Betydning av plain På norsk

• 0 without decoration or extra things added -- enkel

  • plain white plates enkle, hvite tallerkener

  • good plain food god, enkel mat

• 1 easy to see or understand -- lettfattelig

  • It was plain that the plan wasn’t working. Det var åpenbart at planen ikke virket.

  • a document written in plain English et dokument skrevet på lettfattelig engelsk

  • He made it plain that he was not interested. Han gjorde det klart at han ikke var interessert.

  • He prides himself on his plain speaking. Han er stolt av sin åpenhjertige tale.

  • The union refused to accept it, plain and simple. Fagforeningen nektet å godta det. rett og slett.

• 2 (of a person) not very pretty or attractive -- vanlig

  • a plain child en vanlig unge

• 3 a large flat area of land -- slette [ masculine-feminine ]

  • the plains of the Midwestern U.S. slettene i det amerikanske Midtvesten

• 4 emphasizes a bad quality -- rett og slett

  • That was just plain stupid! Det der var bare rett og slett dumt!

• 5 simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration -- enkel, alminnelig, vanlig

  • plain living

  • good, plain food.

• 6 easy to understand; clear -- klar, tydelig

  • His words were quite plain.

• 7 absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful -- oppriktig, likefram

  • I’ll be quite plain with you

  • plain speaking.

• 8 obvious -- tydelig, klar

  • It’s plain (to see) you haven’t been practising your music.

• 9 not pretty -- lite pen

  • a rather plain girl.

• 10 a large flat level piece of land -- slette, flate, vidde

  • the plains of central Canada.

• 11 a kind of knitting stitch. -- rett strikkemaske