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være kar for/om/til

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være i stand til;
greie, makte
to be able to;
to manage, to cope with
see:Se: karfellow, chap, bloke · quite a man Eng. phraseto be up to it
  • han kjempet det han var kar for he fought with everything he had
  • han tok i alt han var kar om he pulled with all his might
  • han ropte det han var kar til he shouted as loud as he could