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  • 1 throw a spanner in the works

    (to frustrate or ruin (a plan, system etc).) stikke en kæp i hjulet
    * * *
    (to frustrate or ruin (a plan, system etc).) stikke en kæp i hjulet

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  • 2 works

    noun singular or noun plural (a factory etc: The steelworks is/are closed for the holidays.) værk; -værk
    * * *
    noun singular or noun plural (a factory etc: The steelworks is/are closed for the holidays.) værk; -værk

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  • 3 good works

    noun plural (acts of charity: He is known throughout the city for his good works.) velgørenhedsarbejde
    * * *
    noun plural (acts of charity: He is known throughout the city for his good works.) velgørenhedsarbejde

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  • 4 work

    [wə:k] 1. noun
    1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) arbejde
    2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) arbejde
    3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) arbejde
    4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) værk
    5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) arbejde
    6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) arbejdsplads; arbejde
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) arbejde; køre
    2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) have arbejde
    3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) fungere; arbejde; betjene
    4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) blive til noget
    5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) arbejde
    6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) blive; arbejde sig
    7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) udføre
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    - - work
    - workable
    - worker
    - works     3. noun plural
    1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mekanisme
    2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) gode gerninger
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    - work-box
    - workbook
    - workforce
    - working class
    - working day
    - work-day
    - working hours
    - working-party
    - work-party
    - working week
    - workman
    - workmanlike
    - workmanship
    - workmate
    - workout
    - workshop
    - at work
    - get/set to work
    - go to work on
    - have one's work cut out
    - in working order
    - out of work
    - work of art
    - work off
    - work out
    - work up
    - work up to
    - work wonders
    * * *
    [wə:k] 1. noun
    1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) arbejde
    2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) arbejde
    3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) arbejde
    4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) værk
    5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) arbejde
    6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) arbejdsplads; arbejde
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) arbejde; køre
    2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) have arbejde
    3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) fungere; arbejde; betjene
    4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) blive til noget
    5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) arbejde
    6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) blive; arbejde sig
    7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) udføre
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    - - work
    - workable
    - worker
    - works     3. noun plural
    1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mekanisme
    2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) gode gerninger
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    - work-box
    - workbook
    - workforce
    - working class
    - working day
    - work-day
    - working hours
    - working-party
    - work-party
    - working week
    - workman
    - workmanlike
    - workmanship
    - workmate
    - workout
    - workshop
    - at work
    - get/set to work
    - go to work on
    - have one's work cut out
    - in working order
    - out of work
    - work of art
    - work off
    - work out
    - work up
    - work up to
    - work wonders

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  • 5 acquaintance

    1) (a person whom one knows slightly.) bekendt
    2) ((with with) knowledge: My acquaintance with the works of Shakespeare is slight.) kendskab (til)
    * * *
    1) (a person whom one knows slightly.) bekendt
    2) ((with with) knowledge: My acquaintance with the works of Shakespeare is slight.) kendskab (til)

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  • 6 spanner

    ['spænə]
    (a type of tool used for tightening or loosening nuts, bolts etc.) skruenøgle
    * * *
    ['spænə]
    (a type of tool used for tightening or loosening nuts, bolts etc.) skruenøgle

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  • 7 thesis

    ['Ɵi:sis]
    plural - theses; noun
    (a long written essay, report etc, often done for a university degree: a doctoral thesis; He is writing a thesis on the works of John Milton.) afhandling
    * * *
    ['Ɵi:sis]
    plural - theses; noun
    (a long written essay, report etc, often done for a university degree: a doctoral thesis; He is writing a thesis on the works of John Milton.) afhandling

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  • 8 slave

    [sleiv] 1. noun
    1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) slave
    2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) slave
    2. verb
    (to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) slave; slide og slæbe
    * * *
    [sleiv] 1. noun
    1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) slave
    2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) slave
    2. verb
    (to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) slave; slide og slæbe

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  • 9 pitch

    I 1. [pi ] verb
    1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) rejse; sætte op
    2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) kaste
    3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) styrte; snuble
    4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) vippe; hugge
    5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) sætte i en tonehøjde
    2. noun
    1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) bane
    2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) tonehøjde
    3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) grad
    4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) sted; plads
    5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) kast
    6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) vippen; huggen
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    - pitcher
    - pitched battle
    - pitchfork     II [pi ] noun
    (a thick black substance obtained from tar: as black as pitch.) beg
    - pitch-dark
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    I 1. [pi ] verb
    1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) rejse; sætte op
    2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) kaste
    3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) styrte; snuble
    4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) vippe; hugge
    5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) sætte i en tonehøjde
    2. noun
    1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) bane
    2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) tonehøjde
    3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) grad
    4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) sted; plads
    5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) kast
    6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) vippen; huggen
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    - pitcher
    - pitched battle
    - pitchfork     II [pi ] noun
    (a thick black substance obtained from tar: as black as pitch.) beg
    - pitch-dark

