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61 do (someone) an injustice
(to treat or regard (someone) unfairly: You do me an injustice if you think I could tell such a lie.) göra ngn orätt -
62 do (someone) an injustice
(to treat or regard (someone) unfairly: You do me an injustice if you think I could tell such a lie.) göra ngn orätt -
63 excuse
n. bortförklaring; ursäkt--------v. förlåta; befria; rättfärdiga* * *1. [ik'skju:z] verb1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) förlåta, ursäkta2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) befria, låta slippa2. [ik'skju:s] noun(a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing: He has no excuse for being so late.) ursäkt, försvar -
64 fairy-tale
noun (a fairy-story: to tell fairy-tales; ( also adjective) the fairy-tale appearance of the countryside.) -
65 fiction
n. fiktion, dikt; påhitt; historia, saga; skönlitteratur, prosa* * *['fikʃən](stories etc which tell of imagined, not real, characters and events (see also non-fiction): I prefer reading fiction to hearing about real events.) dikt, skönlitteratur, romaner- fictitious -
66 forbid
v. förbjuda; förbjuda någon något; utestänga från; förhindra* * *[fə'bid]past tense - forbade; verb(to tell (someone) not to do something: She forbade him to go.) förbjuda- forbidding -
67 foretell
v. förespå, förutsäga; profetera* * *[fo:'tel]past tense, past participle - foretold; verb(to tell (about something) before it has happened: to foretell the future from the stars.) förutsäga, förutspå -
68 get something off one's chest
(to tell the truth about something that is worrying one.) -
69 gloom
n. dunkel; mörker; dysterhet; svårmod--------v. vara (bli) mörk; vara (göra) dyster* * *[ɡlu:m]1) (a state of not quite complete darkness: I could not tell the colour of the car in the gloom.) dunkel2) (sadness: The king's death cast a gloom over the whole country.) dysterhet, förstämning•- gloomy- gloominess -
70 go against the grain
(to be against a person's wishes, feelings etc: It goes against the grain for me to tell lies.) strida mot ngns natur, bjuda ngn emot -
71 gullible
adj. lättrogen; lättlurad; naiv* * *(easily tricked or fooled: He is so gullible that he believes everything you tell him.) lättlurad, lättrogen -
72 have a good mind to
ha god lust* * *(to feel very much inclined to (do something): I've a good mind to tell your father what a naughty girl you are!) ha god lust att... -
73 hearing
n. hörsel; utfrågning; hörande* * *1) (the ability to hear: My hearing is not very good.) hörsel2) (the distance within which something can be heard: I don't want to tell you when so many people are within hearing; I think we're out of hearing now.) hörhåll3) (an act of listening: We ought to give his views a fair hearing.) åhörande4) (a court case: The hearing is tomorrow.) hörande, förhör, prövning -
74 hesitant
adj. tvekande, tveksam* * *adjective (making or having frequent hesitations: a hesitant speaker; I'm hesitant to tell her she's wrong.) tveksam, tvekande -
75 hesitate
v. tveka* * *['heziteit]1) (to pause briefly eg because of uncertainty: He hesitated before answering; The diver hesitated for a minute on the diving-board.) tveka2) (to be unwilling (to do something) eg because one is not sure it is right: I hesitate to say he lied but he certainly misled me; Don't hesitate to tell me if you have any complaints.) tveka•- hesitant
- hesitantly
- hesitation -
76 hold back
1) (to refuse to tell someone (something): The police were convinced the man was holding something back.) förtiga2) (to prevent from happening, being seen etc, with an effort: The little girl succeeded in holding back her tears.) hålla tillbaka3) (to prevent from making progress: I meant to finish cleaning the house but the children have held me back all morning.) hindra -
77 hold it
(to stop or wait: Hold it! Don't start till I tell you to.) vänta -
78 in a nutshell
i ett nötskal* * *(expressed, described etc very briefly: I'll tell you the story in a nutshell.) i ett nötskal, i korthet -
79 in detail
i detalj* * *(item by item, giving attention to the details: I'll tell you the story in detail.) i detalj -
80 in the know
veta om* * *(having information possessed only by a small group of people: People in the know tell me that she is the most likely person to get the job.) kunna ngt utan och innan
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