umeddelsom 251 underkaste u|meddelsom incommunicative, reticent -medgjørlig f.e. intractable employees, they are difficult to deal with, hard to manage, unmanageable -nied-gjørlighet intractableness -menneskelig inhuman -merkelig imperceptible, adv. -ly -merket unmarked -metodisk unmethodical -mettelig insatiable -mettet —mettede fettsyrer unsaturated fatty acids -middelhar om fare, nærhet, resultat immediate; i ~ nærhet av in the immediate vicinity of; om overgang direct; vi står —t foran en krise a crisis is imminent; —t etter at notene er utvekslet immediately after (directly) the notes have been exchanged; naturlig spontaneous, adv. -ly u|minnelig fra —e lider from time immemorial, from time out of mind -minsket undiminished -miskjennelig unmistakable, obvious, påtagelig palpable -mistenkelig unsuspicious -mistenksom unsuspecting -moden unripe, om frukt, ogs. green, om vin immature, fig. immature; et —t prosjekt an immature (crude) scheme -modenhet unripeness; immaturity, crudity -moderne ikke på mote unfashionable, out of fashion, out of date, avlegs obsolete, gammeldags old-fashioned; bli ~ go out of fashion -moralsk immoral -motivert adj. motiveless, gratuitous, uberettiget unjustified; adv. gratuitously, etc., without cause; helt ~ ogs. for no reason whatever umulig impossible; det er neslen ~ it is almost (well-nigh) impossible; en ~ person an impossible person; han har gjort seg ~ he has made himself impossible; problemet var ~ å løse the problem defied solution; it was impossible to solve the problem; feilen var ~ å oppdage the error could not be found; it was impossible to detect the error; vi kan ~ we cannot possibly; det kan ~ være tilfelle it cannot possibly be the case; det er ~ for meg ü it is impossible (it is out of the question) for me to; dette gjør det — for oss å konkurrere f.e. this prevents us from competing; det er ikke ~ at it is just possible that; det er siett ikke ~ at it is by no means impossible that; is is not at all unlikely that; det —e the impossible; det —e i the impossibility of -gjøre make (render) impossible -het impossibility; ~en av å the impossibility of (-ing); en ren ~ a sheer impossibility umyndig på grunn av ungdom under age; han er ~ ogs. he is a minor; —e [personer], ogs. persons not yet of age; —es midler trust funds -gjøre declare incapable of managing his (her) own affairs -het minority ujmyntet uncoined; myntet og ~ gull gold coin and bullion -møblert unfurnished -mønstret plain -måtelig immense, enormous u,naturlig unnatural, ikke ekte artificial -navngitt nameless, anonymous under s. et ~ a wonder, mirakel miracle; gjøre undrer (—verk) work wonders, do miracles; det er intet ~ at it is no wonder [that] under prep. 1 sted (mots, over) under, lavere enn (mots, above) below; langt ~ far below. Shall I write my name above or below the line? ~ denne rubrikk under this head; ~ dette nivå below this level; sette sitt navn ~ put one's name to, sign; ~ adresse to the address of 2 tid during, i løpet av, ogs. in the course of; ~ mitt fravær during my absence; ~ en samtale during (in the course of) a conversation; ~ streiken during the strike; ~ alt dette all the while, while all this was going on; ~ hele reisen throughout the voyage; ~ lossingen during discharge, when the goods were being discharged 3 virksomhet: jernbanen er ~ bygning the railway is in course of (is under) construction (is being built); ~ fabrikasjon in process of manufacture (being manufactured); ~ forberedelse in [course of] preparation 4 orn pris, tall o. I. ~ innkjøpspris below (under) cost [price]; jeg vil ikke selge bilen — £100 I will not let the car go at less than ..; ikke meget ~ 100 not far short of . .; tallet ligger ~ det for 19 . . the figure is below (is lower than, falls short of) that for 19 . . 5 rang below. A captain is below a general in rank 6 under ett: selge ~ ett sell in one lot; sende ~ ett, f.e. ship the goods all in one lot, send them all together, send them in one shipment; se[ff] ~ ett, f.e. as a whole (taking it all round) the past year has been satisfactory. We must consider these matters as a whole under adv. skipet gikk — the ship went under underlagent subagent -agentur subagency -avdeling filial branch, i departement sub-department, division, av bok o. I. subsection -balanse deficit, adverse balance; en ~ pd a deficit of; være i ~ have a deficit, ogs. f.e. we are £50 to the bad -befrakte subcharter -befrakter subcharterer -bestyrer sub-manager -betale underpay; underpaid workers -bevissthet subconsciousness -bokholder assistant bookkeeper -bukse menn pants, drawers fl., kvinner knickers fl. -by underbid, underquote. Our competitors can underbid (are undercutting) us in foreign markets; they are underselling us -bygge fig. base, ground; ~ med base (found) on, support (substantiate) with -bygning substructure, fundament foundation -danig humble, subservient, krypende obsequious -del lower (under) part -direktør sub-director -domstol inferior court, court of first instance -dønning ground swell -ernæring malnutrition -ernært underfed, undernourished under I forstått understood, stilltiende, f.e. it was tacitly understood that . ., noe som er — something understood, smtg. that is implied -frankert underpaid, f.e. an underpaid letter. If a letter is underpaid, the deficiency, plus a fine, is collected from the addressee -fundig adj. cunning, wily, underhand[ed] f.e. underhand intrigues -fundlghet cunning, deceit, fl. hole-and-corner methods, wiles underlgang fall fall, downfall; ødeleggelse destruction, forderv ruin; sammenstyrling collapse; gå sin ~ i møte be on the road to destruction. He is heading straight for a fall. They are marching to disaster. dømt til ~ doomed -grave fig. undermine, f.e. confidence has been undermined. The vitality of this industry has been sapped -gravlngs-virksomhet subversive activity -grunn underground -gà undergo, pass through; ~ en forandring undergo a change under I handle negotiate; ~ med negotiate (treat) with; ~ om negotiate for. We are negotiating for the purchase of this mill -handler negotiator -handling(er) negotiation(s); ligge i —er med ham om kjøp av be in treaty (negotiation) with him for the purchase of; tre i —er med enter into negotiations with; føre —er med conduct negotiations with -hold maintenance, understøttelse, ogs. support, bidrag allowance -holde keep, maintain, support; more entertain -holdende entertaining -holdning entertainment -holdnings|bidrag maintenance allowance, til fraskilt hustru alimony -holdningsI plikt liability for the maintenance of -hånden privately; skal selges — to be sold by private treaty; få vite — learn privately -håndsakkord private arrangement [with creditors] (se akkord) -håndsopplysning(er) inside information. I have inside i. on the subject -håndssalg sale by private treaty -jordisk subterranean, undergrunns- underground underkant lower edge (side), fig. i — f.e. rather on the small (short) side, too small (etc.) if anything; holde prisene i — keep prices on the low side under|kaste 1 vi. subject to; disse kabler blir —t strenge prøver these cables are subjected to severe tests. This system has been subjected to interesting experiments. He was subjected to (put through) a long cross-examination; tvisten ble —t voidgift the dispute was submitted to arbitration; være —t be subject to. The settlement of this