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  • 10 south

    1. noun
    1) (the direction to the right of a person facing the rising sun, or any part of the earth lying in that direction: He stood facing towards the south; She lives in the south of France.) syd
    2) (one of the four main points of the compass.) syd
    2. adjective
    1) (in the south: She works on the south coast.) sydlig; syd-
    2) (from the direction of the south: a south wind.) sydlig
    3. adverb
    (towards the south: This window faces south.) mod syd
    - southern
    - southerner
    - southernmost
    - southward
    - southwards
    - southward
    - southbound
    - south-east / south-west     4. adjective
    1) (in the south-east or south-west: the south-east coast.) sydøstlig; sydøst-
    2) (from the direction of the south-east or south-west: a south-east wind.) sydøstlig
    5. adverb
    (towards the south-east or south-west: The gateway faces south-west.) mod sydvest
    - south-eastern / south-western
    - the South Pole
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    1. noun
    1) (the direction to the right of a person facing the rising sun, or any part of the earth lying in that direction: He stood facing towards the south; She lives in the south of France.) syd
    2) (one of the four main points of the compass.) syd
    2. adjective
    1) (in the south: She works on the south coast.) sydlig; syd-
    2) (from the direction of the south: a south wind.) sydlig
    3. adverb
    (towards the south: This window faces south.) mod syd
    - southern
    - southerner
    - southernmost
    - southward
    - southwards
    - southward
    - southbound
    - south-east / south-west     4. adjective
    1) (in the south-east or south-west: the south-east coast.) sydøstlig; sydøst-
    2) (from the direction of the south-east or south-west: a south-east wind.) sydøstlig
    5. adverb
    (towards the south-east or south-west: The gateway faces south-west.) mod sydvest
    - south-eastern / south-western
    - the South Pole

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  • 11 dock

    I 1. [dok] noun
    1) (a deepened part of a harbour etc where ships go for loading, unloading, repair etc: The ship was in dock for three weeks.) dok
    2) (the area surrounding this: He works down at the docks.) dokkerne
    3) (the box in a law court where the accused person sits or stands.) anklagebænk
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) enter a dock and tie up alongside a quay: The liner docked in Southampton this morning.) dokke
    - dockyard II [dok] verb
    (to cut short or remove part from: The dog's tail had been docked; His wages were docked to pay for the broken window.) skære af; reducere
    * * *
    I 1. [dok] noun
    1) (a deepened part of a harbour etc where ships go for loading, unloading, repair etc: The ship was in dock for three weeks.) dok
    2) (the area surrounding this: He works down at the docks.) dokkerne
    3) (the box in a law court where the accused person sits or stands.) anklagebænk
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) enter a dock and tie up alongside a quay: The liner docked in Southampton this morning.) dokke
    - dockyard II [dok] verb
    (to cut short or remove part from: The dog's tail had been docked; His wages were docked to pay for the broken window.) skære af; reducere

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  • 12 flush

    1. noun
    1) (a flow of blood to the face, making it red: A slow flush covered her face.) rødme
    2) ((the device that works) a rush of water which cleans a toilet: a flush toilet.) udskylnings-
    2. verb
    1) (to become red in the face: She flushed with embarrassment.) blive rød i hovedet; rødme
    2) (to clean by a rush of water: to flush a toilet.) skylle ud; skylle
    3) ((usually with out) to cause (an animal etc) to leave a hiding place: The police flushed out the criminal.) jage
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    - in the first flush of
    - the first flush of
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (a flow of blood to the face, making it red: A slow flush covered her face.) rødme
    2) ((the device that works) a rush of water which cleans a toilet: a flush toilet.) udskylnings-
    2. verb
    1) (to become red in the face: She flushed with embarrassment.) blive rød i hovedet; rødme
    2) (to clean by a rush of water: to flush a toilet.) skylle ud; skylle
    3) ((usually with out) to cause (an animal etc) to leave a hiding place: The police flushed out the criminal.) jage
    •
    - in the first flush of
    - the first flush of

