vej

door, lane, Rd, road, street, way

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(en -e)

(anlagt vej, landevej) road;

(strækning, retning) way ( fx part of the way; which way? look the other way);

(afstand) way ( fx a long way), distance;

(rute) way, route;

(se også II. bane);

[finde vej] find one's way (til to);

[vejen fører til Hull] the road leads to Hull;

[herfra fører ingen vej videre]

(fig) we are at the end of the road;

[gå sin vej] go, go away,

(især når man er uønsket) take oneself off;

(se også egen);

[gå den juridiske vej] go in for law;

[hele vejen] all the way, all along;

[der er ingen vej tilbage]

(fig) there is no turning back; we are at the point of no return;

[der er ingen vej udenom] there is no getting round it; we have got to face it;

[lang vej] a long way ( fx it is a long way to Tipperary),

(i negative og spørgende udtryk) far ( fx is it far to Hull?);

[der er lang vej igen] there is a long way to go yet;

[en (engelsk) mils vej] about a mile;

[gå samme vej som]

(også fig) go the same way as;

[han rejser samme vej (som jeg)] he is travelling my way;

[et stykke vej], se I. stykke;

[vise vej] show the way,

(gå foran) lead the way;

[vise én vej] show somebody the way;

(se også berede, bred, lægge (om));

[ med præp:]

[ad den vej] (by) that way;

[erfare ad anden vej] learn through some other channel;

[ad fredelig vej] by peaceful means;

[ad officiel vej] through official channels;

[hen ad vejen] along (, up, down) the road;

(fig) as we (, you etc) go along;

[af vejen] out of the way;

[det var ikke af vejen] it would not be a bad thing,

F it would not be (el. come) amiss;

[gå af vejen] get out of the way;

[gå af vejen for]

(fig) avoid,

(stærkere, F) shun,

(noget godt) refuse;

[gå af vejen for én] get out of somebody's way;

[han går ikke af vejen for noget]

(dvs er uden skrupler) he sticks at nothing;

(se også rydde, skaffe);

[hjælpe (el. sætte) ham i vej] give him a start in life;

[være i vejen] be in the way;

[hvad er der i vejen?] what is the matter? what is wrong?

T what's up?

[hvis der kommer noget i vejen] if anything should happen (to prevent it);

[komme i vejen for én] get in somebody's way;

[stå i vejen for én (, noget)] stand in somebody's way (, in the way of something);

[være i vejen for én] be in somebody's way;

[der er intet i vejen for at jeg kan gøre det] there is nothing to prevent me from doing it;

[hvad er der i vejen med ham (, det)?] what is the matter (el. wrong) with him (, that)?

[på vejen] on the road ( fx a dead hedgehog was lying on the road), in the road ( fx I left the bicycle in the road; he lives in our road);

(undervejs) on the way, as we (, they etc) go (, went) along;

(se også IV. ret);

[give ham et godt råd med på vejen] provide him with some good advice;

[bilen ligger godt på vejen] the car has good road-holding qualities, the car holds the road well;

[tage på veje] take on, make a fuss;

[være på vej] be on one's (el. the) way ( fx to England; the package is on the way),

(mar også) be bound for ( fx we were bound for India),

(om barn) be on the way;

(fig) be on the way ( fx to becoming mad),

(dvs under forberedelse, også) be in the pipeline ( fx reforms are in the pipeline);

[på vejen til] on one's (el. the) way to ( fx he died on his way to hospital),

(mar) on her passage to;

[et skib på vej til Indien] a ship bound for India;

[være godt på vej til at] be well on the way to -ing, be in a fair way to -ing;

[på vej ud] on one's (, its) way out;

[vi har (, tjener) kun til dagen og vejen] we can just make (both) ends meet; we just manage to scratch a living;

[lige tjene til dagen og vejen] scratch a bare living;

[vejen til] the road to ( fx London),

(fig) the way to ( fx fame; the way to a man's heart is through

his stomach);

[er dette vejen til London?] are we right for London?

[ved vejen] at (el. by) the roadside;

[en kro ved vejen] a roadside inn.