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  • 1 Britain

    n. Storbritannien (England)

    English-Swedish dictionary > Britain

  • 2 Great Britain

    Storbritannien (ibland England)

    English-Swedish dictionary > Great Britain

  • 3 A level

    ['ei,levəl]
    ((abbreviation) Advanced Level; (in Britain) an examination in a particular subject that pupils have to pass if they want to go to university; the level of these examinations: I failed my Chemistry A level; What subjects are you taking at A level?) []-betyg, examen

    English-Swedish dictionary > A level

  • 4 backward

    adj. på efterkälken, efterbliven; bakåtriktad; blyg; tveksam
    --------
    adv. bakåt
    * * *
    ['bækwəd]
    1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) bakåtriktad, bakåtvänd
    2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) efterbliven, sen
    3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) efterbliven, på efterkälken
    - backwards
    - backwards and forwards
    - bend/fall over backwards

    English-Swedish dictionary > backward

  • 5 borough

    n. stad med egen regering; kvarter
    * * *
    (in Britain, a town or area with certain rights.) stad, stadsdel, kommun

    English-Swedish dictionary > borough

  • 6 brain drain

    forskarflykt, begåvningsflykt
    * * *
    (the loss of experts to another country (usually in search of better salaries etc): As a result of the brain drain Britain does not have enough doctors.) forskarflykt, begåvningsflykt

    English-Swedish dictionary > brain drain

  • 7 British

    adj. brittisk (engelsk, från Storbritannien)
    * * *
    ['britiʃ]
    (of or from Great Britain or the Commonwealth: In this dictionary British refers to British English.) brittisk, engelsk

    English-Swedish dictionary > British

  • 8 cabinet

    n. skåp, byrå; kabinett (litet rum), kammare; kabinett, ministär, regering
    * * *
    ['kæbinit]
    1) (a piece of furniture with shelves and doors or drawers: a filing cabinet.) skåp
    2) (in Britain and some other countries the group of chief ministers who govern a country: The Prime Minister has chosen a new Cabinet.) kabinett, ministär, statsråd

    English-Swedish dictionary > cabinet

  • 9 carriage

    n. vagn, buggy; personvagn; transport; pappersmatare (data); lavett; hållning, sätt att föra sig; pappersmatare på en maskinskrivare
    * * *
    ['kæri‹]
    1) (the act or cost of conveying and delivering goods: Does that price include carriage?) frakt[]
    2) (a vehicle for carrying (especially in Britain, railway passengers): the carriage nearest the engine; a railway carriage.) []vagn
    3) (especially formerly, a horse-drawn passenger vehicle.) ekipage, vagn
    4) (the part of a typewriter which moves back and forwards, carrying the paper.) vagn
    5) (posture; way of walking.) hållning, sätt att föra sig

    English-Swedish dictionary > carriage

  • 10 carriageway

    noun (especially in Britain, the part of a road used by cars etc: The overturned bus blocked the whole carriageway.)

    English-Swedish dictionary > carriageway

  • 11 census

    n. folkräkning
    * * *
    ['sensəs]
    plural - censuses; noun
    (an official counting especially of a country's inhabitants: When was the last census in Britain?) folkräkning

    English-Swedish dictionary > census

  • 12 Chancellor of the Exchequer

    (på engelska) finansminister
    * * *
    noun (the Finance Minister in Great Britain.) finansminister

    English-Swedish dictionary > Chancellor of the Exchequer

  • 13 climate

    n. klimat; väderleksförhållande
    * * *
    1) (the weather conditions of a region (temperature, moisture etc): Britain has a temperate climate.) klimat
    2) (the conditions in a country etc: the economic/moral climate.) klimat

    English-Swedish dictionary > climate

  • 14 coinage

    n. prägling, myntprägling, myntning; nybildat ord, myntad fras
    * * *
    [-ni‹]
    1) (the process of coining.) myntning, []prägling
    2) (the money (system) used in a country: Britain now uses decimal coinage.) myntsystem

    English-Swedish dictionary > coinage

  • 15 cold

    adj. kall
    --------
    n. kyla, köld; förkylning
    * * *
    [kəuld] 1. adjective
    1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) kall
    2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) kall, frusen
    3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) kylig, kall
    2. noun
    1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) kyla, köld
    2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) förkylning
    - coldness
    - cold-blooded
    - cold war
    - get cold feet
    - give someone the cold shoulder
    - give the cold shoulder
    - in cold blood

    English-Swedish dictionary > cold

  • 16 (come) of age

    (to become) old enough to be considered legally an adult (eg in Britain aged eighteen or over). [] myndig

    English-Swedish dictionary > (come) of age

  • 17 continent

    n. kontinent, världsdel; kontinenten (Europas fastland)
    * * *
    I ['kontinənt] noun
    1) (one of the great divisions of the land surface of the world - Europe, America, Australia, Asia or Africa.) kontinent, världsdel
    2) (Europe excluding Britain: We are going to the continent for our holidays.) kontinenten
    - continental breakfast
    - continental shelf
    II ['kontinənt] adjective
    (able to control especially the bladder and/or bowel.) kontinent, återhållsam

    English-Swedish dictionary > continent

  • 18 corn

    n. säd; majs; kärna; liktorn
    --------
    v. salta in kött
    * * *
    I [ko:n] noun
    1) (the seeds of cereal plants, especially (in Britain) wheat, or (in North America) maize.) säd, spannmål, vete, majs
    2) ((American grain) the plants themselves: a field of corn.) säd
    - corned beef
    - cornflakes
    - cornflour
    - cornflower
    II [ko:n] noun
    (a little bump of hard skin found on the foot: I have a corn on my little toe.) liktorn

    English-Swedish dictionary > corn

  • 19 emigrate

    v. emigrera, utvandra
    * * *
    ['emiɡreit]
    (to leave one's country and settle in another: Many doctors have emigrated from Britain to America.) utvandra, emigrera
    - emigration

    English-Swedish dictionary > emigrate

  • 20 English

    adj. engelsk, engelsk-
    --------
    n. engelsk, engelsman; engelska, det engelska språket
    * * *
    ['iŋɡliʃ] 1. adjective
    (of England or its inhabitants: three English people; the English language.) engelsk
    2. noun
    (the main language of England and the rest of Britain, North America, a great part of the British Commonwealth and some other countries: He speaks English.) engelska

    English-Swedish dictionary > English

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