Swedish | English |
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gräva [grävde grävt] verb | delve [delved, delving, delves](to dig in the ground) dig [dug, dug, digging, digs](to move hard-packed earth out of the way) unearth [unearthed, unearthing, unearths](to dig up) |
gräva ner stridsyxan verb | bury the hatchet(to stop fighting or arguing) |
gräva ner/gräva ned verb | bury [buried, burying, buries](place in the ground) |
gräva upp verb | exhume [exhumed, exhuming, exhumes](To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter) |
grävande adjektiv | investigative(pertaining to investigation) |
grävande journalistik substantiv {c} | investigative journalism(journalism in which the reporter deeply investigates a single topic) |
grävare [~n ~, grävarna] substantiv {c} | excavator [excavators](person) |
dödgrävare [~n ~, ~grävarna] substantiv {c} | gravedigger [gravediggers](a person employed to dig graves) |
guldgrävare [~n ~, ~grävarna] substantiv {c} | gold digger(someone who digs or mines for gold) prospector [prospectors](person) |
traktorgrävare substantiv | backhoe [backhoes](a multi-purpose tractor) |
undergräva [~grävde ~grävt] verb | undermine [undermined, undermining, undermines](hinder, sabotage) |