blok

English translation: office block

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Danish term or phrase:blok
English translation:office block

13:11 Jan 17, 2005
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Real Estate
Danish term or phrase: blok
Ovenstående viser den lidt konservative murstensbetragtning af Berlingske Gård. En betragtning af en ejendom blandt mange. Blokken blandt blokke i rækken af historiske og nyere ejendomme i midten af København. En blok uden selvstændig identitet.
stephen mewes
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:46
office block
Explanation:
This is a block in the British sense or senses, as given in the Concise Oxford Dictionary:
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2) chiefly Brit. a large single building subdivided into separate flats or offices. > a group of buildings bounded by four streets.

> chiefly N. Amer. the length of one side of such a block: he lives a few blocks away.
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'The dominant office block in a series of historic buildings interspersed with more recent ones ...'

- or whatever suits uour context.

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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 09:46
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2office block
Christine Andersen
4apartment block, apartment building, city block
Tore Bjerkek
3(the) building, or (the) property
Charlesp


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apartment block, apartment building, city block


Explanation:
city block

n : a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; "he lives in the next block" [syn: block]


Tore Bjerkek
Canada
Local time: 03:46
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
office block


Explanation:
This is a block in the British sense or senses, as given in the Concise Oxford Dictionary:
**********************
2) chiefly Brit. a large single building subdivided into separate flats or offices. > a group of buildings bounded by four streets.

> chiefly N. Amer. the length of one side of such a block: he lives a few blocks away.
********************

'The dominant office block in a series of historic buildings interspersed with more recent ones ...'

- or whatever suits uour context.



Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 09:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31

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agree  ojinaga
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agree  Dan Schioenning Larsen
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(the) building, or (the) property


Explanation:
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Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 09:46
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