very

'veri 1. adverb

1) (to a great degree: He's very clever; You came very quickly; I'm not feeling very well.) meget, svært

2) (absolutely; in the highest degree: The very first thing you must do is ring the police; She has a car of her very own.) aller-

2. adjective

1) (exactly or precisely the thing, person etc mentioned: You're the very man I want to see; At that very minute the door opened.) akkurat den/de (osv.)/da; i samme...

2) (extreme: at the very end of the day; at the very top of the tree.) på tampen, aller øverst/ytterst (osv.)

3) (used for emphasis in other ways: The very suggestion of a sea voyage makes her feel seasick.) bare (tanken på)

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- very well

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adj. \/ˈverɪ\/ (oftest ubøyd)

1) (bekrefter noe utrolig\/usannsynlig) (faktisk) akkurat den\/det\/de, nettopp den\/det\/de

• he is the very man I want

han er presis den mannen jeg vil ha fatt i

• that is the very thing we need

det er nettopp det vi trenger

• he did it before our very eyes

han gjorde det rett foran øynene på oss

2) (om tid og sted) nøyaktig, presis, nettopp, akkurat, helt

• this is the very spot where we saw it

dette er nøyaktig det stedet vi så det

• at that very moment

akkurat da \/ akkurat i det øyeblikk

• this very minute

på minuttet \/ snarest \/ øyeblikkelig

• she knew from the very beginning that something was wrong

hun visste helt fra begynnelsen av at noe var galt

• she proved faithful to the very last

hun var trofast til det aller siste

3) selve, selv, selveste

• the very king

selveste kongen

• the very name is odious

selv navnet er avskyelig

• in the very centre

i selve sentrum

• he is the very picture of his father

han er sin far opp av dage

• his very children bully him

selv barna hans mobber ham

• his very thoughts

hans innerste tanker

4) ren og skjær, lutter

• he did it for very pity

han gjorde det av ren og skjær medlidenhet

5) (gammeldags eller litterært) sann, virkelig, riktig, komplett

• he is a very rogue

han er en riktig kjeltring

• a verier rogue there never was

en større skurk har aldri eksistert

a very little litt, lite grann, en anelse

in the very act på fersk gjerning

the very idea! (positivt og negativt) bare tanken! , for en ide!

the very opposite den rake motsetning, stikk motsatt

the very truth den fulle og hele sannhet

this very day den dag i dag allerede i dag akkurat den\/denne dagen

this very minute på minuttet, snarest, øyeblikkelig

II

adv. \/ˈverɪ\/ (oftest ubøyd)

1) meget, svært, veldig, særdeles, spesielt, særs, i høyeste grad

• the book is not very interesting

boken er ikke spesielt interessant

• it was something very different

det var noe helt annet

• very good

meget god, utmerket

2) aller

• she was the very first woman to climb Mt. Everest

hun var den aller første kvinnen som klatret opp på Mt. Everest

at the very least i det minste, iallfall

not very ikke (noe) større, ikke (noe) særlig, ikke (noe) videre langt i fra

someone's very own bare noens, helt for seg selv

• it is my very own

den er bare min

• I want to have it for my very own

jeg vil ha det helt for meg selv

very lately (helt) nylig

the very next allerede neste

• she came the very next day

hun kom allerede neste dag

the very same nøyaktig, nettopp

• the very same place

nøyaktig samme sted

very well ok, javel, skal bli