besk 23 bestemme besk bitter, acrid -het bitterness, acridity beskadigle damage -else damage beskaffenhet art nature, karakter character, tilstand state, condition, egenskap quality; sakens — the nature of the case beskatning taxation -s|myndighet taxation authorities beskatte 1 ilegge skatt tax, levy a tax on 2 utnytte: hvalen blir mer og mer —t the whaling grounds are being increasingly overworked; the resources of the whaling grounds are being increasingly overtaxed. This river is being over-fished beskjed svar answer, opplysning information, bud message, forholdsordre instructions; send meg ~ please send me word, let me know; De skal få nærmere ~ f.e. you shall hear further from us; han ber om ~ på hva han skal gjøre he asks for instructions; jeg vil ha full ~ om stillingen I must be told the true position of affairs; 1 must know exactly how matters stand; Deres telegram med ~ om at De ville your telegram informing me that you would; jeg fikk ~ om at, ogs. word came that; I received word of his coming; jeg sa ham ordentlig ~ I gave him a piece of my mind; det er grei ~ that is plain speaking beskjeden person modest, unassuming; et —t krav (ønske} a modest demand (wish); en ~ begynnelse a modest start has been made; en ~ fortjeneste a moderate profit; et ~t bus an unpretentious house, an unobtrusive building -het modesty beskieftlige 1 holde i arbeid employ, f.e. we employ 30 persons; we have 30 p. in our employ; more than 30 p. are on the pay-roll 2 oppta interessen sterkt engage, occupy, f.e. this question occupies our thoughts; it is engaging the minds of bankers; ~ seg med occupy oneself with -iget f.e. our factories are fully occupied (engaged); many men are employed. These orders will keeps us fully occupied for six months, være ~ med, f.e. be occupied with (be at work on) a problem; være ~ med å be employed (occupied, engaged) in doing smtg. -igelse employment, erverv occupation; finne — find employment; være uten ~ be out of employment; —s', grad [degree of] employment beskjærle ~ utgifter cut [down], (reduce, curtail) expenses -Ing reduction, curtailment, a cutting down of beskrivle describe; ikke til å ~ indescribable -else description, account, av patent specification; en ~ av a description of; over all ~ beyond d., it beggars d.; selle varer etter ~ sell goods on d. beskyld Ie — for accuse of, sikte charge with, accuse of; han —er meg for å, f.e. he accuses me of (charges me with) having stolen his purse -ning accusation, charge; ~ for accusation (charge) of; rette en — mot bring an a. against. Such an accusation cannot be laid against us beskytte protect, f.e. we must protect (safeguard) our interests; safeguard our industries; veksel take up (honour, protect) a bill; ~ mot (bevare, dekke mot skade) protect from, forsvare mot p. against. Furs protect us from the cold. Trees shield (shelter) the house from the wind. The market is protected against foreign competition. The packing is not strong enough to guard against rough handling. ~ seg mol guard against; støtte, protegere patronize -else protection, a safeguard; ~ mot f.e. protection against the sun, against air attack; a safeguard against foreign competition; cod-liver oil is a good safeguard against colds; søke ~ mot seek protection against; under kongens — under the patronage of the King; —s\middel means of protection: —s',toll protective (safeguarding) duties -ende protective -er protector; patron -erinne patroness. He has agreed to become patron of the exhibition beslag 1 av metall o. 1., f.e. door and window fittings, automobile fittings, lock furniture, umbrella mounts, furniture mountings 2 legge — på (oppta ens tid), f.e. this work occupies all my time (makes a heavy call on my time). I regret to make a further demand on your time. I am afraid I am trespassing on your time, delte problem legger ~ på vår oppmerksomhet this problem claims (is engaging) our attention 3 jur. konfiskering, arrest: legge ~ på seize; place an arrest on a ship (on goods); seize (confiscate) smuggled goods; admiralitetsordre lay an embargo on a ship, lay a ship under embargo -legge (se beslag) -leggelse arrest, seizure; embargo; av fast eiendom sequestration; ~n er opphevet f.e. the embargo has been removed; —s\forretning seizure, arrest beslektlet ~ med ham related to him; ~ede næringer allied trades (industries), f.e. the building and allied (related) trades; the coal trade and kindred interests beslutning 1 forsett resolve; fatte en ~ make a resolve; det er min faste ~ å I am firmly resolved (am determined) to 2 avgjørelse decision, en endelig ~ a final d. 3 vedtatt forslag resolution; styret har fattet følgende ~ the board has passed (adopted) the following resolution -s|dyktig et ~ antall a quorum; møtet er ~ the necessary q. is present [in person or by proxy]; møtet var ikke ~ there was not a quorum. Four members form a quorum besluttle bestemme seg decide, være fast —et pà resolve, determine; vedta resolve; jeg har —et meg til å I have decided (made up my mind, sterk. resolved) to; jeg er fast —et på å I am resolved (determined) to; på møtet ble det —et å bygge en ny bru at the meeting it was resolved that a new bridge [should] be built -som resolute -somhet resolution, decisiveness belsmykke fig. gloss over -snære fascinate, allure, seduce -snærende fascinating, alluring, seductive -sparelse saving, economy. This will be a great saving; innføre —r introduce economies; vi må foreta drastiske —r we must make (effect) drastic economies -sparende economical, arbeids — labour--saving bessemerlstàl Bessemer steel -prosess B. process best av —e sort of the best quality; de ~e grunner the best of reasons; den —e av to the better [one]; den første den —e (person) the first comer; kvaliteten er ikke den —e the quality is none of the best (is not very good); jeg skal gjøre mitt —e for å I shall do my best to; det er det —e vi kan gjøre that is the best thing we can do; that will be the best plan; det —e av det hele var at the best part of it was that; vi må gjøre det —e ut av det we must make the best of it (make the best of a bad business); det er best at De skriver you had better write; De gjør ~ i å skrive til ham med én gang you had best write to him at once; i —e fall at best; jeg kan anbefale denne kvaliteten pà det —e I can thoroughly recommend this quality; det er til det —e it is for the best; til —e for for the good (benefit) of, til hjelp for in aid of; til det felles —e for the good of all, for the common good bestand dyr — stock, hval ~ stock (supply) of whales; skog — stand, stock, vekst growth; for hele landet, f.e. pig population. The sheep population reached a maximum last year -del constituent, component [part], ingrediens ingredient. Coal is the chief constituent of this new fuel bestandig adv. constantly, continually; for ~ for ever, for good [and all]; adj., f.e. syre- acid-proof, acid-resistant bestem|me 1 fastsette, beramme, f.e. fix (appoint) a place, a time; ~ en pris fix a price; ~ en norm set a standard; ~ farten set the pace. The meeting was fixed (arranged) for Friday 2 treffe avgjørelse om decide, sterk, resolve, determine; paby, forordne stipulate, provide, determine; foreskrive prescribe; del kan De ~ I will leave that to you (to your option); it lies with you to decide; han kan selv — om han vil beholde varene, f.e. it is in his option to keep the goods or not; styret har —t at produksjonen