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3 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. -
4 nær
close, intimate, near, nigh* * *I. adj near ( fx Christmas is near),( tættere) close ( fx contact, co-operation; a close friend);[i (en) nær fremtid] in the near future, before long;[ nær slægtning] near (, close) relative;[ så nær og dog så fjern] so near and yet so far;[ i nær tilknytning til] closely connected with;[ øjeblikket er nær] the moment is at hand;(se også hold).II. adv near;( næsten) nearly;[ jeg var nær aldrig blevet færdig] I had an awful job finishing it;[ nær beslægtet] closely related;[ nær forestående] approaching, coming,F impending,( især om noget truende) imminent;[ ikke nær så rig som] nothing like as rich as, not nearly so rich as;[ jeg vil skam gerne komme, det er ikke nær sådan, men] not that I am unwilling to come, but; of course I'd like to come, but;[ noget nær] almost, little short of;[ med præp & adv:](T: lige ved at gå galt) it was a near thing;[ på én nær] except one,T bar one;[ på nogle få undtagelser nær] with a few exceptions;[ ikke på langt nær] not at all, not by a long chalk;[ på en tomme nær] less an inch; but for an inch;[ nær hen til] close to;[ nær ved] nearby ( fx he lives nearby),( nærmere) close at hand;( med styrelse) near, close to ( fx he lives near (, close to) the school);[ han er nær ved de fyrre] he is close on forty, he is getting on for forty;[ nær ved at](fx falde) on the point of ( fx falling);( også) I very nearly fell, I almost fell;[ nær ved at græde] on the brink (el. verge) of tears;[ det er jeg nær ved at tro] I am (rather) inclined to think so; I rather think so;[ med vb:][ det gik ham nær til hjerte] he took it to heart, he felt it deeply;[ have nær til skolen] live near the school;[ jeg havde nær dræbt ham] I very nearly killed him;[ det havde jeg nær glemt] I almost forgot;[ denne - forbryder havde jeg nær sagt] this, I am tempted to say criminal; this, I almost said criminal;[ det ligger nær at antage] it seems probable;[ det ligger nær at gøre det] it seems the obvious thing to do;[ det ligger nær at tænke at] it seems natural to think that;[ stå én nær] be close to somebody;[ kilder der står præsidenten nær oplyser at] sources close to the President report that;[ arter som står hinanden nær] closely related species;III. præp near,( tættere) close to;[ nær de fyrre] close on forty; getting on for forty;[ være døden nær] be at death's door, be dying;[ han var døden nær af skræk] he was frightened to death;T he was scared stiff; -
5 grænse
sg - grǽnsen, pl - grǽnserграни́ца ж, рубе́ж мved grǽnsen — на грани́це
* * *border, borderline, bound, boundary, confines, frontier, limit* * *I. (en -r)( naturlig geografisk grænse; grænselinje) boundary ( fx the Pyrenees form the boundary between France and Spain; natural boundaries; draw a boundary);( statsgrænse) frontier ( fx the frontier between Denmark and Germany; along the frontier with Germany), border ( fx smuggle people across the border),(i Engl, Irland og USA) border ( fx the Scottish border, the Mexican border);( mellem områder i et land) boundary ( fx between two counties (, estates));( grænseområde) border;( afslutning, ydergrænse) limit ( fx within the limits of the city);( for skoles område) bounds pl;(fig) ( afgrænsning) boundary ( fx the boundaries of human knowledge; children have a need to know where the permitted boundaries are);( yderste grænse) limit ( fx there is a limit to my patience; reach the limit(s) of one's patience; the limits of his power),(F: begrænsning) bounds ( fx it passes all reasonable bounds; his gratitude (, greed) knew no bounds (el. limits));( skillelinje) borderline ( fx she was on the borderline between failing and passing);[ sætte en grænse for] set a limit to; set bounds to;[ et sted må man sætte en grænse (el. trække grænsen)](fig) one has to draw the line somewhere;[ med præp:][ inden for landets grænser] within the frontiers (el. borders) of the