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axe
(yxa till, yxa ihop, yxa fram) to axe, to cut, chip or sculpture with an axe, to hack, to shape roughly, to make a prototype
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Thorberg gick fram och yxade till kanten, så att alla märkena efter yxhuggen försvunno.
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Then Thorberg went and chipped the planks until the deep notches were all smoothed and made even with the rest. (Heimskringla, part 3)
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Och så yxade jag till en stuga här vid vägen.
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And so I built a log cabin here by the road.
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kommittén hade yxat till ett förslag
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the committee had made a rough proposal
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Jag yxade till min personliga profil lite granna
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I shaped up my personal profile a bit
(yxa ner, yxa upp, yxa sönder, yxa bort) to slash with an axe, to reduce or remove, to attack, to criticise
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Hon har yxat ner antalet biståndsländer från 70 till 33
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She has slashed the number of countries receiving our foreign aid from 70 to 33
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yxa upp en vak
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cut a hole in the ice with an axe
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