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}
],
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}
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"letter"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"letter"
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{
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{
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"letter"
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{
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{
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"english": "from A to B",
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"english": "from A to Z",
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"english": "the use of a in the definite form of feminine words",
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"english": "blood group A",
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"english": "(motorcycle) driver's license in class A",
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{
"text": "øl i klasse A ― beer in class A (with 0,0-0,7 volume percent alcohol)",
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{
"english": "A post / priority mail",
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{
"english": "class A-share",
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{
"english": "hepatitis A",
"text": "hepatitt A",
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"english": "[the letters began] to go together, two by two: a stood and rested under a tree called b",
"ref": "1919, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede digter-verker I [Collected poetic works 1], page 454",
"text": "[bokstavene begynte] at gaa sammen, to og to: a stod og hvilte under et træ, som hedte b",
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{
"ref": "1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker V, page 389",
"roman": "start with Ø instead of A",
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{
"english": "I met a couple of general bandits, old boys, great revelers, 1st class 1 A with a star, lovely gentlemen",
"ref": "1886, Arne Garborg, Mogning og manndom I, page 172",
"text": "jeg traf sammen med et par generalbanditter, gamle gutter, storartede ranglefanter, 1ste klasse 1 A med stjerne, deilige herremænd",
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{
"english": "story is what A thinks differently from B and what C again thinks differently from both A and B about the same case",
"ref": "1939, Knut Hamsun, Artikler, page 99",
"text": "historie er hvad A mener til forskel fra B, og hvad C igen mener til forskel baade fra A og B om den samme sag",
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{
"word": "a-"
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"english": "receive an A on an exam",
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{
"english": "I have good grades. Only A's and B's",
"ref": "2019, Helene Uri, Stillheten etterpå, page 14",
"text": "jeg har gode karakterer. Bare A-er og B-er",
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],
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"english": "A major",
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"english": "A minor",
"text": "A-moll",
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},
{
"english": "sing a correct A without the aid of an instrument or tuning fork",
"ref": "1944, Børre Qvamme, Musikk, page 10",
"text": "synge en riktig A uten hjelp av et instrument eller stemmegaffel",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "he strikes one stroke A on the piano",
"ref": "1973, Finn Havrevold, Avreisen, page 127",
"text": "han slår énstrøken a på klaveret",
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},
{
"english": "so crazy that you really think swallows are g-keys and bass-keys and a's and c's floating around each other and making a concert in the sky",
"ref": "1997, Tove Nilsen, G for Georg, page 42",
"text": "så gal at man virkelig tror at svaler er g-nøkler og bass-nøkler og a’er og c’er som svever rundt hverandre og lager konsert i himmelen",
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"lifestyle",
"music"
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"physics",
"physics"
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[
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"ampere"
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"(physics) symbol for ampere"
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"masculine",
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"physical-sciences",
"physics"
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{
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"physics"
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[
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"nucleon number"
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"(physics) symbol for nucleon number"
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"masculine",
"symbol"
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"physical-sciences",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(horology) symbol for avance"
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"masculine",
"symbol"
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"horology",
"lifestyle"
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"3": "*h₂éd",
"4": "",
"5": "to, at"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Mostly likely from Norwegian ad (“against, on”), from Danish ad (“by, at”), from Old Danish at, from Old Norse at (“at, to”), from Proto-Germanic *at (“at, toward, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "interjections"
},
"expansion": "a",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "oh, my!",
"text": "uff a meg!"
},
{
"english": "oh, no!",
"text": "huff a meg!"
}
],
"glosses": [
"expression of anger or sorrow, especially with a personal pronoun"
],
"links": [
[
"anger",
"anger#English"
],
[
"sorrow",
"sorrow#English"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "å"
}
],
"word": "a"
}
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