country;[ inden for visse grænser] within (certain) limits;[ gå over grænsen] cross the frontier,(fig) go too far;[ være lige på grænsen af] border on ( fx it borders on insolence);(dvs til det uanstændige) T it was near the knuckle (el. bone);[ ved grænsen] at the frontier (el. border) ( fx we stopped at the frontier);(dvs langs) on the frontier (el. border) ( fx there are many guards on the frontier; fighting on the border);II. vb:[ det grænser til det utrolige] it is hardly to be believed, it is almost incredible;[ mistanke der grænser til vished] suspicion amounting almost to certainty;[ England grænser mod nord til Skotland] England borders in the north on Scotland;[ dette grænser til vanvid] this borders (el. verges) on insanity. -
6 kvæle
3души́ть* * *choke, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, throttle* * *vb (kvalte, kvalt) choke ( fx a fishbone almost choked him);( med hænderne) choke ( fx choke somebody with one's hands), throttle;( ved manglende lufttilførsel) suffocate, stifle ( fx the smoke almost stifled (el. suffocated) me),( specielt: ved tilstopning af mund og næse) smother ( fx smother (el.suffocate) somebody with a pillow);( ved sammensnøring) strangle ( fx strangle somebody with a rope), throttle;( ild) smother ( fx the fire), stifle ( fx the flames);(fig: undertrykke) stifle ( fx a yawn, their cries, a rebellion);( om oprør også) put down, suppress,(litt) quell;(om rygte etc) kill,F scotch ( fx a rumour, new ideas);[ opstanden blev kvalt i blod] the rising was drowned in blood;[ han blev kvalt i et fiskeben] he was choked by a fishbone;(fig) nip in the bud;[ være ved at kvæles af latter (, raseri)] be choking with laughter (, rage);[ være ved at kvæles i] choke on ( fx a fishbone; (fig) one's success); choke over ( fx thick soup). -
7 nærmest
I. adj (sup af nær) nearest ( fx the nearest town), closest ( fxhis closest advisers);( næste) next;[ mine nærmeste] my closest relatives;[ en af de nærmeste dage] within a day or two; one day in the (very) near future;[ i de nærmeste dage] within the next few days;[ den nærmeste familie] the closest relatives;[ hans nærmeste foresatte] his immediate superior(s);[ i den nærmeste fremtid] in the (very) near future;[ på det nærmeste] (just) about, nearly, approximately;[ på det nærmeste rigtig] approximately correct, about right;[ på det nærmeste det samme] very much the same thing;[ på det nærmeste sikker] fairly certain.II. adv nearest;( snarest) if anything ( fx if anything, he is too conscientious); rather( fx rather good-looking; I rather envy him); on the ( fxgood-looking, small etc) side;( gengives ofte med not un-, fx she is not unattractive);( næsten) almost ( fx he is almost an idiot);( omtrent) about ( fx he is about my height);[ nærmest foregående] (immediately) preceding;[ nærmest følgende] next, following;[ nærmest liggende, nærmest tilstødende] adjoining, adjacent.III. præp nearest (to), next to;[ komme sandheden nærmest] get nearest to the truth;[ enhver er sig selv nærmest] everyone looks after his own interests,(glds) near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin. -
8 omtrent
about, approximately, close on* * *adv about;( næsten, lidt mindre end) nearly, almost,(se næsten);[ omtrent ens] almost identical;[ omtrent det samme] (very) much the same (thing);[ eller sådan omtrent] or so, or thereabouts;[ omtrent sådan] something like this;[ omtrent ved denne tid] about this time. -
9 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. -
10 bestemt
