Side 601 - ENG

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601 Being on the council, he charms his way into
* i rådet
the leading circles all the way into the charmed circle.
… `…
Pushing himself forward, the young politician
* førende kredse
charms his way up the social ladder.
* charmere sig vej
* charmere sig vej ind i ngt.
* bane sig vej frem
Most politicians are well intentioned.
* velmenende
They are full of good intentions, and go into politics
* fuld af gode hensigter
with the best (of) intentions but they rarely work out.
Even if their original intentions are good,
they often run their head against a brick `wall.
* inderkredsen
* op ad den sociale rangstige
* gå ind i politik
* med de bedste …
* blive til virkelighed
* oprindelig …
* støde / løbe panden mod en mur
10 Up against a brick wall, many well-intentioned politicians * oppe imod en umulig opgave
* velmenende
-`-
find themselves compelled to keep their statements
* føle sig nødsaget / tvunget til
intentionally vague.
* tilsigtet
Back-bench rebellion (U) is a lurking danger.
* svag
bevidst
* fra de bageste rækker
* oprør
* slumrende
* =
* lurende fare
-`-
Simmering back-bench revolt (U) is a lurking danger to
all front-benchers.
* … for
* politiker på forreste række i parlamentet
The back-benchers regard the front-benchers’ proposals
as a ruthless betrayal of their election pledges.
The back-benchers are in revolt over the front-benchers’
authoritarian, top-down management system.
dem i første række
* … på bageste …
* skånselsløs
* svigt
* løfte
ubarmhjertig
* i oprør over ngt.
* autoritær
* topstyring
-`-
20 Rebelling against the front-benchers’ managerial style
* gøre oprør mod
the back-benchers revolt against their proposals
* =
and their high-handed management style.
-`The back-benchers meditate a back-bench rebellion.
* topstyret
* <<
egenmægtig
* overveje / pønse på ngt.
The party leader faces a revolt by back-benchers.
* =
Facing a rebellion against his authoritarian leadership,
* oprør mod ngt.
the leader faces a revolt against his top-down approach
* ledelsesstil
* =
* oprør
* autoritær
* fra toppen og nedefter
* tilgang
-`-
to decision-making.
* beslutningstagning
-`-
Having mediated between members inside and outside
* mægle mellem ng.
the charmed circle, the young politician successfully
* den eksklusive kreds / klike
30 mediates a settlement.
* inderkredsen
This achievement definitely highlights his talent.
* sætte fokus på ngt.
Having done a lot of effort to achieve / attain recognition,
* opnå anerkendelse
* formidle
* forlig
bilæggelse
the young politician eventually gains / obtains / wins
* få / vinde >
wide recognition for his energy and enthusiasm.
* bred / udbredt >
* anerkendelse
* beslutningstager
* komme langt / vidt
As a decision-maker, he should go `far / along.
602 The young politician is on track.
* på rette spor
Having wide appeal, he’s on track for fame and success. * & være vellidt
* … mod
Such talent is a `fast-track route to advancement.
* hurtig vej til ngt.
It’s a `fast track to promotion.
* =
‘ With a talent like his, the sky’s the limit,’ it’s said,
* ~ er mulighederne uendelige
often by people who want to carry favour ( with him ).
The young politician is brought / pushed / thrust into
* indsmigre sig ( hos ng.) / fedte for ng.
* bringe ng. i ngt.
the limelight: coming into / being in the limelight,
* rampelyset
* komme / være i …
blive / være kendt
he is on the `fast track to fame and success.
* hurtigt på vej til ngt
10 Confidence exudes from him.
* stråle ud af ng.
ig`zju~dz
Exuding confidence, the well-meaning the politician
* udstråle ngt.
* velmenende
-`-
goes to `town.
* gå til opgaven fuld af energi og enthusiasme
og ofte bruge mange penge
Suddenly having a lot of money in his pockets,
* have mange penge mellem hænderne
he goes to town on well-in`tentioned attempts to be helpful. * <<
As the plot unfolds the cinemagoer soon has, however,
*i>
* velment
* handling
* forsøg på at -
* folde sig ud
a premonition / presentiment that the young politician
* forudanelse om at -
is ( getting ) on a / the slippery slope.
* ud (-e ) på et skråplan
* få / have >
… `…
The cinemagoer has a premonition / presentiment of
* fornemmelse / forudanelse af ngt.
-`-
rise and fall.
* opgang og nedgang
20 Having a sneaky weakness for the bright `lights,
* hemmelig
especially the nightlife at fashionable clubs and parties,
skjult
* natteliv
the politician is seldom reluctant to go out on the `town.
* modvillig overfor at -
storhed og fald
Seldom unsympathetic to a night on the `town,
* svaghed for ngt.
* ~ storbylivet
* gå en tur i byen
* afvisende overfor ngt.
and standing any good-looking lady a drink or a meal,
* byde ng. på ngt.
the politician turns into a man about `town.
* levemand i bylivet
Having a sneaking affection for fast cars and fast women, * hemmelig * lidenskab
the `fast-track politician soon becomes addicted to
passion
* fremadstormende
life in the` fast lane where many an evening develope
* livet i overhalingdbanen
into a drunken party / orgy.
* drukfest / -orgie
* hurtig … * letlevende …
30 Having sky-high confidence in himself, he more and more * skyhøj
-`-
seems to think that the world revolves around him.
As it happens, he sadly developes a one-track `mind
detrimental to his judgement.
No more alive to effects beneficial for his own good –
* hele verden drejer sig om ng.
* som det nu kan ske
* trist nok
* ( blive ) ensporet
* skadelig for ngt.
* dømmekraft
* opmærksom på > * virkning * fordelagtig for > * eget
bedste
effects beneficial to his reputation and career
* … for ngt.
in the long view – he is sorely tempted
* på langt sigt
by short-term advantages.
* kortsigtet
* blive>
* alvorligt
* fristet
603 This politician takes full advantage of his high status to
* fremadstormende
* benytte sig af
udnytte at
* luksuriøs
stay at luxury hotels, and be carried around in luxurious cars * luksus
`lûk$êri
lûg`§uêriês
with tinted windows.
* tonet
He’s often seen accompanied by a couple of heavies
in dark suits, wearing dark glasses.
* body-builder type
* mørk
* jakkesæt
* solbriller
… `…
Men from the `heavy mob E/E brigade are prepared to
give anybody a real going over.
* hoben af tunge drenge
* =
* ~ omgang ( bank )
… `…
They wear sunglasses even if the sun doesn’t shine
* solbriller
and there’s no bright light.
* skinnende / strålende …
10 Trading on his abilities, he is a fast `worker.
* udnytte ngt.
* hvad angår
* person, der er hurtig til at >
opnå sine mål
* hurtigt
especially as to start a sexual relationship and get a quickie. * hvad angår
* hurtigt knald
As regards ladies, he can get what he wants very quickly
As regards a scheme to get rich quick(ly),
* =
he never refuses a chance to make a fast / quick buck.
The plot `thickens as the politician, well-intentioned
* tjene hurtige penge
* handlingen fortættes, bliver mere og mere indviklet
mystikken breder sig
so far, fails to resist temptation (U); he cannot resist
* ikke formå at
the temptation to exploit his talent as a fast `talker;
* fristelsen til at .
* modstå
* fristelse
* hurtigsnakker
he talks quickly and easily but is often not honest or sincere. * tale hurtigt og ubesværet
He feels a thirst for power and wealth.
* føle trang til ngt.
20 Thirsting for succes, always waiting for an opportune
* tørste efter ngt.
moment / time to gain money, power or unfair advantages,
* øjeblik / tidspunkt * få fat i /
the idealist turns into a power-hungry opportunist.
* idealist
* belejligt
* penge * fordel
skaffe sig >
* magtbegærlig
* opportunist
åpê`tju~nist
Hungry / thirsty for success, power, and wealth, he
* sulten / tørstig / begærlig efter ngt.
eventually gives way to the temptation to pull a `fast one,
* give efter /
and take advantage of people who ask for it.
falde for ngt.
* udnytte ng.
Succumbing to the temptation to pull a fast one on
* <<
* <<
naive soldiers of fortume, the opportunist politician
* lykkeridder
yields to the temptation to take everybody for a ride.
* <<<<
In this part of the film the action is fast and `furious;
*
30 changes.
*
Parasites, sponging on the politician, tempt him into
`parêsaits
dodgy business.
* parasit
making money by dodgy methods.
* ~ lave fup /
numre
* byde sig til
* bedrage / fuppe /
tage ng. ved næsen
* opportunistisk
* tage fusen på
bedrage / fuppe
* hurtig og afsindig
everything is happening very quickly with a lot of sudden
The parasites tempt the money-grubbing politician into
* fristelsen til at -
* snylte / nasse på ng.
* friste ng. til ngt.
snylter
* lusket
* friste ng. >
* pengebegærlig / -grisk
* til at -
* lusket
Using every opportunity to gain money, the opportunistic * opportunistisk
åpêtju~`nistik
politician is sorely tempted to make money dishonestly.
* alvorligt
His behaviour is increasingly out of joint with his preaching. * ude af sammenhæng med ngt.
* friste ng. til at -
604 Spongers who freeload unscrupulously
* nasser
put temptation in his way by offering him their expertise,
* ~ udsætte ng. for fristelse
* ekspertise
their unreserved support, and back-up.
* uforbeholden
* opbakning
* nasse
* støtte
It’s a tempting offer.
* fristende
It’s tempting to think of all the money.
* … at -
He can’t resist the temptation of easy profit.
* modstå >
An easy profit is soon an irresistable temptation to him.
* ( uimodståelig ) fristelse for ng.
As the dodgy freeloaders know all the dodges,
* lusket
the money-grubber is tempted to make big money.
* fristelsen ved ngt.
* nasser
* friste ng. til at gøre ngt.
to dodge / avoid / evade paying taxes.
* krumspring
* store / mange penge
10 The politician invests in dodgy businesses as a tax dodge. * dristig
As a tax dodger, he gets involved in whatever dodgy
* skrupelløst
* skatteunddragelse
* … unddrager
* lusket
* komme uden om / undgå at -
It is to be regretted that some politicians are corruptible.
* det må beklages / ærgre at -
A politician ought to be incorruptible.
* ubestikkelig
As they say power corrupts, so the politician is regretably
* korrumpere
* bestikkelig
åben for korruption
uimodtagelig for korruption
corrupted by power and ambition.
Tempting `fate / `providence, the corrupted politician
* … ng.
* friste skæbnen
* korrumperet
turns into a corrupt politician who accepts / takes bribes.
* korrupt
and is easily swayed / influenced.
* være let at få til at vakle / = påvirke
* tage imod >
* bestikkelse
20 Succumbing to the corrupting effects of wealth and power, * korrumperende
he is swayed by all kinds of corrupt practices.
* lade sig påvirke af ngt.
He is married and divorced in quick / rapid succession.
* skilt
Having a conversation with his wife, it soon erupted into
* bryde ud i ngt.
a squabble and squabbles over everything.
* skænderi
They soon squabbled all the time.
* skændes
Usually squabbling with each other about their marriage,
* … med ng.
they squabbled over what to do about it.
Petty squabbles erupted into bitter squabbles between
* korrupt
* handlemåde
metode
* i hurtig rækkefølge
hurtigt efter hinanden
* & mundhuggerier over ngt.
* … om ngt.
* =
* ubetydelig skænderi
the parents.
*
30 As their marriage was soon distinctly dodgy,
* dårligt fungerende
the spouses / married couple were persuaded into going to
* gå til ngt.
marriage guidance counselling.
* ægteskabsrådgivning
* bitter … mellem ng.
vaklende
So they went to see a marriage guidance counsellor.
* <<
His wife leaves the counselling after a brief meeting.
* kort (-varig)
In brief, the meeting was a disaster.
* i korthed
kort fortalt
* ægteskabsrådgiver
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605 Referring to his grubby affairs, his wife wants to
* beskidt
* affære
have a quick divorce.
snusket
* hurtig
* skilsmisse
Nothing could tempt her to live with him any longer.
* friste ng. til at-
Dodging the crucial questions, the politician simply
* vige uden om / undvige ngt.
* …
dodged the issue.
Counselling a divorce, the counsellor counseled him to
accept a divorce.
* spørgsmål
* det sagen drejer sig om
* råde tll ngt.
* råde ng. til at -
*
‘ I bet she can’t wait to get her grubby hands / paws /
* ~ lange sine >
mitts on my money,’ the unfaithful husband erupts.
* næver
10 Divorced men easily become disconnected from
( sl. for vante )
* adskilt fra ng.
their children.
*
He faces a long-running legal battle, a battle for
* beskidte >
* hænder / poter /
* ud efter ngt.
* langvarigt
* retsligt slagsmål
* kamp for ngt.
-`-
joint custody of his son.
* fælles / delt forældremyndighed over ng.
He only makes half-hearted attemts to be on track
* halvhjertet
* være på rette vej
-`-
( for a normal life ).
* til ngt.
Just half-heartedly trying to get his life back on `track,
he is bound to lose the battle.
* få ngt. tilbage på sporet
* tabe slaget
Due to allegations of bribery and corruption,
* bestikkelse
* korruption
the politician is increasingly being sidelined.
* i stadig højere grad
20 So he starts to lead a fast life with the bohemian crowd.
mere og mere
* leve et udsvævende liv
* kørt ud på et sidespor
* boheme-
* flok
klike
bêu`hi~miên
A bohemian is a person who lives in a very informal way
without following accepted rules of behaviour.
Leading a bohemian existence and lifestyle,
the politician is tempted to smoke and take drugs.
The bohemian politician smokes hash / pot / joints every
* boheme
*
* leve …
* boheme-
* tilværelse
*
* boheme-
* marihuannacigaret
day and drinks booze whenever he sees his chance to
* sprut
have a quick drink; there always time for a quick one.
* hurtig drink
* =
* joint
* =
A joint or spliff (E) is a cigarette containing cannabis:
marihuanna, pot or hash – made from the hemp plant.
* =
* se sit snit til at -
* =
* =
* hamp-
* plante
30 Leading a double `life, he is soon heavily (E) into drugs. * leve et dobbeltliv * alvorligt involveret i brug af narko
Living a life heavy (A) into drugs, he has to pull a fast one. * =
* lave numre
The politician is playing fast and `lose.
* opføre sig letsindigt / respektløst
Playing fast and loose with money, not only of his own,
* omgås … med ngt.
as well as playing fast and loose with the law,
* =
he is going off the `rails.
* køre af sporet
Eventually, a judge issues a summons against him.
* stævning
He receives a summons ( A& citation ) to appear in court
* & indkaldelse om at -
as soon as the police are able to serve the summons on him. * aflevere / overbringe /
forkynde ngt. >
* stævning
* til / for ng.
606 The politician is summon(s)ed to appear in court,
* tilkalde / indstævne ng. til at -
summon(s)ed / cited for `drunk driving / E& drink-`driving.
* … ng. for ngt.
The judge cited many cases of drunken `driving (E).
* citere / opremse ngt.
Although he denies the charges and plead not guilty
* afvise anklagen
with an air of outraged dignity / pride, there is no way
* krænket
to beat / of beating // he can beat the rap (A).
* slippe for straf / dom
The police keep a rap sheet (A), a list of his criminal
* nægte sig skyldig
* værdighed
* stolthed
* måde
* synderegister
activities including fraud, speeding and drunk-driving raps (A). * synder
Unsympathetic to(wards) everybody in his surroundings,
* usympatisk / følelseskold overfor
-`-
10 the politician is playing fast and loose even with
* opføre sig uansvarligt overfor
old friends and acquaintances.
* gamle venner
Unsympathetically pulling a `fast one, even on people
* bekendt
* på usympatisk vis
* lave numre med
who have supported him through thick and `thin,
* gennem tykt og tyndt
he is cutting off the branch he is sitting on.
* save den gren over man selv sidder på
No wonder his old friends cold-`shoulder him.
