lovende 140 lærvarer things of; varene holder alt de -er, the goods are everything they claim to be. lovende a promising; se — ut, look promising. luft s air; -forandring, a change of air; -post, air mail; sende med —, send by air mail; to airmail a letter; -tett, airtight. lugar s cabin; enmanns-, single cabin; tomanns-, double cabin. luke s hatch; -åpning, hatchway. lukke v shut, close; -t for, closed to. Se stenge. luksus s luxury; -artikler, luxuries, også: fancy articles. lukt s smell; -e v smell; -fri, free from smell. lunsj s lunch; å spise —, to lunch. lure v (bedra) fool, dupe; la seg —, allow oneself to be taken in. lyd s sound; slå til — for, make an appeal for. lyde v 1 sound; (ha ordlyd) read, run; telegrammet -r som følger, the telegram reads as follows; vekselen -r på £25, the bill is for ..; 2 (adlyde) obey; ikke —, disobey. lydende: — på, made payable [to a person, for a sum], lydig a: — mot, obedient to; -het, obedience. lykke s: det å gjøre —, success, (hell) luck, (lykkefølelse) happiness; ha -n med seg, be fortunate (successful), (mots.) be un-fortunate(unsuccessful);jeg ønsker Dem til lykke med utfallet, I congratulate you on the result. lykkelig a happy; være — over å, be happy to. Iyk|kes v succeed; det -tes meg å få ordren, I succeeded in obtaining the order; det -tes meg ikke å finne, I did not succeed in finding; I failed to find; forsøket -tes, the attempt succeeded. Iykkønsk|e v: — med, congratulate on; -ing: mine -er, my congratulations. lys s light; føre bak -et, hoodwink, deceive; se i et annet —, see in a different light; stille saken i et helt annet —, put quite a new face on the matter; kaste — over, throw light on. lys o 1 light; det -e eller det mørke tøy, the light shade or the dark one; 2 (klar) bright; -ere forhold, brighter conditions; se -ere på, take å more hopeful view of; det ser -ere ut, things are looking brighter. Iys|ekte a sun-resisting; -punkt, bright spot;-pære, [electric-light] bulb. Iyse|blå a light (pale) blue; -rød, pink, light red. lyst s: hvis De har —, if you care (wish) to; jeg har god — til å, I have a good mind to; jeg har ikke — til å reise, I do not much care about going. lysten a: — på, keen on; — på å gjøre, keen on doing. lystre v (lyde) obey, (mots.) disobey. lyve v lie; — for, lie to. læge s (alm.) doctor; -attest, medical certificate; -behandling, medical treatment; -undersøkelse, medical examination. lær s leather; -rem, leather belt, coll belting; -varer; leather goods.