Svéd | Angol |
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tiga [teg, tigit, pres. tiger] verb | be silent(refrain from speaking) clam up(become silent) hold one's tongue(refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) keep quiet(remain silent) shut up(intransitive: to stop talking or making noise) |
tiga är guld phrase | silence is golden(proverb) speech is silver, silence is golden(proverb) |
befullmäktiga [~de ~t] verb | authorize [authorized, authorizing, authorizes](to grant power or permission) empower [empowered, empowering, empowers](to give permission to) |
bemäktiga sig verb | usurp [usurped, usurping, usurps](seize power) |
bergsbestigare [~n ~, ~bestigarna] substantiv {c} | mountaineer [mountaineers](one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure) |
berättiga [~de ~t] verb | empower [empowered, empowering, empowers](to give permission to) |
berättigad [berättigat ~e] adjektiv | entitled(having a right to something) lawful(conforming to or recognised by law or rules) |
bestiga [besteg, bestigit, bestigen bestiget bestigna, pres. bestiger] verb | climb [climbed, climbing, climbs](to mount, to move upwards on) mount [mounted, mounting, mounts](to place oneself on a horse, bicycle etc. to ride) scale [scaled, scaling, scales](to climb) |
existensberättigande [~t] substantiv | raison d'être(reason for being) |
fattiga riddare substantiv {c-Pl} | French toast(food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying) |
oberättigad [oberättigat ~e] adjektiv | gratuitous(not called for by the circumstances) |
oberättigat adverb | unduly(undeservedly; in a way that is not warranted) |
ombordstiga verb | embark [embarked, embarking, embarks](to get on a boat) |
pennan är mäktigare än svärdet phrase | the pen is mightier than the sword(more power can achieved writing than fighting) |
stiga [steg, stigit, stigen stiget stigna, pres. stiger] verb | appreciate [appreciated, appreciating, appreciates](to increase in value) ascend [ascended, ascending, ascends](to fly, to soar) level [levelled, levelling, levels](to progress to the next level) rise(to move upwards) soar [soared, soaring, soars](to rise rapidly or high) |
stiga av verb | alight [alit, alighting, alights](to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle) get off(to disembark from) |
stiga upp verb | riseverb |
stiga våldsamt verb | skyrocket [skyrocketed, skyrocketing, skyrockets](to increase suddenly and extremely) |
stigande substantiv {n} | growth [growths](increase in size) |
viktigast adjektiv | prime(first in importance, degree, or rank) |
överstiga [~steg, ~stigit, ~stigen ~stiget ~stigna, pres. ~stiger] verb | surmount [surmounted, surmounting, surmounts](to get over; to overcome) |