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1 spend
v. spendera, använda; göra av med (pengar), förbruka; slösa; tillbringa; lägga ner tid på* * *[spend]past tense, past participle - spent; verb1) (to use up or pay out (money): He spends more than he earns.) spendera2) (to pass (time): I spent a week in Spain this summer.) tillbringa•- spent- spendthrift -
2 waste time
slösa bort tid* * *(to avoid spending time; to spend time unnecessarily: Take my car instead of walking, if you want to save time; We mustn't waste time discussing unimportant matters.) spara (slösa) tid -
3 idle away
(to spend (time) doing nothing: idling the hours away.) slösa bort -
4 pass
n. passerande; bergspass, trång passage; godkännande på examen; passning (sport); handrörelse--------v. passera; låta passera, släppa igenom; bekräfta* * *1. verb1) (to move towards and then beyond (something, by going past, through, by, over etc): I pass the shops on my way to work; The procession passed along the corridor.) passera []2) (to move, give etc from one person, state etc to another: They passed the photographs around; The tradition is passed (on/down) from father to son.) skicka [], föra []3) (to go or be beyond: This passes my understanding.) passera, övergå4) ((of vehicles etc on a road) to overtake: The sports car passed me at a dangerous bend in the road.) passera, köra om5) (to spend (time): They passed several weeks in the country.) tillbringa6) ((of an official group, government etc) to accept or approve: The government has passed a resolution.) anta, godkänna7) (to give or announce (a judgement or sentence): The magistrate passed judgement on the prisoner.) fälla []8) (to end or go away: His sickness soon passed.) gå över9) (to (judge to) be successful in (an examination etc): I passed my driving test.) klara, bli godkänd2. noun1) (a narrow path between mountains: a mountain pass.) pass, trång passage2) (a ticket or card allowing a person to do something, eg to travel free or to get in to a building: You must show your pass before entering.) passerkort, biljett3) (a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc: There were ten passes and no fails.) godkänd4) ((in ball games) a throw, kick, hit etc of the ball from one player to another: The centre-forward made a pass towards the goal.) passning•- passable- passing
- passer-by
- password
- in passing
- let something pass
- let pass
- pass as/for
- pass away
- pass the buck
- pass by
- pass off
- pass something or someone off as
- pass off as
- pass on
- pass out
- pass over
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5 afford
v. ha råd med, kosta på sig; skänka, ge* * *[ə'fo:d]1) ((usually with can, could) to be able to spend money, time etc on or for something: I can't afford (to buy) a new car.) ha råd med2) ((usually with can, could) to be able to do (something) without causing oneself trouble, difficulty etc: She can't afford to be rude to her employer no matter how rude he is to her.) kunna tillåta (kosta på) sig -
6 husband
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7 in proportion to
(in relation to; in comparison with: You spend far too much time on that work in proportion to its importance.) i proportion (förhållande) till -
8 leisure
n. fritid, ledighet, lediga stunder* * *['leʒə, ]( American[) 'li:ʒər](time which one can spend as one likes, especially when one does not have to work: I seldom have leisure to watch television.) ledighet, fritid, tid -
9 limit
n. gräns; gränslinje; det yttersta; ytterkant; skiljelinje; begränsning--------v. begränsa; inskränka; sätta en gräns* * *['limit] 1. noun1) (the farthest point or place; the boundary: There was no limit to his ambition.) gräns2) (a restriction: We must put a limit on our spending.) gräns, begränsning2. verb(to set a restriction on: We must limit the amount of time we spend on this work.) begränsa- limited
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10 outdoors
adv. utomhus; i fria luften* * *adverb (outside; not in a building etc: We spend a lot of time outdoors.) utomhus -
11 paperwork
n. pappersarbete; skrivbordsarbete* * *noun (the part of a job which consists of keeping files, writing letters etc: I spend most of my time on paperwork.) pappers-, skrivbordsarbete -
12 serve an apprenticeship
(to spend a (fixed) period of time as an apprentice.) fullgöra sin lärotid, vara lärling
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