gå 89 gå doing well; the business is a success; hvordan skal dette ~ how is this to end? hvordan ~r det, f.e. how are you getting along? how are things with you? 5 ikke tillatelig: del —r ikke it will never do; it is not quite the thing; men la det ~! but let that pass 2gà med adv. el. prep. 1 gå an: det ~r ikke an it will not do, it is not quite the thing; det ~r ikke an å it does not do to, it will never do to. It does not do to treat customers in that way 2 gå av: la avskjed retire, resign. He has retired from the chairmanship of the company. The Ministry has resigned, fargen ~r av the colour comes (rubs) off; ~ av med seiren win the day; han gikk av med fordelen he reaped the benefit 3 gå etter: hente letch, go for, rette seg etter go by, f.e. 1 shall go entirely by what the doctor says 4 gå for seg: foregå happen, occur, come about. I would like to explain how this came about. It happened in this way. The meeting passed (went) off well, et slikt forhør ~r for seg på følgende måte such an inquiry proceeds (is conducted) in the following way; da det gikk verst for seg when things were at their worst 5 gå for å være. f.e. he passes for a rich man 6 gå foran, forbi, se foran, forbi 7 gå fra: sted, person leave, komme i fradrag be deducted, f.e. from this amount we deduct £5; there will be a deduction of £5; ikke stå ved: ~ fra et løfte break (go back on) one’s word (promise); kontrakt back out of, go back on, break; en plan give up (abandon) a plan, el tilbud withdraw (cancel) an offer; vi må ikke la denne bestilling ~ fra oss we must not let this order slip away from us; prisene —r fra 6s. til 25s. prices range from ... to . . . 8 gå fram, framover se fram, framover 9 gå i, f.e. detaljer go into details; skipet ~r i kystfart the ship is (runs) in the coasting trade; ~ i seg selv see the error of one’s ways; ~ i hverandre interlace, be interwoven 10 gå igjennom: utstå, utholde pass through, experience, strekke seg igjennom run through, gjennomse look (go) through, go over; forslaget gikk igjennom the motion was carried, se gjennomgå 11 gå imellom: gripe meglende inn go between, mediate 12 gå imot: forløpe til ugunst for go wrong, be adverse; dommen gikk ham imot judg[e]ment (the case) went against him; he lost the case 13 gå i møte (fig.) meet, face. We face the future with cohfidence 14 gå inn: -om avis o. I. cease publication; året gikk inn med lyse utsikter the year opened with bright prospects; skattene —r godt inn taxes are coming in well; — inn for go in for; — helt og fullt inn for devote oneself entirely to; give' entire and unstinted support to; ~ inn i enter. This expansion has entered upon a new phase. ~ inn som deltager i firmaet be admitted to (be taken into) partnership; ~ inn på: samtykke i accept, agree (consent) to; drøfte, undersøke go into. We need not go into that question now. det gikk sterkt inn på ham he felt it acutely; ~ inn under: falle inn under fall within, be included in 15 gå innom: om skip call (touch) at. I called at his office on my way home 16 gå med: følge accompany, go with, slutte seg til join; hvordan går det med ham how is he getting on ? Things have gone badly with him of late. It remains to be seen how he will fare. How is the matter proceeding? How is the work getting on? det ~r ikke med hans forretning his business is not a success. This plan does not work, det ~r med fem døgn til overreisen the crossing (passage) takes (occupies) five days; det var —tt med store summer til grunnarbeidet the foundation work had absorbed large sums; large sums had been spent on the foundations; ~ med i handelen be thrown in, be included in the bargain 17 ~ med på: vilkår accept (agree to) terms, anmodning accede to a request, ordning consent (agree) to an arrangement, uvillig acquiesce in; krav allow a claim, forslag, ogs. fall in with a proposal; ~ med på Deres krav om et prisavslag på 3s. pr. yd. allow your claim for a concession of 3s. per yd. ~ med på å agree (consent) to 18 gå ned: falle, f.e. prices fall, go down, sink 19 gå opp: stige, f.e. prices go up, advance; om isen break up; ~ opp og ned, f.e. prices rise and fall, they fluctuate; det gikk opp for meg I realized, it dawned upon me; det gikk opp i store tall it ran into big figures; han —r opp i sitt arbeid he is engrossed in his work; — opp til: nå reach, beløpe seg til amount to 20 gå over: se over go (look) over, overskride exceed, go beyond. I cannot go beyond that price. You have exceeded my limit, om smerte o. I. pass off; ~ over i pass into; formene ~r over i hverandre the form runs into each other; they merge; ~ over på: om stilling pass (fall) to, plikt devolve upon, leieforhold pass into the hands of; forretningen er —it over på andre hender the business has changed hands. The company has passed under foreign control. The estate passed to his heirs. ~ over til: om tilstand become, change to, be converted to, pass from one state to another; han gikk over til konkurrenten he went over to our competitor; vi gikk over til oljefyring we changed to oil-firing; gå over til nye metoder adopt new methods; fabrikken gikk over til et norsk selskap the factory was transferred to a ...; ~ over til (for å drøfte), f.e. I shall now pass on to (turn to) the question of commission. We will now proceed to the next business. The meeting then proceeded to deal with the question of salaries; for å ~ over til . . turning to the question of 21 gå på: angripe attack, gå fram push ahead (forward), fordre noe press for; ~ dristig på make a bold push; ~ på og bære seieren hjem go in and win; det ~r for ofte på it happens too frequently; skipet —r på Hull the ship runs to H. det —r tolv på et pund twelve go to the pound 22 gå sammen: løpe sammen meet, converge, om farger blend. These shades blend beautifully. The colours mix well. Blue does not go with green. ~ sammen om noe share (join in, take part) with a p. We will share with you in the expenses. I will join with you in buying him a present 23 gå til: tildra seg happen, come about, tilfalle go (fall) to, nå reach; ~ til handling make a move, begin to act, take action; hvordan det gikk til at han how it came about that he; ~ til en innskrenking av driften resort to a restriction of output; jeg må vite hva pengene — r til I must know how the money is being spent (where it goes, what is being done with it); pengene er gått til reparasjoner the money has been spent on repairs (spent in repairing the house) 24 gå tilbake: trekke seg tilbake fall back, retreat, om kvalitet deteriorate, pris recede, f.e. prices receded to a very low level, forretning the business is declining (is on the decline). The affairs of the company have retrogressed, om omsetning the turnover is falling off; det ~r tilbake med ham he has come down in the world, he has lost ground, his business has declined, om popularitet his star is on the wane; det ~r tilbake til (om lid) it goes (dates) back to; vi må ~ mange år tilbake for å finne we must go back several years to find 25 gå under: vi kan ikke ~ under disse priser we cannot sell under this price; skipet gikk under the ship went down (under), it was lost with all hands 26 gå ut: utgå, f.e. this item must be cancelled. We have struck his name off the list, melde seg ut leave, retire from