swallow

I 1. 'swoləu verb

1) (to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach: Try to swallow the pill; His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.) svelge, sluke

2) (to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest: You'll never get her to swallow that story!) svelge, sluke (rått)

2. noun

(an act of swallowing.) svelging, sluking; munnfull

- swallow one's pride

- swallow up II 'swoləu noun

(a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail.) svale

sluke

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slurk

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svale

I

subst. \/ˈswɒləʊ\/

(fugl i familien Hirundinidae) svale

one swallow does not make a summer en svale gjør ingen sommer

swallow's nest svalerede

II

subst. \/ˈswɒləʊ\/

1) svelg, strupe

2) slurk, klunk

in one swallow (om mat eller drikke) i én munnfull

III

verb \/ˈswɒləʊ\/

1) svelge

• she swallowed the pills

hun svelget tablettene

2) sluke, slenge i seg

3) (overført) sluke, tro på, gå på

• he swallowed the story whole

han slukte historien med hud og hår

4) undertrykke, bite i seg, kvele, holde tilbake

• he swallowed his pride

han svelget stoltheten

5) finne seg i, godta

• he couldn't swallow the insult

han kunne ikke finne seg i fornærmelsen

be swallowed up synke ned, forsvinne

• the fox was gone, as if swallowed up by the earth

reven var borte, som sunket i jorden

• the aircraft was swallowed up in the clouds

flyet forsvant blant skyene

hard to swallow (hverdagslig) vanskelig å svelge, vanskelig å tro på, vanskelig å akseptere, drøy

• frankly, I find that explanation a bit hard to swallow

jeg synes den forklaringen er litt vanskelig å svelge

swallow (up) kjøre i seg (også overført) spise opp

• the expenses swallow up the earnings

utgiftene spiser opp fortjenesten

oppta

• it swallows (up) all my time

det opptar all min tid

swallow down svelge ned