Danish term (edited): ved v�kst

From V&B:
"ved³ præp. (NB se også eksemplerne i artiklens slutning under *)
1. (om beliggenhed ved noget der opfattes som punkt)
at (fx stand at the door; at the beginning (, the end) of the journey (, the road, the street); sit at the window; sit at one's writing table; at the top (, the bottom) of the stairs);
(henne ved, ved siden af) by (fx sit by the fire; a house by the church; a meadow by the river; by the roadside);
(nær ved) near (fx he lives near the castle; the village of Iffley near Oxford);
near to, next to, close to, close by;
(om beliggenhed ved geografisk linje) on (fx a fort on the frontier; a house on the river (, on the main road, on the shore));
(om beliggenhed ved hav og sø) on (fx Elsinore stands on the Sound; a port on the Baltic);
(ofte siges) on the shores of (fx the Red Sea);
on the banks of (fx a town on the banks of Lake Ladoga) (NB a North Sea port, a Baltic port);
2. (om tidspunkt, lejlighed etc.)
at (fx at the outbreak of the war; at his accession to the Throne; he was met at his arrival by a deputation; at daybreak; at sunset; at midnight; at noon; at his father's death; he was present at the wedding; he spoke at the dinner; the resolutions passed at the congress);
(NB ved dag by day; ved nat by night);
(lige efter) on;
(umiddelbart efter) on (fx on hearing the news he sent a letter of thanks; on the death of his father he ascended the Throne; on his arrival he at once went to see the Ambassador) (NB on thinking it over I have come to the conclusion that);
(omtrent ved) about (fx about the same time; about this time tomorrow);
(senest ved) by (fx by the end of the Middle Ages this style had already become extinct);
3. (om middel, årsag etc.)
by (fx worked by electricity; he found his way by the light of the stars; you will lose nothing by being polite; ruin oneself by gambling; you start the engine by pressing a button; he had no light to read by; save one's life by swimming; earn one's living by writing);
(ved infinitiv) by -ing;
se de to foregående eksempler;
-ing (fx he got out of it, writing a letter that he had been ill);
to (fx I was greatly impressed (, surprised etc.) to see him lift the stone);
(= fordi) because (fx the accident happened because the driver fell asleep);
4. (om mellemled, formidler etc.)
through (fx the society can be made responsible through its president; I learnt of his death through a letter);
by (el. through) the agency of;
5. (i eder etc.) by (fx I swear by Almighty God that I will speak the truth; by God; by Jove; by all that I hold sacred);
6. (om beskæftigelse etc.)
on (fx a journalist on the local paper; a job on the railway; he is on the stage; skilled labour is always used on the production line; I am not loafing on my job);
on the staff of (fx a newspaper, a railway, a school);
at (fx he is a history master at Eton; he is a professor at Oxford; he is at the Royal Theatre);
in (fx I am in agriculture, not in textiles; I am in the building trade);
7. (om våbenart) in (fx he is in the Royal Engineers; serve in the infantry etc.);
8. (om egenskab) about (fx there is sth about him that I like; there is sth wrong about it; there is no pettiness about him; what I admire about him is his generosity);
9. (i færd med)
at (fx he was at his work (, at dinner));
(i færd med at nyde) over (fx they discussed the matter over a glass of beer; sit over one's coffee; only over the coffee did she become talkative);
10. (hørende til) of (fx the officers of that regiment; the teachers of the school; the students of the university);
11. (om slag etc.) of (fx the battle of Waterloo);
12. (i tilfælde af, når det drejer sig om) in case of (fx in case of accident alarm the watch at once);
13. (under udførelsen etc. af) during (fx two boxes were lost during the loading of the ship) (NB he was hurt in the course of his work for others);
14. (repræsenteret ved (fx i retssag)) represented by (fx A/S Danflop, ved direktør X Danflop, Ltd., represented by Mr X, Managing Director);
• (NB faste forb. må søges under disses andre led);
ved at se ved³ 3;
ved at meddele Dem ovenstående (officiel stil) in informing you of the above;
være ved at se ndf.;
der er meget godt ved ham he has many good qualities (el. points);
der er ikke noget (el. meget) ved det (, ham)
it (, he) is not up to much;
it (, he) is not much good;
T it (, he) is no great shakes;
it (, he) is nothing to write home about;
it (, he) is not so hot;
der er ikke meget ved det (også) there is not much to it;
er der noget ved det? is it any good?, is it anything?
som der ikke er meget ved (også) poor (fx a poor tune (, dinner));
hvis der havde været noget ved Dem
if you had had any guts;
if you had had any decent feeling;
ved det at (folkeligt)
along of (fx she couldn't get leave, along of her mistress being ill);
because;
det gode (, morsomme, ærgerlige etc.) ved det the good (, funny, annoying etc.) thing about it;
han har noget komisk (, usædvanligt etc.) ved sig, der er noget komisk (etc.) ved ham there is sth funny (, unusual etc.) about him;
der lå gård ved gård
the farms lay close together;
the country was studded with farmsteads;
være ved (dvs. indrømme)
admit (fx he would not admit that he did not understand French);
let on (fx he never let on that he knew him);
han ville ikke være ved at hans fader var tjener he was ashamed to admit that his father was a waiter;
være ved det (også)
face up to it;
stand by what one has done;
være ved at skrive (etc.) (dvs. i færd med)
be writing (etc.);
(dvs. skulle til at) be on the point of writing (etc.);
han var ved den anden cigar he was smoking his second cigar, he was on his second cigar;
mens jeg er ved (dvs. taler om) hans besøg talking about his visit;
mens vi er ved det
(dvs. i gang med det) while we are about (el. at) it;
(ved emnet) while we are on the subject;
(ofte =) while I remember;
(ved oversættelse af „ved“ bruges ofte omskrivninger);
ved socialreformen indførtes der en alm. pligt for alle the Social Reform introduced a general obligation for all;
medlemmer der ved optagelsen er kronisk syge members who have a chronic disease when admitted;
ved nærmere eftersyn kunne man se closer examination revealed;
ved indlæggelsen when he was admitted to hospital;
bordet ved sengen the bedside table;
* the Reformation put the State in control of the Church;
we have not done so badly over that bargain;
by dint of hard work he succeeded in passing the examination;
an attitude which had in it sth one was bound to respect;
to hear him talk you would think he was a millionaire;
Danish translation by J. Stone;
the feudal system was in (the) process of extinction;
he was bitter at the thought;
Caruso was in magnificent voice"