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 Translation for 'to and fro' from English to Swedish
fram och tillbaka {adv}to and fro
4 Words
unverified att flänga omkringto run to and fro
Partial Matches
och {conj}and
4
såväl ... som {conj}both ... and
både ... och {conj}both ... and
Söndra och härska [Divide et impera]Divide and rule
Söndra och härska [Divide et impera]Divide and conquer
unverified gång efter annan {adv}over and over
arkeo.hist.världsa.
Birka och Hovgården {noun}
Birka and Hovgården
stup i kvarten {adv} [vard.] [idiom]again and again
unverified gång efter annan {adv}again and again
långsmal {adj}long (and) narrow
filmtecknatF
Asterix och Kleopatra
Asterix and Cleopatra
spel
kurragömma {noun}
hide and seek
unverified att vårda kärleksfulltto nourish and cherish
litt.tecknatF
Obelix & Co
Obelix and Co.
ja och nej {adv}yes and no
litt.tecknatF
Asterix & Son
Asterix and Son
helt och hållet {adv}well and truly
geogr.
Trinidad och Tobago {n}
Trinidad and Tobago
geogr.
Antigua och Barbuda {n}
Antigua and Barbuda
geogr.
Wallis- och Futunaöarna {pl} [best. f.]
Wallis and Futuna
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Usage Examples English
  • In 1991 the team folded and was reborn as Verona, regularly moving to and fro between Serie A and Serie B for several seasons.
  • The Boomerang roller coaster replaced the Corkscrew in 1990 with a lift shuttle train passing to and fro through a cobra roll and a vertical loop for six inversions each trip.
  • To see an example, move an end of a Slinky (whose other end is fixed) to the left-and-right of the Slinky, as opposed to to-and-fro.
  • Moryson claims that the Irish "willingly eat the herbe Schamrock being of a sharpe taste which as they run and are chased to and fro they snatch like beasts out of the ditches."
  • The resultant circuit is nothing other than a resonant LC circuit in which the energy continues to oscillate to and fro. This oscillation is called reactive power.

  • Churchill later wrote that Clemenceau "looked like a wild animal pacing to and fro behind bars" in front of "an assembly which would have done anything to avoid putting him there, but, having put him there, felt they must obey".
  • In 1916 a new order compelled farmers and drovers of cattle, sheep, et cetera, to carry lamps at the front and rear of herds or flocks, such lamps "to be visible for a reasonable distance", and swung to and fro on the approach of any vehicle to indicate the presence of an obstruction on the road.
  • He then picked up a wounded man and carried him some 200 yards to cover and then returned for many others, moving to and fro under very heavy fire for more than two hours, until he had brought in all of the wounded and was completely exhausted.
  • On 2 December 1891 during the attack on Nilt Fort, India, Lieutenant Boisragon led the assault, forcing his way through difficult obstacles to the inner gate, when he returned for reinforcements, moving fearlessly to and fro under heavy cross-fire until he had collected sufficient men to drive the enemy from the fort.
  • These ran on rails down each side of the deck, and were hauled to and fro by means of winches.

  • Originally operated manually by a cord and nowadays powered electrically using a belt-driven system, these punkahs move air by going to and fro.
  • Messages were sent to and fro across the Atlantic by enciphered teleprinter links.
  • It was a flat mechanism, and the moving contacts moved both sidewise, as well as to and fro.
  • Such bells are either fixed in a static position ("hung dead") or mounted on a beam (the "headstock") so they can swing to and fro.
  • Junior ends up getting pushed to and fro between ships.

  • Ahmedabad-Porbandar to and fro flight by TruJet was operational as well.
  • Calypso enchants Odysseus with her singing as she moves to and fro, weaving on her loom with a golden shuttle.
  • The young girls, Abigail and Rebecca Bates, marched to and fro behind sand dunes playing a fife and drum loudly.
  • The survey would have helped scientists understand more about solar system formation, including the occurrence of hot Jupiters.
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