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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 ende
sg - énden, pl - énderконе́ц м; оконча́ние сfå énde på nóget — положи́ть коне́ц чему́-л.
* * *backside, bottom, end, end up, head, land, rear* * *I. (en -r) end;( øverste) top,( nederste) bottom;( på hjortegevir) tine, point,( hele takken) antler;( tovende) rope;[ en ende sejlgarn] a piece of string;( bagdel) behind ( fx a kick in the behind), bottom ( fx a smack on the bottom; fall on one's bottom),( nøgternt) buttocks pl,(spøg.) posterior,(T spøg.) backside,( grovere) bum,(am) fanny;[ hvad skal enden blive?] where is it going to end?[ for enden af] at the end of;[ fra ende til anden] from end to end, from one end to the other;[ alting får en ende] everything has an end;[ få ende på en kedsommelig dag] get through a tedious day;[ få fat i den gale ende] get hold of the wrong end of the stick;[ når enden er god er alting godt] all's well that ends well;[ gøre ende på] put an end to, make an end of;[ undersøge i alle ender og kanter] examine inside and out (el. from top to bottom);(se også varte (op));T he has got the upper hand;[ løse ender](fig) loose ends ( fx we need to tie up the loose ends);[ løbe én over ende] run somebody down; push somebody over;[ sætte sig over ende] sit up;[ have fat i den rigtige ende] go about it in the right way;[ det er ikke til at se ende på] it seems interminable; there seems no end to it;[ i den sidste ende] ultimately,T at the end of the day;[ stå på den anden ende] be topsy-turvy, be at sixes and sevens;( lave rod i) turn upside down;(dvs larmede) they nearly brought the roof down;[ det tog en sørgelig ende med ham] he came to a sad (el. bad) end;[ til den ende] for that purpose,F to that end;[ bringe til ende] finish, bring to an end;[ høre ham til ende] hear him out;[ være til ende] be at an end.II. *( uden objekt) end ( fx the war ended in 1945), come to an end ( fx the day came to an end);( med objekt: afslutte) end ( fx one's days, a speech),( gøre færdig) finish, end off ( fx he finished (el. ended off) his speech by thanking everybody);(om historie etc) have a happy (, sad) ending;[ han ender i fængsel] he will end up in jail;[ ende med] end with ( fx the meeting ended with a song),( have som resultat) end in ( fx the struggle ended in a settlement(, in a victory for us));[ det ender galt med ham] he will come to a sad (el. bad) end;(se også forskrækkelse);[ ende med at sige] finish by saying;[ det endte med at] the end (el. upshot, outcome) of it was that ( fx he apologized);[ det ender med at du kommer i fængsel] you'll end up in jail;[ romanen ender med at han dør] the novel ends with his death; he dies at the end of the novel;[ ordet ender på s] the word ends in s.
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