desavouere 38 diskresjon desavouere ikke vedkjenne seg repudiate, ta avstand fra dissociate oneself from desember December, se januar dcsentraliser|e decentralize -ing decentralization desi|gram decigramme -liter decilitre -mal decimal; '■'■brøk d. fraction; —komma d. point, f.e. 4.7; —system d. system -mere v. decimate -meter decimetre desillusjonere disillusion desin|feksjon disinfection; —s\middel disinfectant -flsere disinfect des|organisasjon disorganization -organisere disorganize -orientere puzzle, bewilder desper|asjon desperation -at desperate dess se desto dessin design dessuten moreover, in addition, further, more than that; vi har — we have also; in addition (further) we have; ~ må De moreover (further) you must; som vi har nevnt før, er vi ~ nødt til å as we have mentioned before we are, moreover, obliged to dessverre jeg må ~ meddele at I regret to say that; det var ~ umulig å unfortunately, it was not possible to; hvis De ikke betaler, blir vi — nødt til å if you do not pay wTe shall reluctantly be compelled to destilljasjon distillation, fabrikk distillery -at distillate -atør distiller -ere distil desto ~ bedre all (so much) the better; ~ mer all the more. We are now all the more pleased that you accepted the offer. ~ større grunn til å nekte all the more reason for refusing; ikke ~ mindre nevertheless, none the less; jo . . . desto the . . . the. The more we have, the more we want det 1 a) subjektsantyder there. There are several mistakes in this letter. There seems to be some misunderstanding b) foreløpig subjekt it. It is my belief that such a change would do him good 2 personlig uttrykk på engelsk a) aktiv: det lyktes meg å selle I succeeded in selling; det gleder meg å høre I am glad to hear; det vil reise seg mange vansker many difficulties will arise b) passiv: det skal dannes et nytt selskap a new company is to be formed; det seiles store mengder large quantities are sold; det er foretatt mange forandringer many changes have been made; det kan gjøres store forretninger considerable business can be done c) det = things, matters: det begynner å se lysere ut things begin to look brighter; De gjør det vanskelig for meg you make things (matters) difficult for me d) det at = the fact that; det at han ikke har klaget the fact that he has not complained 3 det som = what f.e. what we must do (the thing) is to increase our sales; det som nå trengs er what is wanted now is . . . 4 = so f.e. I hope (think) so. He promised to help me but he has not yet done so 5 trykksterkt: that; men det er umulig but that is impossible; men markedet er ikke gått tapt for det but that has not lost us the market; but we have not lost the market on that account 6 det vil si (dvs.) that is [to say], fork. i.e. (lat. id est) 7 det var det so much for f.e. him, dt. that’s that detail en ~ retail; selle en — sell [by] retail, to retail goods detalj 1 alle —er all details, full particulars; gå i —er go (enter) into details. We shall deal with the matter in detail. The account is exact in every particular, han kjenner alle sakens —er he knows all the ins and outs of the question 2 selle i ~ sell ]by] retail, to retail goods -behandle discuss in detail -ert adj. detailed, adv. in detail; en ~ framstilling a detailed (full) statement; utarbeidet med mange detaljer elaborate, f.e. an elaborate design; forklare ~ explain in detail -handel retail trade -ist retailer, retail dealer, shopkeeper -pris retail price; —indeks index of r. prices, r, price index devalulasjon (-ering) devaluation -ere devaluate; —ert valuta devalued currency diagnosle diagnosis; Stille ~ make a d. diagram diagram, grafisk framstilling diagram, graphic representation diamant diamond -bor diamond drill -bryllup d. wedding -sliping d.-cutting dlamet|er diameter -ral diametrical; ~ motsetning a diametrical (direct) contrast, the direct opposite of; —t motsatt diametrically (directly) opposite (opposed) to; et —t motsatt syn a diametrically opposed view dieselmotor Diesel engine diét kost diet. The doctor has put him on a special diet -etikk dietetics -isk dietetic; i ~ henseende dietetically differ|anse difference, saldo balance, overskudd surplus -ensial differential; —tariff d. tariff -ere differ difteri diphtheria digel smelte ~ crucible -stål c. steel diktlafon dictaphone -at dictation; etter ~ from d. -ator dictator -atorisk dictatorial -atur dictatorship -ere dictate; ~ en noe dictate smtg. to one dimensjon dimension, f.e. the dimensions (measurements) of a case. This industrial scheme is of vast dimensions (scope), saken har antatt store -er the affair has assumed big dimensions; en kraftig —ert maskin an engine of heavy design diplom diploma -at diplomatist] -ati diplomacy; gå inn i —et enter the diplomatic service -atisk diplomatic adv. -ally -ingeniør han er ~ he holds a diploma in engineering direksjon styre board of directors; han sitter i —en he is on the Board [of directors]. Se styre direkte 1 adj. direct, f.e. a direct steamship service, a direct tax 2 adv. uten omvei el. stans direct, straight. I shall go direct (straight) to Paris. The train runs direct to York; it goes there direct. ~ fra lager direct from stock 3 adv. umiddelbart directly. We shall all be affected by the strike, directly or indirectly. The coast population is directly dependent on the fisheries -koplet direct-coupled -virkende direct-acting direkltivcr directions, instructions -torat directorate, embete directorship -tør medlem av el styre director, hunkj. directress, for offentlig institusjon director; ellers [general] manager, hunkj. manageress; ~ for the (a) director of -tørstilling directorship dirilgent møteleder chairman; orkester ~ conductor, musikkorps bandmaster -gere lede møte preside [over a meeting], be in the chair. Mr. B. will preside (will take the chair). ~ trafikk direct traffic dis haze, mist -ig hazy, misty disagio loss in [rate of] exchange, underkurs discount disfavør i vår ~ against us, to our disadvantage disiplin discipline -ær disciplinary; —forseelse breach of discipline; —straff disciplinary punishment disk i butikk counter; stå bak ~en serve behind the c.; selle over (under) —en sell over (under) the c. This article has gone under the c.; the under-the-counter system; above-the-counter sales diskonter|e discount. We have discounted the bills sent us, as per enclosed statement. ~ på framtiden, f.e. we are over-discounting the future -in<! discounting; sende til ~ send for discount diskonto den offisielle the bank rate, privat discount rate(s) -forhøyelse (-nedsettelse) increase (reduction) of the bank rate -sats discount rate, rate of discount dis kresjon 1 taktfull (varsom) opptreden discretion; jeg ber Dem bruke (behandle) disse opplysninger med ~ piease make discreet use of this information 2 def å tie med, ikke bringe videre: Deres opplysninger vil bli behandlet med strengeste ~ f.e. the information you may give us will be received in the strictest confidence (will be regarded as strictly confidential, will be used in absolute confidence; vise ~ (holde noe hemmelig) observe secrecy; stole på ens ~ f.e. I must rely on your secrecy in so confidential a matter