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1 go to any lengths
(to do anything, no matter how extreme, dishonest, wicked etc, to achieve a particular aim: She'd go to any lengths to get herself promoted.) gå hur långt som helst, inte sky ngt -
2 length
n. längd; varaktighet (tid); stycke, längd (tyger etc.)* * *[leŋƟ]1) (the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc: What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.) längd2) (a piece of something, especially cloth: I bought a (3-metre) length of silk.) längd, stycke3) (in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc: He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front.) längd•- lengthen- lengthways/lengthwise
- lengthy
- at length
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3 rope
n. rep; halsband--------v. binda* * *[rəup] 1. noun((a) thick cord, made by twisting together lengths of hemp, nylon etc: He tied it with a (piece of) rope; a skipping rope.) rep2. verb1) (to tie or fasten with a rope: He roped the suitcase to the roof of the car.) binda fast (ihop) med rep2) (to catch with a rope; to lasso: to rope a calf.) fånga med lasso•- rope in
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4 swim
n. simning--------v. simma; flyta* * *[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) simma2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) simma3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) gå runt, snurra, gunga2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) simtur- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
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5 xylophone
n. xylofon (musikinstrument som består av graderade träklossar som avger ljud när man slår på dem med en liten hammare)* * *(a musical instrument consisting of wooden or metal slats of various lengths, which produce different notes when struck by wooden hammers.) xylofon
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go to any lengths — go to great/extreme/any/etc lengths phrase to try in a very determined or unreasonable way to achieve something They have gone to great lengths to make us feel welcome. The lengths that some people will go to (=the extreme things they will do) … Useful english dictionary
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