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  • 13 good

    [ɡud] 1. comparative - better; adjective
    1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) velopdragen; god; nem
    2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) god
    3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) god
    4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) god; dygtig
    5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) god; sød; venlig
    6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) god
    7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) glad; god
    8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) god; dejlig
    9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) god
    10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) god
    11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) god
    12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) god
    13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) god
    14) (thorough: a good clean.) ordentlig
    15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) vel
    2. noun
    1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) gode; fordel
    2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) det gode
    3. interjection
    (an expression of approval, gladness etc.) godt!; fint!
    4. interjection
    ((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) ih du milde!
    - goody
    - goodbye
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good-for-nothing
    - good humour
    - good-humoured
    - good-humouredly
    - good-looking
    - good morning
    - good afternoon
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good night
    - good-natured
    - goodwill
    - good will
    - good works
    - as good as
    - be as good as one's word
    - be up to no good
    - deliver the goods
    - for good
    - for goodness' sake
    - good for
    - good for you
    - him
    - Good Friday
    - good gracious
    - good heavens
    - goodness gracious
    - goodness me
    - good old
    - make good
    - no good
    - put in a good word for
    - take something in good part
    - take in good part
    - thank goodness
    - to the good
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    [ɡud] 1. comparative - better; adjective
    1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) velopdragen; god; nem
    2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) god
    3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) god
    4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) god; dygtig
    5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) god; sød; venlig
    6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) god
    7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) glad; god
    8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) god; dejlig
    9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) god
    10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) god
    11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) god
    12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) god
    13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) god
    14) (thorough: a good clean.) ordentlig
    15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) vel
    2. noun
    1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) gode; fordel
    2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) det gode
    3. interjection
    (an expression of approval, gladness etc.) godt!; fint!
    4. interjection
    ((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) ih du milde!
    - goody
    - goodbye
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good-for-nothing
    - good humour
    - good-humoured
    - good-humouredly
    - good-looking
    - good morning
    - good afternoon
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good night
    - good-natured
    - goodwill
    - good will
    - good works
    - as good as
    - be as good as one's word
    - be up to no good
    - deliver the goods
    - for good
    - for goodness' sake
    - good for
    - good for you
    - him
    - Good Friday
    - good gracious
    - good heavens
    - goodness gracious
    - goodness me
    - good old
    - make good
    - no good
    - put in a good word for
    - take something in good part
    - take in good part
    - thank goodness
    - to the good

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  • 14 hard

    1. adjective
    1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) hård
    2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) svær
    3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) hård; streng
    4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) hård; streng
    5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) hård; vanskelig
    6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) hård
    2. adverb
    1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) hårdt
    2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) hårdt
    3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) hårdt; strengt
    4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) skarpt
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    - hardness
    - hardship
    - hard-and-fast
    - hard-back
    - hard-boiled
    - harddisk
    - hard-earned
    - hard-headed
    - hard-hearted
    - hardware
    - hard-wearing
    - be hard on
    - hard at it
    - hard done by
    - hard lines/luck
    - hard of hearing
    - a hard time of it
    - a hard time
    - hard up
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) hård
    2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) svær
    3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) hård; streng
    4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) hård; streng
    5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) hård; vanskelig
    6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) hård
    2. adverb
    1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) hårdt
    2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) hårdt
    3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) hårdt; strengt
    4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) skarpt
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    - hardness
    - hardship
    - hard-and-fast
    - hard-back
    - hard-boiled
    - harddisk
    - hard-earned
    - hard-headed
    - hard-hearted
    - hardware
    - hard-wearing
    - be hard on
    - hard at it
    - hard done by
    - hard lines/luck
    - hard of hearing
    - a hard time of it
    - a hard time
    - hard up

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  • 15 office

    ['ofis]
    1) (the room or building in which the business of a firm is done: The firm's head offices are in New York; ( also adjective) office furniture.) kontor; kontor-
    2) (the room in which a particular person works: the bank manager's office.) kontor
    3) (a room or building used for a particular purpose: Train tickets are bought at the ticket-office.) -kontor
    4) (a position of authority, especially in or as a government: Our party has not been in office for years; the office of mayor.) embede
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    * * *
    ['ofis]
    1) (the room or building in which the business of a firm is done: The firm's head offices are in New York; ( also adjective) office furniture.) kontor; kontor-
    2) (the room in which a particular person works: the bank manager's office.) kontor
    3) (a room or building used for a particular purpose: Train tickets are bought at the ticket-office.) -kontor
    4) (a position of authority, especially in or as a government: Our party has not been in office for years; the office of mayor.) embede
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  • 16 pit

    I 1. [pit] noun
    1) (a large hole in the ground: The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.) hul
    2) (a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine: a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.) mine; -mine
    3) (a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars: The leading car has gone into the pit(s).) pit; depot
    2. verb
    ((with against) to set (a person or thing) against another in a fight, competition etc: He was pitted against a much stronger man.) være op imod
    II 1. [pit] noun
    (the hard stone of a peach, cherry etc.) sten
    2. verb
    (to remove the stone from (a peach, cherry etc).) udstene
    * * *
    I 1. [pit] noun
    1) (a large hole in the ground: The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.) hul
    2) (a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine: a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.) mine; -mine
    3) (a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars: The leading car has gone into the pit(s).) pit; depot
    2. verb
    ((with against) to set (a person or thing) against another in a fight, competition etc: He was pitted against a much stronger man.) være op imod
    II 1. [pit] noun
    (the hard stone of a peach, cherry etc.) sten
    2. verb
    (to remove the stone from (a peach, cherry etc).) udstene

