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  • 1 be a match for

    vara en match för

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  • 2 match

    n. tändsticka; tävling, match (i sport); jämbördig motståndare; parti (giftermål); motsvarighet; motvikt; sammanparning, äktenskap
    --------
    v. tändsticka; like; pendang; (idrotts) match; äktenskap; para ihop; anpassa; motsvara; gifta bort; passa ihop; försäkra sig om enformighet av datorartiklar så att de passar och fungerar bra ihop (data)
    * * *
    [mæ ] I noun
    (a short piece of wood or other material tipped with a substance that catches fire when rubbed against a rough or specially-prepared surface: He struck a match.) tändsticka
    II 1. noun
    1) (a contest or game: a football/rugby/chess match.) match
    2) (a thing that is similar to or the same as another in some way(s) eg in colour or pattern: These trousers are not an exact match for my jacket.) som går (passar) bra ihop
    3) (a person who is able to equal another: She has finally met her match at arguing.) like, jämlike
    4) (a marriage or an act of marrying: She hoped to arrange a match for her daughter.) giftermål, äktenskap, parti
    2. verb
    1) (to be equal or similar to something or someone in some way eg in colour or pattern: That dress matches her red hair.) passa till, gå i stil med, matcha
    2) (to set (two things, people etc) to compete: He matched his skill against the champion's.) mäta [], ställa [] mot, matcha
    •
    - matchless
    - matchmaker

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  • 3 game

    adj. modig, morsk; hågad, vara beredd på vad som helst; haltande; lytt
    --------
    n. spel, lek; nöje; jägare; tävling
    --------
    v. spela lyckospel; spela om pengar
    * * *
    [ɡeim] 1. noun
    1) (an enjoyable activity, which eg children play: a game of pretending.) lek
    2) (a competitive form of activity, with rules: Football, tennis and chess are games.) spel
    3) (a match or part of a match: a game of tennis; winning (by) three games to one.) match, game
    4) ((the flesh of) certain birds and animals which are killed for sport: He's very fond of game; ( also adjective) a game bird.) vilt, villebråd
    2. adjective
    (brave; willing; ready: a game old guy; game for anything.) morsk, hågad
    - games
    - gamekeeper
    - game point
    - game reserve
    - game warden
    - the game is up

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  • 4 draw

    n. drag; lottdragning; oavgjord match
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    v. dra; ta ut; rita, skissa; beskriva; röra sig mot
    * * *
    [dro:] 1. past tense - drew; verb
    1) (to make a picture or pictures (of), usually with a pencil, crayons etc: During his stay in hospital he drew a great deal; Shall I draw a cow?) rita, teckna
    2) (to pull along, out or towards oneself: She drew the child towards her; He drew a gun suddenly and fired; All water had to be drawn from a well; The cart was drawn by a pony.)
    3) (to move (towards or away from someone or something): The car drew away from the kerb; Christmas is drawing closer.) nalkas
    4) (to play (a game) in which neither side wins: The match was drawn / We drew at 1-1.) spela oavgjort
    5) (to obtain (money) from a fund, bank etc: to draw a pension / an allowance.) få [], ta ut. erhålla
    6) (to open or close (curtains).) dra för (undan, isär)
    7) (to attract: She was trying to draw my attention to something.) fästa, rikta, dra till sig
    2. noun
    1) (a drawn game: The match ended in a draw.) oavgjord match
    2) (an attraction: The acrobats' act should be a real draw.) attraktion, dragplåster
    3) (the selecting of winning tickets in a raffle, lottery etc: a prize draw.) dragning
    4) (an act of drawing, especially a gun: He's quick on the draw.) drag[]
    •
    - drawn
    - drawback
    - drawbridge
    - drawing-pin
    - drawstring
    - draw a blank
    - draw a conclusion from
    - draw in
    - draw the line
    - draw/cast lots
    - draw off
    - draw on1
    - draw on2
    - draw out
    - draw up
    - long drawn out

