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1 svare
answer, reply, respond* * *vb answer, reply ( fx he did not answer (el. reply); he answered with a nod);( give svar på tiltale) retort ( fx 'Mind your own business,' he retorted);(F, og = reagere) respond ( fx he did not respond to my question (, proposals); he responded with a kick (, laugh));( om gengældelsesforanstaltning) counter ( fx Britain countered by declaring a blockade);( betale) pay ( fx pay interest on a loan);[ svare en] answer somebody;[ svare enhver sit] pay everyone his due;[ svarer ikke!]( om telefon) no reply![ svare regning, svare sig] pay;[ med præp, adv:][ svare for](dvs i stedet for) reply for ( fx he replied for the minister);( garantere for) answer for, vouch for, guarantee;(dvs klare sig) hold one's own;[ svare igen] retort,( især næsvist) answer back;( om modforanstaltning) counter ( med with, fx Britain countered with a blockade; he countered with another question);( gøre gengæld) retaliate ( fx if we do that they may retaliate);[ svare på] answer ( fx a letter), reply to,(F, el. = reagere) respond to;[ svar mig på mit spørgsmål] answer my question;[ svare til]( stemme med) correspond to ( fx a county roughly corresponds to a Danish " amt"); answer to ( fx a description),( passe til) match ( fx shoes to match her dress),( passe i forhold til) fit ( fx make the punishment fit the crime);[ hvad svarede han til det?] what did he reply to that?[ det svarede ikke til vore forventninger] it did not come up to (el. it fell short of) our expectations;[ svare til hensigten] answer the purpose;[ og konvolutter der svarer til] and envelopes to match;[ svare til sit navn] deserve one's name. -
2 igen
сно́ва, вновь* * *again, back, more* * *adv( atter) again,( udtrykkes ved mange verber ved forstavelsen:) re- ( fx fylde flaskenigen refill the bottle, læse bogen igen reread the book);( tilovers) left ( fx there is not much left of his former glory);( tilbage) back ( fx get it back);( derefter) in its (, his, her, etc) turn ( fx he gave the papers to a friend who in his turn gave them to me);[ og andre igen] and others again; and yet others;[ nu er de der igen!] they are at it again![ om igen!] once more![ godt ord igen] no offence meant;[ ikke mine ord igen] strictly between ourselves; -
3 rente
* * *(en -r) interest (af on);( rentefod) rate of interest;( understøttelse) pension;[ renter] interest;[ rentes rente] compound interest;[ give rente]( om kapitalen) give (el. bear, return, yield) interest; earn interest( fx the money earns 12 per cent interest);( om låneren) pay interest (af on);( af obligation: rente i procent af kursværdi) true yield, current yield;( af obligation: inklusive udtrækningsgevinst) yield to redemption;( af lån) true rate (of interest);[tage 10% (i) rente] charge ten per cent interest;(også fig) return ( fx a blow) with interest;[ sætte penge på rente] put money out at interest;[ udlåne penge mod rente] lend money at interest;[ trække renter], se ovf: give rente.