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skjære seg

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

see:Se: skjæreto cut · to carve · to slice
  1. briste, sprekke to break, to crack
    • melka skar seg the milk curdled
    • motoren skar seg the engine seized up
    • stemmen skar seg his voice cracked
  2. slå feil, gå i stå to fail, to grind to a halt Eng. phraseto go wrong
    • opplegget skar seg the plan fell apart
  3. ta en viss retning to take a certain course
    • skiene skar seg ned i snøen the skis cut down into the snow
    • båten skjærer seg fram i bølgene the boat cuts its way through the waves
    • Sognefjorden skjærer seg 20 mil inn i landet the Sognefjord cuts 200 kilometres inland