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1 take action against culprits
vidta åtgärder mot brottslingar -
2 action
n. handling; gärning; verksamhet; aktion, strid* * *['ækʃən]1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) handling, aktion2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) rörelser, rörlighet3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) åtal, stämning4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) handling5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) strid•- out of action -
3 proceed
v. fortsätta; fortskrida* * *[prə'si:d, 'prousi:d]1) (to go on; to continue: They proceeded along the road; They proceeded with their work.) fortsätta2) (to follow a course of action: I want to make a cupboard, but I don't know how to proceed.) gå till väga3) (to begin (to do something): They proceeded to ask a lot of questions.) börja, sätta i gång4) (to result: Fear often proceeds from ignorance.) härröra5) (to take legal action (against): The police decided not to proceed against her.) vidta lagliga åtgärder•- proceeds -
4 fight
n. slagsmål, bråk; strid; gräl; boxningsmatch; stridslust--------v. bråka; strida, kämpa; slåss; slå tillbaka fienden, kämpa sig fram* * *1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) slåss2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) bekämpa3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) bråka2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) slagsmål, strid2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) kamp3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) kampvilja, stridslust4) (a boxing-match.) boxningsmatch•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight -
5 measure
n. dimension; storlek; mått; mätredskap; takt; tyngd; reform, lagförslag--------v. mäta; beräkna, uppskatta; mönstra, mäta upp* * *['meʒə] 1. noun1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) mått, mätredskap2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) måttenhet3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) mått, måttsystem4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) mått [], åtgärd5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) mått6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.) takt2. verb1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.) mäta2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.) mäta3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.) mäta4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.) mäta•- beyond measure
- for good measure
- full measure
- made to measure
- measure out
- measure up
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