No. 3,384 in Swedish
avverka
"Avverka" means "to cut down" or "to finish over a period of time."
In a sentence
Skogsarbetarna måste avverka en stor del av skogen innan vintern.
The forest workers need to cut down a large part of the forest before winter.
Here, 'avverka' means to harvest or cut down trees, commonly used in forestry contexts.
Han lyckades avverka många kapitlar av boken på en kväll.
He managed to finish many chapters of the book in one evening.
In this sentence, 'avverka' is used metaphorically to mean completing or finishing tasks or parts of an activity.
Under konferensen avverkade vi flera viktiga ämnen.
During the conference, we covered several important topics.
Here, 'avverka' is utilized to express systematically going through or addressing multiple subjects or issues.
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