Vår opgave ble litt bom

English translation: Our excercise/assignment, etc. was a somewhat off the mark

23:05 Apr 1, 2008
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Norwegian term or phrase: Vår opgave ble litt bom
This is from a feedback form regarding a course. The respondent is referring to some assignments the participants were given, and then he/she says that their "opgave ble litt bom." What is meant by "ble litt bom" in this context?
Nikolaj Widenmann
United States
Local time: 00:44
English translation:Our excercise/assignment, etc. was a somewhat off the mark
Explanation:
bomme= miss, be wrong, etc.
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valhalla55
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Thanks, appreciate it. Both answers were good; this just happened to be the one that fit my context the most.
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3 +1Our excercise/assignment, etc. was a somewhat off the mark
valhalla55
3Our task missed the goal
Hanne Rask Sonderborg


  

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Our excercise/assignment, etc. was a somewhat off the mark


Explanation:
bomme= miss, be wrong, etc.

valhalla55
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, appreciate it. Both answers were good; this just happened to be the one that fit my context the most.

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agree  brigidm: Our assignment missed the mark somewhat/was somewhat off the mark.
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Our task missed the goal


Explanation:
My Norwegian-Danish dictionary says about "bom":

noun:
fejlskud, forbier, fejlspark i fodbold

skyte bom: skyde forbi, forregne sig.

Example sentence(s):
  • Already we have missed the goal on MDG3 of attaining universal education by 2005.

    Reference: http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/UNDP_BRIDGE_CSW.pdf
Hanne Rask Sonderborg
Denmark
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Tak skal du have. Begge svar var nok lige gode, men det andet svar passede bedre i dette tilfælde og sammenhæng. Tak for hjælpen.

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