sterkt i vinden

English translation: popular / in demand

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Norwegian term or phrase:sterkt i vinden
English translation:popular / in demand
Entered by: Tore Bjerkek

14:02 Nov 24, 2005
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
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Norwegian term or phrase: sterkt i vinden
Is this a saying? It's part of a marketing text - given the context I would like it to mean "popular", but I'm not entirely sure....
Clare Barnes
Sweden
Local time: 08:03
popular / in demand
Explanation:
You are quite right.
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Tore Bjerkek
Canada
Local time: 02:03
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4 +1popular / in demand
Tore Bjerkek
4the wind at its back
Michele Fauble


  

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popular / in demand


Explanation:
You are quite right.

Tore Bjerkek
Canada
Local time: 02:03
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
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agree  Rebecca Barath
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the wind at its back


Explanation:
Apple is a name in technology that at least for the next couple of quarters will have the wind at its back. Owen Fitzpatrick, Deutsche Bank analyst ...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4172211.stm

Bank ends '03 with the wind at its back ...
www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2004/05/18/fleetbost...

Until recently, Apollo had the wind at its back. John G. Sperling, who founded Apollo in 1976, was a visionary who saw a huge untapped market in working ...
www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_05/b3918112_mz017....

In today's economic environment, the site that William Shatner made famous has the wind at its back. When times are tough, consumers are more willing to ...
www.forbes.com/2001/08/03/0803winner.html

Overall, the industry has the wind at its back: a favorable global economic environment will bolster entertainment and media spending. ...
www.natpe.org/memberresources/natpenews/articles/story.jsp?...

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 23:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
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