D3 - expressions Flashcards
Gøre nogen en tjeneste
Make somebody a favor
Gøre noget ved
To do something about it
(være) i stand til
Be able to
Lade det være
Quit, stop
Når det gælder…
When it comes to
- Tager hensyn til
- Med hensyn til
- Af hensyn til
- Show consideration for…
- Regarding… (something)
- På grund af, the motive/reason
Tager sig af (noget)
Get reponsable for something (fx take a determinate task at work)
Different from sørger for (noget/nogen) that means get responsable or provide of something to somebody, like a father providing food to his kids.
At vide noget om
Know something about…
At være begejstret for
To be excited for
at have behov for noget/nogen
To need (something, somebody).
Verbo: Jeg behøver
at have en god/dårlig forhold til nogen
To have a good/bad relationship with somebody.
at VÆRE færdig med noget
To be done with something (finish)
at få fat i noget
Skaffe: obtain, get hold of catch
at få nogen/ noget til at
To get somebody or something to do something for me
at være i gang med at
være ved at, to be doing something
at give sig til at
To start doing something, to get yourself to start doing something
at være god/dårlig til noget
To be good/bad at doing something (remember: you use til)
at være klar over noget
To have something in clear, to know something, to be conscious about something
at komme i tænke om noget
To remember something, to get to realize about something
at lægge mærke til nogen/noget
To realize about something, to notice something
at være nødt til at
To have to do something
at opføre sig godt/dårligt
To behave
at pleje at
To usually do something (something that you do habitually)
at skamme sig over nogen/noget
To be embarassed about somebody/something
Syn: at være flov over noget
at være skuffet over nogen/noget
To get dissapointed (by somebody or something)
at SKÆLDE nogen UD
Ti scold somebody
≠ SKÆNDES med nogen (om): to fight with somebody discudssion) (om noget)
how to say to be about doing something and to be doing something
To be just about to do something:
- Være lige ved at
- Skulle til at
To be doing something (generally in a narration when something else happens after):
- være ved at
- Være i gang med at
at stole på nogen
To trust in somebody (syn: tro på, though this meansa actually to believe somebody)
at være stolt af/over nogen/noget
to be proud (of sombody or something )
at have tillid til
Syn de stole på, “to have trust in something”
at trænge til
syn for “have brug for”
- Trænge til
- Have brug for
- Have behov for, behøver
- Være nødt til (more like an obligation)
at være tålmodig over for nogen
to be patient to somebody
at udvikle sig
to develop yourself/ grow (like personal grow)
Similars:
Ændre sig (just smething that changes it doesn’t , imply a development like udvikle sig)
Vokse op (to grow fx like a child that grows and matures)
at undervise (nogen) i (noget)
to teach somebody about something
- Oplære: to train somebody in doing a job or a task.
- Udlære: to be train/educated in a type or job like construction (not useful really)
- Opdrage: to raise kids
- Lære nogen noget: to teach something to somebody
- Indføre: to teach somebody about a basic subject where the person doesn’t know anything about it
- at være vant til
2. at væne sig til
- to be used to something
- to get used to something
≠
Væne sig af med noget: to break the habit of something
- at vende om
2. at vende tilbage til
- Turn back
2. Return, come back. (Vende hjem til)
at lægge vægt på noget
set a price for something, appreciate
at få øje på nogen/noget
to realize (lægge mærke til)
at holde øje med nogen/noget
take care (syn: passer på)
tvinge nogen til at
to force somebody into doing something
