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1 avoid
v. undvika; förebygga; hålla sig ifrån* * *[ə'void](to keep away from (a place, person or thing): He drove carefully to avoid the holes in the road; Avoid the subject of money.) undvika -
2 avoid confusion
undvika förvirring -
3 avoid extradition
undvika utlämning -
4 avoid friction
undvika friktion, undvika motsättningar -
5 avoid litter
håll rent, skräpa inte ned -
6 spare
adj. extra, reserv-; ledig; fritids-; knapp, klen; mager, smal--------n. reservdel; reservhjul--------v. avvara; skona; avstå från; bespara; spara; vara sparsam; undvara* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) avvara, undvara2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) sätta av, få över3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) skona4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) skona5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) sky, spara6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) bespara2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) ledig, extra-, reserv-2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?)3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) reservdel2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) reservhjul•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare -
7 escape
n. rymning; läcka; tillflykt--------v. rymma, fly; läcka; undkomma* * *[i'skeip] 1. verb1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) rymma2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) slippa undan, undkomma3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) undgå, falla ur minnet4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) läcka2. noun((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) rymning, flykt, läcka- escapism- escapist -
8 -proof
(able to withstand or avoid something: waterproof covering.) []tät, []tålig, []säker, []beständig -
9 be on the safe side
(to avoid risk or danger: I'll lock the door just to be on the safe side.) vara på den säkra sidan -
10 by
adv. av; vid, bredvid, hos; på--------pref. bi-, sido-, underordnad--------prep. nära, i närheten* * *1. preposition1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) vid, bredvid, intill2) (past: going by the house.) förbi, vid3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) längs, utmed, på4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) av5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) genom, med6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) av, per7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) till, senast, strax före8) (during the time of.) om, under9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) med, el oöversatt: tio centimeter längre10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) gånger11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) per, -vis12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) till2. adverb1) (near: They stood by and watched.) bredvid, intill, i närheten2) (past: A dog ran by.) förbi3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) undan, i reserv•- bypass 3. verb(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) köra förbi, kringgå- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way -
11 chicken out
(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) backa ur -
12 conservative
adj. konservativ--------n. konservativ, försiktig person* * *[-tiv]1) (disliking change: Older people tend to be conservative in their attitudes; conservative opinions.) konservativ2) (in politics, wanting to avoid major changes and to keep business and industry in private hands.) konservativ -
13 do
n. tillställning; uppmaning (bibliskt- god gärning); bedrägeri (slang)--------v. göra; syssla med; handla; sköta om; klara sig; spela, agera; lura, snuva* * *[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) göra6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) göra [], klara [], avverka, köra7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) ägna sig åt, syssla med8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) räcka, duga, passa9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) läsa, studera, utföra, räkna10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) må, klara (reda, sköta) sig11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) ordna, rätta till12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) göra13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) visa14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) vålla, göra15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) göra, avverka2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) kalas, tillställning- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
- what are you doing with -
14 dodge
n. knep, fint; sidosprång--------v. väja; vika undan; slingra sig* * *[do‹] 1. verb(to avoid (something) by a sudden and/or clever movement: She dodged the blow; He dodged round the corner out of sight; Politicians are very good at dodging difficult questions.) vika undan, hoppa åt sidan, smita, undvika2. noun1) (an act of dodging.) språng åt sidan, väjning2) (a trick: You'll never catch him - he knows every dodge there is.) knep, fint, trick•- dodgy -
15 draft
n. utkast, koncept; dragen växel; uttagning av manskap; uttaget manskap; vindkast--------v. skriva ett utkast; värva* * *1. noun1) (a rough sketch or outline of something, especially written: a rough draft of my speech.) utkast, skiss2) (a group (of soldiers etc) taken from a larger group.) detachement, kommenderat manskap3) (an order (to a bank etc) for the payment of money: a draft for $80.) dragen växel, tratta, check4) ((American) conscription: He emigrated to avoid the draft.) inkallelse []2. verb1) (to make in the form of a rough plan: Could you draft a report on this?) formulera, skriva (göra) utkast till2) ((American) to conscript into the army etc: He was drafted into the Navy.) inkalla []•- draft dodger
- draft evasion
- draftsman -
16 duck
n. anka; noll poäng (kricket); raring; duckning--------v. böja; ducka, böja sig* * *I verb1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) doppa2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) duckaII plurals - ducks, duck; noun1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) anka, and2) (a female duck. See also drake.) ank-, andhona3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) noll•- duckling -
17 economy
n. ekonomi; sparsamhet* * *[i'konəmi]1) (the thrifty, careful management of money etc to avoid waste: Please use the water with economy; We must make economies in household spending.) ekonomi, sparsamhet, hushållning2) (organization of money and resources: the country's economy; household economy.) ekonomi•- economic- economical
- economically
- economics
- economist
- economize
- economise -
18 efface
v. utplåna, stryka* * *[i'feis]1) (to rub out; to remove: You must try to efface the event from your memory.) utplåna, sudda ut, gnida bort2) (to avoid drawing attention to (oneself): She did her best to efface herself at parties.) hålla sig i bakgrunden -
19 elude
v. undkomma; dra sig undan* * *[i'lu:d]1) (to escape or avoid by quickness or cleverness: He eluded his pursuers.) undkomma, undfly2) (to be too difficult etc for (a person) to understand or remember: The meaning of this poem eludes me.) undfly•- elusive -
20 err on the side of
(to be guilty of what might be seen as a fault in order to avoid an opposite and greater fault: It is better to err on the side of leniency when punishing a child.) vara alltför (överdrivet), ta till i överkant (underkant)
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