A dubious saying claims that the ends [rättfärdigar] the means.

justify

A new [utredning] was appointed to consider changes in the tax laws.

commission committee

A vacation by the sea would be [välgörande] for the whole family, I’m sure.

beneficial salutory salubrious

After being transferred, he felt quite out of his [bortkommen] in the new section of the company.

Hint: This is part of an idiom!

element

Info: "A fish out of water" is also OK, but cannot have the possessive.

All employees are required to wear their [identitets-] badge in the factory area.

identity ID ID-

Although classed as [lågpresterande] , her eighth-grade class wound up winning both a spelling bee and an essay competition.

underachievers underachieving

Her [f d] husband had left her a lovely, but debt-burdened estate.

previous former ex-

I’ll thank you to keep a more [hövlig] tongue, young lady!

Hint: This is a rebuke to a child who is being sassy or fresh.

civil

In the 80s, the concept of [områdes-] studies became established at many universities.

area

Major [byggnads-] alterations will be needed before the old factory building can be used as a lecture hall.

structural

Mendeleev is generally credited with inventing the [periodiska] Table of the elements.

Hint: The answer should be capitalized!

Periodic

My parents are off tonight attending some diplomatic [tillställning] or other.

function ceremony gala

One [potentiell] threat lay to the east, where Prussia was mobilizing her forces.

potential

Please read [kapitel] 4 to 6 by Friday.

chapters Chapters

Info: The word is often capitalized when referring to a specific work.

She stated her case with a certain [tonvikt] on how unfairly she had been treated.

emphasis stress

The [Tillvägagångssättet] was well-known to all of the participants.

procedure

The [Principerna] of the penal reform were simple, but dubious.

principles

The glitch would [inträffa] at irregular intervals, which was very frustrating to the engineers.

occur happen

The police only have some [indicier] evidence to go on, so they’re treating the affair very cautiously.

Hint: An adjective is needed, to specify the type of evidence.

circumstantial

There were at least three [kriterier] they used to select the winner.

Hint: Note the unusual singular and plural forms!

criteria

Info: One criterion, two criteria.

Those blood values are perfectly [normala] for a growing teenage girl.

normal average standard

Ulysses’ Trojan Horse was the most memorable [krigslist] of the Trojan War.

stratagem trick ruse

You have to look at the whole [sammanhang] to understand what was going on then.

context situation

Your results would [antyda] that there is an unknown factor affecting the growth of the bacteria.

indicate suggest imply

[Lokalpatriotism] threatened to split Colonial America apart into a number of small countries.

Regionalism Patriotism

Info: Historically, the term "States" Rights" was often used from 1780 to 1860, and is still heard in the US.