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1 characterise
1) (to be the obvious feature of: The giraffe is characterized by its long neck.) karakterisera, känneteckna2) (to describe (as): She characterized him as weak and indecisive.) beteckna -
2 characterize
v. karakterisera, beteckna* * *1) (to be the obvious feature of: The giraffe is characterized by its long neck.) karakterisera, känneteckna2) (to describe (as): She characterized him as weak and indecisive.) beteckna -
3 debilitate
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4 dilute
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5 faint
adj. svag; matt; klen; otydlig; dunkel; svaga färger; klenmodig--------n. svimning--------v. svimma* * *[feint] 1. adjective1) (lacking in strength, brightness, courage etc: The sound grew faint; a faint light.) svag2) (physically weak and about to lose consciousness: Suddenly he felt faint.) svag, matt2. verb(to lose consciousness: She fainted on hearing the news.) svimma3. noun(loss of consciousness: His faint gave everybody a fright.) svimning- faintly- faintness -
6 flag
n. flagga, fana; signalera eller markera (med flagga); särskild symbol för markering av ovanlig data (data)* * *I [flæɡ] noun(a piece of cloth with a particular design representing a country, party, association etc: the French flag.) flagga- flag down II [flæɡ] past tense, past participle - flagged; verb(to become tired or weak: Halfway through the race he began to flag.) bli matt, börja sacka efter -
7 immunise
['imju-]verb (to make immune to a disease, especially by an injection of a weak form of the disease.) immunicera, vaccinera -
8 immunize
v. immunisera, vaccinera, skyddsympa* * *['imju-]verb (to make immune to a disease, especially by an injection of a weak form of the disease.) immunicera, vaccinera -
9 languish
n. avmattning, borttyning; försmäktande (i fängelse etc.); åtrå, begär--------v. avmattas, tyna av; försmäkta, tyna bort; tråna, trängta efter* * *['læŋɡwiʃ](to grow weak; to waste away.) avmattas, tyna av (bort) -
10 low
adj. låg; svag; nere, deppig; tarvlig, gemen; simpel, underlägsen; billig; vulgär; grund--------adv. billigt; lågt; djupt; lågmält, tyst; underlägset; ända ner till--------n. botten; lågtryck; låg sak; smaklöshet--------v. råma, böla (ko)* * *I 1. [ləu] adjective1) (not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc: low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.) låg2) (making little sound; not loud: She spoke in a low voice.) låg3) (at the bottom of the range of musical sounds: That note is too low for a female voice.) låg4) (small: a low price.) låg, obetydlig, ringa5) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) svag, kraftlös6) (near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc: low temperatures; the lower classes.) låg, lågt stående, lägre2. adverb(in or to a low position, manner or state: The ball flew low over the net.) lågt- lower- lowly
- lowliness
- low-down
- lowland
- lowlander
- lowlands
- low-lying
- low-tech 3. adjectivelow-tech industries/skills.)- be low on II [ləu] verb(to make the noise of cattle; to moo: The cows were lowing.) råma, böla -
11 pine
n. tall; furuträd--------v. tråna; längta efter* * *I noun1) (any of several kinds of evergreen trees with cones (pine-cones) and needlelike leaves (pine-needles).) tall, fura, pinje2) (its wood: The table is made of pine; ( also adjective) a pine table.) furuII verb1) ((often with away) to lose strength, become weak (with pain, grief etc): Since his death she has been pining (away).) tyna av (bort), försmäkta2) ((usually with for) to want (something) very much; to long (for someone or something, or to do something): He knew that his wife was pining for home.) tråna, trängta -
12 weaken
v. försvaga; försvagas* * *verb (to (cause to) become weak, especially in physical strength or character: The patient has weakened; The strain of the last few days has weakened him.) bli (göra) svag[]
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