* give ng. den kolde skulder
Having given him the cold `shoulder, one by one,
* give ng. den kolde skulder
all his political friends leave him out in the `cold.
Having disconnected from his feelings, his family
* lade ng. ude i kulden
* afbryde kontakten / forbindelsen med
and friends, the politician, well-respected and promising
*
20 at one time, is about to land in the ditch.
* engang
Associating with dodgy characters, he lands up in crime. * pleje omgang med /
As newspapers link his name with shady deals
omgås ng.
* forbinde ngt. med
and shady unsympathetic characters, a scandal is erupting. * =
It’s a grubby affair and a grubby scandal.
Upset at the grubbiness of the scandal, people are
shocked at the grubby details of his doings.
* usympatisk
utiltalende
* beskidt, lurvet
tarvelig, snusket
* hvor beskidt ngt. er
* tørste efter at >
Probably in order to get into / appear in the limelight
* komme i rampelyset
30 some of the politician’s rejected lovers go to the press
* afvist
with accusations of sexual `harassment (A& ha`rassment).
forsmået
* sexchikane
arrangements and dishonest people.
* lyssky
* aftale, forretning
handel
* skandale >
bryde ud
* være i offentlighedens søgelys
* gå til pressen
* forbinde ng. til
*
‘ Stay away from him, he’s bad news,’ people warn.
* dårligt bekendtskab
His career is, to E/A for all intents and purposes, over.
* i bund og grund
Many regret his prostituting his talent.
* prostituere ngt.
Once cited for his talent, he unluckily prostituted himself
* prise ng. for ngt.
by running after easy satisfaction.
* lusket * type * havne i ngt.
* beskidt
Some people thirst to be in the bublic `eye.
The failed politician denies reports linking him to illegal
* ende i ( mudder-) grøften
* løbe efter /
jage / jagte ngt.
* … sig
* letkøbt
* tilfredsstillelse
607 As the last remnants / remains of common decency are * sidste rest
fast disappearing, a bad and sad end seems fast appearing. * hurtigt forsvindende
Having to scrounge for money and food,
* nasse sig til ngt.
the shabby and down-to-heel scrounger only just manage
* lurver
to scrounge some money off people in the streets,
* nasse ngt. af ng.
and scrounge some food from merciful shopkeepers.
* =
Being on the scrounge (E), he spends all his time
scrounging (A around ) ( for booze and drugs ).
Drug abuse often symbilizes a psychic(al) problem.
* … blive synlig
* forhutlet
* nasser
* leve på nas
* nasse rundt omkring ( efter ngt. )
*
* symbolisere / være ydtryk for ngt.
* psykisk …
10 A psychological problem is often symbolized by abuse. * psykologisk …
Much crime is directly and closely related to drug abuse,
and much drug abuse is strongly related to crime.
* forbundet med ngt.
* stærkt …
This relatedness is (a) catch-22; it’s a catch-22 situation. * forbundethed
A drug addict can’t get a job because he is a criminal,
*
and he is a criminal drug addict because he can’t get a job.
*
The failed politician struggles with drug-related problems
and suffers from drug-related illnesses.
Harmful adverse side effects in addicts from a mixture of
* uløseligt dilemma
* -relateret
* =
* skadelig
* uønsket
* bivirkning hos ng.
unprescribed drugs appear with increasing frequency.
* ikke lægeordineret
* hyppighed
20 Addicts often behave as being mentally deficient.
* som om ng. er ngt.
* tilbagestående
He suffers from memory loss related to drug abuse.
* hukommelsestab
He is haunted by disconnected images and thoughts.
* usammenhængende
* forbundet med > * misbrug
-` -
Marked by unrelated images, thoughts, and ideas,
* mærket af ngt.
*=
-`-
he feels disconnected from the world around him.
Mental as well as physical deleterious effects
* afskåret fra ngt.
* ødelæggende
-`-
connected with drug abuse seem to extinguish every hope
* i forbindelse med ngt.
of a way out of the morass / quagmire.
* morads
mê`ras
* slukke
tilintetgøre
* hængedynd
`kwag- / `kwågmaiê
Drink and drugs ruined / wrecked his marriage and career
* ødeløgge ngt.
His marriage and career wrecked on drink and drugs.
* lide skibbrud / kuldsejle på grund af ngt.
30 They were the rock on which his future was wrecked.
* være det, der fik ngt. til at >
Eventually he realizes that his life is in ruins.
* ligge i ruiner
Stuck in a morass / quagmire of abuse, lies and deceit,
* sidde fast i ngt.
he sees no other way out than to overdose ( on heroin );
* kuldsejle ngt.
* morads / hængedynd af ngt.
* ikke se nogen anden udvej * overdosere ( med ngt.)
êuvê`dêus
than to take an `overdose and lapse into unconsciousness. * tage en overdosis * glide ind i ngt. * bevidstløshed
Absorbed in preparations to commit suicide, he forgets
all about putting `out his cigarette.
* begå selvmord
* slukke ngt.
So the lighted cigarette sets a paper alight.
* tændt
Before he realizes the fire, a curtain catches alight.
* bryde i brand
* sætte ngt. i brand
608 Scared to death by the thought of burning to death,
*
he manages to summon (up) / collect his last strenght.
* opbyde / samle >
* styrke
kræfter
* slukke ( ilden )
Exerting all his strenght, he succeeds in putting the fire out. * =
Having seen his whole life passing in review,
he changes his mind on the spot about committing suicide.
Having seen the light, a new and different kind of
human being is born.
* se hele sit liv passere revy
* på stedet
* se lyset
* født
He gives himself up to the police.
* melde sig til ( politiet )
Having turned himself in to the police, he confesses to
* =
* tilstå ngt.
kên`fesiz
10 all his crimes.
*
He denies possession of drug with intent to supply.
* med den hensigt at -
He gets off with a lenient sentence.
* slippe med ngt.
* mild
* straf
`li~niênt
Althought the prison is a most deficient social service,
he fights his way out of the curse of drug addiction.
He manages to recover from his abuse and get through
his term of imprisonment on top of the situation.
He retires to a place off the beaten `track / path
* mangelfuld
* kæmpe sig vej ud af
* komme sig
* forbandelse
* blive helbreds for
* fængselsperiode / -ophold
* ude af rampelyset
and give himself pause for thought.
* give ng. en tænkepause
20 Having laid all his bad habits behind him,
* lægge ngt. bag sig
he gets back on the `rails.
* komme tilbage på rette spor
the outdoors.
* med styr på …
* fjernt fra alfavej
to stay out of the limelight,
Living in relative comfort, he takes pleasure in
* misbrug
* relativ
* finde behag i /
nyde ngt.
* udendørslivet væk fra byen
Simply dressed, enjoying the great outdoors,
he rides his bike along the cart track.
He intends to make a fresh start with the intention of
* det storslåede udendørsliv
* hjulsporsvej
* have i sinde at - * begynde på > * i den hensigt at en frisk
taking up again / resuming the fight for the things
* genoptage ngt.
he used to fight for.
*
He definitely intends resuming (E) fighting.
* have i sinde at -
30 When the camera tracks in and finally tracks out,
* køre ind
the cameramen move the camera towards the scene
* hen imod ngt.
and finally away from the scene.
*
The film is an amalgam of lives from high and low,
* … ud
væk fra ngt.
* blanding af ngt.
* skæbne
* allevegne
ë`malgêm
based on real-life events / incidents.
The film has a third-person omniscient narrator
* fra det virkelige liv
* begivenhed
hændelse
* alvidende
* særlig …
episode
* fortæller
åm`nisient / -$ênt nê`reitê
who tells part of the story.
The film gives a depiction / portrait of the ex-politician’s
stormy / tempestuous / tumultuous life.
*
* beskrivelse af ngt.
* stormfuld
*=
* tumultarisk
609 The film does anything but depicts / portraits
på~`treiz
the excesses (pl.) with a light touch.
* gøre alt andet end at -
* skildre ngt.
det er synd at sige at * udskejelserne
* ~ forsigtigt
The film’s heavy use of symbolic elements is remarkable.
* bastant brug af ngt.
Each element has a symbolic meaning, symbolic of to>
* symbolsk
* symbolsk
* betydning
* symbolsk for ngt.
-`-
day’s amalgam / patchwork of different cultures and lifestyles. * sammenblanding af ngt.
Some films are heawyweights and heavy going
while others are lightweights and easy-going.
* i den tunge genre
* ~ kludetæppe af ngt.
( lappearbejde )
* krævende at komme igennem
* i den lette genre
* afslappet
-`-
Superficially / on the `surface, the film was rather light,
but beneath the ( burlesque ) surface it was a film
* overfladisk set / på overfladen
* under >
* lettilgængelig
/ -fordøjelig
overfladen
( * parodisk )
bê~`lesk
10 with a strong universal message about human nature
* almengyldig
* budskab
-`-
in general and modern western lifestyle in particular.
The film is not an accurate / a correct portrayal of people
but a ludicrous parody and grotesque caricature.
`lu~dikrês
grêu`tesk
`karikêt$uê
So as a burlesque it has an artistic composition which,
* i al almindelighed
* især
i særdeleshed
* portrættering af ng.
* nøjagtig / korrekt
* latterlig
* parodi
skør
* parodi
for the sake of laughter, `vulgarizes lofty material
* for ngts. skyld
and treats ordinary materiel with mock dignity.
* påtaget, fingeret
The film depicts people having two options all the time.
immiteret, falsk
* skildre ng.
It portrays and delineates a motley crew of characters
* skildre ngt.
* & sælsom
mærkværdig
* almindeliggøre /
forfladige ngt.
* karikatur
* ophøjet
* værdighed
* have x valgmulighed
* … udførligt
di`linieits
who are given the option to do the right thing
* … ng. muligheden for at
20 ( do what seems morally right to the viewer )
*
as well as the option of ( doing ) the wrong thing.
* <<
Even if the characters are making a lot of bad choices
* det rigtige
* det forkerte
* træffe … valg
no character in the film is portrayed / depicted / pictured /
* skildre ngt. som
delineated as just good or bad.
*
The Arts Council gives grants to artistic film productions.
* kunstråd
People who are intellectual lightweights often consider
* intellektuel
a heavyweight film to be a load of nonsense:
* sværvægter
a load of crap, bull (<shit), garbage and rubbish.
* … pladder
* kunstnerisk
* letvægter
* en gang sludder/ vrøvl
30 ‘ The film is likely to be a sleeper,’ he claims,
* ( tyre>) lort
* bras
bræk
møg
makværk
* ~ læg mærke til det her
hør her
* ng. som får succes hen ad vejen
‘ It’ll turn out to be a great success – just you wait –
* vise sig ( overraskende ) at -
‘ Get a load of this ! ‘ one of them requests.
it'll prove (to be) a huge success and get bums on seats (E).’ * …
* =
* bare vent
* få et stort publikum
( rumper på sæderne )
It will set the world alight / on fire and put bums on seats. * vække opsigt
gøre sin indflydelse vældigt gældende
The politician is portrayed by an actor unknown `so far.
* portrættere ng.
He will have his names in lights (pl.).
* være / blive berømt
His fans have fastened a nickname on him.
* fæstne ngt. på ng.
The director’s next film is eagerly awaited.
* være set ( ivrig ) frem til
It’s properly (well) worth waiting for.
* værd at vente på
* hidtil
BACK IN THE STREET
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
610 Many of the cinemagoers hurry `out to light `up.
As soon as they are out in the well-lit street,
* skynde sig ud for at
* tænde en smøg
* godt oplyst
they light `up a cigarette.
* tænde
Having walked through some darkened streets,
* gå / spadsere gennem ngt. * hvor mørket er faldet på
the lads enter the red-`light district.
* ~ luderkvarter
One of the lads stop to have a quick look at a porn shop. * tage et hurtigt kig på ngt.
* pornobutik
/ - forretning
The pornography shop sells a motley collection of
* pornografi
på~`någrêfi
* sælge /
* broget samling
forhandle ngt.
* … artikel
varetype
pornographic magazines and movies and various sex items. * porno ( -grafisk)
på~nê`grafik
Feeling a sence of moral outage at / over pornography,
* forargelse / vrede over ngt.
10 many people are morally outraged by the increasing
* forarget / oprørt /
exposure of both soft and hard porn (por`nography).
* exponering, fremvisning
krænket af ngt
He gives the various daring objects a quick glance.
udstilling
* ofre ngt.
The `sex shops sell various kinds of sex toys intended to
* …
titillate people and improve sex life.
* blød / hård porno
* dristigt
voveligt
* … blik
* -legetøj
* ophidse / pirre ng. sexuelt
An inflatable dummy is wearing a pairs of sexy briefs.
* -liv
* oppustelig
* attap, dukke
* underbukser
mannequin
The porno magazines show `titillating pictures of all kinds * pornomagasin / -hæfte
* ophidsende
pirrende
of sexual activity, sexual behaviour, and sexual desires.
* sexuel aktivitet
* … opførsel
* … ønske
in`fleitêbêl
The porno mags present highly-sexed men and women
who, seemingly, have an exceptional strong sexual drive.
* pornomagasin / -hæfte
* sexlysten
* sexual drift
20 There are magazines for both straights ( ~ heterosexuals) * ~ ikke homoseksuel
* heteroseksuel
-`-
who have sex with members of the opposite sex as well as
* have / dyrke sex med ng.
for homosexuals, gays or fairies and lesbians, who are men * homoseksuel
and women, attracted to people of the same sex.
Besides showing men and women having coitus
* af det modsatte køn
* bøsse
* =
* lesbisk
* af det samme køn
* … samleje
in various positions, some magazines show a collection of
*
more or less odd, weird and bizarre sex games.
* mærkelig, mærkværdig * = * bizar, etc. * sexleg
besynderlig, outreret
In the hard-`core magazines, a motley crowd of sexed-up * broget skare
porn models, usually naturally gifted, excel at sex games.
Excelling themselves (E), excelling in sexual ability,
* sexuelt ophidset /
udgejlet
* pornomodel
* fysisk veludrustet
* excellere /
brillere i ngt.
* udmærke sig i
* … formåen
30 the models, often oddly, bizarrly and weirdly dressed,
* mærkeligt etc. <<<<
excel at / in performing all kinds of outrageous sex acts.
* excellere / brillere i at
Excelling as lascivious and lustful sex maniacs,
* udmærke sig som
* uhyrlig
* liderlig
* lysten
* …akt
* -galning
lê`siviês
the models excel in sexual capacity, page after page.
* excellere /
* … ydeevne
* side efter side
brillere i
… op og … ned
It’s pages and pages of fancy-titillating bogus / mock lust.* = * fantasi * pirrende * humbug / * lystenhed
forstilt
The magazines on display which show a picture of people * i udstilling
udstillet
having (sexual) intercourse (U) have a label stuck on
* mærkat
* sat fast på
the picture to cover the sex organs.
* kønsorgan
611 Some pornography magazines of the more serious kind
*
have a sex problem page.
* -side ( ~ - brevkasse )
A sexologist, a person educated in sexology,
* sexolog
* sexologi
-`-
gives sex instruction and sex guidance – advice of ways to
* seksual- / ( sexual-) undervisning
titillate the mind and body, and improve your sex(ual) life.
* pirre
An answer to a questions about male or female sexuality
* -vejledning
* sexliv / seksual- ( sexual-) liv
kildre
kønsliv
* mandlig / kvindelig seksualitet ( sexualitet )
depends on a correspondent’s sexual drive and orientation. * indsender * seksuel ( sexuel ) * drift * orientering
Some hetero- or homosexual people have more
* …-seksuel (-sexuel )
specific sexual urges, needs, inclinations, or propensities.
* trang
10 Paedophilia (A: pedo>) is considered a serious crime.
* pædofili
* behov
* tilbøjelighed
* =
pi~dê`filiê
Most paedophiles have been sexually molested
`pi~dêfailz
* pædofil
* seksuelt
* forulempe /
begå overgreb mod ng.
mê`lestid
and abused as children.
