No. 13,302 in Swedish
tvärs
"Tvärs" means "across" or "crosswise" in English.
In a sentence
Han gick tvärs över gatan.
He crossed the street.
In this sentence, 'tvärs' is used to mean 'across', indicating movement crossing from one side of the street to the other.
De satt tvärs igenom rummet från varandra.
They sat across the room from each other.
Here, 'tvärs' signifies a position or orientation opposite or across from the other person in the room.
Vinden blåste tvärs huset.
The wind blew across the house.
'Tvärs' in this context means 'across', denoting the direction of the wind moving across the structure of the house.
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