forarbeid 60 forbindelseslinje forarbeid s. preliminary work. A great deal of spade-work has already been done, disse, undersøkelser er bare et ~ til these investigations are but the preliminaries of -e v. make, manufacture, work up, ved prosess process; ~e til make (turn, convert) into. Raw material is worked (converted) into the finished article, vel —et of good workmanship -else manufacture, treatment, working up of materials, ogs., f.e. fish (food) processing forarg|e give offence to, scandalize; være —I over be scandalized at -elig scandalous -else offence, harme indignation; vekke — cause offence; til stor — for to the great annoyance of; ta — av take offence at forarm I e impoverish -ing impoverishment forat ~ De kan that (so that, in order that) you may; ~ han skal (skulle) that he may (might). I will leave the box, so that you may (I left the box so that you might) examine it forbann|e curse -else curse forbarme ~ seg over pity, have pity on forbause surprise, astonish; sterk, astound, amaze; det —r oss meget at De her om we are much (greatly) surprised that you should ask (we are much surprised at your asking) for; det ville ikke ~ meg om I should not be surprised if; —t over surprised (astonished) at forbauselse surprise, astonishment, sterk, amazement; til vår store — much to our surprise, to our great surprise; til stor ~ for to the great astonishment of; han uttaler sin ~ over at vi ennå ikke har he expresses his great surprise at our not yet having forbausende surprising; i — grad to a surprising degree; et — godt resultat a surprisingly good result. The price is surprisingly low forbedrle improve, better, f.e. to improve a machine, to better (ameliorate) the conditions of the poor; ~ seg improve, om person, ogs. reform -ing improvement, betterment, amelioration; foreta —er make (carry out) improvements; ~ i improvement in forbehold reserve, det å stille betingelser reserve, reservation; med — with reserve. I accept your statement with reserve. I gave only a qualified signature. We have given permission with certain reservations, med vanlig — with the usual reserve (reservation, proviso); uten ~ without reserve, unreservedly. I assert without any qualification (reservation) that. . . han har ladt sine — he has made his reservations; med — av Deres godkjenning subject to your approval; jeg gav mitt samtykke med det — at han dekket alle utgifter I gave my consent on the condition that he met (my consent was conditional upon his meeting) all expenses; disse priser noteres med — om forandring these prices are subject to alteration. This offer is subject to goods being unsold on receipt of your reply, jeg sier dette med alt — I speak under correction forbeholde reserve: jeg —r meg rett til å I reserve [to myself] the right to; jeg må — meg en leveringstid av 5 uker I must stipulate a period of five weeks for delivery; vi —r oss rett til å forandre disse priser uten varsel these prices are subject to alteration without notice. The right to alter these specifications is reserved forbeholden reserved, om svar guarded. He spoke very guardedly (reservedly) about the coming year. His answer was very guarded (reserved) -het reserve forberedleprepare; — veien til (for) preparethe way for; ~ seg til prepare for; —t på prepared for. We must be prepared for the worst, vi var —t på at han ville we expected he would; —t på å betale prepared to pay; vi må være —t på at det må avsettes store beløp we must be prepared for large sums having to be allocated forberedfelse(r) preparation(s), preliminary arrangements; —r er i gang preparations are going forward; treffe —r til make arrangements (prep arations) for; gjøre sine — make preparations; del er under — it is in preparation, is being prepared -ende preliminary (preparatory); ~ arbeider preparatory work. A great deal of spade-work has already been done forbi gå — go (pass) by, go past; springe over, se forbigå, det er ikke til å komme — f.e. there is no getting away from the fact that . . . that is a fact that cannot be blinked; krigen er — (over) the war is over; de dager er — those days are passed (are a thing of the past) forbigå ~ i taushet pass over in silence, omit to mention; han ble —tt (ved avansement) he was passed over -else passing over, neglect, omission -ende passing, transitory; en — krise a passing (temporary) crisis. These are difficulties of a transitory nature, bemerke i ~ observe in passing. He made a passing reference to the matter. Attention should be called to this point incidentally forbilde model, pattern; tjene til — for serve as a model for; ta til — take as a model (example) for| binde 1 legge forbinding om dress, bandage 2 knytte sammen connect, join together; forene unite. The two parts of the town are linked (connected) by a large bridge 3 knytte til: hvilken forestilling —r vi ved dette ord what idea do we associate with this word? -bundet være — med (ledsaget av) be attended with; — med risiko attended with risk, den faren som er ~ med det the risk (danger) involved; delte arbeid er ~ med store vansker this work is attended with (it involves) great difficulties; det arbeid som er — med en slik forandring, ogs. the work such a change entails forbindelse 1 handelsforbindelse o. I. a) person(er) con-nection(s) el. connexion(s); han er en av våre beste —r he is one of our best connections; våre danske —r our Danish connections (friends); i bankspr. særlig om utenl. bankf orbindelse (representant) corres-pondent(s) b) om forholdet relations, connection; særlig mellomfolkelig samkvem intercourse; vi har skaffet oss verdifulle —r we have formed valuable business connections. Trade relations (intercourse) between Norway and England, ha (stå i) forretnings— med be in connection with, have dealings with, have business relations (connections) with; sette i — med, f.e. I can put you in connection with the right people; sette seg (komme) i — med get (come) into connection with, get into touch with; to contact; make contact with; tre i — med enter into connection (business relations with) 2 samferdsel, forbindelse pr. brev, telegraf, telefon o. 1. communication, befordringstjeneste service. During the war there was no direct communication between Norway and England; there was no direct mail service, en god tog — a good service of trains (train service); men: a good connection of trains de korresponderer godt; sette seg i forbindelse med (henvende seg til) communicate with (get into touch with), to contact. We are in telephonic communication with the shipping agents. jeg kan ikke få forbindelse med Bergen (telefon) I cannot get through to Bergen 3 sammenheng, tilknytning connection; i denne — vil vi gjerne nevne in this connection (with reference to this matter) we wish to point out. It should be mentioned in this connection that . . . i — med in connection with, sammen med in conjunction with, coupled with; stå i — med, f.e. this fact bears upon the subject we are discussing. What you say has no bearing upon the question 4 interesseforhold, tilknytning association, connection. He is closely associated with both companies. His long association with banking interests fits him for such an appointment 5 kjem. compound 6 mek. connection, joint forbindelses Jledd link, connection -linje line of