lame

[US]/leɪm/
[UK]/leɪm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ute av stand til å gå ordentlig, av dårlig kvalitet, ikke overbevisende
Word Forms
Past Participlelamed
Past Tenselamed
Present Participlelaming
Comparativelamer
Third Person Singularlames
Superlativelamest
Plurallames

Phrases & Collocations

lame duck

enduke

Example Sentences

knead the lame muscles

knå de halte musklene

He is lame in the right leg.

Han halter i høyre bein.

He is lame of both legs.

Han halter på begge bena.

The llama has a lame leg.

Llammaen har et halt ben.

his horse went lame .

hesten hans ble halt.

simpered a lame excuse.

sniket frem med en dårlig unnskyldning.

The lame child lagged behind.

Det halte barnet henger etter.

a lame attempt to apologize; lame excuses for not arriving on time.

et dårlig forsøk på å beklage; dårlige unnskyldninger for å ikke komme i tide.

Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.

Han haltet etter ulykken, og gikk med stokk. Et halt vinge hindret fuglen i å fly.

the TV licensing teams hear a lot of lame excuses.

TV-lisensteamene hører mange dårlige unnskyldninger.

he was badly lamed during the expedition.

Han ble dårlig hindret under ekspedisjonen.

the British crew are no longer the lame ducks of the Olympic team.

Det britiske mannskapet er ikke lenger taperne i det olympiske laget.

By perseverance the lame boy learned to swim.

Gjennom utholdenhet lærte den halte gutten å svømme.

The shipping industry had become a lame duck.

Shippingindustrien hadde blitt en taper.

The officer didn't buy my lame excuse for speeding.

Betjenten kjøpte ikke unnskyldningen min for å kjøre for fort.

My horse is lame — I can't ride him.

Hesten min er halt - jeg kan ikke ri på den.

He gave a lame excuse for being absent.

Han ga en dårlig unnskyldning for å være fraværende.

The lame man needs a stick when he walks.

Den halte mannen trenger en stokk når han går.

Real-world Examples

My dame hath a lame tame crane. My dame hath a crane that is lame.

Min dame har en halt, tam kran. Min dame har en kran som er halt.

Source: Fun Practice Speaking: English Tongue Twisters

Oh, my god. That is so lame.

Åh, min gud. Det er så halt.

Source: Modern Family - Season 02

And I'm in remission from being lame.

Og jeg er i bedring fra å være halt.

Source: Modern Family Season 6

" Because they're all the same, " says the guy who initially called them lame.

« Fordi de er alle like, » sier fyren som opprinnelig kalte dem halte.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

I was in at the kill. We watched with broken hearts he pulled up lame.

Jeg var med på slutten. Vi så med knuste hjerter da han kom haltende.

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You probably think it's super lame, us doing a greenroom.

Du tenker sikkert at det er veldig halt, oss som gjør et grønnrom.

Source: Our Day Season 2

It is! It doesn't sound great. It sounds beyond lame.

Det er det! Det høres ikke bra ut. Det høres verre enn halt ut.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 4

If what I do is so lame...

Hvis det jeg gjør er så halt...

Source: Friends Season 3

Without that, you just got " lame with women" !

Uten det, har du bare blitt "halt med kvinner"!

Source: Friends Season 9

" Limited seating" . That's such a lame excuse.

« Begrenset sitteplass ». Det er en så halt unnskyldning.

Source: Friends Season 7

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