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1 own one's faults
erkänna sina fel -
2 own
adj. egen (min egen, din egen etc.); själv--------v. äga; tillhöra; bekänna* * *[əun] 1. verb1) (to have as a possession: I own a car.) äga2) (to admit that something is true: I own that I have not been working very hard.) erkänna, tillstå2. adjective, pronoun(belonging to (the person stated): The house is my own; I saw it with my own eyes.) egen, eget, egna- owner- ownership
- get one's own back
- own up -
3 own up
( often with to) (to admit that one has done something: He owned up to having broken the window.) erkänna, bekänna -
4 one's own flesh and blood
ens eget kött och blod -
5 have it one's own way
(to get one's own way: Oh, have it your own way - I'm tired of arguing.) -
6 mind one's own business
sköta sina egna affärer, inte lägga sig i* * *(to attend to one's own affairs, not interfering in other people's: Go away and mind your own business!) -
7 of one's own accord
av sig själv, självmant* * *(of one's own free will: He did it of his own accord, without being forced to.) -
8 under one's own steam
(by one's own efforts, without help from others: John gave me a lift in his car, but Mary arrived under her own steam.) -
9 come into one's own
(to have the opportunity of showing what one can do etc: He has at last come into his own as a pop-singer.) -
10 get/have one's own way
(to do, get etc what one wants: You can't always have your own way.) få som man vill, få sin vilja fram -
11 hold one's own
(to be as successful in a fight, argument etc as one's opponent: His opponents tried to prove his arguments wrong but he managed to hold his own.) -
12 know one's own mind
veta vad man vill, vara säker på* * *((usually in negative) to know what one really thinks, wants to do etc: She doesn't know her own mind yet about abortion.) -
13 stand on one's own (two) feet
(to manage one's own affairs without help.) -
14 stand on one's own (two) feet
(to manage one's own affairs without help.) -
15 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) -
16 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) -
17 get one's own back
(to revenge oneself: He has beaten me this time, but I'll get my own back (on him).) -
18 in one's (own) interest
(bringing, or in order to bring, advantage, benefit, help etc to oneself etc: It would be in our own interest to help him, as he may be able to help us later.) -
19 in one's (own) interest
(bringing, or in order to bring, advantage, benefit, help etc to oneself etc: It would be in our own interest to help him, as he may be able to help us later.) -
20 off one's own bat
(completely by oneself (without help): He wrote the letter to the newspaper off his own bat.)
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