sted

locality, pitch, place, point, site, spot

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(et -er) place ( fx fix a time and a place for the meeting; we have visited hundreds of places; I can't be in two places at once; this is not the place to go into that; a sore place on my arm; they bought a lovely place in the country);

(mindre sted; mere præcist og T) spot ( fx show me the exact spot where it happened; they gathered at the spot where it had happened; a lovely spot for a picnic; a sore spot on my arm);

(i bog: hvor man er kommet til) place,

(afsnit) passage ( fx a difficult passage),

(bibelsted også) text ( fx quote a passage (el. text) from the Bible);

(gård) homestead;

[finde sted] happen ( fx strange things have happened),

(F: ofte om noget arrangeret) take place ( fx when will the

marriage take place?);

(ofte =) be ( fx there have been changes (, abuses, injustices, mistakes));

[ med pron etc:]

[alle steder]

(dvs overalt) everywhere;

[de fleste steder] in most places, almost everywhere;

[et (eller andet) sted] somewhere (or other);

[et andet sted] in another place; somewhere else;

[ikke nogen steder] not anywhere ( fx I could not see him anywhere), nowhere ( fx he was nowhere to be seen);

[ingen steder] nowhere;

(se også III. vis);

[ med præp:]

[af sted] along ( fx run (, rush, gallop) along),

(væk) off ( fx run (, dash, rush, gallop) off);

[af sted!] off we go! let us be off!

(= af sted med dig) off you go! be off!

[komme af sted] get off, start,

F depart;

[komme galt af sted]

(også om pige) get into trouble,

(løbe sig en staver i livet) get into hot water,

(lave en bommert) put one's foot in it,

(komme til skade) get hurt;

[hvis jeg kan komme af sted med det] if I can manage it (el. get away with it);

[jeg må af sted] I must be off, I must be going;

[tage af sted] set out, start, leave (til for);

T get off ( fx we'd better be getting off);

[vi kommer ikke ud af stedet] we are making no progress, we are not getting anywhere;

[hesten ville ikke ud af stedet] the horse refused to budge;

[rør dig ikke ud af stedet!] don't move!

[fra det sted hvor] from (the place) where;

[i stedet] instead ( fx he did not go to Paris, but went to London instead);

[i stedet for] instead of ( fx he gave me water instead of beer; to play instead of working);

(se også sætte (sig), træde);

[i dit sted] in your place;

[i dit sted ville jeg betale] if I were you I would pay;

[på et sted] in (el. at) a place, on (el. at) a spot;

[på stedet]

(også fig) on the spot ( fx we have a man on the spot; die (, be

killed) on the spot); then and there ( fx he demanded to be

released then and there);

(øjeblikkelig også) outright ( fx he was killed outright; he bought it outright);

[løbe på stedet] run on the spot;

(se også march, marchere);

[på sine steder] in places;

[på højere steder] in high places;

[kunne ligge på et meget lille sted]

(fig) be strictly limited ( fx my confidence in him (, my sympathy for him) is strictly limited);

(se også IV. ret);

[til det sted hvor] to (the place) where;

[til stede] present ( fx the Minister was present at the opening), there

( fx if the will is there we can come to an agreement),

(hjemme) at home, in ( fx is Mrs X in?);

[komme til stede] arrive, appear,

T turn up;

[være til stede ved] be present at, attend ( fx a meeting);

[betingelserne herfor er ikke længere til stede] the conditions for it no longer obtain.