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  • 1 cut

    adj. skuren; reducerad, sänkt
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    n. snitt, rispa; sår; bit, skiva; nedskärning
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    v. skära; reducera, skära ned; snida, tälja
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    1. present participle - cutting; verb
    1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.)
    2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.)
    3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.)
    4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.)
    5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.)
    6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.)
    7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.)
    8) (to divide (a pack of cards).)
    9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!')
    10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.)
    11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.)
    12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.)
    13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.)
    2. noun
    1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) jack, []avbrott, klippning, []sänkning
    2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) skärning, modell
    3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) stycke, skiva, bit
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    - cutting 3. adjective
    (insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) bitande, sårande
    - cut-price
    - cut-throat     4. adjective
    (fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) mördande
    - cut and dried
    - cut back
    - cut both ways
    - cut a dash
    - cut down
    - cut in
    - cut it fine
    - cut no ice
    - cut off
    - cut one's losses
    - cut one's teeth
    - cut out
    - cut short

    English-Swedish dictionary > cut

  • 2 nip

    n. nypande; frostangrepp; klunk; bett; utfall
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    v. nypa; bita; förstöra; dyka upp; klunka; förstöras
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    [nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb
    1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) nypa, klämma, bita
    2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) nypa (knipsa) av
    3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) svida
    4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) kila (slinka) []
    5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) fördärva, frostskada
    2. noun
    1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) nyp, bett
    2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) sveda, skarp kyla
    3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) droppe, tår, hutt
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    - nip something in the bud
    - nip in the bud

    English-Swedish dictionary > nip

  • 3 clip

    n. clamp, spänne; remsa; videoclip; att välja en särskild del av ett grafiskt dokument för att senare redigera det (data); kulpatron; slag, snyting
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    v. fästa ihop; hålla hårt om; begränsa; sticka
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    I 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb
    1) (to cut (foliage, an animal's hair etc) with scissors or shears: The shepherd clipped the sheep; The hedge was clipped.)
    2) (to strike sharply: She clipped him over the ear.)
    2. noun
    1) (an act of clipping.) klippning
    2) (a sharp blow: a clip on the ear.) slag, smäll
    3) (a short piece of film: a video clip.) []klipp
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    - clipping II 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb
    (to fasten with a clip: Clip these papers together.)
    2. noun
    (something for holding things together or in position: a paper-clip; a hair-clip; bicycle-clips (= round pieces of metal etc for holding the bottom of trouser legs close to the leg).) gem, hållare, klämma, spänne, clips

    English-Swedish dictionary > clip

  • 4 dice with death

    (to do something very risky (and dangerous): He diced with death every time he took a short cut across the main railway line.) leka med döden, spela med döden som insats

    English-Swedish dictionary > dice with death

  • 5 square

    adj. fyrkantig; rutig; kvadratisk; vinkelrät; undersätsig; fyrkantig, konservativ; ärlig; renhårig, rättvis
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    adv. i rät vinkel, vinkelrätt; rakt, rätt; hederligt, ärligt; fyrkantigt
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    n. fyrkant; kvadrat; ruta; torg; kvarter; kvadrattal; konservativ person; vinkelhake
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    v. göra fyrkantig, kvadrera; avpassa, lämpa; upphöja i kvadrat; göra upp, betala; muta; utjämna
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    [skweə] 1. noun
    1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) kvadrat
    2) (something in the shape of this.) fyrkant, ruta
    3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) torg
    4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) kvadrat
    2. adjective
    1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) kvadratisk, fyrkantig, markerad []
    2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) kvitt, jämn
    3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) kvadrat-
    4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) insnöad, mossig
    3. adverb
    1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) vinkelrätt
    2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) rakt, rätt
    4. verb
    1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) göra kvadratisk(fyrkantig, rätvinklig)
    2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) reglera, göra upp
    3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) passa ihop, stämma överens
    4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) upphöja i kvadrat
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    - squarely
    - square centimetre
    - metre
    - square root
    - fair and square
    - go back to square one
    - a square deal

    English-Swedish dictionary > square

См. также в других словарях:

  • cut something short — BREAK OFF, shorten, truncate, curtail, terminate, end, stop, abort, bring to an untimely end. → cut * * * cut something short phrase to make something last for less time than planned I’m sorry we had to cut our visit short. Thesaurus: to stop… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cut something short — to make something last for less time than planned I m sorry we had to cut our visit short …   English dictionary

  • cut someone/something short — interrupt someone or something; bring an abrupt or premature end to something said or done Peter cut him short rudely …   Useful english dictionary

  • short´en|er — short|en «SHR tuhn», transitive verb. 1. to make shorter; cut off: »to shorten the working day. The new highway shortens the trip. She has had all her dresses shortened. Envy and wrath shorten the life (Ecclesiasticus 30:24). 2. to make seem… …   Useful english dictionary

  • short|en — «SHR tuhn», transitive verb. 1. to make shorter; cut off: »to shorten the working day. The new highway shortens the trip. She has had all her dresses shortened. Envy and wrath shorten the life (Ecclesiasticus 30:24). 2. to make seem shorter:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cut — cut1 W1S1 [kʌt] v past tense and past participle cut present participle cutting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(reduce)¦ 2¦(divide something with a knife, scissors etc)¦ 3¦(make something shorter with a knife etc)¦ 4¦(remove parts from film etc)¦ 5¦(make a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cut — cut1 [ kʌt ] (past tense and past participle cut) verb *** ▸ 1 use knife/sharp tool ▸ 2 have ability to cut ▸ 3 injure part of body ▸ 4 reduce/lower ▸ 5 on computer ▸ 6 stop something moving/working ▸ 7 make something shorter ▸ 8 divide playing… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cut — I UK [kʌt] / US verb Word forms cut : present tense I/you/we/they cut he/she/it cuts present participle cutting past tense cut past participle cut *** 1) [transitive] to use a knife, pair of scissors, or other sharp tool to divide something into… …   English dictionary

  • short — short1 [ ʃɔrt ] adjective *** ▸ 1 small in height/distance ▸ 2 time: not long ▸ 3 expressed in few words ▸ 4 with fewer words/letters ▸ 5 not having enough ▸ 6 about memory ▸ 7 rude and unfriendly ▸ 8 about vowel/syllable ▸ 9 full of butter/fat ▸ …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cut — or short cut [kut] vt. cut, cutting [ME cutten, kytten < Late OE * cyttan < Scand base seen in Swed dial., Ice kuta, to cut with a knife: the word replaced OE ceorfan (see CARVE), snithan, scieran (see SHEAR) as used in its basic senses] I… …   English World dictionary

  • short cut — UK / US or shortcut UK [ˈʃɔː(r)tˌkʌt] / US [ˈʃɔrtˌkʌt] noun [countable] Word forms short cut : singular short cut plural short cuts 1) a path or route that is quicker and shorter than the usual way 2) a way of saving time or effort in doing… …   English dictionary

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