stram 221 stride your letter; ~ etter at skipet var gått immediately after (directly) the ship had left 2 adj. ~ levering immediate delivery 3 konj. f.e. we will advise you as soon as (directly) we get news stram adj. 1 ikke løs tight; kjøre med (i) ~me tøyler keep a tight rein on 2 om priser, markedet: ~me priser stiff prices; et —t pengemarked a tight (stringent) money market; the market was stringent 3 hard, streng: ~me regler stringent rules; ~ disiplin hard discipline 4 om lukt, smak sharp, pungent, harsk rancid -het tightness, stringency, f.e. the stringency of the money market stramt adv. tightly; sitte ~ be (fit) tight, be a tight fit stram|me vt. ~ et tan tighten a rope; disiplin tighten (screw) up discipline; ~ betingelser tighten (screw) up conditions, make more stringent. The law is to be tightened up. bli ~mere tighten, become tighter, om priser o. I. harden, stiffen; ~ inn livremmen, j.e. we must pull in (tighten) our belts; ~ opp, f.e. tighten (speed) up production; ~ ham opp stir (dt. ginger) him up; ~ seg opp pull oneself together, dt. buck up -ning tightening, a tightening up of; — av priser a hardening of prices strand shore, lav hav ~ beach -rett shore rights strande 1 om skip, f.e. the ship ran (went) aground; it has (is) stranded; et ~t fartøy a stranded vessel [ 2 fig. om plan o. I. fail, miscarry, fall through; forhandlingene ~t the negotiations broke down; bringe til å ~ (fig.) f.e. foil (baffle, wreck) his plans; prosjektet ~t på økonomiske vansker the project fell through owing to financial difficulties stranding stranding, running aground, fig. failure, miscarriage; ~s\gods stranded goods strateg strategist -i strategy -isk strategic [al 1; ~e råvarer strategic raw materials stratosfære stratosphere streb|e strive, endeavour (se streve) ~ efter å, f.e. we shall always aim at giving good service -en endeavours, exertions; ~ etter the pursuit of -er en ~ a careerist, a pusher streif|e fig. ~ (grense) inn på border (verge) on; ~ inn på et emne touch1 [up]on, refer to [in passing], make passing reference to -lys fig. sidelight, f.e. an interesting sidelight on the position streik a strike, f.e. we have had a strike; lokal ~ (general ~, sympati ~, ulovlig ~) a local (general, sympathetic, an unofficial el. illegal) strike; ogs. a go-slow s., a sit-down s., gjøre ~ (gå til ~) to strike, go on s., declare a s.; the men have struck work; they are on strike; they came (went) out on strike yesterday; avblåse en ~ call off a strike streike to strike [work], f.e. the men have struck work; they are striking for higher wages and shorter hours (se streik) -bevegelse strike movement -bidrag s.-pay -bryter a strike-breaker, forakt, a scab (blackleg), am. ogs. gambler -forbud s. ban -kasse s. fund(s) -leder s. leader -ordre gi — call a s. -rett right to strike -vakt s. picket -varsel s. notice streikende de ~ the strikers, those on strike streka 1 linje line, strøk stroke, på kompass point, tanke ~ dash; en rett ~ a straight line; gå over ~en overstep the line (bounds, mark); under ~en below the line (fig. mark); det var en ~ i regningen for ham it was a disappointment to him; it upset his plans; it was a spoke in his wheel; slå en ~ over cross (score) out, fig. wipe out, pass the sponge over, draw a line through 2 puss trick, prank streke ~ opp: risse outline; ~ over cross (score, rule) out; ~ under underline; en ~t linje a line of short dashes strekk stretch, spenning tension; i et ~ f.e. 24 hours at a stretch -bar elastic, om metall ductile, tensile -barhet elasticity; ductility -bukse f.e. skiing-trousers -fasthet tensile strength -grense yield point, ductile limit -spenning tensile stress strekke 1 stramme stretch, draw out 2 refl. med tingssubj. stretch, extend, f.e. these forests stretch (extend [for]) miles and miles; være imøtekommende: kan De — Dem litt lenger can you stretch a point? vi skal — oss så langt som mulig we shall iHeet_(oblige) you as far as possible. I cannot go as far astliät. jeg' ville ~ they tangt for å 1 would go a long way to; ~ seg over: tid extend over, cover [a period of], omfatte embrace; om område cover, range over, f.e. these activities range over a wide field 3 ~ til extend to, være nok be enough, be sufficient, suffice; få inntektene til å ~ til make ends meet; hvis pengene ~r til, ogs. if our funds run to it. Our funds will not run to a holiday this year, hvis vår kulibeholdning ^r til if our coal stocks last out; ikke ~ til, f.e. we have not half enough stock to go round (dvs. til alle våre kunder); ~ ut extend, stretch out strekning vei ~ stretch, distance; land ~ extent, tract, range; skog~ tract of forest, jernbane — section; på store ~er for (over) great distances; på en ~ av for a distance of streng s. string; spille på denne ~en (fig.) touch this chord; spille på de samme ~er play the same old tune streng adj. nøye strict, hard severe, rigorous, stringent, f.e. strict orders, severe cold, a severe winter, a rigorous climate, stringent (rigorous) laws, rigid economy; ~e krav stringent demands; ~ kontroll strict (close) supervision; ta ~e forholdsregler take severe measures; i ~ere forstand in the strictest sense; være ~ mot be strict (severe) with, for ~ be too hard on (too severe upon), treat too severely -het strictness; severity, rigour, stringency strengt adv. behandle ~ treat severely, deal harshly with; straffe ~ punish severely; vilkårene må ~ overholdes the terms must be strictly observed; ~ tatt strictly speaking, in the strict sense of the word; holde ~ på observe rigorously; holde seg ~ til keep strictly to strev strengt arbeid labour, toil, kamp struggle anstrengelse exertion, effort; ha ~ med å have hard work to strevle arbeide hardt work hard, toil, plod, forsøke strive, try hard; kjempe struggle; ~ med work hard (plod) at, struggle with; ha mye å ~ med, f.e. have one’s hands full, have a hard struggle -som om pers, hard-working, industrious; et ~t liv a hard life; et ~t arbeid a hard (strenous, tough) task; ha det ~t lead a hard (strenuous) life -somhet industry stri adj. om strøm rapid, violent; streng, hard rigorous; gjenstridig obstinate, stubborn; en ~ dag a strenuous day strid 1 stridighet strife, contention; splid dissension, indre ~ internal dissension; politisk ~ political strife; en ~ (kamp) a fight, combat, struggle; sammenstøt clash, conflict; vitenskapelig o. I. controversy; uoverensstemmelse, uenighet disagreement, difference; tvist dispute; vekke ~ give rise to tarouse) controversy; stir up strife, f.e. this report has aroused acute controversy; bilegge en ~ settle a dispute, adjust a difference; bryte ut i åpen ~ break out into open war (hostility); et ~ens eple a bone of contention; ~ms eple the apple of discord; en ~ens mann a fighter, a militant 2 handle i ~ med, f.e. act contrary to instructions, act in defiance of these rules, in contravention (violation) of the law, in violation of these obligations; komme i ~ med come into conflict with; stå i [direkte] ~ med be in [direct] conflict with, to conflict with, be [quite; at variance with; være i — med, ogs. be opposed to, be in opposition to, være uforenlig med be incompatible with 3 ~ om, f.e. a dispute over, et spørsmål som det står ~ om a vexed question, a controversial issue; det punkt (sak) som ~en står om the point at issue, the controversial question; det har vært stor ~ om dette punkt, f.e. this point has been bitterly contested stride fig. fight, struggle, contend; ~ for fight