retningsviser 182 rette som er trukket opp along the lines mapped out; partiet har oppstilt nye —r for sin politikk the party has laid down new lines for its policy. The party is considering a re-direction of its policy -viser direction indicator ’rett s. mat, en kold ~ a cold dish; middag med tre —er a three-course dinner, a dinner of three courses; fiske ~ fish course ’rett s. 1 det som er riktig right, rettferdighet right, justice; ~ skal være — right is right; skjelne mellom ~ og urett distinguish (know the difference) between right and wrong; De gjorde ~ i å komme you did right to come, you were right in coming; og det gjorde De ~ i and [you were] quite right too; la nåde gå for ~ temper justice with mercy, let clemency prevail; med full ~ with (in) perfect justice; vi kan med full ~ si at we are fully (perfectly) justified in saying that; med noen ~ kan en si we may say with some justification that 2 om påstand: ha ~ be right; ha —en på sin side be in the right; De har aldeles. ~ you are quite (perfectly) right; han vil alltid ha ~ f.e. he always wants to have the last word; jeg tror jeg har ~ til à si I believe I have a right to say; De har ~ når De sier at you are right in saying that; få ~ i noe be acknowledged to be [in the] right, score a point, jur. win one’s case, i påstand be proved right; jeg fikk ~ f.e. my words came true; gi en ~ i noe acknowledge one to be [in the] right. I grant you are right, han er i sin gode ~ he is [perfectly, quite] within his rights 3 rettighet right, privilege; lovlig ~ lawful (legal) right; hevde sin ~ assert one’s rights; ha ~ til have a right to, be entitled to; ha — til å have a (the) right to; mer enn han har — til more than he has the right to, more than is his due; vi har ~ til å vente oss meget av ham, f.e. we have good reason to have great expectations of him; gi en ~ til give one the right to; komme til sin — : oppnå come into one’s own, get what rightly belongs to one, fig. appear (show) to advantage. It does not look its best; it does not do itself justice, være i sin gode — be in (within) one’s rights 4 vederlag, fyldest: gjore — for seg give a good account of oneself, do what is expected of one, discharge one’s duty; forpliktelser discharge one’s debts, meet one’s liabilities 5 lov law, folke ~ international law; ~ og billighet justice and equity; —en må gå sin gang the law must take its course; gå —ens vei go to law (against a person), take proceedings (action) against 6 domstol court [of justice, of law); bringe saken for —en take the matter to court, bring an action; gTmøte i —en appear in (before the) court; legge fram i —en lay before the court det vil stå for alle —er f.e. it will pass muster everywhere. Se ogs. rette ’rett adj. 1 ikke krum straight, direkte direct, straight, f.e. a straight road, in a straight (direct) line; en — vinkel a right angle; på — kjøl on an even keel 2 riktig, korrekt right, correct, proper, tilbørlig due, proper; det —e inntrykk the right impression; det —e ord the proper word; han er [nettopp] den —e mann he is the right man (the very man, just the man) f.e. for the position; nevne tingen ved sitt —e navn call a spade a spade, call things by their right names; kjenner jeg ham ~ if I know him at all; —e vedkommende the proper person (party), myndighet the proper (competent) authority; til ~ vedkommende (i anbefalingsbrev) to whom it may concern. Se vedkommende. i —e tid punctually, at the right time, by the due (proper) date, in due time (course). Your draft will be duly protected. The money arrived just in time. You shall have your money in due course, et ord i —e tid a word in season, a well-timed remark; i —e tid og på —e sted at the right time and in the right place; ikke —ere enn jeg vet (husker) so far as I know (remember); eller, —ere sagt or rather, or to be more correct; or, to put it more exactly 3 ekte, virkelig real; den —e og den vrange siden the right side and the reverse (wrong) side 4 ikke mer enn — og rimelig only fair 5 rettmessig lawful, legitimate, rightful ’rett adv. 1 direkte, uten omvei straight, direct. The boat runs direct to Hull; it goes there direct; ~ forut right ahead; ~ fram straight on; vinden var — imot oss the wind was dead against us; ~ nord due north; ~ overfor directly opposite 2 like: treffe — i blinken ogs. fig. hit the mark, get home; ~ og slett merely, simply, purely. He is a speculator pure and simple; a right-down swindler; ~ som det var (plutselig) all of a sudden, suddenly, stadig vekk constantly, every now and again 'rette 1 substantivert adj. den — f.e. the right man; det — the right (proper, correct) thing. That is the one right thing to do. treffe det — hit the mark, find out the right way, find the right means. He made a good shot (a lucky hit), langt fra det — wide of the mark. I am not far short of (am near) the mark 2 gå i — med en upbraid (expostulate with) one 3 med — rightly, justly, deservedly. He rightly complained of this treatment. We can be justifiably proud of this result. He has deservedly earned a high reputation, og det med — and justly (rightly) so; and quite right too; man sier ofte og med — at it is often said, and rightly so, that; med — eller urette rightly or wrongly 4 til —: finne seg til ~ [zned] (forsone seg med) reconcile oneself to, tilpasse seg accommodate oneself to, føle seg hjemme feel at home; hjelpe en til ~ lend one a helping hand, put one on the right way; det savnede stykke er kommet til — the missing piece has turned up (has been found); legge til — arrange, order, adjust; ligge [godZ] til — for be favourable for, offer favourable conditions for, be set for; stå til ~ for answer for, be called to account for; ta seg selv til ~ take the law into one’s own hands; tale en til — bring one to (get one to listen to) reason; vise en til ~ reprimand, rebuke ’rette s. på tøy the right side ’rette v. 1 gjøre rett straighten; om feil correct 2 refl., skipet —t seg [opp] igjen the ship righted itself; det hele vil — seg things will come right (right themselves). Things will work out right in the end 3 med adv. el. prep, a) ~ seg elter f.e. et ønske comply with one’s wishes, instruks f.e. I shall adnere closely to these instructions; ordre obey orders, reglement comply with the rules; loven conform to the law; moten follow the fashion; prisene —r seg etter tilbud og etterspørsel prices are regulated by supply and demand; det er det eneste jeg har å ~ meg etter that is all I have to go by; b) ~ inn (maskin o. I.) true [up] a machine e) ~ mot: om angrep direct an attack against, kritikk level criticism against, aim c. at, beskyldning direct an accusation against (at), slag aim a blow at d) ~ opp right e) ~ på: ordne arrange, put right, forbedre improve, bøte på remedy, rectify, repair, korrigere correct; ~ på en feil rectify an error (mistake), put the matter right. Such an error can be put right at once. ~ på forholdet put matters right, set things right, bring about an improvement. That state of things must be remedied. ~ på mangier make good deficiencies, rectify (remedy) a defect; ~ ens oppmerksomhet på (mot) turn (direct) one’s attention to (towards); rette våre bestrebelser på å bygge opp direct our efforts towards building up; ~ på ens oppførsel improve one’s conduct; han har —t på seg, f.e. he has reformed f) ~ noen ord til address a few words to. My remarks were directed (addressed) to you. <j) ~ ut straighten