slange 207 slite slange orm snake, bibl. serpent; gummi ~: mindre rubber tube, større hose; a piece of tubing; bil~ [inner] tube; brann ~ fire hose, hage ~ garden hose slank slim; ~e seg to slim -het slimness slapp slakk slack, loose; ikke energisk slack, lazy; om plikter, f.e. he is remiss (slack) in his work; en ~ kontroll, moral a lax control, lax morals; et ~t marked a slack (dull, languid, lifeless) market; prisene var ~e: nedgående declining, vikende receding slapp|e slakke slacken, løsne loosen; ~ av: ta hvile relax, bli mindre energisk flag, slack off; ~ på slacken. We must not relax (slacken in) our efforts (work). There must be no slacking off (no relaxation of our efforts) -else relaxation, slackening -het slackness, lack of energy, laxity; ugidelighel lassitude, languor slarke om hjul wobble -t wobbly, loose slav|e 1 s. slave; en ~ av a slave to, the slave of 2 v. to slave, toil like a slave, work like a nigger -eri slavery, fig. ogs. drudgery -isk om person servile; en ~ etterligning a slavish imitation slede sleigh, sledge -tur sleigh-ride slegge sledge-hammer, sport hammer sleip slippery slekt familie family, rase race, menneske ~ human race, slektninger relatives, bonde ~ farming stock, f.e. he comes of farming stock. He is a man of good family. He comes of good stock, nærmeste ~ next of kin, nearest relatives; være i ~ med be related to -ledd generation -ning relative -skap relationship; stå i nær (fjernt) ~ med be closely, (distantly) related to slem bad, uskikkelig naughty, ond wicked, vicious, anstrengende trying, vrien awkward, stygg ugly, grusom mot cruel to, alvorlig serious, ubehagelig disagreeable; en ~ tid a hard (bad) time (hard times); han er ~ til å bryte sine løfter, f.e. he has a nasty habit of breaking his promises; komme i en ~ knipe, f.e. I have got myself into a bad fix -t adv. badly, seriously, etc. slendrian jog-trot, routine; gammel ~ the old jogtrot [way], accustomed routine. We have got into a rut. We must try to get out of the old rut slengmerknad casual (passing) remark slep det å buksere tow; på kjole train; ha på ~ have in tow; ta på ~ take in tow slep|e dra drag, feie sweep, buksere tow; ~ etter seg trail; ~ på (fig.) be encumbered with -båt tug -en om person polished, urbane -ing buksering towage -lønn towage -not drag-net, større trawl -trosse tow-rope, hawser slesk adj. fawning, obsequious -e v. ~ for fawn on slett adj. 1 dårlig bad, very poor, moralsk bad, evil, wicked, moralsk fordervet depraved; adv. badly 2 flat, flat, jevn level, glatt smooth 3 rett og ~ simply, purely. He is a speculator pure and simple; a right-down swindler 3 — ikke not at all; det er ~ ikke vanskelig it is not at all (not in the least) difficult; en slik pris er ~ ikke for høy such a price is not at all (is by no means) too high; ~ ikke noe nothing at ail, nothing whatever -het dårlig kvalitet o. I. poorness, moralsk wickedness, depravity slette s. flatt land plain, høy ~ plateau slette v. gjøre glatt smooth, jevne level; ~ av et register strike off a register; ~ ut vansker smooth difficulties away; stryke (viske) ut delete, erase; bringe til å forsvinne eradicate, wipe out slettvar fisk brill slibrig glatt slippery, fig. indecent, obscene ■slik adj. pron. 1 such; et ~t firma such a firm; en ~ artikkel, ogs. this kind (that sort) of article; ~e firmaer som disse firms such (such firms) as these, firms like these; ~e artikler articles of this kind; these sorts of articles; ~e artikler som articles like (such as); et ~t tap til another such loss; hva koster en ~ maskin what does a machine like that cost? 2 ~f hender ofte such things often happen; jeg har aldri sagt noe ~t I never said anything of the sort; har De sett noe ~t did you ever