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  • 17 rate

    [reit] 1. noun
    1) (the number of occasions within a given period of time when something happens or is done: a high (monthly) accident rate in a factory.) frekvens
    2) (the number or amount of something (in relation to something else); a ratio: There was a failure rate of one pupil in ten in the exam.) procent
    3) (the speed with which something happens or is done: He works at a tremendous rate; the rate of increase/expansion.) hastighed
    4) (the level (of pay), cost etc (of or for something): What is the rate of pay for this job?) (løn-)sats
    5) ((usually in plural) a tax, especially, in United Kingdom, paid by house-owners etc to help with the running of their town etc.) kommuneskat
    2. verb
    (to estimate or be estimated, with regard to worth, merit, value etc: I don't rate this book very highly; He doesn't rate very highly as a dramatist in my estimation.) vurdere; regnes
    - at this
    - at that rate
    - rate of exchange
    * * *
    [reit] 1. noun
    1) (the number of occasions within a given period of time when something happens or is done: a high (monthly) accident rate in a factory.) frekvens
    2) (the number or amount of something (in relation to something else); a ratio: There was a failure rate of one pupil in ten in the exam.) procent
    3) (the speed with which something happens or is done: He works at a tremendous rate; the rate of increase/expansion.) hastighed
    4) (the level (of pay), cost etc (of or for something): What is the rate of pay for this job?) (løn-)sats
    5) ((usually in plural) a tax, especially, in United Kingdom, paid by house-owners etc to help with the running of their town etc.) kommuneskat
    2. verb
    (to estimate or be estimated, with regard to worth, merit, value etc: I don't rate this book very highly; He doesn't rate very highly as a dramatist in my estimation.) vurdere; regnes
    - at this
    - at that rate
    - rate of exchange

    English-Danish dictionary > rate

  • 18 shift

    [ʃift] 1. verb
    1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) flytte; skifte
    2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) skyde
    3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) fjerne
    2. noun
    1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) skift; flytning
    2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) skiftehold; -hold
    3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) skift; -skift; skifteholds-
    •
    - shiftlessness
    - shifty
    - shiftily
    - shiftiness
    * * *
    [ʃift] 1. verb
    1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) flytte; skifte
    2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) skyde
    3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) fjerne
    2. noun
    1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) skift; flytning
    2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) skiftehold; -hold
    3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) skift; -skift; skifteholds-
    •
    - shiftlessness
    - shifty
    - shiftily
    - shiftiness

    English-Danish dictionary > shift

  • 19 turn on

    1) (to make water, elekctric current etc flow: He turned on the water / the gas.) åbne for
    2) (to turn (a tap, switch etc) so that something works: I turned on the tap.) åbne for
    3) (to cause (something) to work by switching it on: He turned on the radio.) tænde for; åbne for
    4) (to attack: The dog turned on him.) angribe
    * * *
    1) (to make water, elekctric current etc flow: He turned on the water / the gas.) åbne for
    2) (to turn (a tap, switch etc) so that something works: I turned on the tap.) åbne for
    3) (to cause (something) to work by switching it on: He turned on the radio.) tænde for; åbne for
    4) (to attack: The dog turned on him.) angribe

    English-Danish dictionary > turn on

  • 20 cause

    [ko:z] 1. noun
    1) (something or someone that produces an effect or result: Having no money is the cause of all my misery.) årsag; grund
    2) (a reason for an action; a motive: You had no cause to treat your wife so badly.) grund
    3) (an aim or concern for which an individual or group works: cancer research and other deserving causes; in the cause of peace.) sag
    2. verb
    (to make (something) happen; to bring about; to be the means of: What caused the accident?; He caused me to drop my suitcase.) være årsag
    * * *
    [ko:z] 1. noun
    1) (something or someone that produces an effect or result: Having no money is the cause of all my misery.) årsag; grund
    2) (a reason for an action; a motive: You had no cause to treat your wife so badly.) grund
    3) (an aim or concern for which an individual or group works: cancer research and other deserving causes; in the cause of peace.) sag
    2. verb
    (to make (something) happen; to bring about; to be the means of: What caused the accident?; He caused me to drop my suitcase.) være årsag

    English-Danish dictionary > cause

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