| Sammansatta former: |
| act up vi phrasal | UK, informal (child: misbehave) | bråka vitr |
| | | hitta på hyss vbal uttr |
| | (vardagligt) | busa vitr |
| | Why do children always wait to be in public to act up? |
| carve out a niche v expr | figurative (find your role, trade) | hitta sin nisch vbal uttr |
| | | hitta sin inriktning vbal uttr |
| carve out a niche for yourself v expr | figurative (find your role, trade) | hitta sin nisch vbal uttr |
| | | hitta sin inriktning vbal uttr |
| carve out a niche for yourself in sth v expr | figurative (find your role, trade) | hitta sin nisch inom ngt vbal uttr |
| | | hitta sin inriktning inom ngt vbal uttr |
conceive sth,
conceive that vtr | (think up: an idea, etc.) (komma på, hitta på) | tänka ut ngt vtr + partikel oskj |
| | | fundera ut ngt vtr + partikel oskj |
| | (fundera ut) | hitta på ngt vtr + partikel oskj |
| | We conceived a plan to sneak away in the night. |
| concoct sth vtr | figurative (invent, fabricate) (bildlig: hitta på) | koka ihop ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | dikta ihop ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | hitta på ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | The story was completely concocted, without a single true detail. |
| devise sth vtr | (invent: idea, plan) (vardagligt, allmänt) | tänka ut vtr partikel oskj |
| | (vardagligt, allmänt) | hitta på vtr partikel oskj |
| | | planera⇒ vtr |
| | | uppfinna⇒ vtr |
| | The prisoner devised an escape plan. |
| fable vi | archaic (invent stories) (vardagligt) | hitta på ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | ljuga vitr |
| | I never fable or lie; I only tell the truth. |
| fabricate sth vtr | figurative (invent) | fabricera ngt⇒ vtr |
| | | ljuga ihop ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | (vardagligt) | hitta på ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | Maxwell fabricated a story to explain to his mother how his car got scratched. |
| fault sb/sth vtr | (criticize sb, sth) | kritisera⇒ vtr |
| | (formellt) | anmärka på vtr partikel oskj |
| | (vardagligt) | hitta fel på vbal uttr |
| | I couldn't fault his performance in any way. |
| find a way v expr | (devise a solution) (bildlig) | hitta en väg vbal uttr |
| | | hitta ett sätt vbal uttr |
| | I don't know how I'll do it, but I'll find a way. |
find time for sth,
find the time for sth vtr + n | (activity, event: fit in) | hitta tid, finna tid vtr + s |
| | | hinna⇒ vtr |
| | Many people complain they cannot find time for reading. |
find yourself,
discover yourself vtr + refl | figurative (find fulfilment) | hitta sig själv vbal uttr |
| | (litterär) | finna sig själv vbal uttr |
| | I'm taking a year off to travel the world and find myself. |
| get a job v expr | informal (find employment) | hitta ett jobb vbal uttr |
| | (vardagligt) | fixa ett jobb vbal uttr |
| | | skaffa arbete vtr + s |
| | I need to get a job that pays well. |
get round to sth,
get around to sth v expr | (find time for) | ta sig tid till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | få tid till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | hitta ett tillfälle till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | I didn't get round to any of the tasks on my to-do list today. |
get round to doing sth,
get around to doing sth v expr | (find time to do) | ta sig tid att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | få tid till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | hitta ett tillfälle till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | This wall is so grubby; I must get round to repainting it. |
| get up to sth vtr phrasal insep | informal (do: sth mischievous) (hyss, rackartyg) | hitta på ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | Katie has locked her bedroom door; what's she getting up to in there? |
happen on sth/sb,
happen upon sth/sb vtr phrasal insep | dated, literary (find, encounter) | träffa av en slump, möta av en slump vbal uttr |
| | | hitta av en slump vbal uttr |
| | | stöta på, råka på vtr + prep |
| | I happened on an interesting article about Cuba in the newspaper. |
| home vi | (go or return to home) | ta sig hem vbal uttr |
| | | flyga hem vitr + s |
| | | återvända hem vitr + s |
| | | hitta hem vitr + s |
| | This pigeon always homes the quickest. |
| invent sth vtr | (lies) (vardagligt) | hitta på ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | dikta⇒ vtr |
| | | dikta upp ngt, dikta ihop ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | Larry invented a ridiculous story about what he was doing last night. |