Some people are transvestites, others wish for a
* misbruge / udnytte ng.
* transvestit
tranz`vestaits
sex change and some want a sex-change operation.
Soliciting in the street, a troop of prostitudes cheer him
with sexually explicit, daring shouts.
* kønsskifte
* trække
tilbyde sig
* sexuelt
ik`splisit
A broad-bosomed `streetwalker (o-f) wears a brief skirt
and a pair of trainers (E).
He returns an opportune remark.
* barmfager
* - operation
* flok
* prostitueret
* åbenlys
* vovet
utilsløret
* gadeluder
* kort
/ -svær
* sportssko
* opmuntre /
tilskynde ng.
* tilråb
* skørt
nederdel
* til lejligheden / situationen passende
20 In America, a whore, tart or hooker may be called
* prostitueret
a hustler, and be wearing a pair of sneakers.
* sportssko
luder
He sneaks a look at a prostitute’s ample / full bosom.
* svulmende
He must admit that sex appeal exudes from her,
* sexuel
and admit that he finds her sexually attractive.
Taking a sneaky glance at her backside and buttocks.
he must confess that he feels a strong sense of titillation.
* barm
* opfordring
* stråle ud af ng.
* sexuelt tiltrækkende
* kaste et stjålent blik
* numse
rumpe
* indrømme / tilstå at -
* balde
* pirring
kildren
Walking up and down the street, she really exudes sex ap> * udstråle ngt.
peal the way she moves her bottom / behind / bum E/A butt. * bagdel / = / = / =
Arousing / exciting frisky men by their titillating attitudes,
30 some prostitudes really put temptation in men’s way.
Having taken a sneaky peek / peep at the pro’s arse E/A
ass, he quickens his pace to catch `up.
* ophidse ng.
* lysten
* pirrende
* ~ lede ng. i fristelse
* stjålent blik
* =
* røv
* sætte farten op
He quickens his step to catch up with the others.
* ~ øge tempoet
(E&: catch the others up)
*
Sexual abstinence is practiced for various reasons.
* sexuel afholdenhed
* nå op
* indhente ng.
612 People who prostitude themselves run a high risk.
Prostitutes should demand the use of condom to protect
themselves from sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
* løbe en … risiko
* prostituere ( sig )
* kondom
* sexuelt overført sygdom
di`zi~ziz
Prostitudes run a high risk of being a victim of
a sex assault / attack and other sex crimes.
Always in fear of sex offenders, the prostitutes work
in constant fear of soliciting a violent sex maniac.
sê`lisiting
* løbe en … risiko for at * sexoverfald
* sexual forbrydelse
* i frygt for /
* sexualforbryder
bange for ngt.
* … at -
* antaste ng.
* sexgalning
`meiniak
A maniac may not look dodgy.
* tvivlsom
farlig
Emotional and sexual arousal is the cause of much crime. * følelsesmæssig / sexuel ophidselse
10 A customer may claim to have got a bum deal.
* ~ få for lidt for pengene
( få et elendigt forretningsudbytte )
Maintaining to have been given a raw / rough deal,
some customers lose their `temper.
* give …
* miste besindelsen
A pimp or ponce (E) is a man who pimps:
* alfons, ruffer
* drive alfonseri
/ rufferi
luderkarl
who makes money by controlling prostitudes.
In England, a ponce is an offensive word for man
*
* kvindagtig / skabagtig mand
who dresses or behaves in a way that is typical of women
*
or who people think is a homo.
* homo
In some countries procuring is illegal / unlawful.
* alfonseri
20 As it’s agaist the law to procure prostitudes,
rufferi
* illegalt / ulovligt /
forbudt ar * … at
it’s illegal to procure customers prostitudes.
* skaffe ng. ngt.
It’s illegal to procure.
So it’s illegal to procure prostitudes for customers.
* … ngt. til ng.
Procurers and procuresses are usually prosecuted
* alfons
for various criminal / illegal / unlawful activities.
In some countries prostitution is such a crime
* ulovligt
* drive …
* skaffe ngt.
* rufferske
ruffer
* kriminel
forbudt etc.
* forbrydelse
that prostitudes will be arrested for soliciting,
* søge kunder
and customers prosecuted for buying sex.
*
* illegal etc.
* ulovlig etc.
at trække
Squalor and poverty lie behind the district’s glittering
* snavs
* ~ skjule sig bag >
* glitrende
elendighed
* facade
facade.
fê’sa~d
30 Dens of whores, gambling dens, drug dens and other
* horebule
dens of gangsters lie hidden in basements and backyards.
* gangsterbule
The whole neigbourhood is a den of iniquity / vice.
* spillebule
* ligge >
* lastens hule
i`nikwêti
Crime often symbolizes a wider social problem.
* være et tegn på / udtryk for ngt.
Many criminals have been initiated into all kinds of abuse
* blive indviet i ( misbrug )
at an early age.
*
Growing discontent is symbolized by social unrest.
* <<<
Opportune and important law reforms are needed
* passende til situationen
`åpêtju~ne
to help people living in squalor.
* i skidt og elendighed
* narkobule / -hule
* skjult
613 Suddenly, straying into a poor neighbourhood.
* strejfe / forvilde sig ind i ngt.
they land in a slum area.
* havne i ngt.
They have landed in a slum district.
* slumkvarter
* være havnet i ngt.
* =
Walking up / down the poorly lit street, they notice people * … op / ned ad
sleeping `rough (E,adv.) on the street.
Some poor, homeless people live `rough in the slums.
* ringe oplyst
* … udendørs under barske forhold
* =
* på …
* slumkvartererne
They live under appalling conditions (pl.) in urban slums, * … forfærdelige
and sleep outdoors in uncomfortable conditions (pl.).
* udendørs
* betingelser, forhold
* by- …
omstændigheder
* i / under * ubehagelig * & omgivelser
-`-
With no home or job the tramps, hobos and bums (A)
10 tramp the streets asking people for food or money.
* vagabond
* =
* =
bums
* gennemtrave
Dressed in grubby clothes, presenting their grubby hands, * beskidt
they spend their days grubbing for a few pennies.
Paying no attention to their grubbiness, they lead
a laborious and grovelling life full of dodgy situations.
la`bå~riês
* =
snavset
* ( leve et slidsomt liv ) for at skaffe ngt.
* & uden at ænse
* beskidt / snavset tilstand
* arbejdskrævende
* krybende
udmygende
They grub (around / about) in waste for anything valuable.
anstrengende, slidsomt
* rode rundt i ngt.
Most of the homeless exude no belief in themselves.
* udstråle ngt.
as they grovel to people and grovel for money.
`gråvêl
Lack of confidence exudes from them
* farefuld
* … for at få ngt.
* krybe for /
ydmyge sig overfor ng.
* udstråle fra
as they grovel to people for money / to get money.
* <<
20 Some street people are nothing but no-good bums (A)
* hjemløse
who just bum a`round / a`bout all day.
* vandre omkring uden at lave noget nyttigt
Poncing around / about (E), they spend all their energy
bumming (E) money and cigarettes off people.
`Outcast people are in a vulnerable position.
* bums
* =
* bumme / tigge ngt fra ng.
* sårbar …
* udstødt
They often live on a diet deficient in vitamins and minerals. * kost
Suffering from mineral and vitamin deficiency in their diet,
* fattig på (vitamin)
* mangel i ngt.
they often become vitamin deficient and deficient in minerals. * i (…) underskud
* … med ngt.
A draft (A) dodger, wanted by the police for draft dodging, * værnepligt * unddrager * eftersøgt * -unddragelse
fears to be caught in a clampdown / crackdown on
* indgreb mod /
30 fare dodgers in trains and busses.
* billetbetaling
stramning overfor ng.
* unddrager
/ -pris
The police look for people who (a)rouse their suspicion(s). * vække ngs. mistanke(r)
Authority figures often (a)rouse the anger of an outcast.
* authoritetsfigur
* fremkalde
When (a)roused, social outcasts often get very aggressive. * ophidset
A homeless shelter, a night shelter for the homeless
is temporarily closed due to repeated incidents of violence.
* ~ hjemløse herberg
* vrede
* udstødt
* socialt …
* natherberg
* gentagne
A notice gives information on a shelter for battered women. * herberg ( for > )
* ~ voldsramt
( banket )
614 Most homeless people can’t afford to rent a room.
Even if a bum grovels, very few landlords or landladies
* hjemløs
* leje ngt.
* krybe
ydmyge sig
want to rent (out) a room to a slovenly person.
* leje ngt. til ng.
* ( meget ) usoigneret
`slûvenly
Even if a bum grovels before a landlord or landlady,
* krybe for
ydmyge sig overfor
he or she won’t let (out) a room to an untidy person.
Having nowhere to sleep but the streets, the homeless
tramp up and down the streets in search for a place to sleep.
Some alleyways are unlit.
* leje ngt. ( ud ) til ng.
* ( lettere ) usoigneret
* & være hjemløs
* traske
* gyde, smøge
stræde
A unlit alley is a popular place for the homeless to sleep in. * =
* uoplyst
-`-
10
Towards the evening many homeless people land `up in * hjemløs
the poor neighbourhood, and land up at their usual places.
* sove i ngt.
* =
* sluttelig ende i ngt.
* =
Some of them try to light a fire using crumpled newsprint. * sammenkrøllet
A drunken bum grovels around to find a place to sleep.
* kravle omkring
He exudes / perspires stinking sweat
* udsondre ngt.
Stinking perspiration exudes / perspires from his body.
* sved
* avispapir
* pible ud ad / udsondres fra ngt.
Others are already fast asleep wrapped in grubby blankets. * beskidt
snavset
A place occupied by the homeless is often characterized
by a disgusting mess and a foul, revolting smell.
*
* afskyelig
* rod, roderi
* fæl
* modbydelig
svineri
Filthy with litter and piles of dog shit or, to be polite,
* rod, roderi
* hundelort
henkastet affald
20 dog dirt / mess, the place gives off pungent, obnoxious, * … hm-hm ( skidt ) * udsende * skrap * afskyelig
frastødende
offensive and unpleasant strong smell / odours (A: odor).
* modbydelig
* ubehagelig
* odeur
lugt, stank
Flies like to land / light on all kinds of droppings.
* lande på ngt.
* ekskrementer
frastødende
* beskidt
At dawn, the homeless are eventually (a)roused from sleep * vække ng. af søvn
by frisky flies, fresh from a good nights sleep.
* livlig
There are deep deficiences in the social law.
* mangel i ngt.
As the lads hurry down the badly lit street, a stray dog
* skynde sig nedad
suddenly fastens onto / on (to) them.
* knurre
They almost have a heart attack at the growls.
* få …
30 To think of the dog fastening its teeth in the leg of one
* hægte tænderne i
of them makes them shudder.
* få ng. til at gyse
having an anxiety attack or a panic attack.
Luckily, the dog disappears as suddenly as it popped up
* sociallov
* omstrejfende / herreløs …
* hægte sig på ng.
Growling at them, it almost gives them a heart attack.
Their hearts begin to pound as if they were
* morgenfrisk
* … hjerteslag
* knurren
* hjerte
* banke
hamre
* panikanfald
* få et angstanfald
* dukke op
and latched `on ( to / onto them ).
* hægte sig på ng.
Strays are usually full of fleas.
* omstrejfende dyr
Some stray dogs and stray cats are killed by rat poison.
* omstrejfende >
* loppe
* hund
* =
* kat
* rottegift
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
615 The residents of the community are (a)roused by
* oprøre
the physical and moral decay of their neighbourhood.
* forfald
vække til handling
di`kei
The growing decay (a)rouses their anger and resentment.
* vække ng’s …
Importunate beggars and prostitudes as well as frisky /
* anmassende
im`på~t$unit
horny customers (a)rouse anger and resentment,
* =
distrust, mistrust and hostility within decent residents.
* hos
The women of the streets, street pushers, and beggars
importune passersby.
impê`tju~ne
* liderlig
påtrængende
* vække
* gadens frie fugle
* narkohandlere
* antaste / plage ng.
* forbipasserende
-`-
Prostitudes, going on the street(s), importune passersby
* trække på gaden
* plage ng. >
10 to buy sex by rousing invitations while beggars,
* om at -
* opildnende
for their part, importune people for money.
* plage / tigge ng. om ngt.
Some prostitudes and beggars growl at a refusal.
* snerre ad ngt.
‘ Don’t be so stingy, you stingy arse,’ they may growl.
* nærig
Many signs are put up reading,’ No soliciting allowed in
* ~ al handel og betleri forbudt
* snerre
this building’ or ‘ No soliciting allowed on company `premises. * virksomhedsområde
The decay has roused the local residents to action.
* ophidse / vække ng. til ngt.
It roused them to react aginst the state of things.
* … ng. til at
A local action group solicited the local residents for
* aktionsgruppe
their opinions.
* tingenes tilstand
* anmode / bede ng. om ngt.
*
20 Having roused herself to react against the state of affairs, * tage sig sammen til at a local resident roused herself to action at a council meeting.
* … til ngt.
She was given a rousing reception by the audience.
* opildnende
After her having held a rousing speech in the local council
* =
a rousing cheer went up to her from the audience.
Having drafted / (eE) draughted a plan of urban renewal
* tingenes tilstand
* =
* modtagelse
* strømme op til ng. fra ng.
* skitsere ( plan )
* byfornyelse
`dra~ftid
and worked on a rough draft, a commitee has come up with
* rå / råt
a first draft.
* første …
The draft proposal has been discussed by the council.
* skitseret
Having been put into the correct words by a draftsman or
* koncipist
* skitse / udkast
30 drafter, the final draft of the suggested law has been
* endelig udkast
approved and passed by the council.
*
* komme frem med >
The local council solicits support and money.
* anmode / ansøge / bede om ngt.
They solicit for support and money.
* =
Soliciting both government and private organizations,
* anmode etc. ng.
they solicit support and money from various organizations.
Soliciting a wide range of organizations to support them,
* anmode / ansøge om ngt. fra ng.
* … ng. om at
they solicit governmental and private organizations for
* anmode / ansøge ng. om ngt.
funds and support.
*
616 Draughtsmen E/A draftsmen draw all the parts of
* dygtig / teknisk tegner
`draftsmên
of a new building or machine that is being planned.
*
Having to pass by several vacant lots (eA) lying idle,
* ubenyttet * ejendom
and vacant properties remaining unused in darkness,
* ligge > * ubenyttet hen
( bygning og grund )
* … grundstykke
* =
some of them, so far, just being used for flea markets,
* loppemarked
the lads don’t slow down until they reach a well lit street.
* sætte farten ned
`veikênt
Having got out of the dodgy situation,
* godt oplyst
* farlig
one of the lads stop to light a cigarette.
* tænde
As he has lost his disposable lighter he asks his friends,
* engangslighter
10 ‘ Have you got a light (E) – do you have a light (E,A) ’
* har de / du ild
holding the unlit cigarette in his mouth.
* utændt
A lighter may have a wick and a flint,
* væge
and burn by light-fluid lighter fuel.
* lightersten
* letflydende
A gas lighter might work electronically.
* =
As another `throwaway lighter has run out of gas, they
* engangslighter
enter a drinking joint to get a light and a beer.
* beværtning
Although some of the lads grew up in the country
* elektronisk
* få ild
*
in the bosom of their family, they’ve always had a taste for
* i … trygge favn
the bright `lights.
* byens lys
20 They still have close and distant relatives / relations
* nær / fjern
as well as bosom `friends / pals / A& buddies living there.
* hjerteven
* slægtning
nær ven
Many people, growing up either in the country or the city,
*
are weaned on a (diet of ) stereotyped picture(s) of
* være opfostret med ngt.
country life and city life respectively.
* henholdsvis
When one of them, however, senses a suspicious smell,
another one realizes that he has stepped on / in a dog turd.
*
* træde i / på >
tê~d
As the sole of his shoe is smeared with dog shit,
the lads wait for him to clean the sole.
