nedre 151 nettopp the dollar has continued its downward course; the quality has deteriorated; gå stadig ~ (økonomisk) go from bad to worse; gå ~ med en, f.e. he has come down in the world -re lower -regulering f.e. a downward adjustment of price levels -rig mean, base -rive f.e. pull down (demolish) a building -rivning demolition -ruste reduce (limit) armaments, avruste disarm -rustning reduction (limitation) of armaments, arms reduction ned|sette 1 priser reduce (put down) prices; til ~satte priser at reduced prices; ~ straffen reduce the punishment; ~ verdien av depreciate the value of; ~ i omdømme belittle, disparage, run down 2 oppnevne: ~ en komité set up (appoint) a committee -settelse 1 reduction, i prisen in the price, av priser of prices; en ~ på 10 % a reduction of 10%; i verdi depreciation, i omdømme disparagement 2 ~ av komité the appointment (setting up) of -settende merknader depreciatory (disparaging) remarks; ~ for derogatory to; uttale seg ~ om disparage, speak disparagingly of, f.e. to run down one’s competitors nedskja*r|e ~ utgifter reduce (cut down, make cuts in, curtail) expenditure (expenses) -ing reduction (curtailment) of expenses ned I skrive skrive ned write (put) down; — verdien av reduce the value of, ~ pundet devalue the £; i bokf. depreciate, write down the value of. We have written down our share capital [by] 10 %. Our assets have been written down (have been depreciated), ^skrevet kapital written-down capital, ~ valuta depreciated (devalued) currency -skriveren the writer -skrivning(er) writing(s) down, depreciation; i bokf. depreciation. The writing down of capital; the devaluation of the krone; the depreciation of values ned|slag minsking av pris o. I. reduction (cut) in prices; bunnfall precipitate; ~slområde catchment area -slående discouraging, disheartening; resultatet var (ble) ~ the result was (proved) disappointing -slått motløs Rejected, despondent -snedd snowed in (up, under) -stemme begeistring o. I. moderate, tone down; ved avstemning: forslaget ble ^stemt med stort flertall the motion was defeated by a large majority -stemt motløs depressed, downhearted -trykke fig. depress -trykt depressed, stemning, f.e. på børsen a depressed mood (tone) -verdige ~ seg demean (degrade) oneself. I do not deign to reply to such impertinence -verdigelse degradation -verdigende degrading negativ negative, adv. -ly -itet negativeness neglisjere neglect nei besvares med ~ the answer is in the negative nekrolog obituary, an obituary notice nekte avslå refuse; ~ å gjøre refuse (decline) to dr-; benekte deny; ~ aksept (å akseptere) refuse acceptance; ~ å ta imot, f.e. we have refused acceptance of these goods, refused to take delivery of, på grunn av kvalitet o. 1. have rejected them; ~ å godkjenne et krav repudiate (reject) a claim; han ~t blankt å he refused point-blank to, he flatly declined to; det lar seg ikke ~ (det står ikke til å ~ at) it cannot be denied that; there is no denying (gainsaying) the fact that; jeg —r ikke for at I do not deny that, innrømme I own that; ~ seg deny oneself; ~ seg skyldig (jur.) plead “not guilty” nekt|else refusal; denial -ende gi et ~ svar answer in the negative, give a negative answer. nellik blomst pink; krydder ~ clove -farge pink nemesis det går en ~ gjennom livet there is a Nemesis in things nemlig 1 foran oppregning el. nærmere forklaring namely (lat. fork, viz.), (kan ofte sløyfes) f.e. the price you quoted, [viz.] £50, is too high. We stock this article in three colours, [viz.] red, green and brown 2 for å utheve og tilknytte en begrunnelse = ti, for: jeg kunne ikke få hevet sjekken, banken var ~ stengt I could not cash the cheque, for the bank was closed. These machines must not be sent as arranged; for (as) our customers cannot receive them el. our customers not being able to receive them nemnd board, committee, bedømmelses ~ jury nepe turnip neppe 1 så vidt scarcely, hardly; særl. om mengde, mål, tidsrom scarcely; særl. om grad hardly. The price scarcely (hardly, barely, only just) covers the cost. There are scarcely twenty left 2 nok (sannsynligvis) ikke scarcely, hardly; De kan ~ vente at jeg skal you can hardly expect me to; det tror jeg ~ I scarcely think so; De vil ~ påstå at you will scarcely maintain that; neppe ... før scarcely (hardly) . . . when. We had scarcely (only just) opened our new shop, when the fire broke out nerts mink -kåpe mink coat nerve nerve; anspenne alle ~r strain every nerve; han går meg på ~^ne he gets on my nerves -krigen the war of nerves, nerve war -anfall nervous attack -påkjenning a strain on the nerves -sammenbrudd nervous collapse -spenning nervous tension -system nervous system nervøs gjøre en ~ make one nervous; ~ for nervous about -itet nervousness -t adv. nervously nese en fin ~ (fig.) a keen scent [for]; ser ikke lenger enn ~n rekker cannot see beyond one’s nose; kaste en noe i ~n throw in one’s teeth; stikke ens ~ opp i noe poke one’s nose into f.e. another’s business; like for ~n på meg under my very nose; han lukket døren for ~n på meg he slammed the door in my face; ta en ved ~n take one in -vis impertinent nesle nettle -feber nettle rash nest adv. next; ~ best, den ~ beste the next (the second) best, f.e. our second best customer. We came off second best, den — eldste the oldest but one; den ~ siste the last but one; den ~ største the next largest, the largest but one; ~ etter next to -formann vice-chairman -følgende the next succeeding neste 1 adj. a) sted: i ~ gate in the next street b) tid: ~ gang next time; the next time I see him; jeg kommer ~ lørdag (førstkommende) I am coming next Saturday (on S. next), neste, ikke førstkommende on S. week; i ~ måned next month; den 3. i ~ måned [on] the 3rd proximo (prox.) 2 s. det ~ vi må gjøre the next thing to be done. He will be the next to go nesten særlig om tid, tall, avstand nearly, særlig om grad = nær sagt, praktisk talt almost f.e. it is nearly ten years ago. It has cost nearly (close upon, not far short of) £300. The firm is almost (very nearly, all but, well-nigh, as good as) ruined; det var ~ skandale it was very little short of a scandal; ~ aldri hardly ever, seldom or never, seldom if ever; ~ alltid nearly always; ~ bare scarcely anything but, almost exclusively; ~ ikke scarcely. I scarcely know what to say. ~ ikke noe next to (almost) nothing. He has scarcely anything (he has little or nothing) left. ~ ingen scarcely any; ~ umulig almost (next to, well--nigh) impossible; ~ uten unntagelse with scarcely any exception nett adj. ordentlig neat, pen pretty nett s. net, koll. netting, bære ~ mesh bag; system system, network; telefon ~ telephone system; få en i ~et to net -verk network netto net; tjene ~ net. We netted £500 -beløp net amount; ogs. net profit, net tonnage, net price, net weight -utbytte net proceeds fl. The net proceeds are £30 nettopp 1 nøyaktig just, exactly, precisely. That is jpst what I said. ~ denne nyanse this particular shade; ~ det jeg trenger the very thing I need; ~ fordi just because 2 om tid: jeg fikk I have just received. He has just come (he came just now). ~ idet [just] as; vi skulle ~ til å selge, f.e. we were on the point of selling; we were [just] about to sell