sli Les Lerk 208 sluLLe with debt; vi har mye å ~ med, f.e. we are having a strenuous time, slite vondt we have a rough time [of it] d) ~ ned wear down e) ~ på: net ~r på humøret it puts one out [of humour]; dårlige veier —r på bilringene bad roads wear down the tyres f) ~ ut wear out; ~ seg ut wear oneself out slitesterk et —t toy a good-wearing (durable) cloth; it stands a great deal of wear; there is a great deal of hard wear in it slitsom hard, strenuous; ha det — t have a hard time [of it] slokjke ~ brann put out (extinguish) a fire, tørst quench one’s thirst; ~ sine sørger i vinen drown one’s cares in wine; den sorgen er —t that difficulty is over, that matter is settled -ne v. go out -ningslapparat brann fire-extinguisher slu cunning, sly, crafty. He is a sly old fox. He is as cunning as a fox -het cunning, craftiness slubbert scamp, rascal siii<hl sleet slud|der nonsense, rubbish, piffle. All this news is pure moonshine -re talk nonsense, twaddle sluk skje — spoon-bait, gap abyss, chasm; dollar — dollar gap -hals glutton sluke swallow, fig. absorb, use up, consume; ~ opp swallow (use) up. The expenses swallowed up most of the profits slukøret crestfallen slump 1 omtrentlig beregning: på [en] ~ roughly, on a rough calculation, på måfå at random. I took the samples at random. I opened four cases taken at random. A few pieces taken at haphazard from the shipment, la alt gå på ~ f.e. he has a happy-go-lucky way of doing things 2 treff, tilfeldighet: det var rent ved en ~ jeg oppdaget det it was by mere chance (accident) I discovered it 3 rest remainder 4 ubestemt mengde: en god ~ a good lot (quantity) of slumpe hende: det kunne ~ at it might chance (happen) that -hell luck, chance -skudd random shot -spill a game of chance -treff a stroke of luck slumire fig. lie dormant, be quiescent -rende quiescent; ~ tilstand quiescence skinklen mager lean; statens —ne kasse the lean (light) public purse sluntre ~ unna shirk, shirk one’s duty slurv om. arbeid carelessness, negligence; det kommer av ~ it is due to carelessness -e be careless (negligent), scamp one’s work -et om arbeid slovenly, slipshod, careless sluse sluice; i dokk, kanal lock -avgift lockage -port lock gate sluske|arbeid slipshod (slovenly) work -t slovenly, slipshod, untidy slutning 1 avslutning close, conclusion, av et bo the winding up of an estate, freds ~ the conclusion of peace; ende end, termination 2 frakt — fixture 3 konklusjon conclusion, inference; en falsk ~ a wrong conclusion; dra den ~ at draw the conclusion that. That is the conclusion I draw from the report. No inference can be drawn from these figures, komme, til en ~ reach (come to) a conclusion; dra (trekke) forhastede —er draw hasty conclusions -slmerknad concluding (closing) remark, final observation slutt 1 a) avslutning close, conclusion, ende end, utgang issue, result; en lykkelig ~ a happy ending; for uken er ~ before the week is out; sesongen er neslen ~ the season is nearly over, it is drawing to a close, it will soon be over (be at an end), den nærmer seg —en it is coming to an end, it is drawing to a close b) forsyningene tok snart ~ supplies soon ran (gave) out; varebeholdningen holder på å ta — stocks are getting low (running out). We are getting (running) short of this article, dette lar aldri ~ this seems interminable (endless); motet tok endelig ~ the meeting came to an end at last c) til ~ (slutning) in conclusion, to conclude; endelig at last, finally, in the end; omsider eventually, ultimately; til ~ vil jeg nevne f.e. finally (lastly) I wish to mention the question of commission; De vil finne til ~ at: omsider you will eventually find that; til siste ~ to the very last, to the end of the chapter. We will see the matter through to the bitter end d) ved (etter) møtets ~ at the end (close) of the meeting, when the meeting was over; ved årets ~ at the end of the year 2 i —en av brevet at the end of the letter; i —en av året in the latter part of the year, at the end (close) of; først (ikke før) i —en av not till the end of; mot —en av towards the end (close) of; senest (ikke senere enn) i —en av not later than the end of; vi er nå på —en av sesongen we are now at the end of the season 3 etterfulgt av andre prep, a) det er — med de tider those times are past; det må bli — med (pa) there must be an end of, we must put an end to; det er — med min tålmodighet I am at the end of my patience, my patience is exhausted; det ble fort ~ med pengene the money was soon spent b) det er ~ mellom oss we have done with each other e) vi får aldri — på dette we shall never see the end of this; la oss få — på det let us get done with it; gjøre — på (stanse) put an end (stop) to; —en på: siste rest av the last of; —en på det hele ble at han ba om unnskyldning the result (the upshot of the whole matter) was that he apologized; it ended in his apologizing; se —en på see the end of sluttlakt final act -behandle conclude the discussion (etc.) of -dividende final dividend -kurs (-notering) closing quotation (price) -merknad closing remark -oppgjør final settlement -resultat final (ultimate) result -seddel utstedt av selger contract note, av mekler til kjøper bought note, av mekler til selger sold note -spurt final spurt -stein keystone -sum [sum] total, total amount slutte 1 a) vt. tilendebringe close, finish, conclude, bring to an end (a close) b) vi. opphøre stop, cease, come to an end e) ~ et regnskap close accounts; ~ et bo wind up an estate; — et brev finish (conclude) a letter; ~ arbeidet stop (leave off) work; ~ skolen leave school; skolen —r for ferien school breaks up; han har —t hos oss he has left us (our employ); ~ i en stilling leave one’s situation, give up one’s position; ~ med: opphøre med stop, cease, discontinue; — med å gjøre noe stop (leave off, discontinue) doing smtg.; han —t sin tale med å si he concluded his speech by saying, he wound up with the following remarks; han —t som direktør: ble til sist he ended as director; han har —t som direktør: nedlagt sitt verv, f.e. he has given up the position of director he has resigned office (his directorship) 2 om avtale o. 1. — en avtale (overenskomst) conclude (close) an agreement; — fred med make peace with; ~ en handel: forretninger close a transaction, conclude business; ~ kontrakt close a contract; ~ salg close a sale; ~ et serteparti (en frakt) close a charter (a freight); ~ et skip fix a boat; ~ traktat close a treaty 3 utlede: jeg —r av Deres merknader at I conclude (infer) from your remarks that; straks — at hastily conclude that; ~ fra judge from; ~ seg til infer, conclude, svakere conjecture, make a guess at 4 samle: — geleddene, f.e. we must close our ranks; ~ opp om rally round, range ourselves on the side of; ~ seg sammen: forene seg unite, join forces. They have joined forces (combined) in organizing this industry. Let us join hands and work together. ~ seg til: forene seg med join. They have joined in this movement. He joins with me in these congratulations, (erklære seg enig i): — seg til en mening endorse (subscribe to) an opinion, en uttalelse endorse a statement; en protest join in (associate oneself with) a protest; et forslag agree to (express agreement with, associate oneself with) a proposal