* stereotyp
kliche- / forhåndspræget
* smøre / smurt ind i
*
* lort
AT A PUB
617 ‘ What’s your poison,’ the waiter asks.
* hva’ er dit sprut
They sell beer in bottles and on tap; on draught E/A draft. * på fad ( fra hane / træk )
dra~ft ]
draft
You can get (a) light, pale, brown and dark ale.
* lyst
Having got (a glass of) draught / draft beer and a box of
* fadøl
* bleg
* brun
* mørkt
* ale
øl
matches, one of the lads strikes / lights a match.
Having struck / lit a match, he put the lighted match to
the cigarettes, and the matchbox in his pocket.
* æske ( med ) ngt.
* stryge / tænde en …
* tændstik
* tænde ild
* tændstikæske
They all take a deep draught / draft of their beer.
* tage >
* ( ~ ordentlig ) slurk af ngt.
Relatively speaking, pub prices are still pretty cheap here.
* relativt
* ~ betragtet
10 They are not stingy with the measures of alcohol.
* nærig med ngt.
* ( skænke- ) mål 
* alkohol-
`stin`d§i
A motorist going to drive home should only have
a few light beers.
*
* let
* øl
alkoholsvag
People observing drink-`driving should alert the police.
* gøre politiet opmærksom
ê`lê~t
alarmere …
They also serve a good pub grub there.
* en gang mad
foder
A picture on the wall shows the landlord and the landlady. * vært
Bartenders have all kinds of information on `tap.
* ~ på lager / parat
Some of the guests are non-smokers, and some are
* ikke ryger
light smokers, but many of the guest are heavy smokers.
* småryger
Worrying about anything but the serious effects of
* -inde
* storryger
* alt andet end
20 heavy smoking, the inveterate / intrepid smokers
* storrygning
smoke heavily, nothing daunted.
* … meget
* forhærdet
uforbedrelig
* =
* uforfærdet
ufortrødent
Although their breathing rebels, many smokers keep on
* gøre oprør
-`-
smoking intrepidly and fearlessly ignoring the fact that
* uforhærdet
they are obvious candidates for all kinds of diseases
ufortrødent
* være >
and smoking will send many of them into an early grave.
* sende ng. tidligt i graven
A fan in the ceiling revolves slowly
and smoke still hangs heavy in the air.
* fane
roterende vifte
* hænge tungt
A guest holds the door open to get rid of the smoke.
*
Immediately, there’s a draught / draft in the room.
* træk (-vind )
* frygtløst
* oplagt
* kandidat til /
offer for ngt.
* dreje rundt
* i luften
dra~ft
Playing a game of draughts E/A checkers, a couple
30 of customers complain about sitting in a draught / draft.
While they alternately move the draughts / checkers
* dam
* … i træk
* på skift
on the draughtboard / checkerboard, they complain loudly
* dambræt
about the cool draught of air blowing in from the door.
* kølig
If a room is draughty / drafty, putting up
* udsat for træk
`draught excluder(s) / weather strip(s) may help preventing * tætningsliste
draughts / drafts coming through doors and windows.
*
* dambrik
* trækvind
618 Smoking is closely linked to cancer.
* tæt knyttet til ngt.
There is ample evidence for a strong causal link between * omfattende * tegn på /
* årsags- * forbindelse
vidnesbyrd om > betinget mellem ngt.
smoking and a wide range of disabilities.
* skavanker
Many forms of illness can be triggered by smoking.
* fremprovokeret / udløst af ngt.
Scientist have established a connection; they have
* påvise en forbindelse
discovered and proved a connection between smoking
* … mellem ngt.
and cancer and other `life-threatening diseases.
* livstruende
Many disabilities are tobacco-related and many illnesses
* tobaksrelateret
are closely, directly, and strongly related to smoking.
* relateret til ngt.
10 Cigarette packets E/A packs have a printed warning
*
alerting people to the relation between smoking
* gøre ng. opmærksom på ngt.
and a wide range of dangers.
*
Smoking causes irreparable harm / damage to your health. * uoprettelilg
Cancer is the curse of smoking.
* ngs. forbandelse
The National Health Service has issued a tract on
* sundhedsvæsen
the dangers of drink and smoking with the intention of
*
weaning people off / from smoking and too much drink (N).
* afvende ng. fra ngt.
The tract gives advice on how to wean yourself off / from
* pjece om ngt.
* formanende skrift
* vænne sig af med ngt.
brochure, pjece
alcohol and nicotine.
*
20 Fighting a long battle with lung cancer, most smokers
* kæmpe en … kamp mod
will be fighting a loosing battle.
* … håbløs kamp
Battling with lung cancer, most smokers lose the battle.
* kæmpe mod ngt.
Lack of exercise is also a risk factor for many diseases
* risiko faktor
but relatively small compared with / to smoking.
One of the lads stands / buys / pays a round ( of drinks );
he stands drinks all round – he can afford it – he’s loaded.
* relativt / forholdsvis …
* tabe kampen
* ( sammenligne ) med ngt.
* gi’ / købe / betale >
* en omgang ( drinks )
* =
* fuld af penge
‘ Get a load of that lady ! ‘ one of the lads observes.
* læg mærke til ng.
An attractive lady takes / steals / hogs the limelight.
* tage / stjæle al opmærksomheden
Just then // at that moment / instant as a guest passes
* i samme øjeblik som
* bemærke
30 the attractive lady, he dares (to) pat her cheekily
* driste sig til / turde ( tør ) at
on her backside / behind / bottom.
* på ngt.
* klappe
* bagdel
numse, rumpe
Normally, men don’t dare pat a lady on her bum (E).
* =
‘ Keep your grubby hands / paws / mitts to yourself,’
* holde sine beskidte grabber for dig selv
the girl reprove, putting him in his place /
* sætte ng. på plads
telling him where to get off.
* =
He pleads ( in (his) excuse ) that he ment no harm –
he didn’t do it out of malice.
People sometimes behave foolishly but with good intent.
* anføre til / som
sin undskyldning
* i ond mening
* i en god mening
* frimodigt
* ikke have nogen ond hensigt
619 One by one the guests go to the toilet /A& bathroom.
‘Are you waiting to use the toilet
* gå på toilettet
* bruge …
* vente på at -
or waiting to use the phone ?’ another guest asks
* =
before he joins the queue E/eA line for the toilet
* tilslutte sig /
as some people apparently hog both the toilet and the phone.
stille sig op i >
* optage ngt. i for lang tid
The toilet is lit by a single central bare / naked light .
* bar / nøgen
A grubby / dirty towel needs to be changed.
* beskidt
In the need of draught excluder(s) / weather strip(s),
* tætningsudstyr
* kø til ngt.
snavset
the toilet is a quite draughty / drafty room.
* hvor det trækker
10 A girl sneaks a cigarette; she sneaks a cigarette from
* snuppe ngt.
a guest while he is in the toilet.
* på toilettet
An open packet / pack of cigarettes is a temptation to
smokers, stingy or, more politely, careful with money.
You tempt weak-willed people by leaving valuables
* … fra ng.
* fristelse for ng.
* nærig
* påholdende med ngt.
* friste ng.
* svage sjæle
-`-
clearly visible.
A woman who has many sexual partners is easily
*
*
disapprovingly called a tramp while a man of the same kind
* luder
is approvingly called a stud like a stud horse.
* ~ tyr ( stutteri (avls-) hingst )
Some news is regularly shown on a TV set in the pub.
20 The landlady put / turns / switches the news on.
*
*
It’s the late evening news broadcast.
* nyhedsudsendelse
It’s a news and current affairs programme.
* nyheds- og aktualitets ( løbende ) program
A few guests watch the news curiously.
* se ngt.
The national broadcasting corporation has got
*
nuværende
the news headlines coming up at every hour.
A newsreader (eE) or newscaster (eA) reads the news
in the news programme / newscast (eA) on TV or radio.
Here is the latest news from home and abroad.
* -overskrift
* -oplæser
* nyheds udsendelse
* ind- og udland
The programme alternates between the latest home news * skifte mellem ngt.
and home affairs, and the latest foreign news
* nysgerrigt
* indlandsaffærer
* indlandsnyheder
* udlands-
/ -historie / -sag
30 and foreign affairs.
There is television news of politics, and news about
notable / remarkable events and individuals.
* …
* politiske nyheder om ngt.
* bemærkelsesværdig / =
There is a fierce rating battle between rival TV station.
* vurdering, bedømmelse
It may be a battle for survival.
klassificering
* overlevelseskamp
Some radio and telelvision broadcasting companies
*
broadcast (a)round the clock.
They send out / broadcast some programmes live.
* nyheder om ngt.
* ( seertals ) kamp >
mellem ng.
* sende
* hele døgnet
* … ngt.
* ~ direkte
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
620 TV is a vital link with the outside world.
* vital, livsvigtig * forbindelsesled > * verden udenfor
afgørende
med ngt.
The planets orbit around the sun.
* kredse rundt om / omkring ngt.
The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.
* kredse om ngt.
Two spacecrafts will link `up in orbit around the earth.
* rumfartøj
* koble sig sammen
The space shuttle will link `up with the space station.
* rumfærge
* koble sig til
* kredsløb
* rumstation
Some satellites are stationary and some are put into orbit. * sætte ngt. i kredsløb
The orbiting satellites orbit in predetermined orbits.
* kredsende
* kredse
* forudbestemt
* kredsløb
pri~di`tê~mind
Spy satellites go into orbit to collect information
* spionsatellit
which come / fall / is within the big / great powers’ orbits.
* komme / falde /
10 At the tracking station they track all ships, aircrafts,
være indenfor
* sporingsstation
and satelites by radar ( radio direction and range ).
* radar
* gå i kredsløb
* stormagt
Radio signals are formed by radio waves which are
*
electromagnetic waves possessing a long wavelength
*
( ranging from 10 -3 to 10 4 m ) and a low frequency
* strække sig fra ngt. til ngt.
( from 10 5 to 10 11 Hz ( hertz = cycles per second)).
* cyklus
Electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light
( 300,000 km / sec.).
* bevæge sig med … hastighed
*
The speed of sound is 300 m / sec.
*
Included in the radiowave part of the spectrum are
* spektrum
20 microwaves, used for both communications and cooking;
* mikrobølger
`maikrêrweiiv
ultra high- and very high-frequency waves, used for television
*
and FM ( frequency modulation ) radiocommunication;
*
and short, medium, and long waves used for AM
*
( amplitude modulation ) radio communications.
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
30
* interesseområde
* spore ngt.
* frekvens
621 TV programmes about other people’s adventures give
*
enjoyment to armchair adventurers and armchair travellers.
* lænestols-
* eventyrer, vovehals
lykkeridder
* se fjernsyn / TV
It’s comfortable to sit (oneself) `down and watch television. * sætte sig
It’s rather comfortable to be sitting down in front of a TV
* sidde ( ned )
and see / watch ( a programme (on TV) of ) somebody
* se ng. / ngt.
tramping along a muddy track through a dense forest.
* traske / trave afsted
On TV it’s possible to discover the traces of a wild beast,
and follow its track(s) until it appears in `close-up.
A violent demonstration is on the news.
10 News on the latest developements is shown.
* på tv
* sti
* spor af >
* spor
* i nærbillede
* i nyhederne
* nyheder om
A news item is about a blast for the police in the papers.
* nyhedsindslag
The police leadership receives a blast of criticism.
* udbrud / storm af ngt.
The minister of the interior ( the Home Secretary E/A
* indenrigsminister
the Secretary of the Interior) has seen it on the news.
The chief of the police is in the news.
* ( farligt / usædvanligt ) dyr
* udbrud / storm mod ng.
* =
* se ngt. i nyhederne
* med i nyhedsudsendelsen
Papers blast the police for (using) heavy-handed methods. * kritisere ng. for ( at gøre ) ngt.
Some circles counterblast.
* tage til genmægle
The trigger for the demonstrtion was an escape of
* udløsende mekanisme for ngt.
radioactive material from a nuclear power plant / station.
* radioaktiv
* udslip af ngt.
* atom- / kernekraftværk
-`-
20 A leak of radioactivity triggered the alarm.
At a major leak, thousands of people will be poisoned by
radioactive radiation.
* læk
* radioaktivitet
* forgiftet af ngt.
* stråling
Exposure to harmful radiation is closely linked to cancer.
* udsættelse for ngt.
People near a nuclear power plant / station fear to
*
suffer the consequences of an accident.
They broadcast the fact that they fear to suffer from
everything from light to heavy exposure to radiation.
According to the dose of radiation absorbed in the body,
* udløse ( alarm )
* skadelig
* forbundet med
* lide under konsekvenserne af ngt.
* gøre vidt og bredt opmærksom på at
udbasunere at
* alt lige fra let til kraftig
* dosis
radiation poisoning causes bodily harm,
* strålingsforgiftning
30 in bad cases troublesome external and internal injuries,
* plagsom
in worse cases disablement and, in worst cases, death.
* i værre
Atomic energy and atomic power are a political battlefield * atom energi / kraft
* lide under
* udsættelse for ngt.
* absorberet / optaget i ngt.
* legemlig overlast
legemsbeskadigelse
* skade
* invalidering
invaliditet
* værst
* stridsspørgsmål
/ battleground, and the parliament is in a battleground state * slagmark- / krigsskueplads lignende tilstand
the government has a showdown with the opposition
* have >
over nuclear energy and nuclear power.
* om ngt.
Some parties, opposing nuclear power, work to make
* endeligt opgør med ng.
( lægge kortene på bordet )
*
the government ditch / scrap all plans to enlarge
* forkaste / kassere >
the exploitation of nuclear power.
*
* plan om at -
* udvide ngt.
622 Environmentalist organizations have sued the nuclear
* miljø- ( forkæmper ) organisation
power company for having been careless of safety.
* skødesløs / uforsigtig med ( sikkerheden )
The company maintained that the leak has been discovered *
in time and early enough to be limited to far below
* i tide
the maximum allowable concentration of toxic emissions,
* højeste tilladte koncentration
far below the permit limit or limit value of radiation.
* grænseværdi
Judgement was given against the environmentalists
and allowed the power plant to continue production.
The responce to the court’s verdict was one of outrage.
* tids nok til at -
*
* =
* oprørt / vred / forarget over
and outraged at the way the case had been tried / heard.
* =
makes them express outrage over outdated laws.
* udledning
* miljøforkæmper
10 The locals were outraged by the judgement
Environmentalist’s outrage at the ruling
* giftig
* forargelse / vrede over >
* =
* kendelse
* forældet
The case generated public / popular outrage(U).
* skabe offentlig forargelse / vrede
No one seems prepared to take responsibility for
*
the poisoning outrage(s) ( committed by the management ). * forgiftning
It’s an outrageous scandal.
* uhyrlighed
skændselsgerning
* oprørende, uhyrlig
skammelig, skandaløs, skændig
Every year, vast areas and thousands of people are
*
overtaken by poisoning.
* ramt af ngt.
20 People are outrageously affected by poisoning
* på oprørende vis
caused by careless and irresponsible disposal of
* uforsigtig, lemfældig
* lov
* begået af ng.
* ramt / påvirket af ngt.
* uforsvarlig
skødesløs
toxic / poisonous chemicals and other substances,
*
by emission(s) of toxic fumes and gasses,
* udsendelse / uddunstning
and by the spraying of crops with highly toxic herbicides
* sprøjtning af ngt.
and pesticides ( & insecticides ).
* insekt- ...
Locals are outraged by the carelessness exhibited by
* lokale folk * forarget /
* ligegyldighed
* udvist /
rasende over >
stillet til skue af ng.
* =
the government, and the irresponsibility as demonstrated by
* som
profit-oriented (E& -orientated ) private companies.
* profitorienteret
It’s an outrageous behaviour – it’s a public outrage.
* (røg-) gas
dunster
* ukrudtsbekæmpelsesmiddel
* oprørende etc.
* offentlig skandale
30 It is outrageous (that) the underprivileged should pay
* forargeligt, oprørende, uhyrligt
the price for the cost of a runaway capitalism.
