undervekt 256 unntagelse, unntak ship has been a long time on the way 2 om person on (during) the journey (voyage); ~ til, f.e. goods in transit to the customer; om skip on its way to, person f.e. on his way to, en route to (for) under vekt underweight, short weight, shortness of (deficiency in) weight. There is a deficiency of several tons -vektig under weight underverk gjøre ~ work wonders, do miracles, perform prodigies undervise teach; ~ i et fag teach a subject, manudusere coach. He taught me French -visning det u undervise teaching, særl. privat tuition, tilleggs — foran eksamen, manuduksjon coaching; det som meddeles instruction, tuition; gi — i give lessons in; utdannelse education undervisnings departementet i Eng. Ministry of Education -film educational film -materiell educational appliances -minister i Eng. Minister of Education -system educational system, system of education undervurdere underrate, undervalue, underestimate. These shares are undervalued. We have underestimated the task. This competition must not be underrated -vurdering underrating, undervaluation; an underestimate undr|e delle —et meg this surprised me; det —er meg at I wonder [that], I am surprised [that]. I wonder at your saying such a thing, det skulle ikke ~ meg om I should not be surprised if, I should not wonder if; jeg —es om I wonder whether; dette er ikke til a —es over this is not to be wondered at; ~ seg over wonder (be surprised) at; det er ikke til å —es over at han it is not surprising that he, [it is] no wonder [that] he; jeg —es på hva (hvorfor, om) I wonder what (why, whether) -ing wonder, surprise, sterk. astonishment unektelig adj. undeniable, adv. -ably ung young; i en — alder at an early age -hane cockerel -hare leveret -hone pullet -kar bachelor Ungarn Hungary ungarsk Hungarian ungdom abstr. og koll. youth, konkr. young people -melig youthful. He is young for his age -s|for-ening youth club, young people’s club (association) -s!herberge youth hostel universal universal -middel panacea, universal remedy, cure-all universitet university; på (ved) —et at the u. -sutdannelse a u. education. He is a u. man unna adv. 1 få disse ordrer ~ get these orders out of the way; gjøre arbeidet ~ get the work done 2 holde seg ~ keep clear of. I would advise you to leave that business alone (to have nothing to do with el. to steer clear of that firm). We fight shy of such firms. Buyers held aloof for some time 3 komme — : unnslippe escape, om ansvar, f.e. he tried to back out of it (to withdraw from the undertaking) 4 ta ~ take away, for å gjemme put on one side, put out of the way -gjort det verste er ~ f.e. the worst is over. We have broken the back of this piece of work unn dra 1 ~ sin støtte withdraw one’s support, berøve deprive of; bankinnskuddene ble '—dratt beskatning bank deposits were withheld from taxation 2 re fl. ~ seg ansvar shirk responsibility; ~ seg sin plikt shirk one’s duty, straff evade punishment unne v. han —r meg ikke det hell jeg har halt he grudges me my success; det er Dem vel unt you are quite welcome to it unnlfallen yielding, ydmyk meek, submissive -fallenhet meekness, submissiveness; —s\politikk policy of appeasement -fange conceive -gjelde f.e. pay dearly for (suffer for, pay the penalty of) one’s folly. You will be the person to suffer uungà 1 avoid; ~ fare (feil, ulykke) avoid danger (mistakes, an accident), som kan —es avoidable, som ikke kan —es unavoidable; slikt kan ikke —es ogs. such things cannot be helped; — å gjøre avoid doing; for å — å måtte forsikre varene to avoid having to insure. He is a man you should avoid (keep away from), det er ikke til å ~ at slike restriksjoner vil skape misnøye such restrictions are bound to (will inevitably) cause dissatisfaction; det stod ikke til å ~ it was inevitable; ~ lignende feil i fremtiden avoid a repetition of this mistake (such mistakes) in future 2 unnslippe escape; ~ døden (straff) escape death (punishment); saken har —tt min oppmerksomhet the matter has escaped my notice (attention); ~ å bli drept avoid being killed. We just missed (escaped) having to sink the ship 3 ved å narre, omgå elude, evade; forsøke å ~ betaling, f.e. try to elude payment of one’s debts; ~ et spørsmål evade a question; ~ å betale skatter elude paying taxes -else avoidance; escape; elusion, evasion -lig avoidable unnkomme escape; ~ fra escape from unn|late forsømme å gjøre fail (neglect) to do, la være med hensikt, ogs. omit to do, omit doing; ~ å betale gjeld (jur.) make default in payment of a debt; jeg kan ikke ~ å si at I cannot help saying that; han —lot å sende meg beskjed he failed to let me know; jeg skal ikke — å meddele Dem resultatet I shall not fail to inform you of the result; jeg vil ikke — å tilføye at I may (I wish to) add that, I must not omit to add that; jeg vil derfor ikke ~ å gjøre Dem oppmerksom på at, f.e. I therefore beg to point out that (draw your attention to the fact that) -latelse omission, failure, jur. default -latelsesdom judgement by default -later jur. defaulter unn|se ~ seg for å be ashamed to; han —så seg ikke for å he did not shrink from (-ing) -setning relief; komme ham til — come to this rescue; —s[ekspedisjon relief expedition -sette relieve unnskyld|e excuse; jeg håper De —er forsinkelsen I trust you will excuse the delay; jeg ber Dem ~ at jeg bryr Dem kindly excuse (pardon) me for troubling you (excuse my troubling you); vi ber Dem — at vi har unnlatt å, f.e. we must ask you to excuse us for omitting to (excuse our omitting to); De må ha meg —t, f.e. 1 beg to be excused. I should like to excuse myself from coming; han —te seg med at han var syk he pleaded illness He excused himself on the ground of ill health, -elig excusable -ende 1 om svar an apologetic reply. He wrote an apologetic letter. 2 formildende: — omstendigheter extenuating cir- cumstances unnskyldning 1 det å be om unnskyldning apology; en — make (offer) an apology; han gjorde mange —er he was most apologetic; jeg ba ham om — I apologized to him; jeg ber (jeg tillater meg å be) om ~ for at jeg har skaffet Dem så meget bry I apologize (I beg to apologize) for putting you to so much trouble. We must ask you to accept our apologies for the inconvenience you have been given. Please accept our regrets for not answering (not having answered) earlier, oppriktige —er sincere apologies; jeg ber Dem om — for at De har måttet vente I apologize [to you] for keeping you waiting 2 det å finne en unnskyldning excuse; påskudd pretext, excuse; en dårlig ~ a poor (lame) excuse; jeg har ikke noen — I have no excuse; det fins ikke noen — for Deres oppførsel there is no excuse for your conduct; your conduct admits of no excuse. You have no excuse for acting in such a way. anføre til min — plead in excuse (as an excuse); til min ~ kan jeg bare si at the only excuse I have to offer is that; ta imot en — accept an excuse; det tjener til hans — at it is some excuse for him that; til — for in excuse (extenuation) of -sjbrev letter of apology -slgrunn plea, excuse unn|slippe escape; han —slapp med nød og neppe he had a narrow escape -slå ~ seg decline; beg to be excused from (-ing) unnfta except, frita for exempt from; når —tas at except that unntagelse, unntak exception, fritagelse for exemption from; —n bekrefter regelen the exception proves