torn

Definitioner

1. A (received) hit, strike, blow.
   common-gender
2. tower
   neuter
3. thorn
   common-gender
4. A turn, a spell (shift of work)
   common-gender
5. rook
   neuter
6. A turn (of rope or the like, around a bollard or the like)
   common-gender
7. A corkscrew-like formation that can arise in rope twisted too hard (making it difficult to manage)
   common-gender

Ekvivalenter

Exempel

“Fartyget for på tredje dagen med sådan fart mot Vesterås hamn brygga⟳, att bogsprötet gick af och skutan tog en törn, så att alla passagerarne ramlade baklänges. På rygg återsåg jag min gamla fädernestad.”

On the third day, the ship sailed with such speed towards Vesterå's harbor jetty that the bowsprit broke off and the schooner took a blow, so that all the passengers fell backwards. On my back I saw my old ancestral home again.

“På Åland har förtroendet för regeringens beslutsfattande tyvärr fått sig en rejäl törn under pandemin.”

On Åland, trust in the government's decision-making has unfortunately taken a serious hit during the pandemic.

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