- to
- 1. tə,tu
preposition
1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) til, mot, på2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) til3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) til4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) til, med5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) på, til6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) i7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) sammenliknet med; til, mot8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) til9) (tə used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) for å (kunne)10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.)2. tu: adverb1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) igjen2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) til (bevissthet), (sette) i gang•for--------til--------åIadv. \/tuː\/1) igjen, lukket• push the door toskyv døren igjen• the door is todøren er lukket2) vendt fremover3) (sjøfart) opp til vinden4) (hverdagslig, om hest) spent forIIprep. tsterk: \/tuː\/, trykksva \/, foran vokal: \/tʊ\/, foran konsonant: \/tə, t\/1) (om bevegelse, overgang eller retning) til, mot• they walk to school every dayde går til skolen hver dag• she went on a visit to Englandhun dro en tur til England• hold the letter up to the lighthold brevet opp mot lyset• she sat with her back to the firehun satt med ryggen mot bålet• this text alludes to a novel by Shakespearedenne teksten henviser til en roman av Shakespeare• it's a nightmare from beginning to enddet er et mareritt fra begynnelse til slutt• this was a pleasant beginning to the jobdette var en hyggelig begynnelse på arbeidet• he was conscious to the lasthan var ved bevissthet til det siste• she worked as an accountant from 1996 to 1999hun arbeidet som regnskapsfører fra 1996 til 19992) (om plassering) til• the bathroom is to the left of the bedroombadet er til venstre for soverommet• the church is five miles to the north of the townkirken ligger fem miles nord for byen3) (om resultatet av en handling eller prosess) til, i, med• he was sentenced to deathhan ble dømt til døden• she tore the paper to pieceshun rev i stykker arket• you'll get accustomed to the climatedu venner deg nok til klimaet• she froze to deathhun frøs i hjel• what happened to them?hva skjedde med dem?• he rose to famehan ble berømt4) (om den personen eller tingen som berøres) til, mot, for, på, hos• what did he say to you?hva sa han til deg?• explain this sentence to meforklar denne setningen for meg• she's a disgrace to her familyhun er en skam for familien• it seems to me that she was rightpå meg virker det som om hun hadde rett• this doll is dear to mejeg er så glad i denne dukken• it means a great deal to himdet betyr mye for ham• the book belongs to meboken er min• the library is open to the publicbiblioteket er åpent for allmennheten• we'll have the apartment all to ourselvesvi får leiligheten helt for oss selv• a toast to the President!skål for presidenten• here's to you!skål (for deg)!• I've been to his housejeg har vært hjemme hos ham• she's on a visit to her aunthun er på besøk hos tanten sin5) (om en mottaker) til, mot, for• to whom did you give it?hvem gav du den til?• give the book to him!gi ham boken!• they erected an altar to their godsde reiste et alter for gudene sine6) (om forholdet mellom personer eller ting) til, med, for, ved, overfor• she's engaged to a dentisthun er forlovet med en tannlege• he's secretary to the British legationhan er sekretær ved\/for den britiske legasjonen• you're responsible to the financial directordu er ansvarlig overfor økonomidirektøren• she submitted to the general opinionhun underkastet seg den allmene oppfatningen7) (om konkret eller abstrakt forbindelse) til, på, mot• do you have a key to the door?har du nøkkelen til døren?• the horse was tied to a fencehesten stod bundet til et gjerde• they danced to the music all nightde danset til musikken hele natten• we'll always be linked to this farmvi kommer alltid til å føle oss bundet til denne gården• have you found the solution to the problem?har du funnet løsningen på problemet?• your actions are a threat to societyhandlingene dine er en trussel mot samfunnet8) (om reaksjon) til, etter• to my surprise, she started to crytil min overraskelse begynte hun å gråte• to my thinking, the reaction was correctslik jeg ser det var reaksjonen korrekt• what do you say to a nice beefsteak?hva sier du til en god biff?• the dog came to my whistlehunden kom da jeg plystret på den9) (i sammenligninger) mot, i forhold til, sammenlignet med, i, enn• you are but a child to himdu er bare et barn sammenlignet med ham• she made three jumps to his twohun hoppet tre ganger mot hans to• ten to one he'll do it!(jeg vedder) ti mot en på at han gjør det!• she's quite rich to what she used to behun er ganske rik i forhold til det hun var før• the ship has been drawn to scaleskipet har blitt tegnet i riktig målestokk• the room was hot to suffocationrommet var så varmt at vi nesten ble kvalt• these apples are inferior to those we received last weekdisse eplene er dårligere enn de vi mottok forrige uke10) (i uttrykk med mengde) på, i, mot• there are 1760 yards to the miledet er 1760 yards på en engelsk mil• he takes thirteen to a dozenhan tar tretten på dusinet• his pulse was 140 to the minutehan hadde en puls på 140 i minuttet• the score is nine to fivestillingen er ni mot fem11) (i klokkeslett) på• it's a quarter to sixklokken er kvart på seksbe equal to the situation være situasjonen voksentake somebody to witness ta noen til vitnetell somebody something to his\/her face si noen noe rett opp i ansiktettestify to vitne om bevitne, attestere, bekrefte bære vitnesbyrd omto a hair (om likhet) på en prikk, på håretto a man eller all to a man eller to the last man alle, hver eneste en, til siste mannto it (again)! sett i gang (igjen), friskt mot!to one's heart's content av hjertens lyst så mye man vilto the (matematikk) i• three to the fourth is 81tre i fjerde er 81to the day på dagen• they married a year ago to the dayde giftet seg på dagen for et år sidenwhat is that to you? hva angår det deg?, hva betyr det for deg?would to God that ... Gud gi at ...IIIsubjunksjon \/tuː\/1) å• I forgot to askjeg glemte å spørre• to err is humandet er menneskelig å feile• he wants us to tryhan vil at vi skal forsøke• I'm waiting for Bob to comejeg venter på at Bob skal komme• he was the last to arrivehan var den siste som kom• there is no one to help himdet finnes ingen som kan hjelpe ham• you would be a fool to believe himdu er dum hvis du tror ham• we don't know what to dovi vet ikke hva vi skal gjøre• to hear him speak you would believe that he was in troublenår man hører ham snakke, skulle man tro at han hadde problemer2) for å, til å• he struggled to get freehan strevde for å komme seg løs• she was too tired to get uphun var for trett til å stå opp• to say nothing of all the other thingsfor ikke å snakke om alt det andre3) for å, til å, etter å, over å• he is inclined to think that he's the besthan har en tendens til å tro at han er best• I am anxious to tryjeg er ivrig etter å forsøke• she was distressed to see his degradationhun var fortvilet over å se hvordan han forfalt4) (frittstående med referanse til et foregående infinitiv) å• we didn't want to go, but we had tovi ville ikke gå, men vi måtte (gjøre det)• they asked me to come, but I haven't time tode bad meg om å komme, men det har jeg ikke tid tilbe to skulle, være bestemt til• I am to leave in ten minutesjeg skal dra om ti minutterin order to for å• she did it in order to help themhun gjorde det for å hjelpe demso as to for (på den måten) å
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