Particle Verbs

Question 1

passa på

Answer 1

seize the chance, take the chance

Question 2

lägg till

lägga ner

lägg av
lägga av
lagt av

Answer 2

add

close down

quit doing that
quit (eg a sport)
turned off (eg a computer)

Question 3

gått bort

Answer 3

died

Question 4

gjorde bort

Answer 4

messed up

Question 5

spelade in

Answer 5

recorded

Question 6

ställer in (3 meanings)

Answer 6

cancel
adjust (like tune the radio)
place in (like place food in the fridge)

Question 7

ställer in sig

ställer sig in

Answer 7

prepare oneself for (expect, count on)

ingratiate oneself (curry favor)

Question 8

ställer om

Answer 8

rearrange
(change over, convert, reorganize)

Question 9

ställer samman

Answer 9

compile

Question 10

ställer till
(two meanings)

tillställning

Answer 10

make a mess
arrange, cause, organize

party, entertainment

Question 11

ställer upp
(Three meanings)

Answer 11

take part in (like a sporting event) (compete)

be there for someone

draw up, arrange, line up

Question 12

ställer ut

utställning

Answer 12

exhibit, show

exhibition

Question 13

står ut
står inte ut

Answer 13

stand (endure, put up with)
can’t take it

Question 14

står över

Answer 14

pass (give up [miss] one’s turn)

Question 15

slår igenom

Answer 15

break through (like a musician breaking through with a hit)

Question 16

slår fast

Answer 16

stands firm

Question 17

ta upp

Answer 17

bring up

Question 18

håller med
håller på

Answer 18

agree with
…doing right now…

Question 19

säga upp sig

säga upp (two meanings)

Answer 19

resign (from a job)

give notice (to cancel)
dismiss (like 10 employees dismissed)

Question 20

blir av (two meanings)

blir av med

Answer 20

1. will happen, take place (like the event didn’t take place)
2. get to, happen to (like where did my suitcase get off to)

lose, get rid of (I got rid of my glasses)

Question 21

göra av

göra av med

Answer 21

do with
”What should I do with the parcel?”

get rid of, spend. Did away with
”Han gjorde av med 20 000 kr på kasinot”

Question 22

hör ihop

Answer 22

goes together with, belongs together

Question 23

bjuda upp

Answer 23

invite

Question 24

skjuter upp

Answer 24

postpone

Question 25

går åt

Answer 25

be consumed, be needed (Julen är en högtid då det går åt mycket pengar.)

Question 26

går över

Answer 26

abate, ceased (Regnet har gått över = It has stopped raining)

Question 27

går ut

Answer 27

affect negatively

Question 28

går upp

Answer 28

increase (Same as goes up in English)

Question 29

går på

Answer 29

1. Continue (the show must go on) 2. cost, like English “goes for/went for” (Rocken gick på tusen kronor = The overcoat cost a thousand crowns. (Literally: the overcoat went for a thousand crowns))

Question 30

går ned

Answer 30

go down, be reduced (same as English)

Question 31

går an

Answer 31

work (as in “it will work out”), be appropriate (Det här går inte an = We can’t go on like this / this doesn’t work)

Question 32

går med

Answer 32

accept, agree to

Question 33

går in

Answer 33

go in for, make a commitment to (gå in för studier = Go in for (one’s) studies / enter studies)

Question 34

kommer bort

Answer 34

disappear, get lost (Boken har kommit bort = The book has been lost)

Question 35

kommer på

Answer 35

1. chance upon, find 2. remember, come up with (Think about “come upon”)

Question 36

kommer över

Answer 36

be able to buy (kind of like “get a hold of” when you’re talking about something you found and bought) Must also mean “get over” (ask)

Question 37

Håller av

Answer 37

Be fond of, be attached to, love

Question 38

stöter på

Answer 38

1. run into, come across (as in running into a friend at a store) 2. remind (Stöter = 1. bump, knock 2. pound, crush 3. offend, shock)

Question 39

stöter sig

Answer 39

fall out with, get on the wrong side of

Question 40

slår sig slår sig ner

Answer 40

Hurt (injure) oneself sit down, settle, settle down

Question 41

håller till

Answer 41

be, hang out (håller till + a place) (vi höll mest till i köket = we usually hung out in the kitchen)

Question 42

lägga sig i lägga dig i

Answer 42

interfere

Question 43

slå in

Answer 43

wrap (a present)

Question 44

känner på sig

Answer 44

have a feeling (suspect)

Question 45

spelade med

Answer 45

played along