vannverk 269 varekunnskap compartment; om løy waterproof -verk waterworks van|ry bad repute, disrepute, discredit; bringe i ~ bring into disrepute (discredit); komme i ~ be brought into disrepute -skapt deformed 'vanskelig adj. 1 a) difficult, hard; det er ~ ogs. it takes a lot of doing b) en ~ eksamen a stiff examination, oppgave: arbeid an arduous (uphill) task; et ~ (kinkig) problem a ticklish problem, vanskelig å forklare "a knotty problem; en ~ (kjedelig) situasjon an awkward (perplexing) situation, a dilemma, farlig, ogs. we are in a tight corner. We are in (this delay has put us in) a bad fix. ~e forhold trying circumstances; ~e tider times of stress. We have had a hard time. In these hard times. The company has had a trying year c) ~ d tilfredsstille, f.e. he is hard (he is a difficult man) to please, nøye he is very particular; han er ~ å ha med å gjøre (å komme ut av det med) he is a trying person (is a difficult man) to deal with; he is hard to get on with d) ~ for: gjøre det ~ for meg, f.e. this makes it (you make matters) difficult for me; det er ~ for meg å it is difficult (hard) for me to; vi har [meget] ~ for å we find it [very] hard (difficult) to; we have [great] difficulty in (-ing); jeg har ~ for å tro noe slikt, f.e. I can hardly credit such a story; jeg har — for å tro at han har gjort noe så dumt it is difficult to believe that he should have (I can hardly credit him with having) acted so foolishly; det blir ~ nok for ham (det vil falle ham ~ d) he will find it difficult to, he will have difficulty in (-ing), sterk, it will be none too easy for him to, he is going to be hard put to it to 2 -ere det blir ~ og ~ it is becoming more and more (is becoming increasingly) difficult ’vanskelig adv., jeg kan ~ I can hardly, I cannot very well; De vil ~ finne en bedre agent you will hardly find a better agent; ~ stillet in a position of difficulty, in a difficult (unfavourable, disadvantageous) position vanskeliggjøre complicate, make (render) difficult; sinke hinder, impede, hamper, interfere with vanskelighet 1 difficulty, hindring obstacle; ha penge ~ (økonomiske) ~er have money difficulties, be in financial embarrassment (straits); det er der ~en ligger that is where the difficulty comes in; ~en består i at the trouble is that, the difficulty lies in the fact that; det ville ha sine store ~er å bygge om rebuilding would present great difficulties; vi er ennå ikke ferdig med —ene, f.e. we are not yet out of the wood; uten ~ without any difficulty, easily 2 gjøre ~er raise (make) difficulties, innvendinger objections; det ble ikke gjort ~er no difficulties were raised; møte ~er meet with (encounter) difficulties; overvinne en — overcome a d., surmount an obstacle; det vil reise seg mange —er many d.-s will arise 3 være i —er be in difficulties (in trouble), penge ~ be in a strait, in financial embarrassment; bringe opp i —er, f.e. this has put me in a bad (awkward) fix, has landed (placed) me in great difficulties, dt. has put me in a hole; komme i —er get into (be involved in) d.-s; vi er kommet over de verste —er we have now turned the corner; komme ut av —ene get out of (extricate oneself from) d.-s; legge —er i veien for put d.-s in the way of 4 ha store —er med å have great d. in (-ing); én ~ ved planens utførelse er one d. in the way of carrying out the scheme is . .; —en ved å gjennomføre denne plan er the d. of carrying this plan through is . . van|skjøtte han —r sin forretning he mismanages (neglects) his business; he does not look after it properly -skjøtsel mismanagement, neglect -stell mismanagement, bad management. The business declined owing to mismanagement -styre s. misrule, misgovernment, v. misrule, misgovern vant ~ til used (accustomed) to; vi er ikke ~ til å bli behandlet på en slik måte we are not used to being (accustomed to be el. to being) treated in such a manner; vi har vært — til at vå/e kunder betaler ekstra for emballasjen we have been accustomed to our customers pacing extra for packing; bli ~ til get used (accustomed) to vanter ull — woollen gloves, vevet fabric gloves vanltrives not feel at home, feel uncomfortable [in one’s surroundings]. He dislikes the place. han ~ ved sitt arbeid he is not at all happy in his work -tro adj. unbelieving; ~ overfor incredulous (sceptical) of (about); s. disbelief, incredulity -vare inadvertence; av ~ inadvertently, from inadvertence, through an oversight -vidd dementia; drive til ~ drive to distraction, drive mad; det rene ~ sheer folly -vittig demented, tåpelig foolish ; en ~ idé a wild (absurd) idea -ære s. disgrace, dishonour; bringe ~ over bring shame upon; v. disgrace, dishonour -ærende disgraceful, infamous var adj. våken vigilant; forsiktig cautious, wary; bli det ~ become aware of. They awoke to the danger, bedre føre ~ enn etter snar prevention is better than cure; være ~ overfor nye metoder be wary of (be chary of adopting) new methods vara I formann vice-chairman -mann deputy 'vare 1 en artikkel an article, produkt a product, råvaren the raw product, den ferdige ~ the finished article (product). A brush is an article. Coffee is a product, kvalitet quality; '-sort, '-slag line, undert. thing, f.e. if a cheaper thing is required 2 om '-grupper goods bare flertall, f.e. lær —r leather goods, gummi —r rubber goods 3 vareparti goods, parcel, consignment. We shall ship these goods next week 4 oftere enn på norsk brukes navnet på vedk, vare, f.e. om tøy o. 1. the quality of the cloth (material, silk). These brushes are good value for money. jeg kunne levere en ~ (f.e. skjortestoff) til 6d. mindre I could supply a shirting (quality, line) at 6d. less; det er en god ~ it is a good quality; en god salgs ~ a good selling line 5 handels ~ særl. økon. commodity, men oftest i flertall, f.e. coffee, tea, sugar are commodities; koll. merchandise. These warehouses are full of merchandise 6 ware brukes i visse sammensetninger og da alltid i entall: tre—r woodware, jern—r ironware, metall—r metalware. NBI uttrykkene this ware, these wares bør unngås i handelsspråket 7 (fig.) høflighet er en sjelden ~ politeness is a rare commodity ’vare s. ta — på take care of, look after, gjemme keep (se vareta); ta seg i ~ for be on one’s guard against, beware of var|e v. ~ ved last, fortsette continue, go on; om klær o. 1. wear; ~ lenge last a long time, om tøy o. I. be durable (lasting); det —te en stund (lenge) før han betalte it was some time (long, a long time) before he paid. It was not long before I found the right man. We hope it will not be long before we can . . møtet —te i to timer the meeting lasted (went on for) two hours; frakken vil ~ i årevis the coat will last for years; it will give years of good wear; ~ lenger enn outlast. Our shoes will outlast more expensive ones varelavsender consigner (-or), sjøv. shipper -avtale commodity agreement -helioWning stock(s), i regnskap stock-in-trade, stocks on hand; oppta — take stock -bil [tradesman’s] van -bytte trade, exchange of commodities, tuskhandel barter. They barter fish for manufactures -børs produce exchange -forsendelse det å sende transmission (forwarding, despatch) of goods, konk. consignment, sjøv. shipment -forsikring insurance of goods -fortegnelse list of articles (goods), sjøv. ship’s manifest -handel merchandise trade -heis hoist -hus [departmental] stores, am. store -konto goods account -kjøp purchase of goods (commodities) -kreditt trade credit -kunn-