определённый, назна́ченный* * *certain, for certain, definite, definitely, determined, emphatic, emphatically, given, particular, set, strong-minded* * *I. adj( fast, uforanderlig) fixed ( fx price, salary);( absolut) decided ( fx opponent of Socialism);( energisk, viljestærk) determined, firm ( fx tone of voice);( utvetydig) definite ( fx promise);( særlig) particular ( fx in this particular case; for a particular purpose), specific;( vis) certain ( fx on certain days; when you see it in a certain light);( aftalt) fixed,F appointed;(gram.) definite ( fx the definite article);[ være bestemt af] be determined by,(dvs betinget af) be conditioned by ( fx people's views aredetermined (el. conditioned) by their surroundings);[ et bestemt afslag] a flat refusal;[ med bestemte mellemrum] at fixed (el. regular) intervals;[ en bestemt protest] a determined (el. an energetic) protest;(dvs have besluttet at) be determined to;[ på det bestemteste] categorically;[ bestemt til] intended for,( af skæbnen) destined for;( af skæbnen) destined to;(se også hensigt, II. nærmere).II. adv( sikkert) certainly ( fx I certainly won't do that), for certain ( fxI know for certain that he is here);( energisk, eftertrykkelig) firmly;[ forlange bestemt] insist on;[ han nægtede bestemt at] he flatly refused to;[ optræde bestemt] be firm;[ jeg kan ikke sige det bestemt] I cannot say for certain;[ jeg tror bestemt at] I am almost certain that. -
11 lidt
немно́го, ма́лоhan táler lidt dansk — он говори́т немно́го по-да́тски
* * *awhile, bit, little, a little, slightly, trickle* * *I. adj a little;( kun lidt) only a little,F little; but little;adv a little, slightly,T a bit,F somewhat ( fx surprised, tired);( om tid) a little, a moment ( fx wait a little, wait a moment),T a bit ( fx stay on a bit);[ lidt af en digter (, overraskelse)] a bit of a poet (, surprise);[ lidt efter, lidt senere] after a while, a little later, shortly after;[ lidt efter lidt] gradually, little by little,T bit by bit;[ for lidt siden] a moment ago, just now,( lidt længere) a short while ago;[ lidt i 7] a few minutes to 7;( også) it is nearly (el. almost) 7;[ klokken er lidt over 7] it is a few minutes past 7, it is just turned 7;[ ikke så lidt] quite a lot, a good deal;adv not a little ( fx surprised), more than a little (el. a bit) ( fxcurious);[ lige så lidt som] no more than;[ og lidt til] and then some ( fx he knew all there was to know about that - and then some);[ lidt til en side] a little odd.II. perf part af lide; -
12 snart
presently, shortly, soon* * *adv soon, shortly, presently;( kort efter) soon, shortly after(wards);( snart sagt, næsten) almost, nearly, practically;[ jeg ved snart ikke] well, I don't know;[ det er snart ti år siden han rejste] it will soon be ten years since he left;[ i snart ti år] for nearly ten years;[ nu kan det snart være nok!] really, this is the limit![ det er snart på tide] it is about time;[ snart sagt](dvs så godt som) pretty well ( fx pretty well every country);( også) directly he heard it; -
13 sted
locality, pitch, place, point, site, spot* * *(et -er) place ( fx fix a time and a place for the meeting; we have visited hundreds of places; I can't be in two places at once; this is not the place to go into that; a sore place on my arm; they bought a lovely place in the country);( mindre sted; mere præcist og T) spot ( fx show me the exact spot where it happened; they gathered at the spot where it had happened; a lovely spot for a picnic; a sore spot on my arm);( i bog: hvor man er kommet til) place,( afsnit) passage ( fx a difficult passage),( bibelsted også) text ( fx quote a passage (el. text) from the Bible);( gård) homestead;[ finde sted] happen ( fx strange things have happened),(F: ofte om noget arrangeret) take place ( fx when will themarriage take place?);( ofte =) be ( fx there have been changes (, abuses, injustices, mistakes));[ med pron etc:][ alle steder](dvs overalt) everywhere;[ de fleste steder] in most places, almost everywhere;[et ( eller andet) sted] somewhere (or other);[ et andet sted] in another place; somewhere else;[ ikke nogen steder] not anywhere ( fx I could not see him anywhere), nowhere ( fx he was nowhere to be seen);[ ingen steder] nowhere;(se også III. vis);[ med præp:][ af sted] along ( fx run (, rush, gallop) along),( væk) off ( fx run (, dash, rush, gallop) off);[ af sted!] off we go! let us be off!