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  • 5 refer

    v. hänvisa till, referera till; syfta på; vända sig till; mena
    * * *
    [rə'fə:] 1. past tense, past participle - referred; verb
    1) (to talk or write (about something); to mention: He doesn't like anyone referring to his wooden leg; I referred to your theories in my last book.) nämna, hänvisa till
    2) (to relate to, concern, or apply to: My remarks refer to your last letter.) avse, åsyfta
    3) (to send or pass on to someone else for discussion, information, a decision etc: The case was referred to a higher law-court; I'll refer you to the managing director.) hänskjuta, remittera, överlämna
    4) (to look for information (in something): If I'm not sure how to spell a word, I refer to a dictionary.) rådfråga, slå upp i
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    2. verb
    (to act as a referee for a match: I've been asked to referee (a football match) on Saturday.) döma
    - reference book
    - reference library

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  • 6 result

    n. resultat
    --------
    v. vara resultatet av; sluta med
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (anything which is due to something already done: His deafness is the result of a car accident; He went deaf as a result of an accident; He tried a new method, with excellent results; He tried again, but without result.) resultat
    2) (the answer to a sum etc: Add all these figures and tell me the result.) resultat
    3) (the final score: What was the result of Saturday's match?) resultat
    4) ((often in plural) the list of people who have been successful in a competition, of subjects a person has passed or failed in an examination etc: He had very good exam results; The results will be published next week.) resultat
    2. verb
    1) ((often with from) to be caused (by something): We will pay for any damage which results (from our experiments).) vara resultatet av, härröra från
    2) ((with in) to cause or have as a result: The match resulted in a draw.) resultera

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  • 7 singles

    n. singelmatch (i sport)
    * * *
    1) (( also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; ( also adjective) a singles match.) singelmatch[]
    2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; ( also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) ogifta, ensamstående, singlar

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  • 8 test

    n. prov; test
    --------
    v. undersöka, kontrollera, testa, pröva
    * * *
    [test] 1. noun
    1) (a set of questions or exercises intended to find out a person's ability, knowledge etc; a short examination: an arithmetic/driving test.) prov, test
    2) (something done to find out whether a thing is good, strong, efficient etc: a blood test.) prov
    3) (an event, situation etc that shows how good or bad something is: a test of his courage.) prov, prövning
    4) (a way to find out if something exists or is present: a test for radioactivity.) undersökning
    5) (a test match.) landskamp
    2. verb
    (to carry out a test or tests on (someone or something): The students were tested on their French; They tested the new aircraft.) pröva, sätta på prov
    - test pilot
    - test-tube

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  • 9 tie

    n. slips; skosnöre; snöre, band; bindning; förbindelse; oavgjort resultat (sport)
    --------
    v. binda, knyta
    * * *
    1. present participle - tying; verb
    1) ((often with to, on etc) to fasten with a string, rope etc: He tied the horse to a tree; The parcel was tied with string; I don't like this job - I hate being tied to a desk.) binda []
    2) (to fasten by knotting; to make a knot in: He tied his shoelaces.) knyta
    3) (to be joined by a knot etc: The belt of this dress ties at the front.) knytas
    4) (to score the same number of points etc (in a game, competition etc): Three people tied for first place.) komma lika (på samma plats)
    2. noun
    1) (a strip of material worn tied round the neck under the collar of a shirt: He wore a shirt and tie.) slips
    2) (something that joins: the ties of friendship.) band
    3) (an equal score or result (in a game, competition etc); a draw.) oavgjort resultat, dött lopp
    4) (a game or match to be played.) match
    •
    - tie someone down
    - tie down
    - tie in/up

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  • 10 over

    adv. på nytt; igen; till andra sidan; för mycket; slut
    --------
    interj. kom! (utrop vid radiokommunikation)
    --------
    pref. över-, alltför; ut-
    --------
    prep. över; ovanför; tvärs över; för mycket
    * * *
    ['əuvə] 1. preposition
    1) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) över, ovanför
    2) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) över, tvärsöver
    3) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) över
    4) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) över
    5) (about: a quarrel over money.) om
    6) (by means of: He spoke to her over the telephone.) på, i
    7) (during: Over the years, she grew to hate her husband.) med
    8) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) mitt [] i
    2. adverb
    1) (higher, moving etc above: The plane flew over about an hour ago.)
    2) (used to show movement, change of position: He rolled over on his back; He turned over the page.)
    3) (across: He went over and spoke to them.)
    4) (downwards: He fell over.)
    5) (higher in number etc: for people aged twenty and over.)
    6) (remaining: There are two cakes for each of us, and two over.)
    7) (through from beginning to end, carefully: Read it over; Talk it over between you.)
    3. adjective
    (finished: The affair is over now.) över, ovanför
    4. noun
    ((in cricket) a certain number of balls bowled from one end of the wicket: He bowled thirty overs in the match.) over
    5. as part of a word
    1) (too (much), as in overdo.) över[], [] över
    2) (in a higher position, as in overhead.) över [], uppe []
    3) (covering, as in overcoat.)
    4) (down from an upright position, as in overturn.) omkull
    5) (completely, as in overcome.) ut-
    •
    - over all
    - over and done with

