langtekkelig 126 ledighet will not help us much; will not last [us] very long h) det er ~ mellom, f.e. orders are few and far between 1) ~ mot målet, f.e. this will carry us a long way towards the goal j) ~ om lenge at [long] last k) ~ over (under) far above (below) 1) vi behøver ikke gå lenger enn til England (fig.) we need not go further than England m) ~ tilbake (tid) far (a long way) back n) ~ ut i, f.e. not till late in (till well into) the month. These stocks will last us well into the winter langtekkelig tedious, irksome langtrekkende om skyts long range langtrukken lengthy, protracted -varig long, of long duration (standing), om vennskap long--standing; langtrukken lengthy, protracted, f.e. a protracted strike, the long-drawn-out struggle -varighet duration; lengthiness, protraction lansere ~ en ny plan launch a new scheme lanterne lantern, sjov. ogs. light lapp patch -e v. patch -verk patchwork larm noise -ende noisy last skipsladning cargo, load; byrde ogs. fig. burden, fig. charge; bryte —en break bulk; kjøpe i direkte -er buy in direct shipments -angivelse manifest last synd vice; legge en noe til ~ lay to one’s charge; regne ham det til ~ count it against him, klandre, f.e. he could not he blamed for it; no blame could be laid at his door; stå ~ og brast med throw (cast) in one’s lot with last tratte last (I/) Sam Brown draft on Sam Brown laste klandre blame, censure, lay smtg. to one’s charge; De skal ikke ~ meg for det you shall not blame me for this -full vicious -verdig blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible laste la inn last load, take in cargo; ~ og losse load and unload (discharge), romme carry. ~ inn igjen reload. We are loading wheat for Bergen. The ship carries 1500 tons -arbeider laste- og lossearbeider docker -avgift tonnage dues -bil motor-lorry, am. truck -bom derrick -båt cargo boat, freighter -evne carrying capacity, burden ' -havn loading port -klar ready to load -linje load line; —sertifikat load line certificate -mottager receiver [of cargo] -penger tonnage dues -plass [loading] berth, sted loading point -pram lighter -rom sted hold, plass cargo space -seddel shipping (receiving) note -vogn waggon lasting loading -slkostnader loading charges lasting tøy Italian cloth, fl. Italians lat lazy; ligge på —siden be idle -het laziness late han —r som om han er he pretends to be, he pretends that he is, he makes a show of being; han lot som han ikke he pretended not to; det ~r til at it looks as though; it would seem that; it appears as if latent latent latter laughter; en god ~ a good laugh, spott ridicule; gjøre til ~ hold a p. up to ridicule -lig ridiculous, løyerlig ludicrous. It is ridiculous to expect me to believe such a story. ~ lave priser ridiculously low prices. Such payment is laughingly inadequate -liglgjore ridicule, hold up to ridicule Latvia Latvia latvisk Latvian laug guild, gild -s|vesenet the guild system laurbær vinne ~ win laurels; hvile på sine ~ rest on one’s laurels -blad bayleaf -krans bay garland (wreath) -tre laurel, bay [tree] lav adj. low, fig. low, mean. Our prices are very (sterk, exceptionally, exceedingly) low. sette — t (vurdere) estimate at a low figure, fig. esteem slightly; stå —t be low; stå svært —t (om utvikling o. I.) be at a low ebb, —t regnet put (calculated) at a low figure; skaden er, —t regnet, £ . . . the damage is £ . . ., at a low estimate; for —t forsikret under-insured -frekvens low frequency -konjunktur acute depression, slump, se konjunktur) -mål minimum; har nådd et ~ nas sunk (has been reduced to) a m.; prisene holder seg på et ~ prices remain at a very low level -rekord low record; en ny ~ a new low record, the lowest ever recorded. The Dollar declined to a new low record; dollar rates were the lowest ever recorded -spenning low tension -spent low-tension -trykk low pressure; et ~ a depression -vann low water (tide); ved —vanne at low tide lav planteart lichen lavere lower -stående inferior lavest den ~e pris the lowest (bottom) price, den aller—e the rock-bottom (very closest, very best) p.; den — mulige pris the lowest possible p.; prisene er notert — mulig we have quoted our very closest prices; vår produksjon er nå på det —e our output is now at its lowest lavendel lavender -farge lavender lavine avalanche -artet avalanche-like le v. laugh, f.e. he laughed in my face; ~ av 1. at; ikke noe å — av no laughing matter le sjøv. lee; i — av under the lee of -side på —n av on the lee side of ledd anat. joint, i kjede link, slekt— generation, del av lovparagraf subsection; paragraf 26, 3. ledd Section 26 (3) el. § 26 (3); etappe stage; av — out of joint; bringe av — dislocate, put out of joint; ~ i (fig.) part of, a feature of; et ~ i kjeden a link in the chain; et — i utviklingen a stage of this development -gikt arthritis lede 1 lead; ~ en forretning manage (conduct, direct) a business; veilede guide, styre direct; ~ et møte preside over a meeting, be in the chair. Mr. Brown presided; he took the chair. ~ en ekspedisjon lead (head) an expedition, være i spissen for be at the head of; om vann conduct water into pipes; i sport lead, godt (slett) —t, f.e. a well-conducted (ill-conducted) business; it is well managed (mismanaged) 2 med prep, a) bli —t (la seg ~) av be governed by, av hensyn o I. be guided by. We shall be guided by your wishes in the matter b) ~ bort (merksamhet, tanker) divert, mistanke ward off suspicion c) ~ merk-samheten hen på direct attention to d) ~ damp inn i conduct steam into e) ~ samtalen inn pa lead up to f) ~ til et resultat lead to a result; ~ oss til lead (cause) us to -bånd være i ens — be [held] in leading-strings ledelse av bedrift, konk, management, abstr. management, conduct, direction; veiledning guidance, forsprang lead; ta —n take the lead; ha —n av be in charge of; overta —n av take charge of; under — av under the direction of, ekspedisjon under the leadership of ledemotiv motive, motif, leitmotif, fig. leitmotif, dominant aim (ideal, sentiment) ledende leading; en ~ stilling a leading position. We hold (occupy) the premier place (position) in this industry, framskutt, fremtredende leading, prominent, f.e. the leading men of the day; innta en — stilling occupy a leading (prominent) position; en ~ artikkel (avis') a leading article, a leader; et ~ varemerke a leading (dominating) brand; den ~ bedrift i denne gren the foremost (leading) concern in this branch; den — tanke the dominant (governing) idea, grunnsetning a guiding (ruling) principle; på ~ hold in authoritative quarters; den — sjel i the leading spirit of leder leader, f.e. the leader of an expedition, som bestyrer manager; arbeids — (ved bedrift) under--manager; avis— leading article, leader -skap leadership ledetråd guiding principle, guidance ledig ikke opptatt: person disengaged, at liberty, uten arbeid unemployed, out of a position, out of work, idle; ikke i bruk, f.e. idle capital, idle tonnage, a vacant house, empty casks; ikke besatt vacant, en ~ stilling a vacant post, a vacancy. I shall apply for the vacant position (the vacancy). The vacancy has now been filled, om skip: ube-fraktet unchartered, disengaged, disponibel available; om tid spare (leisure) time; han har gått — i tre uker he has been out of work (out of a job, unemployed) for three weeks -gang idleness -het arbeidsløshet unemployment, i stilling vacancy