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| Do something! interj | (act, be productive) | Gör något! interj |
| | (vardagligt) | Gör nåt! interj |
| | The thief is getting away! Do something! |
fiftysomething,
fifty-something n | informal (person in their 50s) (vardagligt) | femtio-nånting s |
| | (slang) | femtio-ish s |
| | | i femtioårsåldern uttr |
| | We fiftysomethings grew up without mobile phones. |
fiftysomething,
fifty-something adj | informal (age: in your 50s) | femtio-något adj |
| | Janice is an elegant fiftysomething divorcée. |
fortysomething,
forty-something n | informal (person in their 40s) | fyrtio-någonting, fyrtio-nånting s |
fortysomething,
forty-something adj | informal (age: in your 40s) | fyrtio-någonting, fyrtio-nånting adj |
have something against [sth],
have something against doing [sth] v expr | (be opposed to) | ha ngt emot ngt vtr + prep |
| have something against [sb] v expr | (dislike [sb]) | ha ngt emot ngn vtr + prep |
| | (vardaglig) | ha ngt mot ngn vtr + prep |
if something crops up,
if anything crops up expr | (should [sth] unexpected arise) | om ngt kommer upp uttr |
| | | ifall ngt skulle hända uttr |
| | I plan to come to the party, but will let you know if something crops up to prevent me coming. |
| make something of yourself v expr | (become successful) (bildlig) | göra ngt av sig själv vbal uttr |
| | | bli vtr |
| | Hard work will let you make something of yourself. |
sixtysomething,
sixty-something n | informal (person in their 60s) | sextio-någonting, sextio-nånting s |
sixtysomething,
sixty-something adj | informal (age: in your 60s) | i sextioårsåldern prep + s |
| | (vardaglig) | i sextio-nånting-åldern adj |
| something awful adv | slang (intensely) | hemskt mycket, fruktansvärt mycket adv |
| | The boy wanted that toy something awful. |
| something else n | ([sth] different) | något annat, någonting annat s |
| | Sam wanted shrimp for dinner but had to settle for something else. |
| something else n | ([sth] additional) (något mer) | något annat, någonting annat s |
| | Would you like something else to drink? |
| something else n | figurative, slang ([sth] very impressive) (vardagligt) | något helt annat s |
| | (bildlig: imponerande) | inte av denna värld uttr |
| | His new car's something else! - it´s amazing! Wow! - now that painting is really something else! |
| something fierce adv | informal (desperately, intensely) | något fruktansvärt adv |
| | The wind was blowing something fierce all through the night. |
| | I love her something fierce. |
| something terrible adv | informal (desperately, intensely) | något fruktansvärt adv |
| | My arm hurt something terrible when I fell off my bike. |
| something to chew on n | informal, figurative ([sth] to consider) (bildlig) | något att bita i s |
| | The annual report gave the analysts something to chew on. |
thirtysomething,
thirty-something n | informal (person in their 30s) | tretttio-nånting, trettionågonting s |
| | | person i trettioårsåldern s |
thirtysomething,
thirty-something adj | informal (age: in your 30s) | trettio-nånting, trettionågonting adj |
| | | person i trettioårsåldern adj |
twentysomething,
twenty-something n | informal (person in their 20s) (informell) | tjugo plus räkn |
| | | 20+ räkn |
twentysomething,
twenty-something adj | informal (age: in your 20s) | i åldern mellan 20-29 uttr |
| | | i 20-årsåldern uttr |