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1 prevent
v. hindra, förhindra* * *[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) hindra, förhindra- preventive -
2 bar
n. stång; regel; skiljevägg; hinder; bar, pub; bardisk--------prep. utom--------v. regla, bomma för, blockera* * *1. noun1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) tacka, stång, []kaka,2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) strimma, band3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) tvärslå, regel4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) bar5) (a public house.) krog, pub6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) takt, taktstreck7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) hinder8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) skrank2. verb1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) bomma till (för, igen)2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) stänga ute (av)3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) hindra3. preposition(except: All bar one of the family had measles.)- barmaid- barman
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3 stop
n. stopp; avbrott; slut; uppehåll; hinder, spärr; hållplats--------v. stanna; stoppa; hindra; förhindra; avsluta; täppa igen; bo* * *[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) stanna2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) stoppa, hejda3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) sluta4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) hålla för, täppa till, stoppa igen5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) trycka ner (till), stänga6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) stanna, bo2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) uppehåll, avbrott2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) hållplats3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) punkt4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) klaff, registerandrag5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) spärr, stopp•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
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4 restrain
v. tygla; hindra; undertrycka, hämma* * *[rə'strein](to prevent from doing something; to control: He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty.) lägga band på, hindra, tygla -
5 patent
adj. skyddad av patenträtt; klar och tydlig; öppen; sofistikerad--------n. speciell rättighet, ensamrätt; patent--------v. få patent på* * *['peitənt, ]( American[) 'pæ-] 1. noun(an official licence from the government giving one person or business the right to make and sell a particular article and to prevent others from doing the same: She took out a patent on her design; ( also adjective) a patent process.) patent2. verb(to obtain a patent for; He patented his new invention.) få patent på -
6 put paid to
(to prevent a person from doing (something he planned or wanted to do): The rain put paid to our visit to the zoo.) sätta stopp för -
7 thwart
adj. tvärs över--------n. förhindrande handling; toft--------v. gäcka, hindra någon att få sin vilja fram* * *[Ɵwo:t]1) (to stop or hinder (someone) from doing something: He doesn't like to be thwarted.) hindra ngn att få sin vilja fram2) (to prevent (something being done by someone): All his attempts to become rich were thwarted.) stäcka, omintetgöra
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