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  • 11 substitute

    adj. ställföreträdande; ersättande
    --------
    n. surrogat, ersättning, substitut; ersättare; reserv; vikarie
    --------
    v. vikariera, vara suppleant
    * * *
    1. verb
    (to put in, or to take, the place of someone or something else: I substituted your name for mine on the list.) ersätta, vikariera för
    2. noun
    (a person or thing used or acting instead of another: Guesswork is no substitute for investigation; She is not well enough to play in the tennis match, so we must find a substitute; ( also adjective) I was substitute headmaster for a term.) ersättare, ersättning, vikarie

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  • 12 light

    adj. belyst, upplyst; ljus
    --------
    adj. lätt; underviktig; mager, diet-; lättsinnig, tanklös
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    n. ljus; belysning; dagsljus; sken, blixt; synvinkel; eld, tändsticka; trafikljus; förebild
    --------
    v. belysa; tända ljuset; antända, sätta eld på; lysa upp; stiga ur (fordon etc.); landa; ta ett dåligt beslut
    * * *
    I 1. noun
    1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) ljus
    2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) ljus, lyse
    3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) eld
    4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) ljus. dager
    2. adjective
    1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) ljus
    2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) ljus-
    3. [lit] verb
    1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) lysa upp
    2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) tända
    •
    - lighting
    - lighthouse
    - light-year
    - bring to light
    - come to light
    - in the light of
    - light up
    - see the light
    - set light to     II
    1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) lätt
    2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) lätt, lindrig
    3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) lätt
    4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) för lätt
    5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) lätt
    6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) lätt, snabb, smidig
    7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) lättsam
    8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) lätt
    9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) lös, sandig
    •
    - light-headed
    - light-hearted
    - lightweight
    - get off lightly
    - make light of
    - travel light     III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb
    (to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.)

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  • 13 catch

    n. fångst; kap, byte; lås, hake; spydighet; knep, fälla, något skumt; hinder
    --------
    v. fånga; snärja, lura; begripa; smittas; komma i kläm, bli inblandad
    * * *
    [kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb
    1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) fånga
    2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) ta
    3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) ertappa
    4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) bli smittad, få
    5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) fastna med, klämma
    6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) träffa
    7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) uppfatta
    8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) fatta (ta) eld
    2. noun
    1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) lyra
    2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) knäppe, lås, klinka
    3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) fångst
    4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) hake
    •
    - catchy
    - catch-phrase
    - catch-word
    - catch someone's eye
    - catch on
    - catch out
    - catch up

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  • 14 play

    n. pjäs; lek, spel; nöje; skoj, humor
    --------
    v. leka, spela (spel); spela (teater); spela (instrument)
    * * *
    [plei] 1. verb
    1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) leka
    2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spela
    3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spela
    4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) spelas, gå
    5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spela
    6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spela
    7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spela mot
    8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) fladdra, skimra, spela
    9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) rikta, låta svepa (spela) över
    10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) spela []
    2. noun
    1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lek, spel
    2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) teaterstycke, pjäs
    3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) match, spel
    4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) spel[]
    •
    - playable
    - playful
    - playfully
    - playfulness
    - playboy
    - playground
    - playing-card
    - playing-field
    - playmate
    - playpen
    - playschool
    - plaything
    - playtime
    - playwright
    - at play
    - bring/come into play
    - child's play
    - in play
    - out of play
    - play at
    - play back
    - play down
    - play fair
    - play for time
    - play havoc with
    - play into someone's hands
    - play off
    - play off against
    - play on
    - play a
    - no part in
    - play safe
    - play the game
    - play up

