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61 foil
n. foliepapper; svärd; tunn metallskiva; kontrast, olikhet; bladornament i gotiskt fönster (inom arkitektur)--------v. omintetgöra, omkullkasta; bilda bakgrund åt; verka som kontrast mot något för att framhäva en egenskap* * *I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) besegra, kullkastaII [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) folie2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) fördelaktig bakgrund (kontrast)III [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) florett -
62 follow suit
följa exemplet, göra likadant* * *(to do just as someone else has done: He went to bed and I followed suit.) föja exemplet, göra likadant -
63 for
Betraktningsfält, en kameras eller en identifikationsutrustnings största förmåga att vända och se en robot* * *[fo:] 1. preposition1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) till2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) mot3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) i, under4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) efter, om5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) för6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) för7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) för8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?) för, åt9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) för10) (because of: for this reason.) av11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) till12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) för13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) för14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) för []15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) trots2. conjunction(because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) för, ty -
64 get etc in proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have a correct relationship (to each other or something else): In drawing a person, it is difficult to get all the parts of the body in proportion.) stå i proportion till/få rätt proportion på -
65 get etc in proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have a correct relationship (to each other or something else): In drawing a person, it is difficult to get all the parts of the body in proportion.) stå i proportion till/få rätt proportion på -
66 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vara oproportioneligt liten (stor) i förhållande till/anta orimliga proportionerEnglish-Swedish dictionary > get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
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67 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vara oproportioneligt liten (stor) i förhållande till/anta orimliga proportionerEnglish-Swedish dictionary > get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
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68 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vara oproportioneligt liten (stor) i förhållande till/anta orimliga proportionerEnglish-Swedish dictionary > get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
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69 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vara oproportioneligt liten (stor) i förhållande till/anta orimliga proportionerEnglish-Swedish dictionary > get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
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70 give up
ge upp; tröttna* * *1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) sluta, upphöra2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) sluta med3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) överlämna sig, lämna ifrån sig4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) ägna, anslå5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) ge upp hoppet om, anse förlorad -
71 go short
(to cause oneself not to have enough of something: Save this carton for tomorrow, or else we'll go short (of milk).) få ont om -
72 grind
n. hårt arbete; slitgöra; slit; malande--------v. mala; malas; bli slipad; skrapa; plugga in (studier)* * *1. past tense, past participle - ground; verb1) (to crush into powder or small pieces: This machine grinds coffee.)2) (to rub together, usually producing an unpleasant noise: He grinds his teeth.)3) (to rub into or against something else: He ground his heel into the earth.)2. noun(boring hard work: Learning vocabulary is a bit of a grind.) knog, slitgöra- grinder- grinding
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- grind down
- grind up
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73 hitch a lift/ride
(to get a free ride in someone else's car.) lifta, få [] lift -
74 hog
n. gödsvin* * *[hoɡ] 1. noun((especially American) a pig.) svin2. verb1) (to gobble up greedily.) glupa i sig2) (to take or use more of than one ought to; to keep or use longer than one ought to: She's hogging the telephone and no-one else can use it.) roffa åt sig•- hogwash- go the whole hog -
75 hope
n. hopp, förhoppning--------v. hoppas* * *[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) hoppas2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) hopp, förhoppning2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) hopp3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) förhoppning•- hopeful- hopefulness
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- hope against hope
- hope for the best
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76 host
n. hostia (brödet i nattvarden)* * *I [houst] noun1) ((feminine hostess) a person who entertains someone else as his guest, usually in his own house: The host and hostess greeted their guests at the door.) värd2) (an animal or plant on which another lives as a parasite.) värddjur, -växtII [houst] noun(a very large number of people or things.) mängd, svärm, stor hop -
77 imitate
v. imitera, härma, efterlikna; kopiera* * *['imiteit] 1. verb(to (try to) be, behave or look the same as (a person etc): Children imitate their friends rather than their parents; He could imitate the song of many different birds.) efterlikna, ta efter, härma, imitera2. adjective(made to look like something else: imitation wood.) []imitation, konst[]- imitativeness
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78 impostor
n. bedragare, skojare, lurendrejare* * *[im'postə](a person who pretends to be someone else, or to be something he is not, in order to deceive another person.) bedragare, skojare -
79 in passing
(while doing or talking about something else; without explaining fully what one means: He told her the story, and said in passing that he did not completely believe it.) i förbigående -
80 in person
personligen* * *(personally; one's self, not represented by someone else: The Queen was there in person; I'd like to thank him in person.) personligen, själv
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