A à: tre à fire pund, three or four pounds; to à tre ganger, two or three times; nitti ä hundre, from ninety to one hundred; 5 lamper à £6, 5 lamps at £6 each; 4 kasser à 12 flasker, 4 cases of 12 bottles; 8 stykker à 40 yards, 8 pieces of 40 yds each. abnorm o abnormal; -t høyt, abnormally high. absolutt a absolute; av absolutely; — ikke, certainly not; — nødvendig, absolutely necessary; — sikker på at, positively certain that. absorbere v absorb, abstrakt a abstract. add|ere v add [up]; -isjon, addition. adgang s 1 (mot billett o. I.) admission; 2 (tillatt el. forbudt) admittance; bli nektet — til, be refused admittance to; 3 (lett el. vanskelig) access; — til råstoff, access to raw materials; 4 (rettighet) right, permission. adlyde v obey; ikke —, disobey. administrasjon s administration, (av firma) management; slett —, bad management. administrere v manage, administer. administrerende; — direktør, managing director. adressat s (brevmottager) addressee, (vare-) consignee. adresse s address, (bestemmelsessted) destination; feil (ufullstendig) —, the wrong (an incomplete) address; oppgi en —, give an address; jeg har fått oppgitt Deres — av, I owe your address to. adresse|forandring s change of address; -kommisjon, address commission. adressere v address, (varer) consign. advare v warn; — mot, warn against; — mot å gjøre, warn against doing. advarsel s warning. advis s advice; — om, advice of; Deres brev med — om, your letter advising; ifølge —, as advised, as per advice; -brev, letter of advice. advisere v advise; — Dem noe, advise you of smtg. advokat s barrister, am attorney; -honorar, barrister’s fee. affære s affair; en ubehagelig —, an unpleasant affair; ta —, take action. Afrika s Africa. afrikansk a African. aften s evening, (høytids-) eve; i —, this evening, tonight; i går aftes, last