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1 win
n. vinst; seger--------v. vinna; nå; förvärva; lyckas; erövra, segra; övertala; vinna allas hjärtan* * *[win] 1. present participle - winning; verb1) (to obtain (a victory) in a contest; to succeed in coming first in (a contest), usually by one's own efforts: He won a fine victory in the election; Who won the war/match?; He won the bet; He won (the race) in a fast time / by a clear five metres.) vinna2) (to obtain (a prize) in a competition etc, usually by luck: to win first prize; I won $5 in the crossword competition.) vinna3) (to obtain by one's own efforts: He won her respect over a number of years.) vinna2. noun(a victory or success: She's had two wins in four races.) seger, vinst- winner- winning
- winning-post
- win over
- win the day
- win through -
2 work
adj. arbets---------n. arbete; verksamhet; yrke; sysselsättning; arbetsplats; verk; gärning; göromål; kraftansträngning--------v. arbeta; fungera; sätta i gång; sköta; bearbeta; lyckas; orsaka; driva; lösa; arbeta sig fram* * *[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) arbete2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) arbete, jobb3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) arbete, grejor4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) verk5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) arbete6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) arbete, jobb2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) [] arbeta (jobba)2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) arbeta, jobba, ha arbete (jobb)3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) [] fungera4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) fungera, lyckas, klaffa5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) arbeta sig6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) börja bli7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) arbeta, bearbeta•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) urverk, mekanism2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) gärningar•- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
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3 cramp
n. kramp, sendrag; skruvtving, ankarjärn--------v. stoppa, gränsbelägga; krympa; spänna med skruvtving* * *[kræmp] 1. noun((a) painful stiffening of the muscles: The swimmer got cramp and drowned.) kramp2. verb1) (to put into too small a space: We were all cramped together in a tiny room.) tränga ihop2) (to restrict; Lack of money cramped our efforts.) begränsa, hämma -
4 effort
n. ansträngning; försök; prestation* * *['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) ansträngning, kraftansträngning2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) ansträngning, bemödande3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) prestation•- effortlessly -
5 joint
n. joint (amerikansk judisk välgörenhetsinrättning, "förenade amerikanska utdelningskommitté")* * *[‹oint] 1. noun1) (the place where two or more things join: The plumber tightened up all the joints in the pipes.) sammanfogning, fog, skarv2) (a part of the body where two bones meet but are able to move in the manner of eg a hinge: The shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles are joints.) led3) (a piece of meat for cooking containing a bone: A leg of mutton is a fairly large joint.) stek, styckad bit2. adjective1) (united; done together: the joint efforts of the whole team.) förenad2) (shared by, or belonging to, two or more: She and her husband have a joint bank account.) gemensam3. verb(to divide (an animal etc for cooking) at the, or into, joints: Joint the chicken before cooking it.) dela, stycka- jointed- jointly
- out of joint See also:- join -
6 reform
n. reform, omdaning--------v. ändra, rätta* * *[rə'fo:m] 1. verb1) (to improve or remove faults from: The criminal's wife stated that she had made great efforts to reform her husband.) förbättra, få att bättra sig, omvända2) (to give up bad habits, improve one's behaviour etc: He admitted that he had been a criminal, but said that he intended to reform.) bättra sig2. noun1) (the act of improving: the reform of our political system.) reform2) (an improvement: He intends to make several reforms in the prison system.) förbättring•- reformed
- reformer -
7 spur
n. sporre; stimulans, eggelse; utsprång--------v. sporra, egga, stimulera; galoppera, sätta på sporrar* * *[spə:]1) (a small instrument with a sharp point or points that a rider wears on his heels and digs into the horse's sides to make it go faster.) sporre2) (anything that urges a person to make greater efforts: He was driven on by the spur of ambition.) sporre•- spur on -
8 struggle
n. kamp; ansträngning--------v. kämpa; anstränga sig; streta* * *1. verb1) (to twist violently when trying to free oneself: The child struggled in his arms.) streta, sprattla, kämpa2) (to make great efforts or try hard: All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.) kämpa3) (to move with difficulty: He struggled out of the hole.) kämpa sig2. noun(an act of struggling, or a fight: The struggle for independence was long and hard.) kamp
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