it

it

pronoun

1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) den, det

2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) det (foreløpig subjekt)

3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) det

4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!) det

•

- its

- itself

det

I

subst. \/ɪt\/

sex appeal, sjarm, it

• she's got it

hun har sjarm \/ hun har it

be it (i sisten e.l.) du har'n

II

subst. \/ɪt\/

(hverdagslig) vermut

• gin and it

gin og vermut

III

pron. \/ɪt\/

1) den, det

• where is the cat? it's in the garden

hvor er katten? den er i hagen

2) (som udefinert subjekt) det, en, man

• yes, what is it?

ja, hva er det?

• where does it hurt?

hvor gjør det vondt?

• he left it to others to do it

han overlot til andre å gjøre det

3) seg

• the engine pushed the waggons in front of it

lokomotivet dyttet vognene foran seg

4) (hverdagslig) det (samleie)

• they were caught in the act of doing it

de ble tatt på fersken mens de gjorde det

bus it (hverdagslig) ta bussen, kjøre buss

foot it gå, traske danse, svinge seg i valsen

have a good time of it ha det veldig morsomt, more seg kostelig

lord it over spille herre over, tyrannisere

now you've done it! nå har du virkelig stelt det til!

run for it (hverdagslig) stikke av, skynde seg

take it that anta at

that's it det stemmer, akkurat, nettopp

that's just it det er helt riktig, nettopp

that's probably it det er antakelig forklaringen

think one is it tro en er noe

this is it (amer., hverdagslig) tiden er inne, øyeblikket er kommet, nå eller aldri

• well, this is it, folks, I gotta leave now

vel, tiden er inne, folkens, jeg må dra nå

nå får det være nok, nå er det slutt