picture

'pik ə 1. noun

1) (a painting or drawing: This is a picture of my mother.) bilde, maleri, tegning

2) (a photograph: I took a lot of pictures when I was on holiday.) bilde, fotografi

3) (a cinema film: There's a good picture on at the cinema tonight.) (kino)film

4) ((with the) a symbol or perfect example (of something): She looked the picture of health/happiness.) bilde på, sunnheten (osv.) selv

5) ((with a) a beautiful sight: She looked a picture in her new dress.) nydelig syn

6) (a clear description: He gave me a good picture of what was happening.) bilde, skildring

2. verb

(to imagine: I can picture the scene.) forestille seg

- put someone / be in the picture

- put / be in the picture
- the pictures

bilde

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film

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hinne

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maleri

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subst. \/ˈpɪktʃə\/

1) bilde, illustrasjon, portrett, fotografi

• these are some old pictures of the family

2) skildring, beskrivelse, fremstilling

• she gave a vivid picture of that time

3) bilde, situasjon, stilling, sak

• the political picture is confusing at the moment

• that is not the whole picture

det er ikke hele sannheten

4) tablå

5) (også motion picture) film

6) TV-bilde

• we have a 21-inch picture

be in the picture være informert om saken, være med i bildet

be\/look a picture være skjønnheten selv, se nydelig ut

• that girl looks a picture

den jenta ser nydelig ut

be\/look the picture of health se ut som\/være sunnheten selv

come\/enter into the picture komme med i bildet, bli aktuell

get the picture forstå situasjonen

• do you get the picture?

out of the picture (hverdagslig) være ute av bildet

• he is out of the picture

han er ute av bildet

the pictures kino

• they spent the evening at the pictures

put somebody in the picture (hverdagslig) sette noen inn i saken, forklare situasjonen for noen

II

verb \/ˈpɪktʃə\/

1) avbilde, male, fremstille (i bildeformat)

• the feelings that are pictured on his face

følelsene som gjenspeiles i hans ansikt

2) (overført) gi et bilde av, skildre, beskrive

3) forestille seg

• one can picture to oneself the most amazing things