Swedish Expressions, Locutions

Question 1

allt annat än

Answer 1

anything but

Question 2

vara med om en olycka

Answer 2

to have an accident

Question 3

återställa ngt i dess tidigare (forma) skick

Answer 3

to restore sth to its former condition

Question 4

återställa ordningen

Answer 4

to restore [public] order;

jfr äv. återställd

Question 5

[den] allmäna ordningen

Answer 5

law and order

Question 6

hålla ordning i (byrålådorna)

Answer 6

to keep…in [good] order, to keep…tidy

Question 7

jar får ingen ordning på det här

Answer 7

I can’t make this out (bli klok på)

Question 8

göra sig i ordning

Answer 8

to get ready

Question 9

låta ett köp återgå

Answer 9

to cancel a purchase

Question 10

ett stycke verklighet

Answer 10

a slice of life

Question 11

i verkligheten

Answer 11

in real life, as a matter of fact, in reality

Question 12

i första vändan [omgång]

Answer 12

the first time round

Question 13

att komma farande

Answer 13

to come rushing (tearing) along

Question 14

begärt pris

Answer 14

[the] asking price

Question 15

begära skadestånd [av ngn]

Answer 15

to sue [sb] for damages

Question 16

begära skadestånd på …

Answer 16

to claim damages of …

Question 17

berätta historier

Answer 17

to tell stories

Question 18

börja dricka

Answer 18

to take to the bottle [vard.]

Question 19

bulta i väggen

Answer 19

to pound on the wall

Question 20

hjärtat bankar [på mig]

Answer 20

my heart is pounding

Question 21

drabbas av en sjukdom

Answer 21

to contract an illness

Question 22

fick (finge)

Answer 22

might, could [i indirekt tal]

Question 23

får ej vidröras!

Answer 23

do not touch!

Question 24

Vi får väl se

Answer 24

we’ll see about that

Question 25

åt alla håll

Answer 25

in all directions

Question 26

ställa ngn (vara ställd, ställas) inför valet mellan A och B

Answer 26

to make sb (have to) choose between A and B

Question 27

ställa sin klocka

Answer 27

to set one's watch

Question 28

han har det bra ställt

Answer 28

he is well off

Question 29

stoppa i sig

Answer 29

to put away [äta]

Question 30

stoppa ngt i fickan

Answer 30

to put sth in one's pocket

Question 31

stryka ngn mothårs

Answer 31

to rub sb [up] the wrong way

Question 32

otroligt men sant

Answer 32

strange but true

Question 33

alltihop

Answer 33

all of it, all of them, the whole lot

Question 34

det smäller lika högt

Answer 34

it makes no difference

Question 35

smälla av

Answer 35

to freak out, to flip out

Question 36

det slog mig

Answer 36

it crossed my mind

Question 37

slå ngt i bitar

Answer 37

to smash into pieces

Question 38

slå i dörrarna

Answer 38

to slam the doors

Question 39

slå armarna om ngn

Answer 39

to throw one's arms around sb

Question 40

slå sig för bröstet

Answer 40

to swagger, to blow one's own trumpet

Question 41

slå bort tanken på ngt

Answer 41

to dismiss the thought of sth

Question 42

slå igenom med

Answer 42

to make a name for oneself, to make one's name with…

Question 43

slå in ngt i kassaapparaten

Answer 43

to register (vard. ring up) sth on the cash register

Question 44

slå sig lös

Answer 44

to enjoy oneself, to let oneself go, to let one's hair down

Question 45

slå sig på ägna sig åt [att spela] golf

Answer 45

to take up (go in for) [playing] golf

Question 46

slå runtom

Answer 46

1. to overturn [t.ex. bil ] | 2. to celebrate, have a fling, paint the town red [festa]

Question 47

slå ut kostnaderna på

Answer 47

to spread the costs over…, to distribute the costs among…

Question 48

vara jämställd med

Answer 48

to be on an equal footing (a par) with

Question 49

i svindlande fart (Swedish)

Answer 49

at [a] breakneck speed [vanl.]

Question 50

höja priset på

Answer 50

raise the price of

Question 51

vara höjd över alla misstankar (allt tvivel)

Answer 51

be above suspicion (beyond doubt)

Question 52

sakta i backarna!

Answer 52

take it (go) easy!

Question 53

vara dagen efter

Answer 53

to have a hangover

Question 54

hela dagarna

Answer 54

all day long

Question 55

mitt på ljusa dagen

Answer 55

in broad daylight

Question 56

om sanningen ska fram [loc.]

Answer 56

to tell the truth, to be quite honest

Question 57

se sanningen i vitögat

Answer 57

to face the truth

Question 58

sätta ett tak för

Answer 58

to impose a ceiling on

Question 59

alldeles ensam

Answer 59

all alone

Question 60

alldeles rätt

Answer 60

perfectly right

Question 61

mån om

Answer 61

anxious about

Question 62

mån om att + inf

Answer 62

anxious to + inf

Question 63

kan inte annat än + inf.

Answer 63

can't help but + inf.

Question 64

en sån + noun

Answer 64

such, such a + noun