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83 Cards in this Set
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quiver
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- darra, skaka
- to shake slightly, often because of strong emotion. |
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stationary
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- Orörlig
- not moving or not changing |
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gaunt
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- mager - very, espically because of a sickness |
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tissue |
- papper eller vävnad i cellerna. |
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aisle |
- mittgång - a long, narrow space between the rows ofshelves in a large shop |
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reluctant
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- not willing to do something andtherefore slow to do it
- ovillig |
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reluctance
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- an unwillingness to do something - ovillig |
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accumulate
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- to collect a large number of things over a long period of time.
- samla |
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accumulation
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- an amount of something that has beencollected - samling |
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awareness
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- knowledge that something exists, orunderstanding of a situation or subject at the present time based on information orexperience
- medvetenhet |
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aware |
- medveten |
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anxiety
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an uncomfortable feeling ofnervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in thefuture
- bekymmer, oro |
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anxious
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- worried and nervous - bekymrad |
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emerge
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- toappear by coming out of something or out from behind something
- uppstå, dyka upp |
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rigid
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- stel
- stiffor fixed; not able to be bent or moved |
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irrelevant
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- not related to what is being discussed orconsidered and therefore not important
- irrelevant |
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irrelevance
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-irrelevans
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potential
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- possiblewhen the necessary conditions exist
- möjlighet |
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consolation
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- something that makes someone who issad or disappointed feel better.
- tröst |
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console
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- to make someone who is sad ordisappointed feel better by giving themcomfort or sympathy
- trösta |
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select
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- tochoose a small number of things, or to choose by making careful decisions.
- välja |
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row |
- a noisy argument or fight - gräl |
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feeble |
- weak or without energy and power. - svag |
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issue |
- to produce or provide something offical e.g. a statment. / framträdande |
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convenient |
suitable for the purposes and needs and causing the least difficulty |
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thoroughly |
- complete and very much - verkligen |
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apparently |
- used when the real situation is different from what you thought. - så vitt man kan se |
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contemplate |
- tospend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particularthing for a long time in a serious and quiet way - betrakta. |
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contemplation
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- bertraktande |
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utter |
- to say something or to make a sound with your voice. - yttra |
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utterance |
- something that someone says - yttrande |
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immense |
- very large size or degree. - väldig |
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resume |
- if an activity resume or if you resume it, it starts again after a pause. - fortsätta |
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astonishment |
- very great suprise - förvåning |
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astonish |
- to suprise someone very much - förvåna |
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mute |
- silent and not speaking - dämpa |
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timid |
- shy and nervous without much confidence, easily frightened. - blyg |
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timidly |
- blyghet |
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menacing |
- making you think that someone are going to do something bad. - hotning |
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menace |
- hota |
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menace |
- hotar |
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purpose |
- why you do something or why something exisits - mening |
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moist |
- slightly wet, esp.in a good way - fuktig |
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moisture |
- fuktighet |
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moisten |
fukta |
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wicked |
morally wrong and bad. elak |
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wickedness |
elakhet |
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scold |
to speak to someone angrily because disapprove of their behaviour. skälla på |
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scolding |
skäll |
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cross |
annoyed and angry arg |
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benefit |
a helpful or good effect, or something intended to help fördel |
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benefience |
- fördelaktig |
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despair |
- a feeling that there is no hope nad that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation hopplöst, hoplöshet |
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boast |
to speak proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own - skryta |
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boastful |
- skrytsam |
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flatter |
to praise someone in order to make them feel attractive or important, sometimes in a way that are not sincere. berömma |
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flattery |
- smicker |
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implore |
- to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional and determined way - be |
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imploring |
- bedjande |
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doubtful |
- if your are doubtful about something, you are uncertain about it. if a situation is doubtful it´s unlikely to happen or to be sucessful. - osäker |
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disobedient |
- refusing to do what someone in authority tell yout to olydlig |
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disobedience |
- olydlighet. |
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wellbeing |
- välbefinnande - the state of feeling healthy and happy. |
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highlighted |
- framhäva - attract attention to or emphasize something important. |
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release |
- frigiving, släppa - to give freedom or free movement to someone or something. |
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emphasize |
- lyfta fram - to show that something is very important or worth giving attetion, |
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ordinary |
- vanlig - not different or special or unexpected in any way |
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humiliation |
- förödmjukelse - to make someone feel ahsmed or lose respect for himself or herself. |
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humiliate |
förödmjuka |
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priority |
- förträde - something that is important and must be dealt with before other things. |
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embarrassed |
- generad - ashemed or shy |
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narrow-mindedness |
- trångsynhet - not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own |
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resources |
- resurser - a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization or person |
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vulnerable |
- utsatt, känslig - able to be easily physically, emotionally or mentally hurt, influenced or attacked |
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particularly |
- särskilt - especially, or more than usual |
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inquality |
- ojämlikhet - the unfair situation in society when some people have opportunities. |
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deserv |
- förtjäna - to have earned or to be given something because of the way you have behaved ot the qualities you have. |
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alludes |
- Syfta - to mention someone or something in a brief or indirect way |
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concerned about |
- worried - orolig |
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productive |
- produktiv - resulting in or providing a large amount or supply of something |
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significantly |
- signifankt - in a way that is easy to see or be a large amount |
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encouraged |
- uppmuntrad - having more confidence or hope about something |
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parroting |
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- to repeat exactly what someone else says, without understanding it or thinking aboutits meaning: |