Danish-English translations for bid

bite
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What is the point of it having more bite if no one sticks to it? Hvad er pointen i at have mere bid, hvis ingen overholder pagten? When one reads the conclusions of the summit, they seem to be somewhat lacking in bite. Når man læser konklusionerne af topmødet, mangler de tilsyneladende lidt bid. Compared with a total budget of EUR 965 million, that does not represent too big a bite out of the cake at our disposal. Med et budget på i alt 965 millioner euro tager vi ikke en alt for stor bid af den kage, der er til rådighed.
morsel
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piece
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One very important piece of the puzzle is missing, and that is compliance. Der mangler en særdeles vigtig bid, og det er overholdelse. A general agreement is not an agreement bit by bit or piece by piece, but an overall agreement, in which everyone can see a balance based on a text of which everyone is aware. En samlet aftale er ikke en aftale, der er opnået bid for bid eller stykke for stykke, men en samlet aftale, som alle erkender skaber en ligevægt baseret på en tekst, som alle har kendskab til. I remember that when we discussed the Water Framework Directive, this Parliament’s amendments helped give that piece of legislation real teeth. Da vi drøftede vandrammedirektivet, kan jeg huske, at Parlamentets ændringsforslag var med til at give dokumentet bid.