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1 how
adv. hur; till vilket pris* * *1. adverb, conjunction1) (in what way: How do you make bread?) hur2) (to what extent: How do you like my new hat?; How far is Paris from London?) vad, hur3) (by what means: I've no idea how he came here.) hur4) (in what condition: How are you today?; How do I look?) hur5) (for what reason: How is it that I am the last to know about this?) hur []•- however2. conjunction(in no matter what way: This painting still looks wrong however you look at it.) hur... än- how come
- how do you do? -
2 how about
1) (I would like to suggest: `Where shall we go tonight?' `How about the cinema?') vad sägs om2) (what is he, are you etc going to do?; what does he, do you etc think?: We're going to the cinema tonight. How about you?; I rather like that picture. How about you?) du (han, hon) då?, och du (han, hon)? -
3 how come
(for what reason: How come I didn't get any cake?) varför, hur kommer det sig -
4 how do you do?
hur mår du?* * *(words that are said by a person to someone he is being introduced to: `How do you do? My name is Smith,' he said, shaking her hand.) goddag!, hur står det till? -
5 how are the mighty fallen
hur de mäktiga föll -
6 how are things?
hur är läget? -
7 how are you
hur mår du, hur är det, hur går det, hur är läget -
8 how are you?
hur mår du?, hur är det med dig? -
9 how awful
så hemskt, så fruktansvärt -
10 how come?
adv. hur kommer det sig? -
11 how do you do
hur står det till?, hur mår du?, hur är läget? -
12 how do you feel?
hur mår du? -
13 how do you know?
hur vet du det? -
14 how do you like it?
vad tycker du om det? -
15 how do you spell your name ?
hur stavar du ditt namn? -
16 how does it strike you ?
vad tycker du om det? -
17 how far is it?
hur långt är det? -
18 how far?
hur långt; hur mmycket -
19 how goes it?
hur är det?, hur är läget? -
20 how good of you
vad snällt av dig
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