forstørre 70 forsømmelse mospherics; bringe ~ i disturb, interfere with, derange. Fog dislocates shipping. The strike has interfered with (upset) our arrangements forstørne foto, enlarge, i forstørrelsesglass magnify -else enlargement; magnification forstå understand; fatte realize, grasp; innse see; oppfatte i en betydning read, interpret, construe; jeg kan lett (godt) ~ I can readily (easily) understand. I fully realize the difficulties with which you are faced. We trust you will appreciate the dificulty of our position. We fully appreciate that there are limits to price-reduction, som De ~r as you will understand (realize); la ~ f.e I gave him to understand that... I intimated to him that . . .; så vidt jeg ~r as far as I can make out; jeg ~r av Deres brev I understand from your letter; jeg ~r ikke noe av det hele I can make nothing out of it. I can make neither head nor tail of it. I cannot make out what it means. han ~r å he knows how to; han har ~tt (greidd) å he has managed to; er det så å ~ at am I to understand that . . .? dette må ikke ~s slik at this must not be taken to mean (imply) that. . .; jeg forsto Dem så at I understood you to say (mean) that... I gathered from your remarks (reply) that. . .; ikke så å ~ at han not that he. I am not implying that he ...; dog ikke så å ~ at han ville it does not however follow that he would; det ~r seg selv it explains itself, it is self-explanatory; ~ seg på, f.e. he is a good judge of (c&nnoisseur in) wine; he appreciates music; jeg ~r meg ikke på I know nothing about, I am ignorant of. I do not know much about. hans uttalelse kan ~s på mer enn en måte his statement may be read in more ways than one; it is capable of more than one construction; hva ~r man ved what is meant by? forståelig understandable, intelligible. His action is understandable, gjore det ~ for make it intelligible to; lett ~ obvious. It is obvious that he cannot. This is due to obvious causes, av lett ~e grunner for obvious reasons; gjore seg ~ f.e. I hope I am making myself understood (intelligible). He is still unable to make himself understood in English forståelse understanding, klar oppfattelse av realization, betydning sense, samfølelse understanding, sympathy; møte ~ find understanding (sympathy), find sympathetic understanding; få ~ av, f.e. he tried to get some understanding of the question; ha ~ av realize; be alive to; ha en klar ~ av, f.e. they have a clear conception of (are fully pon-scious of) the hazardous nature of this enterprise; gi ham ~ av make him realize; bring home to him; den rette ~ av disse bestemmelser the proper interpretation of these provisions; vise ~ for sympathize with, feel sympathy for (with). He was sympathetic to our demands, han har ingen ~ for he does not appreciate; nå til en ~ med come to (arrive at, reach) an understanding (agreement) with; handle i ~ med act in concert with, i ledtog med be in league with -s|full understanding; være ~ show [sympathetic] understanding for|sumpe stagnere stagnate -sure embitter forsvar defence; ta i ~ defend; til ~ for in defence of; til sitt ~ in his defence forsvare defend; ta ansvaret for (vedkjenne seg) justify. Can you justify your action? jeg kan ikke ~ å gi ham ytterligere kreditt I do not feel justified in giving him further credit; disse høye priser kan ikke ~s there is no justification for these high prices; ~ seg mot defend oneself against; ~ seg til det siste, ogs. die in the last ditch -r defender, jur. counsel for the defence; advokat X møtte som ~ Mr. X appeared for the defence forsvarlig riktig, berettiget justifiable, warrantable; rimelig legitimate; ville det være ~ å yte ham en så stor kreditt should we be justified (warranted) in giving him credit to that extent? Would it be safe to give . . .? vi fant det ikke ~ å we did not feel justified in (-ing); we found it would not be right (safe) to . . . 2 betryggende, sikker: på ~ måte properly; i ~ stand in proper (good) condition; holde skipet i ~ stand keep the ship in good (in a proper state of) repair; varene ble ~ pakket the goods were securely packed forsvars I departement Ministry of Defence, Am. Defense Department -fellesskap Det europeiske ~ ’ the European Defence Community -fiende, -fiendtlig pacifist, pacificist -fiendtlighet pacifism, pacificism -forbund defensive alliance -forening home defence association -krig defensive war -linje line of defence -løs defenceless -loshet defencelessness -lån National Defence Loan -middel [means of] defence -minister Minister of Defence, Am. Secretary of Defence -tiltak defensive measures -vitne witness for the defence -våpen et ~ a defensive weapon forsvinn |e disappear, bli til inlet vanish, fade away -ende ubetydelig f.e. a negligible (imperceptible) quantity. The risk is practically negligible. Our profits have been reduced to vanishing point forsyn providence, på fiskesnøre foregoer forsyn I e tilfredsstille et behov supply, utstyre med furnish, provide, med en el. annen innretning fit, equip. We supply this firm with paper. I have furnished the firm with information; furnish a bill with a stamp; provide a bill with our acceptance, vi er godt — I med silke we are well stocked in silk; we have well-filled stocks of silk. He is well set up with clothes, hver flaske er — t med dette segl each bottle bears this seal; ~ seg med: la for seg help oneself to; ~ seg med varer lay in a stock of goods forsyning(er) supply (-ies), stock(s); store ~er av large supplies of; vi venter nye ~er we are expecting further (fresh) supplies; ta inn en ~ av lay in a stock (supply) of forsynings|departement Ministry of Supply -minister Minister of Supply -nemnda Supply Board; ~ og Gjenreisningsdepartement Ministry of Supply and Reconstruction forsynlig forutseende provident, far-seeing forsøk 1 det å forsøke attempt; gjøre et — try, make an attempt (effort); ~ på an attempt at. He made two attempts at writing a book, alle ~ på å all attempts to; det er et ~ verdt it is worth trying; the attempt is worth making; et mislykket ~ an unsuccessful attempt (effort), a failure 2 eksperiment experiment, test; forela ~ make (carry out) experiments 3 det å prøve ved å bruke try; gjøre ~ med denne vare give this article a trial; try this article; gjøre et — med å blande try the experiment of mixing forsøkie try, attempt; jeg skal ~ denne tesort I shall try this tea; give it a trial; ~ med noe try smtg.; ~ seg try; ~ seg fram feel one’s way, proceed tentatively; ~ seg som lærer try one’s hand at teaching; ~ seg på have a try at -ende tentative forsokslaniegg experimental plant -arbeid experimental work -drift experimental operations (work). The manufacturing process has now passed the experimental stage -dyr test animal -stasjon experimental (research) station -vis experimentally, tentatively. Something can be done tentatively. ~ har vi by way of trial (experiment) we have, as a trial measure we have . . .; gå ~ til verks proceed tentatively forsølvle silver -ing silver-plating forsømlme — ens plikter neglect one’s duties; unnlate å fail (omit) to; ~ en leilighet miss an opportunity, let an o. pass; ta igjen det —te make up for lost time; make up the leeway; recover lost ground; catch up with arrears of work -meliq neglectful, negligent, skjødesløs careless; med betaling remiss, f.e. he is remiss in his payments -melighet negligence; carelessness; remissness forsømImelse 1 forsømmelighet negligence, grov ~ gross negligence; en grov ~ an act (case) of gross negligence; det å forsømme neglect, f.e. your neglect