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1 slowly
adv. långsamt, sakta; sansat, försiktigt* * *adverb He slowly opened his eyes; He drove home slowly.) långsamt, sakta -
2 advanced slowly
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3 drive slowly
köra sakta -
4 the mills of justice grind slowly
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5 very slowly
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6 walked slowly
gick sakta -
7 crawl
n. krypande; crawlsim--------v. krypa; fjäska* * *[kro:l] 1. verb1) (to move slowly along the ground: The injured dog crawled away.) krypa, kravla, släpa sig2) ((of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground: The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.) krypa3) (to move slowly: The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.) krypa4) (to be covered with crawling things: His hair was crawling with lice.) krylla2. noun1) (a very slow movement or speed: We drove along at a crawl.) krypande2) (a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements: She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.) crawl -
8 ooze
n. gyttja, bottenslam; bubbla; sakta flöde--------v. bubbla; sippra fram (ljus, vätska); läcka (nyhet)* * *[u:z] 1. verb1) (to flow slowly: The water oozed through the sand.) sippra2) (to have (something liquid) flowing slowly out: His wound was oozing blood.) droppa av2. noun(liquid, slippery mud: The river bed was thick with ooze.) dy, gyttja- oozy -
9 plod
n. tungt gående, lunk--------v. gå tungt; knoga, slita* * *[plod]past tense, past participle - plodded; verb1) (to walk heavily and slowly: The elderly man plodded down the street.) lunka, knoga, traska2) (to work slowly but thoroughly: They plodded on with the work.) streta, slita, knoga -
10 sink
n. handfat; vask; kloak, avlopp; ondskans träsk--------v. sjunka; sänka; gå ner; falla; avta; minska; mojna; gräva ner; borra* * *[siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) sjunka, sänka2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) sjunka, sänka sig3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) sjunka in, sätta [] i4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) sjunka, tappa []5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) plöja ner2. noun(a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) diskbänk, vask- sunken- be sunk
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11 work
adj. arbets---------n. arbete; verksamhet; yrke; sysselsättning; arbetsplats; verk; gärning; göromål; kraftansträngning--------v. arbeta; fungera; sätta i gång; sköta; bearbeta; lyckas; orsaka; driva; lösa; arbeta sig fram* * *[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) arbete2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) arbete, jobb3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) arbete, grejor4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) verk5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) arbete6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) arbete, jobb2. verb1) (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.) [] arbeta (jobba)2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) arbeta, jobba, ha arbete (jobb)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.) [] fungera4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) fungera, lyckas, klaffa5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) arbeta sig6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) börja bli7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) arbeta, bearbeta•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) urverk, mekanism2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) gärningar•- 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
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12 at a snail's pace
i snigelfart* * *(very slowly: The old man walked along at a snail's pace.) -
13 bicycle
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14 bone
n. ben--------v. bena fisk, bena ur); stormplugga, plugga in* * *[bəun] 1. noun1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) ben2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) ben2. verb(to take the bones out of (fish etc).) bena []- bony- bone china
- bone idle
- a bone of contention
- have a bone to pick with someone
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15 braise
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16 creep
n. kryp, äckel (slang)--------v. krypa; klättra, klänga; smyga* * *I [kri:p] past tense, past participle - crept; verb1) (to move slowly, quietly or secretly: He crept into the bedroom.) smyga2) (to move on hands or knees or with the body close to the ground: The cat crept towards the bird.) krypa3) ((of plants) to grow along the ground, up a wall etc.) klängaII [kri:p]((slang) a disgusting person: Leave her alone, you creep.) äckel[]- creeper- creepy
- creepily
- creepiness
- creepy-crawly
- creep up on
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17 creep up on
(to approach slowly and stealthily: Old age creeps up on us all.) smyga sig på -
18 dally
v. kasta bort, förspilla tiden; hångla* * *['dæli](to go etc slowly: Don't dally - do hurry up!) -
19 damp down
1) (to make (a fire) burn more slowly.) kväva, dämpa2) (to reduce, make less strong: He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm.) dämpa -
20 dawdle
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