Swedish | English |
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efterfrågan [~ i används efterfrågningar] substantiv {c} | request [requests](condition of being sought after) |
en annan determiner | another(not the same; different) |
en bild säger mer än tusen ord phrase | a picture is worth a thousand words(visualisation is better than verbal description) |
en kedja är aldrig starkare än dess svagaste länk phrase | a chain is only as strong as its weakest link(aphorism) |
erinran [~ i används erinringar] substantiv {c} | exhortation [exhortations](Act or practice of exhorting) reminder [reminders](something that reminds) |
expressed by nominalization when following an adjective pronomen | one(indefinite personal pronoun) |
fläskänger [~n ~ängrar] substantiv | larder beetle(Dermestes lardarius) |
förfrågan [~ i används förfrågningar] substantiv | inquiry [inquiries]noun |
förlora ansiktet verb | lose face(lose respect of others) |
förmodan [~ i används förmodanden] substantiv {c} | conjecture [conjectures](unproven statement; guess) |
förväntan [~ i används förväntningar] substantiv {c} | expectation [expectations](act or state of expecting) |
fotangel [~n ~anglar] substantiv {c} | caltrop(weaponry) |
framför alla andra adjektiv | par excellence(being a quintessential example of a general type) |
ful ankunge substantiv {c} | ugly duckling(one who is ugly, but who is expected to become beautiful as they mature) |
fyra ögon ser mer än två phrase | two heads are better than one(joint thinking pays) |
gång efter annan adverb | time after time(again and again) |
ge anbud verb | quote [quoted, quoting, quotes](to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price) |
ge upp andan verb | give up the ghost(to die) |
göra en ansiktslyftning verb | facelift(to perform a facelift) |
grafiskt användargränssnitt substantiv {n} | graphical user interface [graphical user interfaces](type of user interface) |
gräsand [~en ~änder] substantiv {c} | mallard [mallards](a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos) |
gräsänka [~n ~änkor] substantiv {c} | grass widow(woman whose husband is away) widow [widows](woman whose husband is often away) |
gräset är alltid grönare på andra sidan phrase | the grass is always greener on the other side(others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.) |
gravand [~en ~änder] substantiv {c} | common shelduck [common shelducks](bird) shelduck [shelducks](waterfowl) |
hålla andan verb | hold one's breath(to hold one's breath) |
haltande anka substantiv {c} | lame duck(an official who is marking time until leaving their office) |
hämta andan verb | breathe [breathed, breathing, breathes](to stop and catch one's breath) catch one's breath(to take a break, or rest while doing a strenuous activity) |
hårt ansatt adjektiv | beleaguered(beset by trouble or difficulty) |
hellre död än röd phrase | better dead than red(anti-Communist slogan) |
honor and conscience") phrase | so help me God(phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) |
i annat fall adverb | otherwise(under different circumstances) |
i antåg preposition | at hand(near; soon; approaching; imminent) |
taxi [~n, i används vanl. taxibilar] substantiv {c} | taxi [taxis](vehicle) |
inbjudan [~ i används inbjudningar] substantiv {c} | invitation [invitations](document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited) |
indirekt anföring substantiv {c} | reported speech(a form of speech used to express what another has said) |
ingen aning interjektion | no idea(I don't know) |