awaken

[US]/ə'weɪk(ə)n/
[UK]/ə'wekən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. å vekke noen opp; å få noen til å innse
vi. å våkne opp; å bli bevisst
Word Forms
Third Person Singularawakens
Present Participleawakening
Past Participleawakened
Past Tenseawakened
Pluralawakens

Example Sentences

Please awaken me at six.

Vær så snill å vekk meg klokka seks.

awaken to the necessity of...

våkne til nødvendigheten av...

Anna was awakened by the telephone.

Anna ble vekket av telefonen.

a howl that awakened the whole camp.

et hyl som vekket hele leiren.

I was awakened by their shouts.

Jeg ble vekket av ropene deres.

awaken to new challenges

våkne til nye utfordringer

awaken sb.’s to a sense of duty

vekke noens følelse for plikt

People are gradually awakening to their rights.

Folk våkner gradvis til sine rettigheter.

He was rudely awakened by the sound of drilling.

Han ble brutalt vekket av lyden av boring.

The tumult in the streets awakened everyone in the house.

Tumulten i gatene vekket alle i huset.

the film helped to awaken many to the horrors of apartheid.

filmen hjalp med å vekke mange til forferdelighetene ved apartheid.

the war came as a rude awakening to the hardships of life.

krigen kom som en brutal vekker til livets vanskeligheter.

the war came as a very rude awakening .

krigen kom som en veldig brutal vekker.

they were awakened by screams for help.

de ble vekket av skrik om hjelp.

The scene awakens reminiscences of my youth .

Scenen vekker minner fra min ungdom.

the yearnings for romance and adventure that are awakened by spring.

lengselen etter romantikk og eventyr som vekkes av våren.

His suspicions were awakened.

Hans mistanker ble vekket.

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