Comparing adverbs

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the athlete
atleten
She trained harder than the athlete yesterday.
Hun trænede hårdere end atleten i går.
to perform (achieve, accomplish)
præstere
the race
løbet
The athlete who performed the best won the race.
Atleten som præsterede bedst, vandt løbet.
Both teams performed worse because of the rain.
Begge hold præsterede dårligere på grund af regnen.
the competition
konkurrencen
We practice more often before the competition.
Vi træner oftere før konkurrencen.
to beat, to break (a record)
slå
the record
rekorden
You must swim faster in order to break the record.
Du skal svømme hurtigere for at slå rekorden.
the distance (e.g., in a race or sports)
distancen
The girl ran the distance fastest and broke the record.
Pigen løb distancen hurtigst og slog rekorden.
the participant
deltageren
The first participant swam better than the second.
Den første deltager svømmede bedre end den anden.
the swimmer
svømmeren
The swimmer trained the hardest of all the participants because he wanted to win.
Svømmeren trænede hårdest af alle deltagerne fordi han ville vinde.
the cyclist
cykelrytteren
The cyclist cycled further today when she trained.
Cykelrytteren cyklede længere i dag da hun trænede.
The man ran fastest of everyone in the competition.
Manden løb hurtigst af alle i konkurrencen.
the finish line
målstregen
Both the athlete and the cyclist cycled more slowly toward the finish line.
Både atleten og cykelrytteren cyklede langsommere mod målstregen.
The swimmer finds it easy to swim faster.
Svømmeren har let ved at svømme hurtigere.
The participant ran more slowly than my brother in the race.
Deltageren løb langsommere end min bror i løbet.
He performed the worst because his back hurt.
Han præsterede dårligst fordi han havde ondt i ryggen.
She runs the distance faster than the others and comes to the finish line first.
Hun løber distancen hurtigere end de andre og kommer først til målstregen.

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