* løbsk ( kapitalisme )
skammeligt, skandaløst, skændigt
In many people’s opinion, it outrages all sense of justice
and outrages all decency.
Bias(s)ed ruling and legislation is an outrage against
* krænke ngt.
* =
* partisk
the most vulnerable sections of the world’s population
* sårbar
which ought to cause public outrage (U).
* vække forargelse
udsat
skabe vrede
Offenders should be forced to make reparation to
a community for any suffering they have caused.
* yde >
*
* godtgørelse / erstatning til ng.
623 Demonstrating against the disconnection between
* manglen på forbindelse mellem ngt.
the local people and the concerns of the covernment,
* lokale
the demonstrators charge that the government
* folk
& lokalbefolkningen
* bebrejde at -
trample ( on / over ) the locals.
* trampe på ng.
Accusing the government of trampling on local people’s
* lokalbefolkningen
* … ngt.
views and feelings, they accuse it of trampling over
* =
the county, district, and borough councils.
* amts-
Battling for pollution-free energy, the environmentalists
* distrikts- / kommune-
* vedvarende
10 based on renewable energy and renewable `resources.
* vedvarende …
A&: ri`såsis
the power of the wind and the waves to generate electricity.
Revolutionary research into renewable energy is making
* til at
of energy.
*
The demonstrators shout their battle cries.
* kampråb
Some young demonstrators wear outrageous clothes,
* uhyrlig
20 They had ditched (A) school and classes.
The demonstration was announced to be peaceful
although in the event it turned out violent.
* … resurse
ressource
* skabe
* vedvarende energy
* tøjle / udnytte ngt.
Many young demonstrators had skipped (E) school.
* vedholdende
* tøjle, udnytte ngt. >
successful attempts to harness the sun’s rays as a source
and have their hair arranged or cut in outrageous hairstyles.
* by-
* forureningsfri
fight a continuous and persistant battle for a society
Revolutionary technology makes it possible to harness
* ngs. bekymringer
* =
* pjække fra …
* =
*
* når det kom til stykket
Many see demonstrations as a ` fast-track procedure for
* en hurtig vej til ngt.
prê`si~d§ê
political changes.
Some see violent demonstrations as a fast track to
rapid changes.
*
* hurtig vej til ngt.
* hurtig
The government must ditch all nuclear power programmes. * kassere ngt.
It quickly became clear that some violent demonstrators
* det bliver … klart
had been on and gone on the `warpath.
* være på krigsstien
30 A minority of activists had armed themselves with
* bevæbne sig med >
all kinds of missiles.
* kasteskyts
The troublemakers suddenly attacked the police.
The opening attack happened so fast the police didn’t
even notice from which direction it started.
As it happened the demonstration turned into
a battle between demonstrators and police forces.
* ballademager
* åbningsangreb
*
* som det kom til at forløbe
* kamp mellem ng.
It all happened pretty quickly.
* ske ret / temmelig hurtigt
There were no warnings of impending danger.
* forestående / truende …
* angribe
* ske så hurtigt at
624 The police had drafted extra staff in.
* trække / beordre ng. ind
indkalde ng.
Shocked by the ferocity of the attack, the police realized
* voldsomhed
fairly quickly that this wasn’t going to be easy even if extra
* ret / temmelig hurtigt
staff was / were drafted in to deal with the demonstration.
* trække / beordre ng. ind
indkalde
The chief of police had drafted lots of police into the area.
* trække / beordre ng. ind i ngt.
A police force, issued with riot gear, turned out
* udstyret med ngt.
in armour-clad vehicles.
The pictures show heavy-handed police methods in use
* kampudstyr
* armeret
* hårdhændet
* i brug
to curb the demonstration.
* begrænse / kontrollere ngt.
10 Behaving outrageously violent, demonstrators
* umanerligt
apparently provoked members of the police force into
* provokere ng. til ( at gøre ) ngt.
( committing ) a number of outrages against the regulations. * ( begå )
The police apparently beat peaceful demonstrators
and thrashed demonstraters unscrupulously.
Pushed by the police, some peaceful demonstrators
are landed `headlong.
Landing on the ground with the head first involves
great risk besides it bruises the face.
Besides the fact that your face will bruise, there’s a risk of
20 smashed teeth and, in worst case, fracture of the skull.
In a mad dash / rush for escape, some demonstrators
were in mortal danger – their lives were in danger.
Trampled underfoot in the rush to escape,
* voldshandling
* imod regulativerne
reglementet
* slå ng.
* tæske ng.
* skrubelløst
*
* bringe til at lande
* hovedkulds
på hovedet
* ~ på hovedet
* lande på ( jorden )
* påføre ngt. overfladiske kvæstelser
/ blåt / blodunderløbent mærke
* få …
* kraniebrud
* i>
* vanvittig
* stormløb mod ngt.
* i livsfare
* trampe underfode / til jorden
i hastværket med at -
the demonstrators were in danger of being trampled to death. * trampe ng. ihjel
The police grabbed many demonstrants by their arm
to arrest them.
* gribe ng. i armen
*
A police officer twisted a demonstrator’s arm behind him.
* vride ngs. arm om på ryggen
The demonstator’s arm is out of joint; it had been pushed
* af led
or wrenched out of joint by the police.
* vride …
30 Both his shoulder joint and elbow joint hurt.
* skulder
Police brutality took all the fight out of the majority of
* skubbe ngt. >
* albue led
* tage al kampgejsten fra ng.
demonstrators while it provoked the rest to escalate the fight. * provokere ng. til at The hard `core (E) still had a lot of fight left in them.
* hård kerne
As they attacked the police with stones and bottles,
* angribe ng. med ngt.
the area turned into a `veritable battefield / <ground.
* have en masse kampgejst tilbage
* veritabel / sand
A shower of missiles landed on the police’s shields.
* byge
Being hit by a missile or getting a thrashing, bruised
* få prygl
the body of many policemen and demonstrators.
* eskalere / optrappe ngt.
*
* lande
* give ngt. overfladiske kvæstelser /
blodunderløbent / blåt mærke
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625 Backs, arms and legs of a lot of demonstators
*
bruised after the runaway demonstration.
* få / udvikle overfladiske kvæstelser
blodunderløbent / blåt mærke
Some demonstrators were hit by batons / truncheons,
and some were pressed against the mesh fence.
The escalation of violence landed both demonstrators
and police officers with enjuries.
Serious enjuries landed both police officers
and demonstrators in hospital.
Many demonstrators landed `up with cuts and bruises.
* politistav
* tråd-
* hegn
* optrapning
* forårsage / betyde at ng. ender >
* < med
* får ng. til at havne
* på …
* ende med ngt.
* flænge
10 Peaceful demonstrators covered in bruises
* dækket /
were shown on TV in `close-up pictures.
~ kroppen fuld af >
* nærbillede
Even if they suffered severe bruising, and lying on
* trykket
were broken, and no one had suffered internal bruising.
* indre kvæstelser
Charging that the police used excessive force against
* bebrejde at -
them, every peaceful demonstrator felt badly bruised by
* føle sig >
the heavy use of violence by both parties.
*
The whole affair causes / creates quite a stir.
* skabe >
The police methods are heavily criticized in the media,
* kraftigt
20 both in the press and the broadcasting media.
* ( blodunderløbent / blåt ) mærke
( efter slag / stød )
* være udsat for ngt.
the ground, some had suffered bruised ribs, no bones
* blå mærke
* overfladisk kvæstelse
* ribben
* bruge >
* overdreven
* magt
* såret, stødt
krænket
* røre / opstandelse
medierne
* pressen
* æterbårne …
They are rapped / slammed in headlines on the front pages * kritisere ngt.
both by the tabloid papers and the heavyweight papers.
* tabloidavis
* seriøs avis
A broadsheet (E) or quality paper (A) works to satisfy
* seriøs avis
* tilfredsstille /
mætte >
the readers’ hunger for the truth while the tabloids profit from * sult / behov / trang / higen efter ngt.
satisfying people’s hunger for sensations, scandal (U)
* tilfredsstille / mætte >.
and curiosity about notables, dignitaries and celebreties.
* nysgerrighed * notabilitet * vigtig person * kendt …
* =
* skandale
overfor ngt.
The editorial staff discuss the issue at editorial meetings
often until they can see no virtue in discussing it further.
The police are elaborately slammed in editorials
* redaktionel
* redaktions-
* intet fornuftigt / nyttigt formål med at * kritisere ng. >
* leder
30 ( E&: leader / leading `article ) and columns for
* (=)
their indiscriminate use of violence seen by many
* uansvarlig, vilkårlig
as a violation of the right to demonstrate
* brud på / krænkelse af ngt.
under the constitution.
* ifølge grundloven
* klumme
* < for ngt
hensynsløs
Giving the police extensive powers is seen by many
as an outrageous infringement of constitutional rights,
and an encroachment on the rights and freedoms
guaranteed by the constitution.
* retten til at -
* udvidede beføjelser
* oprørende etc. * brud på /
* grundlovssikret
skandaløs
overtrædelse af ngt.
rettighed
* indgreb i, overgreb på
* rettigheder og friheder
krænkelse af
* & grundlovssikret
626 It is feared ( that ) rampant ( use of ) video surveillance * det frygtes at -
* udbredt
uhæmmet
`rampënt
is an intrusion (up)on / into people’s private lives.
Regarded as (an) invasion of privacy, infringing (up)on
the right to privacy, it infringes civil / personal liberties.
Some celebrities find their celebrity / fame intruding
into / ( up)on their private lives.
* indtrængen i >
* privatliv
* krænkelse af >
* privatlivets fred
/ personlig rettighed
* trænge sig >
* berømthed
* ind på ngt.
* læserbrev
Some letters to the editor are published
* =
( * redaktør )
* angreb på ngt.
The letters savagely attack police brutality while others
* angribe ngt. voldsomt
The hard-core demonstrators’ intent is clearly not to
10 placate their critics.
Anonymous letters containing vicious personal attacks
ê`nånimês
on named public figures are not published.
The relationship between the police and the local
community has been damaged.
Some victims of police violence as well as unjustly arrested
demonstrators go to or want to see their brief (E).
A brief on behalf of the sufferers is given to a lawyer
to argue in the court.
The victims of police violence are represented by counsel.
20 The court hears `prosecuting and defence counsel.
It alternately hears counsel for prosecution
and counsel for defence.
Massive opposition to nuclear power,
* … indædt
* hensigt
* tydeligvis
* formilde / berolige ng.
* anonym
* ondskabsfuld
unavngiven
* navngiven
* offentlig kendt
*
* sagfører
* sag
* på vegne af ng.
* skadelidt
*
* retsadvokat (-ter )
* anklagesiden
* forsvarssiden
* =
* =
* massiv
are a powerful weapon in the opposition’s armoury
& føre ngt. ud i livet
* slagkraftigt våben
that may paralyse important parts of the society,
* lamme ngt.
and cause total paralysis of some parts.
* forårsage >
30
* skikkelse
person
*
* gennemføre ngt i praksis
*
* personangreb
* forhold mellem ng.
put into practice by demonstrations and drastic action,
*
* offentliggøre
bringe, trykke
* læserbrevkasse
Some letters are an attack on police brutality.
bitterly attack the troublemakers.
* krænke >
* ret til > * privatliv * krænke > * borgerlig * friheds-
The papers receive a lot of readers’ letters.
in the correspondence column.
* overvågning
* drastisk
* handling
* arsenal
* lammelse af ngt.
627 The next ( news ) item is about the depletion of
* global opvarmning
the ozone layer as the layer seems to be severely depleted.
* alvorligt
Some climate experts state that widespread cases of
outrageous heat and rains are caused by global warming.
*
* voldsom
* regnskyl
Vast areas are stricken with fatal climate changes.
* ramt af ngt.
Climate changes in many areas have already led to
*
crop failure(s), and famine as a result / in consequence.
* udtyndning
mindskning
* udtyndet
formindsket
* misvækst
* hungersnød
* som følge
`famin
Failure of (the) crops and (the) resulting famine (C,U)
* =
* deraf følgende
mean that millions of people are going hungry.
* leve uden mad nok
10 Failure of this year’s harvest means that millions will
* fejlslagning af >
suffer from hunger, and many will starve to death.
* lide af sult
* ( dette års ) høst
* sulte ihjel
sulte ( af mangel på mad )
* tilfredsstille / mætte >
Having no way of satisfying their hunger
* sult
and, due to drought, no way to quench / slake their thirst,
* tørke
many refugees are dying of thirst and hunger.
* være dødeligt sulten / -tørstig
Feeling faint with hunger and thirst,
* slukke >
* tørst
* være ved at besvime af sult / tørst
many die of / from thirst and hunger every day.
Thousands of `hunger-stricken enervated refugees,
* dø af tørst / sult
* hungerramt
* udhungret
/ -marvet
`enêveitid
their eyes having a wild and hungry look in them,
* udsultet blik
seek refugee in refugee camps.
*
20 Starving babies, dying of / from starvation in the arms
* sultende
of their grief-stricken mothers is an everyday occurrence.
* ramt af sorg
* dø af ngt.
‘ That’s outrageous ! ’ a horror-stricken / -struck TV viewer * forargeligt
* sult
* hverdagsforekomst
/ -kost
* forskrækket
oprørende, uhyrligt
protests seeing the stricken faces of the wasted refugees.
* medtaget ( medtagne )
To make matters worse, a cyclone is reported to have
* for at gøre ondt værre
* udhungret / -marvet
* cyklon
`saiklêun
caused extensive damage.
* omfattende
A cyclone is a large-scale wind-and-pressure system
characterized by low pressure in its center and by circular
* skade (-r )
ødelæggelse (-r )
udbredt
* i stor skala
*
wind motion, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, * bevægelse
clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
* sydlig …
30 These violent revolving tropical storms are accompanied
* roterende
by lighting and torrential rain.
* styrtregn
A hurricane is a tropical cyclone, especially in
* orkan
the W Atlantic; in the N Pacific it’s called a typhoon.
* tyfon
A tornado is a localized, violent windstorm, a whirlwind
* =
or a squall characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud
* nordlig halvkugle
* lokaltforekommende
* kastevind
* hvirvelvind
* tragtformet
pludseligt uvejr evt. m. regn / sne
extending towards the ground and made visible
*
by condensation and debris.
* fortætning
`de(i)bri~ E/A dê`bri~
Disasters in TV are regarded as an everyday occurrence.
ê`kûrêns
* hverdagsforekomst / -kost
* nedbrydningsmateriale
stumper og stykker
628 Lots of trees have been blown / brought down,
* blæst / væltet (omkuld)
roofs blown off, and houses razed to the ground.
* blæst af
Houses and whole villages have been buried beneath
landslips, landslides and landfalls.
* jævnet med jorden ( raseret til grunden )
*
* jordskred ( mindre )
Bad weather has hampered the rescue operations.
* besværliggøre
The fact that many roads in the disaster-affected areas
* katastroferamt
* … ( større )
* =
vanskeliggøre
have become a quagmire has impeded rescue missions.
It has delayed the rescue; the rescue of people in danger,
* sump
* besværliggøre
vanskeliggøre
* redning
and made it difficult for rescuers to come to the rescue;
* redningsmand
10 to come to the rescue of people in the disaster areas.
/ -folk
* … ngs. …
Rescue workers and emergency aid have been landed
* redningsfolk
* rednings-
and rescue them from further calamity / more calamities.
* … ng. fra ngt.
resulted in outragerously increasing food prices.
* komme til undsætning
* katastrofeområde
by rescue helicopters to resque people in distress,
Into the bargain, lack of food has furthermore
* redningsmission
* helikopter
* landsætte
bringe til stedet
* redde ng.
* i nød
nødstedt
* ulykke
katastrofe
*
* voldsomt
katastrofalt
People protest against the outrageous (rise in) prices.
* uhyrlig
Some countries’ trade balance is in surplus.
* handelsbalance
There’s a trade surplus of billions.