(= af sted med dig) off you go! be off![ komme af sted] get off, start,F depart;( også om pige) get into trouble,( løbe sig en staver i livet) get into hot water,( lave en bommert) put one's foot in it,( komme til skade) get hurt;[ hvis jeg kan komme af sted med det] if I can manage it (el. get away with it);[ jeg må af sted] I must be off, I must be going;[ tage af sted] set out, start, leave ( til for);T get off ( fx we'd better be getting off);[ vi kommer ikke ud af stedet] we are making no progress, we are not getting anywhere;[ hesten ville ikke ud af stedet] the horse refused to budge;[ rør dig ikke ud af stedet!] don't move![ fra det sted hvor] from (the place) where;[ i stedet] instead ( fx he did not go to Paris, but went to London instead);[ i stedet for] instead of ( fx he gave me water instead of beer; to play instead of working);(se også sætte (sig), træde);[ i dit sted] in your place;[ i dit sted ville jeg betale] if I were you I would pay;[ på et sted] in (el. at) a place, on (el. at) a spot;[ på stedet](også fig) on the spot ( fx we have a man on the spot; die (, bekilled) on the spot); then and there ( fx he demanded to bereleased then and there);( øjeblikkelig også) outright ( fx he was killed outright; he bought it outright);[ løbe på stedet] run on the spot;[ på sine steder] in places;[ på højere steder] in high places;(fig) be strictly limited ( fx my confidence in him (, my sympathy for him) is strictly limited);(se også IV. ret);[ til det sted hvor] to (the place) where;[ til stede] present ( fx the Minister was present at the opening), there( fx if the will is there we can come to an agreement),( hjemme) at home, in ( fx is Mrs X in?);[ komme til stede] arrive, appear,T turn up;[ være til stede ved] be present at, attend ( fx a meeting);[ betingelserne herfor er ikke længere til stede] the conditions for it no longer obtain. -
14 straks
immediately, at once, straight away, straight off* * *adv at once, immediately,( stærkere, F) instantly;T straight away, right away;( snart) presently;( i begyndelsen) at first;[ klokken er straks tolv] it is close on (el. almost) twelve;[ med conj & præp:][ straks (da) jeg hørte det] directly (el. as soon as) I heard it, the moment I heard it;[ straks da han kom i skole kunne han ikke lide det] when he first went to school he did not like it;[ straks efter] immediately after(wards);[ straks fra begyndelsen] right from the start, from the very start;[ straks i morgen tidlig] first thing tomorrow;[ straks når jeg får det] directly I get it. -
15 svinde
vb (svandt, svundet)F decline ( fx his influence (, strength) declined; as the day declined he...); fade ( fx hope of finding him alive is fading),( stærkere) dwindle ( fx his hope dwindled);( skrumpe ind) shrink ( fx meat shrinks in cooking),( om hævelse) go down ( fx my ankle is going down), decrease ( fxthe swelling decreased daily),( om lyd, lys: blive svagere) fade (away) ( fx the colours of the sky began to fade; the voices faded away into the distance), die away;[ svindende kræfter] ebbing (el. waning) strength;(se også svunden);[ med præp & adv:][ svinde bort, svinde hen] fade away,( om tid) pass,(se også ndf: svinde ind);[ det svandt i beholdningerne] the stocks dwindled (el. shrank),( stærkt) the stocks began to give out (, F: were depleted);[ svinde ind] decrease ( fx the population of the village had decreased to a few hundred people),( hen imod komplet forsvinden) dwindle ( fx the boat dwindled to a speck; his great fortune dwindled rapidly);( skrumpe ind) shrink ( fx metal shrinks when cooling; business at his shop has (, their earnings have) shrunk almost to nothing); -
16 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; -
17 vished
* * *(en) certainty;[ vide med vished] know for certain;[ få vished] find out for certain;[ få vished for] have confirmation (, proof) of;[ skaffe sig vished] make sure (om of, om at that);[ en til vished grænsende sandsynlighed] a probability amounting almost to certainty, a moral certainty.
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