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1 what'll
['wotl](short for what shall / what will, what is / what has.) -
2 what if?
vad (händer) om* * *(what will or would happen if...?: What if he comes back?) vad händer om...?, tänk om...? -
3 what of it?
(used in replying, to suggest that what has been done, said etc is not important: `You've offended him.' `What of it?') än sen då?, vad gör det? -
4 what
adj. vad, vilken, vilket, vilka--------adv. vad; i vilken mån?; hur mycket?--------conj. i vad mån--------interj. vad!, va! (uttrycker överraskning)--------n. vad--------pron. vad; vilken, vilket, vilka; hur många; inte sant?* * *(whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) vem (vad) som än, var (vart) än -
5 what if
vad om -
6 what is it?
vad är det?, vad vill du? -
7 what of
hur är det med -
8 what's up
hur é läget?, vad händer och sker?, hur går det?, hur mår du? -
9 what's up?
hur är läget? -
10 what about?
1) (used in asking whether the listener would like (to do) something: What about a glass of milk?; What about going to the cinema?) vad sägs om...?, hur skulle det vara med...?2) (used in asking for news or advice: What about your new book?; What about the other problem?) hur är (var) det med...? -
11 what ... for
1) (why(?): What did he do that for?) varför, vad... för2) (for what purpose(?): What is this switch for?) vad till? -
12 what ... like?
(used when asking for information about someone or something: `What does it look like?' `It's small and square.'; `What's her mother like?' `Oh, she's quite nice.'; We may go - it depends (on) what the weather's like.) vad [] som?, hurdan [] -
13 what are you etc doing with
1) (why or how have you etc got: What are you doing with my umbrella?)2) (what action are you etc taking about: What are they doing with the children during the day if they're both working?) -
14 what is / what's more
(moreover: He came home after midnight, and what's more, he was drunk.) dessutom -
15 what have you
(and similar things; and so on: clothes, books and what have you.)... och sådant -
16 what in the world(?)
(used for emphasis when asking a question: What in the world have you done to your hair?) vad i hela (all) världen -
17 what in the world(?)
(used for emphasis when asking a question: What in the world have you done to your hair?) vad i hela (all) världen -
18 what with
(because of: What with taking no exercise and being too fat, he had a heart attack.) dels på grund av [] och dels [] -
19 what's the odds?
(it's not important; it doesn't matter: We didn't win the competition but what's the odds?) -
20 what's-his
noun (used in referring vaguely to a person or thing: Where does what's-his-name live?)
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