* handelsoverskud
voldsom
* vise overskud
være positiv
Some countries’ trade balance has been in deficit for years. * ( vise ) underskud, ( være ) negativ
20 There has been a trade deficit / shortfall of billions.
So while some countries have a widening trade surplus
other countries have a widening trade defecit.
So some countries’ balance of payments is in surplus
while other countries balance of payments is in deficit
As there has been a shortfall of millions of ton(s) in food
* handelsunderskud
* voksende
* =
* … underskud
* betalingsbalance
* underskud
* katastrofalt
food shortage / shortage of food in some countries.
* mangel (på)
* have ( … ) overskud
30 Some countries have a big surplus in agricultural
* stort overskud
production – a surplus of millions of tonne(s) / metric ton(s) * … på ngt.
while other countries have a big deficit in food supply
* … underskud i ngt.
– a deficit of a disastrous size.
* … på ngt.
the the hungry people to cover the shortfall in food supply.
Aiming at the needy, charity is aimed at helping them.
* ton (-s) / metrisk ton (-s)
1000 kg / kilos / kilogram(me)s
* overskydende
* sultende
Now targeting the hungry in the stricken areas, the orga> * rette sigtet mod ng.
nizations aim to alleviate / at easing (their) suffering(s).
* E : a long ton = 2 240 pounds
A : a short ton = 2 000 …
* have ( … ) underskud
other countries have considerable agricultural surplusses.
Surplus grain and other foods need to be distributed to
* ( vise ) overskud
* ( vise ) underskud
production in some coutries, there is a calamitous
While some countries have disastrous food deficits,
* … overskud
* sigte på at -
* dække
* sultende
* underskud
* berørt, ramt
hjemsøgt
* afhjæpe ngt.
* rette sigtet > * de nødlidende * være rettet mod at mod ng.
629 The newsreader progresses to a current dispute about * gå videre til ngt.
preferential treatment or positive discrimination.
The present dispute over means of integration
* strid / uenighed om ngt.
* positiv særbehandling
* <<
* middel / redskab til ngt.
* integration
relates to racial prejudice(s) (U,C) in relation to
* forholde sig til / * ( racefordomme ) * i forhold til ngt.
measures to improve race relations.
* foranstaltninger til at -
angå ngt.
The dispute in progress concerns measures to be taken
to improve relations between different races.
Unfortunately there have been sporadic racial attacks on
racefordomsfuldhed
* igangværende
* racerelationer
* ~ midler, der skal tages i brug
* relationer mellem ng.
* racistisk
foreigners.
*
10 Racial attacks are poisoning relations between races.
* forgifte ngt.
* angreb / overfald på ng.
* forholdene mellem ng.
Television violence poisons the minds of some people.
* =
Racial hatred is a poison that destroys people’s minds.
* racehad
Racists on either side try to poison their adherent’s minds
* forgifte ngs. indstilling >
against other races.
Inopportune racist remarks serve only to bruise people’s
feelings, and poison the atmosphere still further.
* gift der -
* overfor ng.
* upassende for situationen
* følelser
* fornærme / såre >
* forgifte …
* endnu mere
The poison of racial hatred destroys peaceful coexistence.
* den forgiftende virkning af ngt.
In some countries knife attacks, bomb attacks
* knivoverfald
and arson attacks on differently thinking people are
* brandstiftelse
20 common / everyday / frequent / regular occurrences.
* almindeligt forekommende hændelse
* bombeangreb
ildspåsættelse
hverdagskost
Even if measures have been taken to alleviate the problem, * lette ngt.
the situation becomes a political and military quagmire.
* hængedynd
A political arm of a rebel movement or terrorist organization * … gren
work by political means.
*
On a lighter note / vein they end the news item with a story * i den letter genre
about an old song having the offensive name dark(e)y
* =
or darkie for a negro replaced with Afro-American.
* =
The offensive name refers to blacks or black people,
* sorte
a black man or black woman originally black slaves
* sort …
30 caught among natives in Darkest Africa.
* det mørke Afrika
The name Negro (<es) is often considered offensive while
* sorte personer
* …
* …
* neger
nigger, as associated to racial segregation, is very offensive. * nigger
* raceadskillelse
It’s disputable whether political correctness is an example * politisk korrekthed
of overprotection in the war against racism.
In some cultures, even if there’s no racial discrimination,
the darkness of the skin matters socially .
* overbeskyttelse
* kamp mod >
* racisme
* racediscrimination
* mørkhed
* betyde noget socialt
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630 ‘ Now the rest of the news in brief, ‘ the newsreader
* kort
announces.
*
Two railway carriages (E) disconnected.
* jernbanepassagervogn
* adskilles, skilles ( fra )
rive sig / bryde løs
-`-
Having disconnected from the rest of train, one carriage
ran off the `rails // jumped the rails E/A tracks / de`railed.
A defective linkage caused (a) derailment.
* … fra
* løbe af sporet
* hoppe af sporet
* sammenkoblingssysten
* løbe af sporet
* afsporing
-`-
A defective linkage between two coaches (E) caused
* kobling mellem
* passagervogn
the disconnection that derailed the train.
* adskillelse
-`The vehicle that pulls a train is called a railway engine (E), * tog
a locomotive (eA) or a railroad engine (A).
* afspore ngt.
* ( jernbane- ) lokomotiv
togstamme
* lokomotiv
lêukê`mêutiv
10 Besides carriages or coaches, a passenger train may
* passager- / persontog
have sleeping cars, a dining / E& restaurant car and a van. * sovevogn
A goods train (E) is a train of (goods) wag(g)ons, trucks
* spisevogn
* godstog
* række
togstamme
* lukket vogn til bagage
/ post
* åben godsvogn
or box wag(g)ons, perhaps pulled by a goods engine.
* lukket …
* godslokomotiv
In America a railway is a rail-line with lighter-weight
* jernbane
* jernbanelinie
equipment and roadbed than a main-line railroad.
* banefundament / -leje
ballast
The locomotive or railroad engine pulls a train of
* togstamme
loukê`moutiv
( rail> ) cars.
A passenger train has passenger cars, perhaps
sleeping cars and a dining car.
* ( jernbane-) vogn
* -vogn
* sovevogn
20 A freight train is a train of freight cars, perhaps boxcars * godstog
and perhaps pulled by a freight engine (A).
* godslokomotiv
* spisevogn
* godsvogn
* lukket …
SPORT(S) (E: U,C) / (A: pl.) SPORTS
* sport
idræt
631 The major sporting events are shown on TV.
Sporty (E) people, people interested in sport(s), liking
* sportsbegivenhed
* sportsinteresseret
god til sport
sport(s) or good at sport(s) (A), usually watch sport(s) on TV.
*
They watch their favourite sports and sporting events.
* sportsgren
Many people’s main sporting interest is football.
* sports-
Others complain that there’s too much sport (E) on TV.
* beklage / brokke sig over at -
They grumble that there are too many sports broadcasts.
* =
They complain, grumble, gripe, grouch, grouse,
* … sig >
* sportsbegivenhed
`bellyache, beef, moan, and whinge about it.
* over ngt.
10 Playing sports, a lot of people are take part in a sport,
* dyrke … * deltage / være med i > * sport (-sgren )
perhaps joining a sports club and a sports team.
* -klub
* -hold
Some prefer to go in for / engage in a dangerous sport.
* dyrke
* sportsgren
Today’s sporting facilities, sports grounds
* -facilitet
and sports equipment provide a wide range of
* -udstyr
sporting activities within indoor and outdoor sports,
* -aktivitet
field sports, water sports, winter sports and other sports.
* bane-
Sports centres (E) where people can go to do sport (E)
* -plads
* indendørs* vand-
* =
at school when children compete in sports events,
* sports-/ idrætsdisciplin
20 help to stimulate (an) interest in sporting activity /<ies.
* -udøvelse / -aktiviteter
* idrætsfolk / -mænd / -kvinder
sportsmen (eE) and sportswomen prefer a team sport
to an individual sport.
* individuel / enkeltmands* sportsåndsindstillet
or sportswoman, who is fair and generous in his or her
* -kvinde
treatmen of other people, especially in a game or sport,
*
e.g. someone who sportingly agrees to play the point again. * i bedste sportsånd
Some people prefer sports taking place in the countryside
*
30 Some people are strongly opposed to blood sports,
* ~ jagt
sports which involve killing animals.
*
and a sporting goods store (A) sells sporting goods.
* -folk
* =
* -personer
* hold-
* sportsperson
* -mand
* spille pointet om
* friluftssport
like hunting and fishing.
A sports ( goods ) shop (E) sells sports goods,
* dyrke …
* idrætsdag
sports* =
A sporting (eE) athlete is a sportsperson, a sportsman
* vinter-
* sports- / idrætscenter
or play sports (eA), and sports days (E) or field days (A)
Some athletes, sportspeople (eE) or sportspersons,
* udesdørs
* sportsforretning
* =
* -udstyr
* =
They also sell sportswear and sporty clothes.
* sportsbeklædning
* sportsagtig
You play football, go riding E/A go horseback riding
* spille ( gå til ) ngt.
* gå til / ( dyrke ) ngt.
go boxing / dancing, go to / do aerobics / judo etc.
* =
632 Some sports are really spectator sports.
Armchair fans seldom go and watch a match
where it really happens.
Some programmes are broadcasted and shown live
while others are prerecorded and shown on `replay.
* tilskuer sport
* ~ sofatilhænger
* tage ind / hen / ud og se
*
* =
* optaget på forhånd
* på …
( genvisning )
* genvise ngt.
-`-
A part ot a live programme may be replayed
perhaps to see something in slow motion on replay.
Some sporting events ending in a draw are replayed
* direkte
* =
* genvisning
* ende uafgjort
* spille ngt. om
in order to decide the match in a replay.
* omkamp
10 In the sports news, the sports reporter tells about
* … nyheder
the sporting events.
* sportsbegivenhed
In the sportscast (A) a sportscaster tells about sports.
* sportsudsendelse
A sports item is about the national boxing championship
and the new boxing champions.
Dark `horse (E) lightweight Will Smith won lightweight,
and became lightweight champion.
* -reporter
* -reporter
* -indslag
* boksemester
* = hidtil ukendt
* letvægter
* letvægt
succesfuld deltager
* … mester
The loser is still waiting for a championship.
* vente på ngt.
Speaking fast, the reporter announced the heavyweight
* tale hurtigt sværvægts-
championship as the last event of the boxing meeting.
* mesterdkab
* disciplin / kamp
20 In heavyweight, last year’s champ, a real bruiser,
* sværvægt
* mester * person, der går hårdt til den
profits from his opponent’s relative lack of experience,
* relative mangel
and retains his national crown.
* genvinde ngt.
He didn’t pull his punches and connected (eA) well
(with his opponent) in the last round.
* boksestævne
* mesterskab
* holde sig tilbage
* ramme
* omgang
His opponent did’nt have a sporting chance ( of winning ).
* en ærlig chance ( for at gøre ngt.)
Having felt a surge of pain, his opponent barely realized
* væld
how his legs had rebelled him.
* nægte at lystre ng.
-`-
The bruiser had pulled his punches and sportingly
* holde sig tilbage
* sportsmandsagtigt
spared his opponent a dangerous `knockout (KO) .
* spare ng. for ngt.
* knockout
30 So he had won on technical knockout (TKO),
* tekninsk knockout
the termination of a bout by the referee when it is
* afbrydelse / afslutning af ngt.
the judgement of the attending physician, a boxer’s
* læge
seconds, or the referee that a boxer cannot continue fighting
* sekundant
without suffering / sustaining severe or disabling injury.
* lide / pådrage sig / udsætte sig for >
It was sporting of the champ to spare his opponent.
* sportsligt af ng.
He is praised for a sportsmanlike attitude / behaviour –
* sportsmandsagtig
for fair play and good sportsmanship.
Most people condemn unsporting behaviour.
* =
* usportslig
* dyst
kamp
* skade
kvæstelse
* sportsmandsånd
633 Landing up with bruises on his face, a black eye,
* ende med > * ~ blå mærker * i ansigtet * ~ blåt øje
an injured eyebrow, and his face smeared with blood,
* smurt ind i ngt.
the loser looked like he had been in the `wars.
* ( ilde tilredt ) som om ng. havde været i krig
Having had a too high opinion of himself , he felt bruised
by the defeat and suffered a bruised ego.
In the event that an accident happens, a physician is
always present at a boxing meeting.
In the event of an accident, he is able to perform
* føle sig >
* såret, stødt
krænket
* jeg
* =
* i tilfælde af at *
* i tilfælde af ngt.
life-saving treatment.
* livreddende
10 Thinking he’s got a sporting chance ( of winning it ),
*
the champ is determined to go on and win the world crown
* mesterskabstitel
en fair chance ( for at gøre ngt.)
CRICKET and BASEBALL
If a fast thrower – a bowler or pitcher – does well with
* hurtig * kaster * kricket- * baseball- * gøre ngt. godt
a throw, the batter may swing at the ball but not connect (eA). * slåer
* ramme
He may not connect with the ball.
* … ngt.
If the ground, field or pitch is fast,
* underlag * ( fodbold )
bane
it allows a player or the ball to run fast (adv.).
* baseballkast
* hurtig
/ kricketbanestykke
* hurtigt
BIKING and RACING
A mountain bike is designed for riding on rough ground
20 and on steep mountain tracks.
Various tracks or racetracks with special surfaces
* udforme ngt. til ngt.
* sti
* bane
are designed for races between people, motorcycles, cars
*
and, in America, horses.
*
* løbsbane
In horseracing, racehorses race on a racecourse / <track. * hestevæddeløb * væddeløbshest * væddeløbsbane
In a horse race, the jockey uses a short whip
to whip / lash the racehorse to make it gallop faster.
In a trotting race, on a trotting course / track
* ~ galopløb
* jockey
* piske ng.
* ~ galophest
* trav-
* ~løb
the sulky driver uses a long whip with a lash at the end
* sulky
* ~kusk
to make the trotter / trotter horse trot faster.
* travhest
30 A dirt track is designed for motorcycle racing
* slaggebane
or dirt-track race, a race between racing motorcyclists.
* =
A checkered / E& chequered flag is covered with black
* galopere
* trav-
* pisk
* bane
* ( piske- ) snert
* trave
* motorcykelracerkører
* ternet
and white squares used at car / motor racing
* bilracerkørsel
and waved at the beginning and end of a car / motor race.
* bil- / motorløb
A race track and a racing car /A& race car may have
* pisk
* racerbane
a checkered / chequered history as well as a racing driver
* broget
or racer may have a checkered / chequered career.
* racerkører
* racerbil
* racerkører
* =
634 An athletics meeting E/A a track meet comprises
* atletik stævne
a number of track events and field events.
* løbe-
* kast- og springdisciplin
/ -konkurrence
In Britain an athlete goes in for / engage in athletics.
* ~ dyrke atletik
In America they go in for / engage in track and `field.
* =
The standard track events include the 100 metres etc.
* løbedisciplin
* 100 meter løb
and races over 200, 400, 800, 1500, 5 000, and 10 000 m;
/ -konkurrence
* løb over ngt.
the hurdles: the 110 m and 400 m hurdles;
* hækkeløb
the relay: the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 m relay races;
* stafetløb
the 3000 m steeple chase; the marathon ( 42.195 km );
* forhindringsløb
10 and the walk; the 20 km walking race.
* kapgang
* kilometer ( se >> )
One kilometre E/eA kilometer equals 1000 metres / meters. * kilometer
`kilêmi~tê / ki`låmitê
Running the 100 metres, athletes run a 100 metres, and
running the relay, they run in relays and hand over a baton.
* løbe 100 meterløb
* stafetløb
* på skift
* stafet
`batån E/A ba`tå~n
Running the hurdles, they run and jump a 110 or 400 m,
as they have to jump ( over ) a number of hurdles.
* hækkeløb
* hoppe ngt.
* springe over ngt.
