tea

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noun

1) (a type of plant grown in Asia, especially India, Ceylon and China, or its dried and prepared leaves: I bought half a kilo of tea.) te, tebusk

2) (a drink made by adding boiling water to these: Have a cup of tea!) te

3) (a cup etc of tea: Two teas, please!) kopp med te

4) (a small meal in the afternoon (afternoon tea) or a larger one in the early evening, at which tea is often drunk: She invited him to tea.) mellommat; kveldsmat

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- tea-bag

- teacup
- tea-party
- teapot
- tearoom
- tea-set
- tea-service
- teaspoon
- teaspoonful
- tea-time
- tea-towel

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subst. \/tiː\/

1) (om drikk eller måltid) te

• two teas, please!

to (kopper) te, takk!

2) te(sort)

• our teas are carefully blended

tesortene våre er omhyggelig blandet

3) teselskap

4) teblad

5) (plantearten Camellia sinensis) tebusk

6) kraft, kjøttkraft, (klar) buljong

7) (slang) gress, marihuana

early morning tea morgente

five o'clock tea eller afternoon tea ettermiddagste

give away with a pound of tea gi bort gratis, kaste etter

• I would not have had the chair if it were given away with a pound of tea

jeg ville ikke ha tatt imot stolen om den så hadde blitt kastet etter meg

have tea drikke te

• I had tea with my uncle at 7

jeg drakk te med onkelen min klokken sju

high tea eller meat tea lett kveldsmåltid med te, tidlig tesupé (vanligvis ved 18-tiden)

my cup of tea noe for meg

• it's not my cup of tea

det er ikke noe for meg

min stil, min type

• she is not my cup of tea

hun er ikke min type

not for all the tea in China (hverdagslig) ikke for alt i verden

tea and sympathy (hverdagslig) trøst og støtte

• all I could offer her was tea and sympathy

jeg kunne ikke gjøre annet enn å gi henne trøst og støtte

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verb \/tiː\/

1) drikke te

• my mother teaed with the famous writer

moren min drakk te med den berømte skribenten

2) by på te

• I always tea the visitors

jeg byr alltid de besøkende på te