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  • 15 return

    adj. återkommen; återvänd; återbetalad; tur och retur-; återsänd; återlämnad
    --------
    n. ngt. el. ngn. som kommer el. går tillbaka; besvara; replikera; förklara; avkasta; återkomma; återvändande; returbiljett; returförsändelse; vedergällning; ett annat namn för RETUR-tangenten (data)
    --------
    v. returnera, återlämna; besvara; förkunna, deklarera
    * * *
    [rə'tə:n] 1. verb
    1) (to come or go back: He returns home tomorrow; He returned to London from Paris yesterday; The pain has returned.) återvända
    2) (to give, send, put etc (something) back where it came from: He returned the book to its shelf; Don't forget to return the books you borrowed.) ge (lämna, ställa) tillbaka
    3) (I'll return to this topic in a minute.) återvända, komma tillbaka
    4) (to do (something) which has been done to oneself: She hit him and he returned the blow; He said how nice it was to see her again, and she returned the compliment.) besvara, återgälda
    5) ((of voters) to elect (someone) to Parliament.) välja []
    6) ((of a jury) to give (a verdict): The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.) avkunna
    7) ((in tennis etc) to hit (a ball) back to one's opponent: She returned his serve.) returnera
    2. noun
    1) (the act of returning: On our return, we found the house had been burgled; ( also adjective) a return journey.) återkomst; åter-
    2) (especially in United Kingdom, a round-trip ticket, a return ticket: Do you want a single or a return?) returbiljett
    •
    - return match
    - return ticket
    - by return of post
    - by return
    - in return for
    - in return
    - many happy returns of the day
    - many happy returns

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  • 16 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; verb
    1) (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) träffa
    2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) slå till, anfalla
    3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) tända, slå
    4) ((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.) strejka
    5) (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, hitta
    6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) slå, slå an
    7) (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.) slå
    8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) prägla
    9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) gå, ta vägen
    10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) ta ner
    2. noun
    1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) strejk
    2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) fynd
    •
    - 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
    - strike up

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  • 17 to

    adv. fram och tillbaka; enligt; tillägnat; leve
    --------
    prep. till; åt; emot; för
    * * *
    1. [tə,tu] preposition
    1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) till
    2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) till
    3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) till
    4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) med
    5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) till, på
    6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) i
    7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) mot, el. utan motsv. i sv.: hon är yngre än jag, din skicklighet är överlägsen min
    8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) till
    9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) att, för att
    10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) det
    2. [tu:] adverb
    1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) [] till
    2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) [] till, [] i gång
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  • 18 bench

    n. bänk; domarens säte; arbetsbänk
    --------
    v. laga bänkar; sitta i domstol; presentera hundar vid utställning; utvisa (från match)
    * * *
    [ben ]
    1) (a long (usually wooden) seat: a park bench.) bänk
    2) (a work-table for a carpenter etc: tools on the workbench.) bänk

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  • 19 box

    n. box, låda; ask; telefonhytt; loge; slag, örfil; tv
    --------
    v. boxa; lägga i lådor
    * * *
    I 1. [boks] noun
    1) (a case for holding something: a wooden box; a matchbox.) låda, kista, skrin, ask
    2) (in a theatre etc, a group of seats separated from the rest of the audience.) loge
    2. verb
    (to put (something) into boxes: Will you box these apples?) lägga i låda (ask)
    - box number
    - box office     II 1. [boks] verb
    (to fight (someone) with the fists: Years ago, fighters used to box without wearing padded gloves.) boxa[]
    2. noun
    (a blow on the ear with the hand.) örfil
    - boxing
    - boxing-glove
    - boxing-match

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  • 20 condition

    n. villkor, förutsättning; kondition; samhällsställning
    --------
    v. träna; anpassa; sätta villkor
    * * *
    [kən'diʃən] 1. noun
    1) (state or circumstances in which a person or thing is: The house is not in good condition; He is in no condition to leave hospital; under ideal conditions; living conditions; variable conditions.)
    2) (something that must happen or be done before some other thing happens or is done; a term or requirement in an agreement: It was a condition of his going that he should pay his own expenses; That is one of the conditions in the agreement.)
    2. verb
    1) (to affect or control: behaviour conditioned by circumstances.) betingad, beroende
    2) (to put into the required state: The footballers trained hard in order to condition themselves for the match.) komma [] i god kondition
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    - conditionally
    - conditioner
    - on condition that

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