aktverdig 7 alvorlig (has not yet been brought forward for discussion, has not yet been mooted); et ~elt tilfelle a case in point aktverdig respectable, reputable, f.e. a man of reputable character; he is worthy (deserving) of respect (esteem) -het respectability akutt acute. There is an acute shortage of raw material alarm alarm, blind ~ a false a.; slå ~ sound the a. -erende alarming albumin albumin aldeles ~ riktig quite (perfectly) right; ~ umulig quite (altogether) impossible; ~ nødvendig absolutely necessary; ~ gait entirely wrong; ~ ikke not at all, by no means; ~ som just (for all the world) like; ~ som om just as if alder age, ogs. historisk, f.e. the Stone (Bronze, Iron) Age, the Middle Ages; i en ~ av at the age of; i min — at my age; i en høy (tidlig) ~ at a great (an early) age; i sin beste ~ in his prime, in the prime of life; på min ~ of my age -dom old age; ~s\pensjon old-age pension alderslgrense age limit, age for compulsory retirement; falle for ~ reach retiring age, be put on the retired list -trygd old-age insurance aldri never; ~ så snart . . . før no sooner . . . than; nesten ~ hardly (scarcely) ever, very seldom; sjelden eller ~ seldom or never, seldom if ever alene alone, f.e. I did it alone (unaided, single--handed); ikke ~ fordi not only (merely) because; ene og ~ solely, merely; ene og ~ for å merely to, for the sole purpose of (-ing) alfabet alphabet -isk ordne ~ arrange alphabetically (in alphabetical order); ~ fortegnelse over an alphabetical list of alkalli alkali -isk alkaline -old alkaloid alkohol alcohol -fri non-alcoholic, free from alcohol -holdig alcoholic -innhold alcoholic strength -sterk (-svak) of high (low) alcoholic strength all ~e deler av every part of; ~e slags all kinds of, every kind of; — mulighet for every possibility of; på ~e måter in every way; —e vet everybody knows; ~e og enhver each and all; en for ~e og —e for en jointly and severally; ~e som en one and all allehånde pimento, Jamaica pepper, allspice alier ~ best the very best; ~ flest the great majority of, by far the greater number of; ~ først first of all; ~ helst, f.e. I should like best to, I should greatly prefer to; Deres ~ laveste pris your very lowest (your closest, your rock-bottom) price; ~ minst least of all, f.e. that is the very least I could expect; i det ~ minste at the very least; ~ nyest the very latest; ~ senest, f.e. on Friday at the very latest; ~ sist last of all; den ~ siste the very last, nyeste the very latest allerede 1 mots, „ikke ennå” already 2 på et så tidlig tidspunkt som: ~ den følgende dag the very next day; ~ om ettermiddagen the [very] same afternoon; ~ fra først av from the very first (the very outset); vi bestilte varene ~ i april we ordered the goods as early (as far back, as long ago) as last April; jeg kan ~ nå meddele Dem I can even now (at this early stage) inform you; — før even before; ~ den gang even at that time, even in those days; ~ på den tid at that early period, ogs. as (so) early as (already in) the reign of Henry II; ~ to år etter as soon as two years after 3 ~ nd, f.e. you will have got my letter by now; he will be in London by this time; we have had heavy losses as it is 4 ~ den omstendighet at the very fact that; ~ dette viser this in itself shows; ~ dette er nok til d this in itself (this alone) is enough to; ~ av den grunn for that reason alone; ~ tanken om (på) the mere (very) idea of allestedsnærværende ubiquitous, omnipresent alli anse alliance -ere ~ seg med ally oneself with -ert allied; an ally, fl. allies all|mektig almighty, all-powerful -sidig f.e. an all-round athlete, a versatile person omfattende, f.e. a comprehensive industry -sidighet f.e. a man of great versatility; the comprehensiveness of this industry -slags every kind (description, variety) of -tid always, at all times, uten unntak invariably; for ~ for ever -ting everything; hvorom ~ er however that may be, anyway -vitende omniscient, all-knowing allonge allonge alm elm almanakk almanac almen general, offentlig public; --e hensyn public interest(s) -dannelse general education -gagnlig of public benefit -gyldig generally (universally) accepted -gyldighet general validity -heten the [general] public -interesse av ~ of general interest -nyttig of public utility; ~e foretagender public utilities alminnelig 1 mots, „sjelden” common, f.e. a common mistake; det er ~ kjent at it is common (a matter of public) knowledge that 2 normal, sedvanlig, dagligdags ordinary, f.e. an ordinary size, quality, type; a standard model; we shall use ordinary packing; utenfor det ~e, f.e. that is something out of the common (ordinary), something a little exceptional; det er ~ at kunden it is usual (customary) for the customer to; det er blitt mer og mer ~ å, ogs. it has become more and more the practice to; mer enn ~ stor unusually (exceptionally) large 3 i omfang, utbredelse, som gjelder hovedmassen general, f.e. a matter of general interest; den ~e mening (regel) the general opinion (rule); ~ brukt in general use; ~ forbauselse general surprise; ikke lokalt general; herskende prevailing 4 uten unntak universal, f.e. the almost universal belief is that; a universal rule; war causes universal misery alminnelighet i ~ (som regel) usually, generally, as a [general] rule; i sin ~ f.e. the world at large (in general). Europe in general and France in particular. In general (speaking in a general way, speaking generally) it may be said that. .. alpakka alpaca alt 1 han har mistet ~ he has lost everything; han vet ~ he knows everything; ~ interesserer oss everything interests us; ~ mulig everything possible; ~ annet enn anything but, f.e. I am anything but satisfied; ~ hva all that, everything; ~ i ~ all in all, altogether; i ett og ~ wholly, completely; når ~ kommer til ~ when all is said and done 2 ~ etter according to, i forhold til in proportion to; ~ etter størrelsen according to size; ~ etter som according as, in proportion as alterert oppskaket excited altern|ativ valg mellom to alternative; et tredje ~ a third course ~f alternatively -ere alternate ~ med a. with altfor ~ mye [far, altogether] too much, f.e. you are paying a great deal too much (too much by a great deal); ~ stor f.e. the factory was built on far too large a scale and at far too great a cost altomfattende all-including -omspennende all-embracing -oppslukende med ~ interesse with absorbing interest; det ~ tema the all-engrossing topic altså følgelig therefore, consequently aluminium aluminium -oksyd alumina -varer aluminium goods alun alum alvor farlig situasjon seriousness, sterk, gravity; oppriktighet, ikke spøk earnestness, f.e. he spoke with great earnestness; stillingens ~ the seriousness (gravity) of the situation; det er mitt ~ I am in earnest; er det spøk eller ~ f.e. are you speaking in jest or in earnest? for ~ in earnest; ta fatt for ~ set to work (buckle tot in earnest, f.e. the negotiations will start in earnest tomorrow; gjøre ~ av det set about it seriously (in earnest); gjøre — av en trusel make good a threat -s|ord a serious word alvorlig adj. 1 farlig serious, sterk, grave; ikke