* ~ hæk
The steeple chase is run over a course having obstacles. * forhindringsløb* bane
The field events are the long jump, the triple jump,
* forhindring
* kast- & springdisciplin
the high jump, the pole vault, the shot put, the discus,
* længde* tre/ -konkurrence
* stangspring * kuglestød * discos- * hammerkast
the hammer, and the javelin.
* spydkast
The athletes do the long, the high and the triple jump,
* ~ springe ( længde-, højde-, trespring )
throw the discus, the hammer or the javelin,
* kaste >
20 or put the shot.
* støde >
Some athletes compete in triathlon, modern pentathlon,
or pentathlon ( for women ) or decathlon ( for men ).
The running races E/A track events take place
on the running track.
* discos
* hammerkast
* spyd
* kugle
* trekamp
* femkamp
* tikamp
* konkurrenceløb
* løbebane
An athlete who runs track may joins a track team,
and be a famous track star.
* løbe >
* atletikløb
* hold
* atletikstjerne
To run the 800 metres one has to run two laps of the track. * omgang
An athlete is often overtaken on the final lap.
* atletik-
* overhale ng.
* bane
* på sidste omgang
-`-
When winners do a lap of honour E/A a victory lap,
30 they go around the track again to celebrate winning.
Today’s synthetic surfaces create fast fields and tracks.
* gå / løbe / køre æresrunde
*
* syntetisk
A street race may end with a number of laps of a city centre * omgang af ngt.
circuit.
Many sporting events take place, many meetings are held,
and many games are played under floodlights.
* … sejrsrunde
* rundtur
*
* i projektørlys
* overflade
underlag
DOPING
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635 When not in action, an athlete may wear a jogging suit / * jogging sæt / dragt
træningstøj
a shell suit / a tracksuit EEE/A sweats of which the jacket
* =
is called a sweatshirt (EA) while the trousers E/A pants
* træningstrøje
are called tracksuit bottoms E/A sweatpants.
* - bukser
The sports news proceeds to an item about
the illegal use of drugs in sport(s).
Two athletes who finished in a joint first place
fell / came under suspicion for doping.
The athletes had to submit themselves to a doping test.
*
*
* delt … plads
* komme under mistanke om ngt.
* underkaste sig ngt.
10 One of the winners failed the dope test while
* dumpe til …
the other one passed it and was in the clear.
* bestå
* doping-
* være renset
Something is out of joint in professional sport(s).
* noget er af lave indenfor ngt.
Newspapers have linked named athletes with doping
* kæde ng. >
and shady doctors.
A paper has come into possession of documents
* navngiven
* komme i besiddelse af ngt.
* vedrørende
a doctor and some successful athletes.
*
* forbindelse mellem ng.
* fabrikeret
manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist.
* =
20 Some doctors have a armoury of shady drugs available.
* arsenal af ngt.
The paper asks a number of related questions.
* sagen vedrørende
In possession of these documents,
* i besiddelse af ngt.
the paper relates some facts of the case to the public.
The police have no comments referring to / in relation to
* sammen med ngt.
* lyssky
relating to / concerning a shady connection between
The doctor claim the news story to be fabricated /
* test
* berette ngt.
* i relation / forhold til /
vedrørende ngt.
/ concerning the matter.
They have so far failed to establish a connection;
* =
* etablere en forbindelse
they have failed to discover, establish, and prove
* opdage >
a connection between certain doctors and doping.
* forbindelse mellem ng. og ngt.
The evidence was there in a doctors file, but no one
30 made the connection.
* etablere >
* vidnesbyrd
* dokumentmappe
arkiv, kartotek
* skabe forbindelsen
There is evidence to associate certain facts and people.
* bevismateriale til at -
It becomes evident to connect certain events and people.
* tydeligt / indlysende at -
It’s evident that there’s a close relation between doping
* =
and some extraordinary performances.
The relationship between extraordinary performances
and doping has become evident.
* bevise >
* =
* sammenhæng mellem ngt. og ngt.
*
* forbindelse ngt. og ngt.
*
* forbinde ngt. og ng.
636 It’s evident to connect extraordinary performances
* forbinde ngt. >
and certain athlets with doping.
* med ngt.
It’s evident to connect certain athlets with certain doctors.
* … ng. med ng.
It becomes / is evident that there is a connection; there is
* forbindelse
a connection between extraordiary performances and doping. * … mellem ngt. og ngt.
Some extraordinary performances have a connection with * have en forbindelse med ngt.
doping.
Some people are surprised to hear these facts
*
*
and named people mentioned together as they have never
*
10 connected them before.
* forbinde ng.
They never connected them in their minds.
* … i tankerne
Some doctors have jobs connected with sports.
* i tilknytning til ngt.
Certain doctors have a connection to the case.
* have forbindelse til ngt.
Certain athletes have a connection with the shady doctors. * … med ng.
There are a number of links between the theories.
* forbindelse mellem
The athletes deny reports linking them to dishonest doctors * forbinde ng. til ng.
and illegal performance-enhancing drugs to enhance /
* præstationsfremmennde
improve performance.
*
In professonal sports, pay is linked to performance.
* kædet sammen med ngt.
20 The public is temporarily kept in the `dark about
* ~ holde i uvidenhed om ngtt
the police’s investigation into doping.
* undersøgelse af ngt.
The police are waiting for some blood test results.
* vente på ngt.
They are waiting on (eA) the results of the blood tests
* =
before they decide what to do.
They will just have to wait and see how things develop –
there’s nothing they can do at the moment.
* forbedre ngt.
*
* måtte bare vente og se, hvxx
*
The figures which the papers have come up with up to now * indtil videre
have just been a shot in the `dark.
They have really just been a stab in the `dark.
30 Sports reporters are mostly in the dark.
* et skud i blinde / tågen
* =
* ~ i uvidenhed
Just getting an interview is half the `battle.
* være halvdelen af kampen
The next hurdle / obstacle is to ferret / nose / sniff () out
* hurdel, forhindring
information holding clues to some convincing evidence.
* ledespor / -tråd til ngt.
* opsnuse ngt.
637 Some crimes, connected to doping, seem connected
* forbundet med / med forbindelse til ngt.
while others apparently are unconnected.
* uden forbindelse
* forbundet
-`-
New evidence has recently come to `light.
* komme frem i lyset
Police suspect there may be links between
* forbindelse mellem ngt og ngt.
extraordinary performances and doping,
*
and links between successful athletes and shady docters.
* forbindelse mellem ng. og ng.
They look for missing links.
* manglende / uopdaget forbindelse
Back in the `dark ages of technology it was impossible to
* ~ barndom
trace much doping and find any trace of illegal drugs.
* spore ngt.
10 A sports doctor is a dark `horse.
* hidtil ukendt person, der overraskende
* spor af ngt.
kvalificerer sig i offentligheden
He has kept the report dark (E) untill now.
* holde ngt. hemmeligt
Nobody knew he’d prepared a medical report on doping.
* udarbejde ngt.
He has drawn up a report on athletes heavily into doping,
* =
* indtil nu
* ~ dybt afhængig af ngt.
and sports doctors heavily involved in doping offences
* dybt >
by providing the athletes with performance-improving drugs
* præstationsfremmende
to illegally improve their performance.
*
Thrownig new light on some old facts
his research sheds new light on these facts.
The report casts (new) light on doping.
* involveret / indblandet i ngt.
* kaste ( nyt ) lys over ngt.
* kaste nyt lys på ngt.
* =
20 The report puts many athletes and doctors in a bad `light. * stille ng. i et dårligt lys
As the government has declared war on doping,
scientists are busy researching ( the doping problem ).
Undertaking medical research into doping,
* erklære krig mod ngt.
* udforske ( ngt. )
* påtage sig >
researchers do / conduct research on all aspects of doping . * forsker
Researching in / on doping, researching what can be
* forskning i ngt.
* foretage / udføre … af ng&t.
* forske i ngt.
* forske hvxx -
done, the scientists research into ways of discovering doping. * =
Although the Medical Research Council tries
* det lægevidenskablig forskningsråd
to keep abreast of the latest development(s), it seems
* holde sig på højde med ngt.
difficult to keep track of all the new discoveries in doping,
* holde sig på omgangshøjde med
30 and win the war on / against doping.
* vinde krigen mod ngt.
People expect arrests in connection with doping.
* i forbindelse med ngt.
In that event, both athletes and doctors will be excluded
* i det / så tilfælde
from their profession.
Doping is often a leap in the dark, a risk that the athlete
takes without knowing exactly what the result will be.
Years ago, there were no hard and `fast rules about
*
* et spring ud i mørket
*
* streng / ufravigelig >
doping, and still antidoping measures aere seen by many
*
as an attack on the athletes’ personal freedom.
* ~ indgreb i ngt.
* regel
638 Suspicion of doping lies heavy on many athlets.
A disreputable doctor claims that his resignation
* hvlle tungt på / bekymre ng.
* berygtet
lyssky
has no connection with the recent scandal.
Reporters keep asking him the same question but they are
getting nowhere fast; they are going nowhere fast.
* ( ikke ) have nogen forbindelse med ngt.
*
* ikke komme nogen vegne
The doctor lulls their suspicions by a plausible story.
* listigt dæmpe / få ngt. til at forsvinde
He lulls them into believing that his resignation is totally
* lulle ng. til at -
unconnected with recent events.
* uden forbindelse med ngt.
Even if the police searched his clinique
10 they found no trace of evidence.
*
* ikke finde spor af ngt.
He is suspected of having carefully covered his `tracks
by getting rid of any kind of incriminating evidence.
* skjule sporene
* belastende
-`-
The police put a trace on his calls.
* sporingssystem
Although they traced his calls they had no evidence.
*
Many serious adverse (side) effects are linked to doping.
* uønsket
Some athletes have / suffer a heart attack
skadelig
* hjerteanfald / -slag
caused by heart failure. ( # organic heart disease )
The pathologist found traces of dope in their blood.
* bivirkning
* … / -stop
* forbinde ngt. med
* hjertefejl
* patolog
pê`#ålêd§ist
One athlete died after suffering a severe astma attack.
20 The post-mortem revealed traces of dope in his blod.
Using drugs, some rash, reckless and `foolhardy athletes
are ready to chance their `arm (E).
* komme ud for >
* anfald
* obduktion
* dumdristig
* ~ tage chancen
People don’t wait for them to realize how stupid they have
been as they don’t expect them to admit their mistake.
A skier lost his first place as his legs rebelled him,
* vente på at ng. gør ngt.
* forvente at ng. gør ngt.
* ~ nægte at lystre
-`-
and a ski became disconnected from the boot just before
* gå løs fra ngt.
he was about to breast the tape.
* bryde målsnoren
It seemed he had lost consciousness just before he was
* miste >
going to cross the finishing E/A finish line.
* ~ passere >
30 He went into a coma allegedly in connection with
* gå i koma
doping.
*
* bevidstheden
* mållinie
* angiveligt
* ( i ) forbindelse med ngt.
639 He had a broken arm; he broke his arm.
* få en brækket arm
At first the doctors thought he’d escape with a broken arm
* brække sin arm
/ armen
* slippe med ngt.
but although doctors battled to save his life,
* kæmpe for at -
he never recovered / regained consciousness.
* genvinde, ~ komme til >
He was put on a life-support machine in intensive care.
* bevidsthed
* lægge ng. i > * respirator
* i intensiv behandling
…-sê`på~t
The traces on the EEG (electroencephalograph / <gram)
* aftegning
graf, kurve
and the ECG (electrocardiograph / <gram) machines show
*
the brain activity and the heartbeat and heart rhythm.
* hjerteslag
Having been in a coma for weeks, he was declared
* -rytme
* være i koma
10 `brain dead where after the family, after some deliberation * hjernedød
– careful and mature consideration – agreed to disconnect * grundig
his life-support system.
* grundig overvejelse
* moden
* overvejelse
* afbryde ngt.
* ~ respirator
Therapists were called in to counsel the bereaved.
* rådgive ng.
In this / that connection the National Skiing Association
* i denne forbindelse
in `earnest became aware of a perennial doping problem.
Each sports organization should spend their war chest on
* de efterladte
* for alvor
* længerevarende
* ~ kampagne-
stepping up the war against doping not least the war on
* optrappe kampem mod ngt.
crime kingpins ang backers.
* topbagmand
The criminal mastermind behind doping can be difficult
* kiste
~ pulje, midler
* =
* økonomisk bagmand
* hjernen bag ngt.
20 to reveal as they take care to act as the wirepuller,
* person, der trækker i trådene
the person who does everthing to control and influence
*
the events without outsiders realizing it.
* udenforstående
bagmand
People expect a real sports hero to be clean,
* rene, stoffri
ikke dopede
and battle his way to the top in fair competition.
* kæmpe sig vej til ngt.
Narrated by a journalist, the news programme finishes (off) * indtale ngt.
/ ends with a brief summary.
* slutte ( af ) med ngt.
* =
The narrator speaks the words of a programme
but doesn’t appear in it.
kort opsummering
* fortæller
* indtale ngt.
*
The forecast is for light and heavy showers,
* let
30 squally winds and squally showers later on.
* kraftig
* byge
* uvejrsagtig
A TV commercial praises a deodorant, an agent for
* & lugtfjerner
di~`êu~dêrênt
destroying odours often combined with an antiperspirant,
`êudê
* lugt, stank
* & svedhæmmer
-`-
a preparation for stopping ( you ) sweating or preventing you
* præparat til at -
( from ) perspiring or at least for retarding perspiration.
* svede
Armpit / E& underarm deodorant (U) is a substances for
* armhule
inhibiting or masking armpit odo(u)r / E& `underarm odour,
* armhulelugt
often combined with antiperspirant (U) to prevent or stop
* & svedhæmmer
underarm E/EA armpit /A& pit sweat (<ing) / perspiration.
* armsved (-ning )
* hæmme ngt.
* svedafsondring
* & lugtfjerner
* =
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GOING TO A NIGHT CLUB
640 It’s getting late – we’d better make tracks.’ one of
* finde vejen ( hjem )
the lads says suggestingly.
* opfordrende
Some of the lads want to go to a night club.
*
‘ Wait a minute ! that’s not what we agreed,’ one of them
* vent lige lidt
hør lige her
protests before he lets himself be persuaded.
* lade sig overtale
They ask a guest about night clubs.
*
Wait a moment, just let me think,’ he says
* lige et øjeblik
before coming up with his first idea.
*
Wait a minute, I’ve got a better idea,’ he goes on
* vent lidt
hør her
10 having another place in mind.
*
The name is – wait for it – …er …, sorry, I can’t remember, * vent lige
Wait a second, I’ll get my coat and come with you,’
he says suggestingly.
* øh
* hør her
*
‘ Do you mind if I join you ? ’ he asks.
* slutte sig til ng.
They invite him to join up and join them.
* slutte sig til
* følges med ng.
‘ Wait until you’ve seen it – wait till you’ve seen the place,’ * vent til he says expectantly.
* forventningsfuldt
Joining up with them, he’s happy to join them in going
* slutte sig til ng.
to the disco.
*
20 He looks forward to join them to go to the disco
* slutte sig til ng. for at -
and join them for a couple of drinks.
* … for ngt.
* følges med ng. for at -
In the meantime, one of the lads has offered a lady a drink.
*
‘ Fancy (E) a drink ? ’ he simply asked her.
* kunne tænke sig / lide ( at få )
She has welcomed his offer with open `arms.
* med åbne arme
She sports a flower in her hair.
* bære ngt. ( til skue )
She laughs friskily and he joins `in.
* friskt og erotiskt opstemt
The drinking and the music have make them feel sexy.
* … sexuelt opstemt
Even if her dress is quite decent / demure,
* ærbar, dydig
* ~ gøre ligesådan
( grine med )
di`mjuê
he thinks she looks incredibly sexy.
* sexet
30 He wants her and wishes her to return his feelings.
* begære ng. * ønske ng.  at - * gengælde ( følelse )
When he dares ask,‘ Do you fancy (E) coming to the club
with us ? ‘ he gets a positive answer.