see the like of that? og ~t and the like; eller ~t or something like that (of the kind); enten resultatet blir ~ eller ~ whatever the result may be; ~ er det med that is the way with; han er ~ he is like that; det kostet meg noe ~ som it cost me something like; beretningen var — at den voldte panikk the report was such as to cause a panic; forholdene er ~ at ingen vil arbeide der conditions are such that no-one will work there 2slik adv. konj. han ordnet det ~ at, f.e. he so arranged matters that (arranged matters in such a way that) everyone was satisfied; he so arranged matters as to (he arranged matters so as to) suit everybody; vi skal ordne saken ~ som De foreslår we shall arrange the matter in the way suggested by you; send brevet lørdag ~ at vi får det mandag morgen post the letter on Saturday so that we may have it on Monday morning; jeg forstod Dem ~ at I understood you to say (mean) that; det er ikke ~ å forstå at jeg vil, f.e. this must not be taken to mean that I will; fabrikken ligger ~t til at the factory is so situated that; ~ er det alltid it is always like that slingre rulle roll, fig. vakle vacillate, shilly-shally -brett fiddle -bøyle gimbal -kjøl bilge keel -plate wash-plate -skott shifting boards -tank anti--rolling tank slingring rolling, roll, fig. vacillation, shilly-shally; ~ og setting rolling and pitching slipe kniv o. i. grind, fin~ hone; om edelsten cut, glatt ~ polish -middel (-stoff) abrasive -skive grinding wheel -stein grindstone sliperi grinding mill, tre ~ pulp mill slipp opphalings ~ slipway, slip; på ~ on the slip slipp gi ~ på (fig.) give up, gi avkall på relinquish, waive slippe 1 ~ tak på let go one’s hold of; for å ~ straff to avoid punishment; jeg må be om å få ~ I beg to be excused; jeg vil helst ~ I prefer not to. I would rather be excused [from going], jeg ønsker jeg kunne ~ å reise I wish I could get out of going; han lot meg ~ å reise he let me off going; De skal ~ å få flere ordrer you shall be spared further orders; ikke hvis jeg kan ~ not if I can avoid it (can get out of it) 2 med adv. el. prep, a) ~ for noe be spared smtg. ~ for å gjøre get out of (escape) doing b) ~ fra escape (get away) from; ~ billig (lett) fra det get off cheap (lightly). You have been let off very lightly. ~ heldig fra det have a lucky escape e) ~ fri (vt.) release, let off, (vi.) get off, be let off d) ~ igjennom slip through, f.e. eksamen get through e) ~ inn be let in, be admitted f) ~ løs release, set free, la få fritt spill give free scope for; — seg løs let oneself go g) ~ med get off-with, be let off with. He was let off with a warning h) ~ opp: min beholdning begynner å ~ opp my stocks are running low; vi er sloppet opp for denne artikkel we have run out (run short) of this article. Supplies have run (given) out i) ~ til f.e. give the young people a chance j) — unna get off, get away, escape k) ~ ut get out, escape, bli sloppet ut be let out, be released, om hemmelighet leak out; det slapp ut av ham he let out the secret, he let the cat out of the bag; det slapp ut av ham at he let out (he divulged) that slips [neck]tie, sløyfe bow -nål tiepin slit strev hard work, toil; ~ og elde wear & tear and obsolescence -asje wear and tear, ~ på maskiner wear and tear of machines -bar holdbar durable. This cloth wears well; it is a good--wearing material -barhet durability. The wearing quality of this cloth slit|e 1 arbeide hardt work hard, toil; ved bruk wear; golvteppet er ~tt the carpet is worn; it is the worse for wear; it shows [signs of] wear; skipet har ~t sine fortøyninger the ship has broken her moorings 2 med adv. el. prep, a) ~ av: rive tear off, ved bruk wear off b) ~ hull i wear a hole in, wear into holes e) ~ med gjeld struggle