenge seg til det ytterste, gi alt det en har
make an effort anstrenge seg, gjøre et (alvorlig) forsøk
• make an effort at cheerfulness
anstrenge seg for å virke munter
• make a slight effort to help
gjøre et svakt forsøk på å hjelpe
• make every effort
gjøre sitt ytterste \/ gjøre alt man kan
put effort into something legge arbeid (eller flid) i noe
put forth an effort gjøre en kraftanstrengelse
that's a good effort! (hverdagslig) ikke verst! , bra gjort!
with effort med besvær
without (apparent) effort uten (synlig) anstrengelse

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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