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1 næsten
about, almost, close on, close to, as good as, hardly, within an inch of, most, nearly, next to, well-nigh, practically, pretty much the same, pretty well* * *adv nearly ( fx ready; finished; nearly 20 miles (, pounds, years)); almost ( fx ready, finished; almost 20 miles (, pounds, years));( NB kun: almost immediately; it is almost better (, too late, too much, incredible); I almost envy you; it is almost a pleasure);( stærkere) all but ( fx empty, ready, useless, inevitable);( praktisk talt) practically ( fx practically all of them);[ næsten aldrig] hardly ever;F almost never; seldom if ever;[ næsten altid] nearly always;[ næsten ikke] hardly;[ næsten ingen] hardly anybody,F almost nobody,(+ sb) hardly any,F almost no ( fx money);[ næsten intet] hardly anything, next to (el. F almost) nothing,(+ sb) hardly any,F almost no ( fx hope);[ næsten overalt] almost everywhere;[ jeg synes næsten] I rather think;[ næsten umuligt] hardly possible, almost impossible. -
2 ved
at, by, in case of, gentlemanly, on, upon, wood* * *I. (et) wood;(fig) add fuel to the fire.II. præpa) ( om sted) at ( fx at the end of the street, at the next station),( ved siden af, henne ved) by ( fx he sat at his writing table bythe window; sit by the fire; he lives by the sea (, the river);by the roadside);( nær ved) near ( fx he lives near the castle),( nærmere) close to;b) ( om beliggenhed ved flod, kyst etc) on ( fx the towns on the Thames(, on the Channel); their house is right on the sea (, road); on the Scottish border),(se også I. grænse);c) ( om tid) at ( fx at dawn, at breakfast; at his death, at midnight, at the outbreak of the war, at the sight of her);( NB ofte omskrives til bisætning, fx ved krigens udbrud when the war broke out; ved synet af hende when he saw her);( lige efter) on ( fx on (el. at) our arrival in London);( omtrent ved) about, around ( fx about (el. around) this time tomorrow; about (el. around) five o'clock);(= senest ved el. om resultat af en udvikling) by ( fx you must be here by five; by the end of the war the country was almostbankrupt);d) ( om lejlighed) at ( fx at the concert, at the funeral, at the party);( da noget foregik: omskrives til bisætning, fx ved fjernelsen af lågetwhen the lid was removed);e) ( om ansættelse, arbejdssted) at ( fx teacher at a school, professor at a university (, at Oxford), physician at a hospital; he is at the Royal Theatre), on ( fx a job on the railway (, on a newspaper), he is on the stage), in ( fx he is in the Army (, the Navy), he is inagriculture, professor in a university);[ rektor ved en skole] headmaster of a school;f) ( om middel) by ( fx powered by electricity, read by lamplight, vote by show of hands; take (, seize, grasp) him by the collar; live by writing), through ( fx through their influence);[ ved at gøre dette] by doing this, when you (, they etc) do (, did) this;g) ( om egenskab) about ( fx there is something funny about him; what is so special (, wonderful etc) about that?);[ der er noget godt ved ham] he has his good points;[ der er noget farligt ved det] it has its dangers;h) ( i færd med) at ( fx he was at his work);( i færd med at nyde) over ( fx discuss it over a glass of beer (, a cup of coffee); sit over one's coffee);i) [ Udtryk][ med være:][ være ved](dvs tilstå) admit ( fx he would not admit that he did not knowanything about it);not up to much);[ enhver lærer der er noget ved kan gøre det] any teacher worth his salt can do it;[ være ved at](dvs begynde at; være i færd med at) be -ing ( fx they were getting tired (, hungry); he is washing the car);(dvs skulle til at) be (just) about to ( fx leave), be on the point of -ing ( fx of leaving);[(dvs men ikke gøre det:) han var lige ved at falde] he nearly fell, he almost fell,( stærkere) he very nearly fell, he all but fell;[ det var lige ved at han slog mig] he very nearly struck me;j) [ Udtryk][ med det:][ mens du er ved det] while you are at it;difficult) thing about it, that is the funny (, difficult) part of(el. about) it;( også) that is where the fun comes in;sværge).III. adv:( med styrelse) near (to), close to,( uden styrelse) near by, nearby, close by, close at hand;IV. præs af vide. -
3 vel
good, welfare* * *I. (et) welfare,( interesser) interests;[ det almene vel] the common good;[ hvis du vil dit eget vel] if you know what is good for you;[ jeg vil dit vel] I wish you well;(se også II. ve).II. adj & adv well;(dvs formodentlig) I suppose,F presumably;( forhåbentlig) I hope ( fx I hope you received the letter?); surely (fx surely you don't mean that!);( ganske vist) certainly, it is true ( fx he is certainly clever, but...; it is true that he is clever, but...);[ du holder ikke af ham, vel?] you don't care for him, do you?[ du har ikke gjort det, vel?] you haven't done it, have you?[ du rejser ikke, vel?] you are not going, are you?[ synes du vel?] don't you agree?[ vel aldrig], se aldrig;[ jeg kunne vel ikke få et glas vand?] could I have a glass of water?[du kunne vel ikke låne mig £10?]( også, mere forsigtigt) I don't suppose you could lend me £10, could you?[ du skulle vel ikke have en cigaret?] you haven't got a cigarette by any chance?( om helbred) he doesn't feel very well,( om åndsevner, T) he is not all there;[ han er vel nok stor!] isn't he big![ det var vel nok pænt af dig!] how kind of you!T that is some car![ gid det var så vel!] that would be good news; I wish he (etc) would;[ vel gjorde (, kunne etc) jeg så!] of course I did (, could etc)!T I did (, could etc) too![ da de var vel ude af byen] once (they were) out of town;[ ville en det vel] wish somebody well;
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