1 Countable and Uncountable Nouns

If you want to work in a pharmaceutical company you need a good knowledge of (goda kunskaper i) Chemistry and Biochemistry.

(En sådan) What an experience! It certainly was worthwhile to see Joe Labero's show.

The tourists forgot to put their money (pengar) in the safety box.

Someone took it (dem) whilst they were having lunch.

Some people never pay for parking; they try to avoid paying fines (böter) as well.

As it was his first offence the pickpocket only had to pay a €100 fine (böter).

(ett gott råd) A good piece of advice that my mentor gave me was to take care of the little things.

Tackling air pollution (luftföroreningar) is a global issue,

but every country can do something about it .

We can't give this information (de här upplysningarna) to everyone. Please keep it to yourself.

When the final curtain fell a loud burst of applause (applåder) broke out.

Suzanne has such energy (en sådan energi), doesn't she? She always seems to able to recharge her batteries.

In February last year we had such bad weather (ett sådant dåligt väder) that trains stopped running,

but, as usual the information (upplysningar)was non-existent.

The homeless woman made a little money (lite pengar) recycling cans

but spent it (dem) all on drugs .

This writing desk and chair are the first pieces of furniture I bought second hand.

(Vilken tur) What luck we had when someone got out of a taxi just when we needed one.

(Affärerna har) Business has been slow for the past few years because of the worldwide financial crisis.

Banks advertise that they give advice (råd)

but when they give it (dem) it's often biased.

Using social media you can post a news item (en nyhet) about what you're doing.

Yu Ying's knowledge (kunskaper) of marketing is better than that of most of her colleagues,

why has her career's progress (framsteg) been slow?

The football fan said he hadn't seen such awful behaviour (ett sådant förskräckligt uppförande) ever before!

The Department of Homeland Security has recently received a useful piece of information (en nyttig upplysning) about Al-Qaeda activities in Alaska.

Giving advice (råd) may not be easy.

But taking advice (ett råd) and

making use of it (det) is often more difficult.

Living in space (rymden) for longer periods weakens muscles, so austronauts often need help when they return to Earth.

Do you read the news (nyheterna) in the morning papers?

- No, I usually watch it (de) on TV.

Many teenagers think they have too much homework (för många läxor).

They don't seem to have time to do it (dem).

I don't watch the news (nyheterna) on TV.

I think it (de) doesn't give me enough detail!

(de här möblerna) This furniture was given to my mother by her grandfather.

(De var) It was a wedding present.

The tourist office has information (upplysningar) in Spanish, French and German.

Have you read any of the works of Shakespeare (Shakespeares arbeten; verken)? - Yes, we had to read Julius Caeser when I was at school.

Re-opening a cold case produced an important piece of evidence (ett viktigt bevis) in a current crime investigation.

Did only three of our numbers in the lottery come up again? - Yes. What bad luck (En sådan otur) we seem to be having!

Some homework is (läxor är) more difficult than others.

Doing it (dem)together with friends is sometimes a good idea.

The armed robber took cash (kontanter) from the till,

put it (dem) in a bag and was gone in a few seconds.

Filling in an income tax return is fairly easy if your income (inkomster) comes from only one employer.

But things become more complicated if your incomes (inkomster) are from several sources.

This year the company's income is (inkomster är) higher than ever

but they're going to lay off hundreds of (hundratals) workers.

This week Mr Peng is in Africa on business (affärer).

Can I take a message (ett meddelande)?

They say that no news is good news (inga nyheter är goda nyheter) but, from what you read in the scandal press, it seems that good news is no news.

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