forfatter 64 forhold forfatter author, writer -honorar author’s fee, royalty -inne authoress -skap authorship forfedre ancestors, forefathers forfeilje ~ sin hensikt fail in one’s object; ~ sin virkning fail to have the desired effect -et mistaken, wrong; en ~ politikk a mistaken policy. The system is a failure (is at fault) forfekte støtte, forsvare advocate, champion, defend; hevde maintain forfengelig vain -het vanity forferd e dismay, appal; et ~ende syn an appalling sight; stå ~et over stand aghast at -elig dreadful, terrible, appalling -else dismay, consternation; det tok en ende med ~ it ended in disaster forfjor i ~ the year before last forflere multiply forflytHe til en annen stilling transfer. He has been transferred to our London office -else transfer forfra fra forsiden from the front, fra begynnelsen from the beginning, om igjen over again; begynne ~ (igjen) make a fresh start, begin again at the beginning forfremm|e promote, advance. He was promoted to the rank of major -else promotion, advancement forfrisk|e refresh -ende refreshing -ning refreshment forfrossen frozen, frostskadd frostbitten forfusk|e forkludre bungle, forfalske en vare adulterate -ing bungling; adulteration forfølg |e 1 jage pursue; uhellet ~r ham ill-luck pursues him. Disaster has dogged him all the time 2 ha for øye pursue, et mål pursue an aim; seiren follow up the victory; saken pursue, (follow up) the matter, press the case 3 for å skade, plage persecute 4 jur. ~ et krav prosecute a claim -else pursuit; persecution; ~s| vanvidd persecution mania -er pursuer -ning prosecution; han er under ~ for tyveri he is being prosecuted for theft forfør I e seduce -else seduction -ende seductive, alluring forlføyning treffe ~er take action (measures), se rådighet -gasser carburettor el. -ter forgiftle poison -ning poisoning forlgjeldet deeply in debt, involved in debt. His estate is encumbered. He is encumbered with debt -gjeldethet indebtedness -gjengelig som må forgå perishable, som varer kort transient, transitory -gjenger predecessor forgjeves 1 adj. vain, futile, useless; et ~ forsøk a futile attempt, a fruitless effort 2 adv. in vain, without result. We tried in vain to sell. We have tried, but without result. All our efforts were in vain (have been unavailing) forglemm|e ikke å ~ not forgetting -else glemsomhet forgetfulness; en ~ an oversight, an omission. We apologize for this oversight on our part. det skyldes en ~ it is due to an oversight; ved en ~ through an oversight, inadvertently. I have inadvertently omitted these words forgodtbefinnende De må handle etter eget ~ you must use your own discretion forgren|e ~ seg (dele seg) branch, fork; bre seg branch out, om foretagende, utvikling ramify; en vidt ~et eksporthandei a widely ramified export trade -ing branching; ramification; the worldwide ramifications of this business forgripe ~ seg på andre folks eiendom make free with other people’s property; øve vold på use violence against forgrunn foreground; komme (trenge seg) i ~en, f.e. this question has come prominently into notice. The problem of food supply is again coming to the front. Great prominence is being given to this subject -s|figur prominent (conspicuous) figure forgyllle gild -ing gilding, belegg gilt, fig. gilt forgå gå under perish; ~ seg misbehave, offend; ~ seg mot loven offend against the law -else jur. offence forgårs i ~ the day before yesterday forhal e flytte shift, trekke ut delay, retard; ~ tiden procrastinate; ~ en avgjørelse delay a decision -ing sjøv. shifting; ~s]politikk a policy of procrastination, a dilatory (a wait-and-see) policy; ~s\taktikk delaying tactics forhandle en vare distribute (handle, deal in, sell) an article, f.e. are you prepared to handle our product? drøfte discuss, underhandle negotiate ~ med discuss terms with, treat (negotiate) with; ~ om negotiate for (about); ~ fred negotiate terms of peace forhandler distributor, f.e. our distributors in Norway; dealer; negotiator -rabatt trade discount forhandling 1 av varer distribution, sale 2 drøftelse discussion, underhandling negotiation; jur. proceedings; føre ~er med carry on discussions (negotiations) with; tre i ~er med enter into negotiations with; ~er om (drøftelser) discussions on, debatt a debate on; vi ligger i ~er med ham om salget av we are negotiating with him for the sale of...; åpne (bryte) ~er med open (break off) negotiations (discussions) with; oppta nye ~er med re-open negotiations with forhandlings I brudd a break of negotiations, negotiations have been broken off -grunnlag basis of discussion (negotiation) -protokoll minute book, minutes of proceedings; føre ~ keep the minutes -regning account sales [of goods] fl. accounts sales -rett right to negotiate, om lønnstariff o. I. kollektiv collective bargaining power -tenia subject under discussion, på saksliste item (question) on the agenda -villig willing to negotiate forhaste vi må ikke — oss we must not be too hasty (must not precipitate matters); vi behøver ikke ~ oss there is no [need to] hurry; han ~t seg ikke med å betale he was in no hurry to pay -t adj. et ~ skritt a precipitate (rash) step; meldingen var ~ the report was premature; trekke ~ede slutninger draw (come to) hasty conclusions forhatt hateful, odious; gjøre seg ~ hos (av) make oneself odious to forhenværende f.e. the late firm of B. & Co. (dos. som nylig er avviklet); an ex-director, a former director, a retired merchant forherd|e harden -et hardened, fig. hardened, callous, obdurate forherlig I e glorify, prise laud -else glorification forhindr|e prevent; jeg ble ~et fra å komme I was prevented from coming -ing det å forhindre prevention; en ~ an obstacle, an impediment forhippen — på keen on, eager for; ~ på å bli keen on (desirous of) becoming forhjul forewheel forhold 1 proporsjon proportion, ratio; målestokk ratio; ~et mellom import og eksport the ratio of imports to exports; lønninger steg i sarnnte ~ wages rose proportionately; i ~et 1 til 3 in the proportion (ratio) dfT to 3; i ~ til in proportion to, proportionately to. Dividends are paid in proportion to the profits made. Prices vary according to quality, i ~ til prisen er tøyet av god kvalitet the cloth represents good quality for the money; stå i ~ til be in proportion to. Consumption must bear a certain ratio to income. Wages must be related to production, ikke stå i ~ til be out of [all] proportion to (not in any proportion to); stå i omvendt ~ til be in inverse proportion (ratio) to 2 forbindelse, sammenheng med relation, connection, f.e. the relation between wages and prices; my connection with this affair; dollar i ~ til £ the dollar in relation to the £ 3 omgang, forståelse relations, terms; vårt ~ til Amerika our relations with America. An agent must be polite in his relations with his customers. The excellent relations existing between employers and employees, stå i ~ til have relations with; stå i et vennskapelig ~ til, f.e. I am on friendly terms with him. We are on a good footing with this firm