Norwegian English Dictionary

Norsk - English

nettopp in English:

1. just


He just left.
If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.
Rather than putting off this meeting, why don't we just call it off?
A really perceptive person can figure out a whole situation with just a few clues. That's the kind of person I want you to become.
Being a good conversationalist does not just mean being a good speaker of English.
The question is whether Tom was planning to meet Mary or just met her by chance.
He just naturally avoids everything that is intense, difficult or strenuous.
Just when I was getting the hang of things, I was in a traffic accident and had to stay two months in the hospital.
Tom would often make mistakes purposely just so the teacher would notice him.
Considering all I've eaten all day is just one slice of bread, I'm not really all that hungry.
I don't need to sound like a native speaker, I just want to be able to speak fluently.
I have a hard time seeing the logic of this latest decision of his. He just isn't as sharp as he used to be.
He puts on a show of being impartial and unbiased, but I think he's just a guy with no opinion of his own.
I've been thinking about marriage a lot, and I think we should just do it.
If you raise an eyebrow, it can mean "I want to have sex with you", but also "I find that what you just said is completely idiotic."

English word "nettopp"(just) occurs in sets:

5. Adverbs of time

2. exactly


Tom and Mary gave exactly the same answers on the test which made the teacher suspicious.
It seems like an interesting job. What do you exactly do?
Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's needs seldom matched exactly.
Well, when exactly?
You can search words, and get translations. But it's not exactly a typical dictionary.
It was a big dumpster, Dima said. "And there was a lot of food, so... It wasn't exactly uncomfortable. But yes, smellier than a donkey's behind."
It's your first time doing this kind of work. You should follow the manual exactly until you get more experience.
They left for New York, didn't they? "Exactly."
All the same, we still need a scientific account of how exactly pains are caused by brain processes.
I couldn't say when exactly in my life it occurred to me that I would be a pilot someday.
For distances, if 100 meters is said it's exactly 100 meters.
used when you are giving or asking for information that is completely correct dokładnie What exactly seems to be the problem? The train got in at exactly ten o'clock.
But there had been no indications Gorbachev was having any sort of health problems, and it is not exactly clear what's happened to him now.
But she had not expected to cross an ocean, enter a new and romantic-sounding country, and find herself in exactly the same position.