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1 what about?
1) (used in asking whether the listener would like (to do) something: What about a glass of milk?; What about going to the cinema?) vad sägs om...?, hur skulle det vara med...?2) (used in asking for news or advice: What about your new book?; What about the other problem?) hur är (var) det med...? -
2 what'll
['wotl](short for what shall / what will, what is / what has.) -
3 what ... for
1) (why(?): What did he do that for?) varför, vad... för2) (for what purpose(?): What is this switch for?) vad till? -
4 what ... like?
(used when asking for information about someone or something: `What does it look like?' `It's small and square.'; `What's her mother like?' `Oh, she's quite nice.'; We may go - it depends (on) what the weather's like.) vad [] som?, hurdan [] -
5 what are you etc doing with
1) (why or how have you etc got: What are you doing with my umbrella?)2) (what action are you etc taking about: What are they doing with the children during the day if they're both working?) -
6 what if?
vad (händer) om* * *(what will or would happen if...?: What if he comes back?) vad händer om...?, tänk om...? -
7 what is / what's more
(moreover: He came home after midnight, and what's more, he was drunk.) dessutom -
8 what of it?
(used in replying, to suggest that what has been done, said etc is not important: `You've offended him.' `What of it?') än sen då?, vad gör det? -
9 what
adj. vad, vilken, vilket, vilka--------adv. vad; i vilken mån?; hur mycket?--------conj. i vad mån--------interj. vad!, va! (uttrycker överraskning)--------n. vad--------pron. vad; vilken, vilket, vilka; hur många; inte sant?* * *(whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) vem (vad) som än, var (vart) än -
10 what have you
(and similar things; and so on: clothes, books and what have you.)... och sådant -
11 what in the world(?)
(used for emphasis when asking a question: What in the world have you done to your hair?) vad i hela (all) världen -
12 what in the world(?)
(used for emphasis when asking a question: What in the world have you done to your hair?) vad i hela (all) världen -
13 what with
(because of: What with taking no exercise and being too fat, he had a heart attack.) dels på grund av [] och dels [] -
14 what's the odds?
(it's not important; it doesn't matter: We didn't win the competition but what's the odds?) -
15 what's-his
noun (used in referring vaguely to a person or thing: Where does what's-his-name live?) -
16 What's the matter
vad är det?, vad hände?, vad är det med dig, ? vad är det för fel? -
17 what I say is
vad jag säger är, jag tycker -
18 what a beauty!
vilken skönhet! (utrop som uttrycker förvåning över hur vackert något är) -
19 what a moron
vilken idiot -
20 what a nerve!
vilken fräckhet!
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What if — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
What of it — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
What of that — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
What of this — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
What though — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
What time — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
What time as — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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