Engelska | Svenska |
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peak [peaks] (mountain top) noun [UK: piːk] [US: ˈpiːk] | spets [~en ~ar]substantiv toppsubstantiv |
peak oil (Peak of oil production) noun [UK: piːk ɔɪl] [US: ˈpiːk ˌɔɪl] | oljekrönsubstantiv |
peak season (highest demand) noun | högsäsong [~en ~er]substantiv |
do you speak English (do you speak English? (English specifically)) phrase | pratar du engelska?phrase talar du engelska?phrase |
do you speak English (do you speak...? (fill with the name of the current foreign language)) phrase | talar du svenska?phrase talar ni svenska?phrase |
does anyone here speak English (does anyone here speak English?) phrase | |
doublespeak (language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning) noun [UK: ˈdʌb.l̩.ˌspik] [US: ˈdʌ.bəl.ˌspik] | skenspråksubstantiv |
how many languages do you speak (how many languages do you speak?) phrase | |
I don't speak English (I don't speak (fill with the name of the current foreign language)) phrase [UK: ˈaɪ dəʊnt spiːk ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ] [US: ˈaɪ ˈdoʊnt ˈspiːk ˈɪŋ.ˌɡlɪʃ] | jag kan inte svenskaphrase jag pratar inte svenskaphrase jag talar inte svenskaphrase |
I don't speak English (I don't speak English (specifically English)) phrase [UK: ˈaɪ dəʊnt spiːk ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ] [US: ˈaɪ ˈdoʊnt ˈspiːk ˈɪŋ.ˌɡlɪʃ] | jag kan inte engelskaphrase jag pratar inte engelskaphrase jag talar inte engelskaphrase |
loudspeaker [loudspeakers] (transducer) noun [UK: laʊd.ˈspiːkə(r)] [US: ˈlaʊd.ˌspikər] | högtalare [~n ~, ~talarna]substantiv |
native speaker (person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue) noun [UK: ˈneɪ.tɪv ˈspiːkə(r)] [US: ˈneɪ.tɪv ˈspiːkər] | med ... som modersmålsubstantiv modersmålstalaresubstantiv |
Newspeak (fictional language) proper noun [UK: ˈnuː.ˌspik] [US: ˈnuː.ˌspik] | nyspråk ~etproper noun |
newspeak (use of ambiguous words to deceive listeners) noun [UK: ˈnuː.ˌspik] [US: ˈnuː.ˌspik] | nyspråk [~et]substantiv |
please speak more slowly phrase [UK: pliːz spiːk mɔː(r) ˈsləʊ.li] [US: ˈpliːz ˈspiːk ˈmɔːr ˈsloʊ.li] | |
so to speak (in a manner of speaking) adverb [UK: ˈsəʊ tuː spiːk] [US: ˈsoʊ ˈtuː ˈspiːk] | så att sägaadverb |
speak [spoke, spoken, speaking, speaks] (to communicate or converse by some means other than orally) verb [UK: spiːk] [US: ˈspiːk] | kommunicera [~de ~t]verb |
speak [spoke, spoken, speaking, speaks] (to communicate with one's voice using words) verb [UK: spiːk] [US: ˈspiːk] | prataverbLet's let John speak. = Låt John prata. snacka [~de ~t]verb tala [~de ~t]verbHe speaks Danish. = Han talar danska. |
speak [spoke, spoken, speaking, speaks] (to have a conversation) verb [UK: spiːk] [US: ˈspiːk] | konversera [~de ~t]verb samtala [~de ~t]verb tala sammanverb |
speak in tongues (speak in a language unknown to the speaker) verb | tala i tungorverb |
speak of the devil (expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive) phrase | när man talar om trollenphrase tala om trollenphrase |
speak out (assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known) verb [UK: spiːk ˈaʊt] [US: ˈspiːk ˈaʊt] | säga sin meningverb tala utverb |
speak up (to make oneself or one's opinions known) verb [UK: spiːk ʌp] [US: ˈspiːk ʌp] | säga ifrånverb |
speak with a forked tongue verb |