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1 -proof
(able to withstand or avoid something: waterproof covering.) []tät, []tålig, []säker, []beständig -
2 dodge
n. knep, fint; sidosprång--------v. väja; vika undan; slingra sig* * *[do‹] 1. verb(to avoid (something) by a sudden and/or clever movement: She dodged the blow; He dodged round the corner out of sight; Politicians are very good at dodging difficult questions.) vika undan, hoppa åt sidan, smita, undvika2. noun1) (an act of dodging.) språng åt sidan, väjning2) (a trick: You'll never catch him - he knows every dodge there is.) knep, fint, trick•- dodgy -
3 shrink
n. psykolog (slang); krympning; tillbakaryggning--------v. krympa; skrumpna; rygga tillbaka; rynkas; tyna bort* * *I [ʃriŋk] verb1) (to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?) krympa2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.) rygga3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.) dra (gruva) sig för•- shrunken II [ʃriŋk] noun((slang) a psychiatrist.) hjärnskrynklare, psykiater -
4 spare
adj. extra, reserv-; ledig; fritids-; knapp, klen; mager, smal--------n. reservdel; reservhjul--------v. avvara; skona; avstå från; bespara; spara; vara sparsam; undvara* * *[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) avvara, undvara2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) sätta av, få över3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) skona4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) skona5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) sky, spara6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) bespara2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) ledig, extra-, reserv-2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?)3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) reservdel2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) reservhjul•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
- to spare -
5 scandal
n. skandal; skvallerhistorier, anstötligt skvaller* * *['skændl]1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) skandal2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) skandal3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) skvaller, skandalhistorier•- scandalise
- scandalous
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6 chicken out
(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) backa ur -
7 do
n. tillställning; uppmaning (bibliskt- god gärning); bedrägeri (slang)--------v. göra; syssla med; handla; sköta om; klara sig; spela, agera; lura, snuva* * *[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) göra6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) göra [], klara [], avverka, köra7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) ägna sig åt, syssla med8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) räcka, duga, passa9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) läsa, studera, utföra, räkna10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) må, klara (reda, sköta) sig11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) ordna, rätta till12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) göra13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) visa14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) vålla, göra15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) göra, avverka2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) kalas, tillställning- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
- what are you doing with -
8 draft
n. utkast, koncept; dragen växel; uttagning av manskap; uttaget manskap; vindkast--------v. skriva ett utkast; värva* * *1. noun1) (a rough sketch or outline of something, especially written: a rough draft of my speech.) utkast, skiss2) (a group (of soldiers etc) taken from a larger group.) detachement, kommenderat manskap3) (an order (to a bank etc) for the payment of money: a draft for $80.) dragen växel, tratta, check4) ((American) conscription: He emigrated to avoid the draft.) inkallelse []2. verb1) (to make in the form of a rough plan: Could you draft a report on this?) formulera, skriva (göra) utkast till2) ((American) to conscript into the army etc: He was drafted into the Navy.) inkalla []•- draft dodger
- draft evasion
- draftsman -
9 get out of
(to (help a person etc to) avoid doing something: I wonder how I can get out of washing the dishes; How can I get him out of going to the party?) slippa undan (ifrån) -
10 have nothing to do with
har inget att göra med* * *1) (to avoid completely: After he came out of prison, many of his friends would have nothing to do with him.) inte ha någonting med [] att göra2) ((also be nothing to do with) to be something that a person ought not to be interested in: This letter has/is nothing to do with you.) inte ha någonting med [] att göra -
11 pick one's way
gå försiktigt framåt* * *(to walk carefully (around or between something one wishes to avoid touching etc): She picked her way between the puddles.) -
12 shirk
v. smita från, dra sig undan* * *[ʃə:k](to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to): She shirked telling him the bad news that night.) undvika, dra sig för- shirker -
13 take lying down
(to accept or suffer (something) without arguing, complaining or trying to avoid it.) finna sig i stillatigande -
14 touch wood
[peppar, peppar] ta i trä* * *((used as an interjection) to touch something made of wood superstitiously, in order to avoid bad luck: None of the children has ever had a serious illness, touch wood!) ta i trä!, peppar peppar!
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