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behold, do, see how the land lies, look, see, sight, visit, watch

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vb (så, set)

(have synsevnen, få øje på, opfatte, indse) see ( fx he can't see; I saw him fall; have you seen the paper? we see from your letter that ...; I don't see the fun of it; I am pleased to see you; see red);

(bruge synsevnen, se sig om, rette blikket, søge) look ( fx he could see it if he would only look; he looked and saw that I was right; I looked in at the window; look over there! look under the bed);

(om noget der foregår) watch ( fx a football match, the sun setting, television);

(prøve) see ( fx I'll see what I can do);

[se!] look! see!

[se, se!] indeed! really!

[se ham!] look at him!

[se selv!] look for yourself!

[se side 50] see page 50;

[se engang!] (just) look!

[se nu at blive færdig!] hurry up!

T get a move on!

[se så!]

(dvs det var `det) there now!

(for at påkalde opmærksomhed) now then!

[ser du]

(indledende) well, you see;

[der kan du selv se, der ser du] there you are (el. see); there it is; I told you so;

[vi får se] we shall see; that remains to be seen;

[vi får se om] we shall see (el. it remains to be seen) whether;

[nu har jeg set det med! nu har jeg aldrig set så galt!] well, I never!

[lade sig se] appear, show oneself;

[lad mig se] let me see,

(dvs vent et øjeblik) let me see; now;

[ser man det!] indeed! really!

[man så ham smile] he was seen to smile;

[men se om han gør] but catch him doing it;

[nej, vil du se] just look;

[vil du se du kommer ud!] out you go!

(se også gerne, helst; seende, set);

[kan det ses?] does it show?

[vi ses ofte] we often meet;

[de sås ofte sammen] they were often seen together;

[vi ses!]

(dvs på gensyn) see you!

[ med præp og adv:]

[jeg skal se ad]

(dvs hvad det er) I'll (go and) see;

(dvs hvad der kan gøres) I'll see what can be done;

[heraf ser man] hence it appears;

[se en mand an] size up a man;

[se tiden an] wait and see, hold off;

[se bort fra] leave out of account, ignore,

F discount ( fx the evidence of the police; that possibility may be discounted);

[`se efter]

(følge med øjnene, tage vare på) look after ( fx he stood looking after me; will you look after the children?),

(søge efter) look for ( fx I looked for him in all the rooms);

[se `efter]

(med efterfølgende bisætning) see ( fx I'll see if she's at home);

(uden objekt eller bisætning) look;

(efterse) examine, look through,

(gøre i stand) mend,

(grundigt) overhaul;

[se noget efter]

(i en bog) look something up;

[han så efter i bogen] he consulted the book;

[han så ikke regningen efter] he did not examine the account;

(se også II. søm);

[se langt (dvs længselsfuldt) efter] look wistfully at;

[jeg kan se det for mig] I can see it;

[for mig at se] as far as I can see;

(se også hånd, øje);

[se frem for sig] look straight in front of one;

[se frem til]

(dvs glæde sig til) look forward to;

(neutralt) anticipate ( fx I anticipate it with some anxiety (, with pleasure));

[se godt] have a good eyesight;

[se hen til] = se frem til;

[se en i ansigtet] look somebody in the face;

[jeg gad vidst hvad hun ser i ham] I wonder what she sees in him;

[se det i fjernsynet] see (el. watch) it on television;

[se ham i fjernsynet] see him on television;

(se også øje);

[se noget igennem] look through (el. over) something,

(revidere) revise something;

[se ind til mig en dag] drop in (and see me) one day;

[se det med andre øjne], se ndf: se på det med;

[se ned på]

(også fig) look down on;

[se op til]

(fig) look up to;

[se over på lektien] look the lesson over;

[se på] look at,

(flygtigt) glance at ( fx one's watch),

(grundigt) eye ( fx eye somebody jealously (, with suspicion)),

(som tilskuer) watch ( fx what they are doing);

(fig: opfatte, betragte) look on, regard,

F view (som as),

(hænge sig i) mind, be particular about;

(uden objekt: være tilskuer) look on, watch ( fx he was merely looking on (el. watching));

[jeg kunne se på hans ansigt at] I could see from (el. tell by) his face that;

[se på det med] look on it with ( fx disapproval, mistrust);

[se på det med andre øjne] see it in a different light;

[se på det med deres øjne] look at it through their eyes;

(se også II. nærmere, stort);

[se `til]

(være tilskuer) look on;

[`se til en]

(besøge) (go and) see somebody,

(passe) look after somebody;

[se meget til en]

(dvs ofte se en) see much of somebody;

[har du set noget til ham?] have you seen anything of him?

[når man ser nærmere `til] when you take a closer look; on closer inspection;

[køn at se til] handsome to look at;

[se til `ham!] look at him!

[se til højre (, venstre)!]

(mil.) eyes right (, left)!

[se `til at]

(= sørg for at) see that, look to it that;

[se `til om han gør det] catch him doing it; do you `think he will;

[han er ikke til at se nogen steder] he is nowhere to be seen;

[se tilbage] look back;

[se tilbage på] look back on;

[se `ud]

(om udseende) look ( fx you look tired; he looked sad),

(dvs for mig at se) seem ( fx he seemed tired; he seems hardly

human),

(dvs så vidt man kan se) appear ( fx he appeared (to be) tired;

the stars appear small to us);

[`se ud] see out ( fx the window is so dirty that I can't see out); look out ( fx I didn't see him when I last looked out);

[se godt ud], se godt;

[hvor du ser ud!] what a sight you are!

[hvordan ser han ud?] what does he look like?

(ved en bestemt lejlighed) how does he look?

[det ser sådan ud!]

(= det synes at være tilfældet) it looks like it!

[se ud ad vinduet] look out of the window;

[det ser ikke ud af meget] it is not much to look at;

[han kunne ikke se ud af øjnene] he could not see out of his eyes;

[det ser ud som om] it looks (el. seems) as if,

(ofte mods i virkeligheden) it appears as if;

[det ser ud til regn] it looks like rain;

[det ser ud til at] it looks (el. seems) as if,

(ofte mods i virkeligheden) it appears that;

[det ser du også ud til] you look it (too);

[ med sig:]

[se sig for] look where one is going;

[se sig i spejlet], se spejl;

[se sig om (el. omkring)] look (a)round, have a look round;

(dvs se sig tilbage) look round;

(rejse omkring) travel around,

T get around;

[inden man får set sig om] before you know where you are;

[se sig om efter] look round (el. about el. around) for;

[han har set sig om i verden] he has seen the world, he has travelled a great deal;

[se sig om på et sted] take a look at a place, take a look round;

[se sig gal (, mæt) på], se gal, mæt;

[se sig tilbage] look back.