sigh

sigh
1. verb
1) (to take a long, deep-sounding breath showing tiredness, sadness, longing etc: She sighed with exasperation.) sukke, trekke et sukk
2) (to say, or express, with sighs: `I've still got several hours' work to do,' he sighed.) sukke
2. noun
(an act of sighing.) sukk(ing)
sukk
I
subst. \/saɪ\/
1) sukk, sukking
2) (svak) susing
breathe\/draw\/fetch\/heave a sigh of relief trekke et lettelsens sukk, puste lettet ut
II
verb \/saɪ\/
1) sukke
he sighed with disappointment
han sukket av skuffelse
2) suse
the trees are sighing in the wind
trærne suser i vinden
3) sukke frem, si sukkende
4) lengte, smekte
sigh for lengte etter, lengte tilbake til, ønske seg tilbake til
we sigh for the days of our youth
vi lengter etter våre ungdoms dager
they sighed for the good old times to return
de ønsket seg tilbake til de gode gamle dager
sigh out sukke frem, si med et sukk

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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