bokanmeldelse 30 brannslange accounts; avslutte ~ene close (balance) the books (accounts); føre ~ keep books (accounts); fore poster inn i~ene enter items in the books; firmaet står ikke i våre ~ (er ikke kunde hos oss) the firm is not on our hooks bok (anmeldelse review -anmelder reviewer -binder bookbinder; ^lerret ( ~papp) bookbinders’ canvas (boards, millboard) -binding bookbinding -elsker book-lover, sander bibliophile -forlag book publishers, book-publishing business bokforle ~ en post book (enter) an item, make an entry of; en ~t post an entry; ~e likelydende book in conformity; verdi book value. These buildings stand in our books at £ . . . -forer bookkeeper, accountant -foring (-forsel) book-keeping; accountancy; ~s\plikt statutory obligation to keep accounts boklgjeld book debt(s) -handel bookseller’s shop -handler bookseller; ^pris retail price -holder (se -fører) -holderi (kontor) accounting office (department); ^system system of book-keeping; enkelt (dobbelt) ~ single (double) entry bookkeeping, b. by single (double) entry -trykker printer; ~kunsten the art of printing -trykkeri printing house (press, works) -trykksverte printer’s ink boks blikk ~ tin, am. can, større beholder drum, i bank safe -kalv box-calf bokstav letter, store capitals, capital letters; små small letters; skrive med ^er write in words, mots, in figures; med store ~er in capitals; etter ~en to the letter, literal(ly). We shall carry out your instructions to the letter. We shall carry out the spirit and letter of the agreement, etter lovens ~ according to the letter of the law -elig literal(ly); i ~ forstand in a literal sense; ~ talt literally -ere spell, gait mis-spell -ering spelling bolig bygning house, hjem residence, jur. domicile; privat ~ private residence (address) -bank housing bank -bygging house-building -direktoratet the Housing Directorate -forholdene housing conditions -lov Housing Act -lån building (housing) loan -nemnd housing committee -nod house shortage (deficiency), shortage of houses -plan housing scheme -politikk housing policy -selskap building society -spørsmål housing question (problem) Bolivia Bolivia boliviansk Bolivian bolt jern ~ bolt -e v. bolt -hode bolt-head bolverk vern bulwark bombardlement bombardment -ere bombard bombe bomb; meldingen kom som en ~ the report fell like a bombshell; la ~n springe spring the bomb (mine) -angrep bombing attack -fly bomber -sikker bombproof bommert blunder; begå en ~ commit a b. He committed a b. in refusing to receive the deputation bomull cotton bomulls (avfall c. waste -balle bale of c. -batist [cotton] cambric (batiste) -dyrker c.-grower -dyrking c.-growing -flanell flannelette -fløyel velveteen -fabrikk c.-mill -froolje cottonseed oil -garn c. yarn -lerret calico -spinner c.-spinner -spinneri c.-spinning mill -tråd cotton [thread] -tøy (-stoff) cotton fabric (material) -varer cotton goods, cottons, bleiket whites, ubleiket grays, gray goods -vever c. weaver -veveri cotton--weaving mill bonde farmer, små ~ peasant farmer -gård farm -lag farmers’ union, Norges ~lag: i Eng. The National Farmers’ Union -parti agrarian party -stand agricultural (farming) community bon|itet quality -us bonus; ^fordeling distribution of profits bor bore, til metall, stein drill -maskin drilling machine -stål drill steel boraks borax bord table, skrive ~ desk; ~ og planker deals and boards; gjøre rent ~ sweep the board; make a clean sweep of it; slå i ^et put one’s foot down -duk table-cloth -kapp board ends -kniv table--knife -teppe table cover borderau forsikr, list, bordereau bore bore, i metall, stein drill; ~ i senk scuttle borg« ~ for vouch (answer) for, guarantee borger citizen, særlig om landets borgere som er bosatt i utlandet nationals (fl.). The citizens of this town (country). The State must protect its nationals, han er norsk stats ~ he is a Norwegian subject (undersått); an American citizen -brev som gir handelsborgerskap trading licence, som gir statsborgerrett certificate of naturalization, am. certificate of citizenship. He has acquired Norwegian nationality -lig civic, civil; et ~ ekteskap a civic marriage; ~e| rettigheter civil rights; politisk: de ~e partier the non-socialistic (anti-socialist) parties -plikt civic duty -standen the middle classes -ånd public spirit borgis typ. bourgeois borsyre boric acid bort han må ~ he must go; han er reist ~ noen dager he has gone away (left town) for a few days; ta ~ take away, remove; gå ~ fra leave; se ~ fra leave out of account; vi kan ikke se ~ fra at we cannot ignore (leave out of account) the fact that; there is no getting away from the fact that; når en ser ~ fra at leaving out of account the fact that; ~ i veggene wide of the mark -bestilt booked. All the seats are booked up borte fraværende absent; pengene er — the money has gone (is lost); bli ~ (forsvinne) disappear; holde seg ~ stay (keep) away. Buyers have held aloof for a time bort|falle rettigheter ^r rights lapse; disse forpliktelser ~r these obligations no longer apply (hold good), (se falle) -forklare explain away -forpakte lease (let) [out] -frakte ~ til charter (let) to -frakter [ship]owner -gang død decease -kommet den ^komne sjekk the missing (lost) cheque -lede merksamhet, tanker divert, mistanke ward off suspicion -leie let, for lengre tidsrom lease -reist han er ~ he is away from home (out of town, away from business) -sett ~ fra apart (aside) from, putting aside, irrespective of, independent of, not taking into account; ~ fra at apart from (disregarding) the fact that -skjemt spoilt bot mulkt fine, penalty; han ble dømt til store bøter he was heavily fined (was ordered to pay a heavy fine); kan straffes med bøter f.e. any person making a false declaration is liable to a penalty of £10; straffes med bøter eller fengsel be punishable by fine or imprisonment; ilegge ~ impose a fine on, to fine; love ~ og bedring promise to reform (to turn over a new leaf); rå ~ på remedy -e|middel remedy; ~ for a remedy for botan|iker botanist -ikk botany -isk botanic[al] Bottenvika the Gulf of Bothnia bra god good, adv. well; rettskaffen honest, of good character; det ser ikke ~ id, f.e. things do not look very bright. I do not like the look of things; det er vel og ~, men . . . that is all very well, but . . .; han er ikke bra (frisk) he is not [very] well; det går ~ f.e. he is doing well in business. I hope everything is going well with you. Things are going on satisfactorily brakke hut, mil. army hut bram med brask og ~ ostentatiously, with a great flourish of trumpets -fri unostentatious, unassuming. His quiet and unobtrusive manner made a favourable impression brann fire, stor ~ conflagration. A fire broke out in the hold of the ship, i ~ on fire; komme i — take (catch) fire; sette i ~ fire, set on fire: stå i ~ be on fire -alarm fire-alarm -bombe incendiary bomb -fakkel ogs. fig. fire-brand -fare risk (danger) of fire -farlig inflammable, liable to catch fire -forsikre insure against fire -forsikring fire insurance; ~slpolise fire [insurance] policy -kasse Fire Insurance Fund -korps fire brigade -sikker fireproof -skadd damaged by fire -skade fire damage, damage [caused] by fire -slange