Betydelse av sak | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English)
   common-gender
2. abbreviation of Sakarja (biblical book): Zech.
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. a thing, a matter, a business (at hand (to be dealt with))
   common-gender
4. a legal dispute, a matter
   common-gender
5. thing (salient fact)
   common-gender
6. cause (interest (striven towards))
   common-gender

Ekvivalenter

Exempel

“En gaffel är en sak som man äter med”

A fork is a thing that you eat with

“Det ligger en massa⟳ saker på bänken”

There's a bunch of things lying on the bench

“Nisse berättade en sak för mig igår”

Nisse told me something yesterday [told a thing to [for] me yesterday]

“Märkliga saker sker på slottet”

Strange things are happening at the castle

“Det kunde gått bättre, den saken är säker”

It could have gone better, that's for sure ["that thing is sure" – idiomatic]

“göra något för sakens skull”

do something for its own sake ["do something for the thing's sake" – idiomatic]

“Kom in! Vad gäller saken?”

Come in! What brings you here? [What is the thing about?]

“Låt oss ta en sak i taget”

Let's take one thing at a time

“Låt oss hålla oss till saken”

Let's stick to the point [Let us keep ourselves to the thing [at hand]]

“ta saken till domstol”

bring the matter to court

“ta saken i egna händer”

take matters into one's own hands [take the matter in own hands]

“saken är utagerad”

the matter has been settled [is out-acted]

“Saken är den att vi inte vet var han är”

[The] thing is [the thing is that [thing] that], we don't know where he is

“kämpa för sin sak”

fight for one's cause

“göra gemensam sak”

make common cause

“offra⟳ sig för saken”

sacrifice oneself for the cause

“Finlands sak är vår”

The Finnish cause is ours [book title]

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