forbausende forbindelse p surprise at your not yet having paid. forbausende o surprising; et — godt resultat, a surprisingly good result. forbedre v improve; — seg, improve. forbedring s improvement; foreta -er, make (carry out) improvements; — i handel, improvement in trade. forbehold s reserve; med —, with reserve; med vanlig —, with the usual reserve (reservation); han har tatt sine —, he has made his reservations; med det — at, with the condition that; med — av Deres godkjenning, subject to your approval; disse priser noteres med — av forandring, these prices are subject to alteration. forbeholde v reserve; jeg ma — meg en leveringstid av seks uker, I must stipulate a period of six weeks for delivery; jeg må — meg at partiet blir sendt omgående, I must stipulate for delivery by return; vi -r oss rett til à forandre disse priser uten varsel, these prices are subject to alteration without notice. forbeholden a reserved, av reservedly; -het s reserve, forberede v prepare; — seg til, prepare for. forberedt a prepared; — på, prepared for; vi var — på at prisene ville stige, we expected that prices would rise; vi må være — på at prisene vil falle, we must be prepared for a fall in prices; — på å, prepared to. forberedelse(r) s preparations; gjøre sine —, make preparations; det er under —, it is in preparation, it is being prepared; treffe —, make preparations (arrangements). forberedende a preparatory, preliminary. forbi ov (over), past, at an end; gå —, go past; (utelate) omit, leave out; det er ikke til å komme —, f. e. there is no getting away from the fact that. forbigå v (ikke nevne) omit to mention. forbigående a temporary, transitory; bemerke i —, observe in passing. forbindelse s 1 handels-, (person) connection; våre svenske -r, our Swedish connections (friends); vi har gode -r, we have good connections; 2 (forhold) relations, connection; ha (stå i) forretnings- med, be in connection with, have business relations (connections) with; sette Dem i — med, put you in connection with; sette seg (komme) i — med, get (come) into connection with, get into touch with, to contact; tre i — med, enter into connection (into business relations) with; 3 (samferdsel) communication; i telegrafisk — med, in telegraphic communication with; sette seg i — med (henvende seg til), communicate with; (befordringstjeneste), service; en god tog-, a good train service; 4 (sammenheng) connection; i denne — kan jeg nevne, in this connection I may mention; i —