Use of klart.
Rosetta Stone has some sentences using the word "klart", which I looked up and seems to mean "clear".
But the format of these very sentences is, for example: "Vi byggde klart det här huset för en månad sedan. Nu bor vi här." or "Jag läste klart en bok igår kväll. Nu behöver jag en ny." which would make me think action+klart=finished doing/completed that action? Am I right?

Question

Use of klart.
Rosetta Stone has some sentences using the word "klart", which I looked up and seems to mean "clear".
 But the format of these very sentences is, for example: "Vi byggde klart det här huset för en månad sedan. Nu bor vi här." or "Jag läste klart en bok igår kväll. Nu behöver jag en ny." which would make me think action+klart=finished doing/completed that action? Am I right?

Answer

"Klar" can mean three different things...

Synonyms to "klar"

1. ljus (bright), lysande (shining), blank (blank/glossy), ren (clean), genomskinlig (see-through), transparent, kristallisk (crystalline); molnfri (cloudless), utan moln (without clouds), solig (sunny), seren (serene); klarsynt (bright (mind)), skarp (sharp), vaken (alert)

2. tydlig (clear), lättbegriplig (easily comprehensible), överskådlig (lucid); uppenbar (apparent), given (obvious), självklar (obvious), obestridlig (indisputable)

3. färdig (done/finished), fullbordad (completed/fulfilled)), avslutad (completed/finished); avklarad (completed/cleared), genomförd (realized/implemented/completed), utförd (performed); redo (ready), beredd (ready/prepared), utrustad (supplied/equipped)

In your examples it's the third meaning that is used.

"Vi byggde klart det här huset för en månad sedan. Nu bor vi här." 
We finished building this house a month ago. Now we're living here.

"Jag läste klart en bok igår kväll. Nu behöver jag en ny."
I finished/completed this book last night. Now I need a new one.

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