Exercise 03

I braked, but we still went into a heart-stopping [sladd] .

skid

The luggage shop was [bredvid] to the train station.

adjacent next

During the plague, adult [dödlighet] rose by over 10000%.

mortality

Upon [slutförande] of this exercise, go to Chapter 4.

completion

The reference is normally placed in [klamrar] .

brackets

The [kröningsakt] was interrupted by the news of a rebellion in the north.

coronation

The government is trying to ban all [preventivmedel] .

contraceptives

The bishops fought bitterly over the interpretation of the Apostle's [trosbekännelse] .

Creed creed

Info: The "Apostle's Creed" is normally capitalized.

The city was located on a high ( [hög-)slätt] .

plateau tableland

I'm trying to cut back on [mellanmål] .

snacks snacking

There's some fresh [sallad] in the garden.

lettuce

The child was remanded into the [vård] of his grandparents.

custody

Info: "Care" is too general a word here.

A broken [kloak-] pipe flooded the neighborhood with an awful stench.

sewer

He always ran past the [kyrkogård] .

cemetery graveyard

We sought [annonsörer] for our local weekly leaflet.

advertisers

Such behavior is completely [oacceptabel] !

unacceptable

Oh, and pick up some more [diskmedel] , would you?

detergent

Info: BrE also has compounds such as "washing-up liquid".

Southern Spain was hit by a long [torka] .

drought

Schoolchildren are regularly punished by means of [kvarsittning] .

detention

As the weeks passed, his workspace grew ever more [ostädad] .

untidy