spare

speə 1. verb

1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) spare/skåne for

2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) avse

3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) spare, skåne

4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) skåne

5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) spare på

6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) spare for

2. adjective

1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) ekstra, reserve-, til overs

2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) fri-

3. noun

1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) reservedel

2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) reservedekk

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- sparing

- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare

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I

subst. \/speə\/

1) reservedel

• I've got a spare

2) reservehjul

II

verb \/speə\/

1) avse, unnvære

• can you spare a pound?

har du et pund å avse?

• can you spare a few minutes?

har du noen minutter til overs?

• I can't spare the time for a holiday

jeg har ikke tid til å ta ferie

• if I can spare the time

hvis jeg får tid

• I have a few cigarettes to spare

jeg har noen få sigaretter å avse

• he caught the train with a few minutes to spare

han rakk toget med noen få minutters margin

• I have little time to spare

jeg har dårlig med tid

2) (stivt) skåne, spare

• death spares nobody

døden skåner ingen

• spare me!

skån meg!

3) spare for, skåne for, forskåne

• spare me the details, please!

vær så snill holde detaljene for deg selv!

4) spare på, bruke sparsomt

• we shall spare no effort to find the murderer

vi vil ikke sky noen anstrengelser for å finne morderen

• no expenses spared

koste hva det koste vil

5) reservere, sette\/legge til side

6) være skånsom

7) være sparsom, spare

enough and to spare mer enn nok

• money enough and to spare

spare oneself spare\/skåne seg, spare sine krefter

spare oneself the trouble spare seg bryet med å, ikke gjøre seg noe besvær med å

spare someone's feelings være hensynsfull overfor noens følelser

spare someone's life la være å drepe noen

III

adj. \/speə\/

1) ekstra, ekstra-, reserve-, til overs, i reserve, ledig

• I've lost my key, do you have a spare one?

• I'll help you with it when I have a spare hour

jeg skal hjelpe deg med det når jeg får en ledig stund

2) mager

• he was a tall, spare man

3) sparsom, knapp, enkel, mager

• it's not healthy to live on such a spare diet

spare cash penger man har til overs