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sträv [~t ~a] adjektiv | harsh [harsher, harshest](rough) |
sträva verb | aspire [aspired, aspiring, aspires](to hope or dream) strive(to sincerely try to achieve, to make one's best effort) |
sträva substantiv | endeavor [endeavors](a sincere attempt) |
strävan [~ i används strävanden] substantiv {c} | quest [quests](journey or effort in pursuit of a goal) |
strävbladig växt substantiv {c} | bugloss(any of several plants in the borage family) |
strävbåge [~n ~bågar] substantiv {c} | flying buttress(buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports) |
strävpelare [~n ~, ~pelarna] substantiv {c} | buttress [buttresses](brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it) flying buttress(buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports) |
strävsilja substantiv {c} | hartwort(plant of Europe) |
bakåtsträvande adjektiv | backward(reluctant to advance) conservative(tending to resist change) retrograde(or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel) |
bakåtsträvare [~n ~, ~strävarna] substantiv {c} | Luddite(one opposing technological change) reactionary [reactionaries](such a person) |
eftersträvansvärd [~värt ~a] adjektiv | desirable(suitable to be desired) |
gensträvig [~t ~a] adjektiv | contumacious(contemptuous of authority) |
gensträvighet substantiv | contumacy [contumacies](disobedience, resistance to authority) |
motsträvig [~t ~a] adjektiv | recalcitrant(marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey figures of authority) reluctant(not wanting to take some action) |