imødegået (sentence)

English translation: was received with (then typos)

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Danish term or phrase:imødegået (sentence)
English translation:was received with (then typos)
Entered by: Paul Larkin (X)

22:18 Apr 14, 2005
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Danish term or phrase: imødegået (sentence)
Ønsket om en lidt hårdere model *blev imødegået med, at hen for hår madras ikke er godt for ryggen for 99 pct. at befolkningen.

I hope I'm not profiting too much of the kindnessthe Danish-English group, but the sense of the sentence from * is rather unclear to me..
smarinella
Italy
Local time: 06:33
was received with (then typos)
Explanation:
There seem to be typos in what you have posted:
The desire for a slightly harder model was received with, that a too hard mattress is not good for the back for 99% of the population.
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Paul Larkin (X)
Local time: 05:33
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tusend tak!
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Summary of answers provided
4was received with (then typos)
Paul Larkin (X)
4elicited the response that
Margit Pehrsson (X)
4countered; opposed; refuted
Sven Petersson
4got the response that
Kathy Saranpa


  

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was received with (then typos)


Explanation:
There seem to be typos in what you have posted:
The desire for a slightly harder model was received with, that a too hard mattress is not good for the back for 99% of the population.


Paul Larkin (X)
Local time: 05:33
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tusend tak!
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elicited the response that


Explanation:
elicited the response that for 99% of the population too hard a mattress was not good.

Margit Pehrsson (X)
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Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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imødegået (sentence)
countered; opposed; refuted


Explanation:
:o)

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Note added at 36 mins (2005-04-14 22:55:46 GMT)
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From V&B:
\"imødegå vt.
1. oppose (fx a motion);
meet, counter (fx meet (el. counter) sby\'s objections);
obviate (fx a difficulty, a misunderstanding);
2. (modbevise)
refute (fx an accusation);
disprove;
3. (afparere) parry (off) (fx he parried the blow);
* answer his criticism;
parry off his criticism;
counter the proposal by a new offer;
counter the enemy\'s offensive by a flank attack;
meet the blockade by an intensification of the submarine war;
refute an opponent.

imødegåelse en -r (se imødegå)
(1) countering;
(2) refutation;
(3) parrying;
• foranstaltninger til imødegåelse af dette measures to meet (el. obviate) this, countermeasures against this.\"


Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 06:33
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
imødegået (sentence)
got the response that


Explanation:
absolutely not "refuted" -- you can't "refute" a wish, just a statement.

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Note added at 2 hrs 19 mins (2005-04-15 00:37:58 GMT)
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The other responses here seem a bit too formal for the diction of the sentence.

Kathy Saranpa
Finland
Local time: 07:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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