| lucky strike n | (when miners find gold) | guldfynd s |
| | | det att hitta guld s |
| | The miners had a lucky strike when they found gold. |
| make friends v expr | (get to know people) (vardagligt) | hitta nya kompisar vbal uttr |
| | | skapa kontakter vtr + spl |
| | | lära känna nya vänner vbal uttr |
| | When you move to a new city, it can be hard to make friends. |
| | Jenny was so shy that she found it difficult to make friends at school. |
| make sth up vtr phrasal sep | informal (invent, imagine) (fantasi) | hitta på ngt⇒ vtr |
| | | komma på ngt⇒ vtr |
| | You should be a writer, you make up such interesting stories. |
| manufacture sth vtr | (a lie) (omodernt) | dikta⇒ vtr |
| | | komma på ngt, hitta på ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | (familjärt, bildligt) | snickra ihop ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | The criminal manufactured the whole story to mislead the police. |
| pick your way v expr | (find a path through) | hitta en väg vbal uttr |
| | | hitta en utväg vbal uttr |
| | The survivors picked their way through the wreckage. |
| play up vi phrasal | UK, informal (child: misbehave) | hitta på hyss vbal uttr |
| | | vara olydig vtr + adj |
| | | bråka vitr |
| | The children got bored on the long journey and started playing up. |
| plot sth vtr | (devise the story for: a novel, etc.) | hitta på handling för vbal uttr |
| | | skriva handling till vbal uttr |
| | The writer plotted his first novel when he was 16. |
| scapegoat sb vtr | figurative (blame for others) | hitta en syndabock vbal uttr |
| | If it's your fault, you should take responsibility and not scapegoat someone else. |
| score vi | slang (find sexual partner) | hitta ngn att gå hem med vbal uttr |
| | Jenna is very attractive and almost always scores when she goes out. |
| sniff sth out vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (detect) | hitta ngt⇒ vtr |
| | (bildlig) | nosa upp ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | (bildlig) | nosa sig till ngt vbal uttr |
| | A good auditor can sniff out the problems an accountant has disguised. |
| solve sth vtr | (problem: find remedy) | lösa⇒ vtr |
| | | hitta svaret vtr+s |
| | | lista ut vtr partikel skj |
| | Working together, the programmers solved the problem with the code. |
| | Genom att samarbeta, löste programmerarna problemet med koden. |
| stemming n | (linguistics: finding word's base form) | det att hitta ett ords stam - |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |
| | The linguist is developing a new computer algorithm for stemming. |
| strike a balance v expr | (compromise) (bildlig) | hitta en medelväg vbal uttr |
| | | kompromissa⇒ vtr |
| | Which is more important, productivity or quality? It's a question of striking a balance. |
| 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. |
| think of sth vi + prep | (devise, invent) | komma på vitr + prep |
| | | fundera ut, tänka ut vitr + prep |
| | | hitta på vitr + prep |
| | He thought of a new way to manufacture pencils. |
| | Han kom på ett nytt sätt att tillverka blyertspennor. |
| think sth up vtr phrasal sep | (invent, devise) | tänka ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | komma på ngt, hitta på ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | Hey Jane, I just thought up a solution to your problem! |
| trace the origin of sth v expr | (find the source of) | hitta ngts ursprung vtr + s |
| | | hitta ursprunget till ngt vbal uttr |
| | | hitta källan till ngt vbal uttr |
| | Ian tried in vain to trace the origin of the slanderous rumor. |
| | Doctors are hoping to trace the origin of the salmonella outbreak. |
| trace the origin of sth v expr | (learn the ancestry of) (bildlig) | hitta ngts rötter vtr + spl |
| | | hitts ngts ursprung vtr + s |
| | The internet makes the task of tracing the origins of your family much easier. |
| triangulate vi | (politics: find middle ground) | kompromissa vitr |
| | | hitta en mellanväg vbal uttr |
| troubleshoot vi | (diagnose and solve problems) | felsöka vitr |
| | | hitta fel vtr + s |
| | | diagnostiseras vitr |
| | The company employs Adam to troubleshoot. |
| trump sth up vtr phrasal sep | informal (fabricate: charges) | hitta på vtr partikel oskj |
| | | fabricera⇒ vtr |
| | Joe was released from jail when his lawyer proved that the charges against him were trumped up. |
| unsearchable adj | (data: that cannot be searched) (data) | som inte går att söka på adj |
| | | som inte går att hitta adj |
| | (akademisk) | osökbar adj |