rea = realisation
It is the Swedish word for the English word sale. If you ask me, I think this is when actually the “real prices” are carried out or let´s say implemented. Who are they fooling???
bil = automobil eng. automobile/car
Self-propelled is the original meaning of this word. A Danish newspaper used the Scandinavian short-word for this word in 1902 for the first time. Compare it with French auto. It is a myth that the word was cut into : auto/mo/bil in different languages.
el = elektricitet eng. electricity
It is just a short and common word for electricity.
biff = bifalla eng. to approve
sv. “Saken är biff” eng. It´s done”. It is a military expression from the beginning. When a document for an application was approved by the military in Sweden, you could read BIF on the paper. BIF stand for bifallen i.e. approved. It is a common expression nowadays.
bio=biograf eng. cinema/movie
From the Greek words bio which means life and grafein which means skriva. The word biograph was the first ever projector made for showing moving pictures. So a biograf is a place where they have both license and a projector to be able to show films for the audience.
ex. = ett exemplar eng. a copy
* note that short words like ex. and el. is not equal with shortenings like t.ex. till exempel eng. for example. They are two different words. Ett exemplar and ett exempel. This is also true to el and el. because the first one is a short and common word for electricity (as above mentioned) while the other one is a shortening for eller English´s or.
