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1 strike
n. strejk; angrepp; fynd; framgång--------v. slå; träffas av (blixten etc.); anfalla; göra ett (starkt) intryck; verka som; finna, upptäcka* * *1. past tense - struck; verb1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) slå [], stöta till (i, emot) träffa2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) slå till, anfalla3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) tända, slå4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) strejka5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) träffa på, hitta6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) slå, slå an7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) slå8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) prägla9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) gå, ta vägen10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) ta ner2. noun1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) strejk2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) fynd•- striker- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
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2 solid
adj. solid, fast; massiv; gedigen; ren, ofylld; stadig; stark, kraftig; grundlig; tredimensionell; sammanhängande; säker, pålitlig--------n. solid; fast form; bastant mat* * *['solid] 1. adjective1) (not easily changing shape; not in the form of liquid or gas: Water becomes solid when it freezes; solid substances.) fast2) (not hollow: The tyres of the earliest cars were solid.) massiv, solid, helgjuten3) (firm and strongly made (and therefore sound and reliable): That's a solid piece of furniture; His argument is based on good solid facts/reasoning.) solid, bastant, pålitlig, hållbar4) (completely made of one substance: This bracelet is made of solid gold; We dug till we reached solid rock.) massiv, solid, gedigen, själva []5) (without breaks, gaps or flaws: The policemen formed themselves into a solid line; They are solid in their determination to strike.) obruten, heldragen, enhällig6) (having height, breadth and width: A cube is a solid figure.) tredimensionell7) (consecutive; without a pause: I've been working for six solid hours.) sammanhängande2. adverb(without interruption; continuously: She was working for six hours solid.) i sträck3. noun1) (a substance that is solid: Butter is a solid but milk is a liquid.) fast ämne (föda)2) (a shape that has length, breadth and height.) tredimensionell figur•- solidify
- solidification
- solidity
- solidness
- solidly
- solid fuel
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