effrontery

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n. hensynsløs frekkhet, påfallende oppførsel.
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Eksempelsætninger

one juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision.

en jurymedlem havde den frækhed at bestride ligblæderens beslutning.

He had the effrontery to say I was lying.

Han havde den utrolige frækhed til at påstå, at jeg løj.

it was the sheer effrontery of them which got under my skin.

Det var deres rene og skære frækhed, der irriterede mig.

This is a despicable fraud. Just imagine that he has the effrontery to say it.

Dette er et forkasteligt bedrageri. Forestil dig bare, at han har den frækhed at sige det.

He had the effrontery to suggest that she enjoyed being unhappy.

Han havde den utrolige frækhed til at foreslå, at hun kunne lide at være ulykkelig.

How can he have had the effrontery to say “Piss off!” to you?

Hvordan kan han have haft den utrolige frækhed til at sige 'Piss off!' til dig?

Virkelige Eksempler

" My name, " said Raffles, with dry effrontery.

Mit navn," sagde Raffles med tør frækhed.

Kilde: Amateur Thief Rafiz

Gwendolen. They're looking at us. What effrontery!

Gwendolen. De kigger på os. Hvilken frækhed!

Kilde: Not to be taken lightly.

She was helpless before such effrontery.

Hun var hjælpeløs over for sådan en frækhed.

Kilde: The places where angels dare not tread.

Oh, woman, throw off your disguising cloaks of selfishness, effrontery, and affectation!

Åh, kvinde, læg dine forklædende klæder af selvishhed, frækhed og påvirkning af dig!

Kilde: Lazy Person's Thoughts Journal

He stumbled away to wash his hands, utterly crushed by her effrontery.

Han vaklede væk for at vaske sine hænder, fuldstændig knust af hendes frækhed.

Kilde: The places where angels dare not tread.

He was generous, and the needy, laughing at him because he believed so naively their stories of distress, borrowed from him with effrontery.

Han var generøs, og de fattige, der grinede af ham, fordi han så naivt troede på deres historier om nød, lånte af ham med frækhed.

Kilde: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

He looked contemptuously from one to the other of these two underpaid flatfeet who had the effrontery to be taking up his time.

Han så med foragt fra den ene til den anden af disse to underbetalte betjente, der havde frækheden til at tage hans tid.

Kilde: 007 Series: Diamonds Are Forever (Part 1)

When this young man, who knows nothing and understands nothing, replies tactlessly and with effrontery to the representatives of the people, do the Liberals protest?

Når denne unge mand, der ikke ved eller forstår noget, svarer uhøfligt og med frækhed til folkets repræsentanter, protesterer de liberale så?

Kilde: The Biography of Tolstoy

" It tries to be elegant but is really a sham. Can't you see how he has the effrontery to compare his own shabby surveillance of us with God's providence" ?

Den forsøger at være elegant, men er virkelig en bedrageri. Kan du se, hvordan han har frækheden til at sammenligne sin egen elendige overvågning af os med Guds forsyn?

Kilde: Sophie's World (Original Version)

Morison, was making his task an extremely difficult one-it was that quality of innate goodness and cleanness which is a good girl's stoutest bulwark and protection-an impregnable barrier that only degeneracy has the effrontery to assail.

Morison, gjorde hans opgave til en ekstremt vanskelig opgave - det var den kvalitet af medfødt godhed og renhed, som er en god piges stærkeste bastion og beskyttelse - en uigennemtrængelig barriere, som kun degenerering har frækheden til at angribe.

Kilde: Son of Mount Tai (Part 2)

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