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WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| between prep | (intermediate to) | mellan, emellan prep |
| | Chicago is between New York and Los Angeles. |
| | Chicago ligger mellan (or: emellan) New York och Los Angeles. |
| between prep | (connecting) | mellan, emellan prep |
| | There is a bridge between the two shores. |
| | Det finns en bro mellan (or: emellan) de båda kusterna. |
| between prep | (comparing) | mellan, emellan prep |
| | I'm trying to decide between the red car and the blue one. |
| | Jag försöker välja mellan (or: emellan) den röda bilen och den blåa bilen. |
| between prep | (shared) | mellan, emellan prep |
| | We're going to split the bill between the two of us. |
| | Vi kommer att dela notan mellan (or: emellan) oss två. |
| between prep | (among) | mellan, emellan prep |
| | I picked my way between the tourists, looking for a good spot to have lunch. |
| | Jag trängde mig fram mellan (or: emellan) turisterna, medan jag letade efter en bra plats att äta lunch på. |
| between prep | (distinguishing) | mellan, emellan prep |
| | It's not always easy to distinguish between right and wrong. |
| | Det är inte alltid lätt att skilja mellan (or: emellan) rätt och fel. |
| between prep | (secret: only known to) | mellan, emellan prep |
| | Let's keep this information between you and me. |
| | Vi håller den här information mellan (or: emellan) dig och mig. |
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WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
aged from [sth] to [sth],
aged between [sth] and [sth] adj + prep | (in a given age range) (efterled) | -årig adj |
| | This program is designed for young people aged from 18 to 25. |
| alternate between [sth] and [sth] vi + prep | (switch between options) | alternera mellan vitr |
| | (vardagligt) | växla mellan vitr |
| | | omväxla vitr |
| | In some spas, people alternate between hot and cold baths. |
| between jobs expr | (unemployed) | mellan jobb s |
| | | arbetslös s |
| between now and then adv | (from now until a future time) | från och med nu tills då adv |
| | | från nu tills då adv |
| | You'd better do a lot of work between now and then. |
between you and me,
between ourselves adv | (confidentially, in confidence) | oss emellan pron + prep |
| | | mellan dig och mig uttr |
| | Between you and me, I think Stella has fallen in love with him. |
| caught between two worlds expr | (pulled by two different cultures) | få en kulturchock vbal uttr |
| | (bildlig) | vara fast mellan två olika världar vbal uttr |
| decide (between [sth] and [sth]) vi + prep | (choose from among) | välja mellan ngt och ngt vbal uttr |
| | | göra ett val mellan ngt och ngt vbal uttr |
| | I couldn't decide between the two dresses, so I bought both. |
| | Jag kunde inte välja mellan de två klänningarna, så jag köpte båda. |
| differentiate between [sth] and [sth] vi + prep | (see difference) | skilja mellan ngt och ngt vbal uttr |
| | | se skillnad på ngt och ngt vbal uttr |
| | It can be hard to differentiate between a severe panic attack and a heart attack. |
| discriminate between [sth] and [sth] vi + prep | (differentiate between things) | se skillnad på ngt och ngt vbal uttr |
| | | urskilja ngt från ngt vtr + prep |
| | It's hard to discriminate between the individual cells. |
| distance between prep | (space separating) | avstånd mellan s + prep |
| | The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. |
| distinguish between [sth] and [sth] vi + prep | (know the difference) | skilja på ngt och ngt vbal uttr |
| | | skilja ngt från ngt vtr + prep |
| | I can't distinguish between the black and the dark brown. |
| draw a parallel between [sth] and [sth] v expr | (identify as being similar) | dra en parallell mellan ngt och ngt vbal uttr |
| | We can draw a parallel between restrictions on law making powers of the earliest British Parliaments, and that of the modern European Parliament. |
| fall between two stools v expr | figurative (fail to fulfill either aim) | misslyckas med två saker vbal uttr |
| | (omodern) | gå i stöpet vbal uttr |
| | | haverera vitr |
| few and far between adj | colloquial (rare) | sällsynt adj |
| | | ovanlig adj |
| | These days, public telephone boxes are few and far between. |
fine line between [sth] and [sth],
a fine line between [sth] and [sth] n | figurative (little distinction) (bildlig) | tunn linje adj + s |
| | | liten gräns adj + s |
| | There's a fine line between genius and insanity. |
| go-between n | (intermediary) | mellanhand s |
| | He acted as a go-between between the government and private arms dealers. |
| in between adv | (in an intermediate position) | emellan adv |
| | | mitt emellan, mittemellan adv |
| | The houses are next to one another, with an alleyway running in between. |
| in between adv | (intervening) | emellan adv |
| | When they started to fight, their little brother ran in between. |
| in between prep | (between, in the middle of) | mellan adv |
| | Our house is in between a pub on one side and open fields on the other. |
| in-between adj | (in the middle, midway) | mellan, emellan adv |
| | Your teens are an in-between time; you're no longer a child, but not yet an adult. |
| read between the lines v expr | figurative (understand [sth] implied) (bildlig) | läsa mellan raderna vbal uttr |
| | His speech sounded positive, but if you read between the lines it was actually quite pessimistic. |
| sandwich [sb/sth] between [sb/sth] vtr + prep | figurative, often passive (surround) | omge, omsluta, innesluta, omringa vtr |
| | (vardagligt) | klämma in ngn/ngt mellan ngn/ngt vbal uttr |
| | | varva vtr |
| | I was sandwiched between two sumo wrestlers on that flight! The host sandwiched me between two bankers at the dinner table and they just kept talking across me about investments. |
| strike a balance between v expr | (find compromise between) | hitta en kompromiss mellan vbal uttr |
| | | hitta en balans mellan vbal uttr |
| | You need to strike a happy balance between video games and homework. |
| toggle between [sth] vi + prep | (computing: switch views, programs, etc.) | växla mellan ngt vitr + prep |
| | | skifta vitr |
| | Tania toggles between tabs, trying to track down the perfect translation. |
| | Audrey toggled between the spreadsheet and the word processing document. |
yo-yo,
yo-yo between [sth] and [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (fluctuate, go back and forth) | åka jojo mellan ngt och ngt vbal uttr |
| | I seem to spend my time yo-yoing between depression and anger. |