* kunne tænke sig / lide at *
641 As he realizes she’ s not in a relationship right now,
* i et forhold
he fancies (that) he’s having a relationship with her.
* forestille sig
* … et sexuelt forhold til
He wants her to form a relation with him.
* ønske at ng. gør ngt.
He wants her forming a relationship with him.
* =
As she seems positive about a relationship, he hopes to
* positivt stemt overfor ngt.
to connect with her; so he has hopes to connect (eA).
* indlede /
etablere >
* blive venner med ng.
He’d give his right arm for a relationship.
* give sin højre arm for ngt.
He’d give his right arm to have a relatioship.
* … at gøre ngt.
He’s had a series of unhappy and miserable relationships
* forhold
10 His last affair didn’t develop into a lasting relationship.
Although he had hoped for an abiding relatioship,
* forhold til ng.
* blive venner
* varigt …
* =
his girlfriend had ditched him without explanation.
* droppe ng.
One day, all of a sudden, in the middle of a squabble,
she had ditched him right in the middle of the street.
* midt i ngt.
* småskænderi
* droppe ng.
* midt på gaden
Having landed an attractive lady, he loses all track of time. * kapre ng.
The other lads stare at them without joining in
* miste al tidsfornemmelse
* tage del i ngt.
the conversation.
*
There’s a jalous light in the lads’ eyes as they notice
* ~ blik i ngs. øjne
the couple kissing; they kiss each other hungrily.
* sultent
20 Hurry up, we’re waiting to go,’ the lads urge him,
* vente på at komme afsted
it's time we started making tracks.
* ~ komme afsted
begærligt
‘ Can I finish this first ?’ he asks.
*
‘ OK, but be quick about it, ‘ the others insist,
* gøre det hurtigt
‘ Be quick, we’re late already.’
* tilskynde ng.
* sent på den
Nevertheless, he plays for time, deliberately being obtuse. * trække tiden ud
êb`t(j)u~se
Occupied in a flirtation, he tries to draw the time out.
* =
Drinking slowly, he draws out the time.
* =
Eventually, his obtuseness begins to annoy the others.
* sløv opfattelsesevne
So when the lads’ patience has come to an end,
* være opbrugt / slut
30 and they impatiently agree, ‘ We can’t wait about like this – * vente, uden at have noget at lave
… ê`baut
we can’t wait around like this any longer – we’d better
* =
be going,’ the lad and the girl decide to join them later.
* slutte sig til / mødes med ng.
They’ll join `up later; they’ll join up with them later on.
* =
* sløv i opfattelsen
642 There is a taxi waiting.
* vente
There's a taxi waiting outside – it’s waiting for them.
* vente
It’s waiting to collect them.
* … på at -
A queue / line of people is waiting for the bus.
* vente på ngt.
During the day, there is ten minutes wait,
* ventetid
or a quarter of an hour wait for the bus.
At this hour of the night there’s half an hour wait
before the next bus.
Some people will have a long wait.
* … på ngt.
* =
*
* få / have … ventetid
10 ‘ Are you sure this is the quickest way,’ one of the lads
* hurtigste vej
asks the driver.
*
The cab lands them at the corner near the entrance.
* … på
* indgang
The discoteque is in an old building, resently rescued from * redde ngt. fra ngt.
demolition.
* nedrivning
The facade is floodlit in the evenings.
* projektørlysbadet
`flûdlit
The floodlighting shows off the beauty of the building.
* …-belysning
The disco is a night club having an admission charge.
* adgangsbetaling
They charges an admission fee.
* =
Admission: £ 5
* =
20 So the lads have to pay an entrance fee.
* betale entre
They pay an entry fee of £ 5.
* adgangsbetaling
Gaining admission / admittance / entrance / entry to
* få adgang til
the disco at E/A on weekends may not be an easy matter.
Some people who join the queue only to be refused
admission / admittance / entrance / entry to the disco
* en let sag
* stille sig i køen
* blive nægtet adgang
get unruly / out of hand when the doorkeeper stands pat (eA) * ustyrlig
and they face a stubborn refusal.
Getting a membership card, you have to write your name
* vedholdende >
* stå fast
* afslag
*
in capitals / upper case } { in capital / upper-case `letters
* store bogstaver
( not in lower case } { in smal / lower-case letters), indicate
* små …
30 your sex and date of birth, and sign the card below.
*
The doorkeeper may frisk people for drugs and weapons.
* kropsvisitere ng. for ngt.
He gives troublemakers their marching orders.
* give ng. march ordre
Some people try to sneak a hip flask into the disco.
* smugle ngt. ind
Refused admission, a disappointed person asks
* nægtet adgang
a fellow sufferer,’ So you didn’t get in either ? Join the club.’ * lidelsesfælle
A doorkeeper must cope with bruising confrontations as
* fremhæve ngt.
* anstrengende
fornærmende, sårende
people often get cross when they get their marching orders. * blive sur
* lommelærke
* velkommen i klubben
* konfrontation
* få marchordre
643 Customers may complain if the staff is unhelpful.
* de ansatte
Some people complain if the staff are (E&) rude.
*
The club has ten staff (E:pl.); of this 5 part-time
* ansatte
members of staff (E).
personalet
* heraf
* deltids
* personalemedlemmer
The club has a staff (A:sg.) of ten; of this 5 part-time
staff members (A).
* personale
* personalemedlemmer
The manager does the hiring and firing of (A:the) staff;
he gives dishonest staff (members) their `marching orders.
If you join the club, the membership includes free
10 admission / admittance / entrance / entry.
It costs £ 20 to join.
* ansættelse og fyring
* ansatte
personalet
* marchordre
* blive medlem af
* adgang
*
To join some clubs, you only gain admission / admittance * få adgant til medlemsskab
/ entrance / entry on recommendation of a member.
Some people find it fancier to go to a `clip joint;
a fancy nightclub that charges fancy, sky-high prices:
* …
* på anbefaling af ng.
* smart
* luksusnatklub
ekstravagant
* =
* =
* skyhøj
-`-
unfairly high prices for drinks.
The lighting around the dance floor and on the stage
is fantastic.
*
* belysning
*
The disco has a small revolving stage, lit by footlights
* drejescene
* rampelys
20 and a lighting rig with bright floodlights and spot(light)s. * lyssætningsrig * kraftigt lysende * projektør * spot( light )
A lighting engeneer operates the lights to achieve
* lyssætningsoperatør
* betjene
special lighting effects during the light show.
Sometimes the disc jockey stands in the spotlight.
* & pladevender
The DJ has broken the arm of a record player.
* arm
In order to connect the amplifier, the CD player,
* forbinde ngt.
and the speakers, he first connects the amplifier with
* … ngt. med ngt.
the CD player, then connects the speakers to the amplifier.
* … ngt. til ngt.
He loads a new CD ( compact disk ) into the player.
* putte ngt. ind i ngt.
There’s a great instrumental track on the CD.
* ~ nummer på …
30 ‘ Some people like heavy metal but do they have to
styre
* -show
* lyseffekt
* i spotlyset
* CD afspiller
* =
… `…
inflict that noise nuisance on me,’ he thinks.
People alter their voices in relationship to background
noise.
Getting hearing-impaired is a serious issue for many
people so spotlighting long-term effects of loud sound,
* pånøde ng. ngt.
* støj-
* plage
* i forhold til ngt.
*
* hørehæmmet / -skadet
* sag / problem for ng.
* ~ fokusere på ngt.
* virkning af ngt.
a report turns the spotlight on pernicious effects on the ear. * ~ rette fokus på ngt. * snigende og * virkning på ngt.
ødelæggende
The issue will come under spotlight in the health service
and noise abatement and control will be in the spotlight.
* ~ komme i fokus
* støj-
* dæmpning
* kontrol
& bekæmpelse
* ~ i fokus
644 At a time, only a performer’s white-painted head
*
is lit by a spot on the darkened stage.
* belyst
The rest of the performer is black and invisible in darkness
* mørke
so it seems like a bodyless head moving around on its own
*
on the dark stage.
* mørke
Extra warmth from a lot of guests puts an extra load on
* lægge en … belastning på ng.
wå~m#
the air-condition system.
*
All the stage lights put an additional load on the machine.
* =
Quite loaded the lads leave the place late at night .
* beruset
fuld
10 They have a long tramp home.
* spotlampe
* travetur
* mørklagt
AT HOME
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
645 To rescue him from an embarrassing situation,
* redde ng. fra ngt.
Steve lets one of the lads sleep at his home.
* sove / overnatte hos sig
* pinlig
‘ How are the sleeping arrangements (pl.) here ?’ he asks. * sovearrangement
He has to bed down in a storeroom and sleep on an old
couch / settee / sofa.
* gå til sengs
* opbevaringsrum
* sove på ngt.
* sofa
Nevertheless, he’s soon far away in dreamland.
* langt borte
As everybody is soon in the land of nod, only the snores
* ~ i drømmeland
of the sleepers break the silence of the room.
* i drømmeland
* snorken
* sovende
Sleeping `over at a friend’s house, the children participate
10 in a `sleepover at E/A on the weekend.
* overnatte
* fest, hvor børnene overnatter
They spend the night with a friend of theirs having
a slumber party (A&).
* i weekenden
* overnatte hos ng.
* <<
All day, the frisky kids have been running around, jumping
* kåd
and playing like young animals frisking ( around ) in their pen. * løbe etc.kådt omkring
* indhegning
Some teenagers sleep late at weekends as if suffering from * sove længe
sleeping sickness.
* sovesyge
Having a sleepover is bruising experience / meeting.
* anstrengende
The parents are landed with all the tidying up.
* hænge på ngt.
All the beds have been slept in and all the couches, settees * sovet i ngt.
* … på
20 and sofas have been slept on.
Keeping the house tidy is an uphill battle when the house
is full of squalling, frisky kids.
* op ad bakke
* råbende og støjende
The next day the lads are hung-`over.
* have tømmermænd
Simply suffering from alcohol poisoning,
* alkohol forgiftning
everybody has a terrible `hangover – join the club.
* … frygtelige …
* kåd
legesyg
* velkommen i klubben
Waking up with a raging thirst and a pounding headache, * frygtelig tørst
* dundrende
* slukke sin …
* drik
they quench their thirst with a long drink of cold water.
He knows he ought to eat but his stomach rebels.
* gøre oprør
- `-
To crown it all, Steve has a tooth ache.
* for at gøre det hele værre
30 So he ferreta about / around for some painkillers,
* fare rundt efter ngt.
to profits from a fast painkilling drug which removes
* nyde godt af
or reduces ( allays / alleviates / assuages ) pain.
* ( dulme / mildne > )
ê`leiz
ê`li~vieits
* smertestillede middel
* hurtigtvirkende
* smertestiller
* smerte
ê`sweid§iz
As the painkiller only soothe and ease the pain,
* dulme / mildne …
Steve decides to fetch his bike in town and go to the dentist.
* gå til >
to get / receive { dental treatment / care.
* få tandlægebehandling
The painful whine of the dentist’s drill, as he drill down
a tooth makes some people have (a) fear of dentists.
* hvinen
* få >
* =
* tandlægen
* tandlægebor
* bore ned i ngt.
* tandlægeskræk
646 The dentist recommends him to have the tooth
*
been given a root treatment and then crowned.
* ( tand ) rodbehandlet
He makes him an offer to put a crown on the tooth.
* krone på ( tanden )
Except for acute cases, the average wait for a dentist’s /
* akut
* sat en krone på
* ventetid
* tandlæge
ê`kju~t
dental appointment is two weeks.
* tand ( læge )-
He makes an appointment to see the dentist again.
* lave en … om at -
He books E/A schedules an appointment.
* tidsbestemme en …
If you have an appointment, you’re supposed to keep it.
* have en …
Except that it’s morally wrong, except for the inconveni>
* bortset fra at -
* aftale
* ( over-) holde …
* bortset fra ngt.
10 ence you have caused, and apart from a bad conscience, * … ngt.
you may have to pay a considerable compensation
* betragtelig
if you miss your appointment.
* bryde / svigte …
klækkelig
Some dentists’ assistants have very / most probably
*
been victims of mercury poisoning as they have regularly
* kviksølv
been mixing `quicksilver (o-f) with other metals
* =
to make amalgam used to fill holes in teeth.
* amalgam
* forgiftning
* fylde / plombere …
ê`malgêm
A filled tooth has a filling.
* ~ plomberet
A dental nurse and a dental hygienist assists the dentist
* tandlægeassistent
and clean people’s teeth.
*
20 Steve spends the next couple of days taking extra care of
*
his family.
*
* fyldning
plombering
* tandplejer
He has some work to do but it can wait.
* kan vente
It can wait until / till one of the next days.
* … til
So he’ll leave the work till then.
* lade ngt. ligge til
There’s loads of time – there’s plenty of time.
* masser af
This semester, he only has a light teaching load.
* lille mængde
Last semester Steve had a heavy workload.
* voldsom arbejdsbyrde / mængde
He was loaded down with work.
* ~ overlæsset / -bebyrdet
He really felt weighed down with work.
* =
* let
* arbejdsmængde
30 He had been overburdened with work, as he had to teach * =
a lot of lessons (E) which bore little or no relationship.
* lektioner ( fag ) * bære præg af lidt / intet ( indholds-)
timer
He taught a lot of classes (A) that were not connected.
* <<
Having grubbed / rooted through his files to find some
* rode / søge gennem ngt.
teaching material(s), he realizes it / they had gone astray.
* gå tabt / bortkomme
Overloaded with work, he had suffered a bad attack of flu. * overbelastet af ( arbejde )
If you get the flu, you suffer from influenza,
an infectious disease caused by the flu virus
* få …
* influenza
vaiêrês E/A vairês
which primarily affects the air passages.
slægtsskab
* luftvejene
* influenza
* lide af …
647 In mathematics ( maths (E) ), arithmetic is the science
* matematik
of using numbers, algebra uses letters to represent numbers,
* algebra
* aritmetik
regning
`ald§ibrê
and geometry is the science of lines, surfaces and volume.
d§i`åmêtri
* geometri
* volumen
rumfang
` vålju~m
There are the number nought (eE) or zero (eA),
nå~t
* nul
`ziêrêu E/A `zi~rou
the even, odd, positive and negative nonzero numbers
* lige
* ulige
* positive
* negative
* ikke nul
nån`ziêrêu
( whole numbers and fractions), straight lines and curves,
* helt tal
acute, obtuse, and right angles, triangles, quadangles,
* spids
ê`kju~t êb`tju~s
* brøk
* stump
* ret linie
* ret
* kurve
* trekant
* firkant
`traiangêlz
rectangles, squares, pentagons, circles, cubes and balls.
Besides math (A), he taught geology and geography:
* retangel
* kvadrat
* femkant
* kubus * kugle
terning
*
10 Plate tectonics is a theory, developed mainly in the 1960s, * pladetektonik
tek`tåniks
that the earth’s crust is divided into rigid plates (oceanic,
*
continental or a combination of both) which move about
*
the earth’s surface at rates of 1-15 cm per annum.
*
The edges of the plates are called plate margins.
* pladerand
At constructive plate margins new oceanic crust is created * konstruktiv
where two plates move apart and magma rises to fill the gap;
*
this occurs at midocean ridges.
* højdekam / -ryg
At destructive plate margins, where two plates collide,
* destruktiv
-`-
one dips beneath the other, producing deep-sea trenches
* grav ( -sænkning )
20 and the associated volcanic island arcs.
* bue
Where the other plate rises, mountain chains are f ormed.
*
All major structural features of the earth’s surface
*
as well as seismic and volcanic activity can be ascribed to
* tilskrives ngt.
plate movements.
*
Earthquakes are generated by plate tectonic movements;
* kollidere
støde sammen
* jordskælv
as two plates move past each other they can become jammed * presset
and deformed, and a series of shock waves occur when they
*
spring free usually along faults in the crust.
* forkastning
The point at which an earthquake originates is the seismic
30 centre or hypocentre; the point on the earth’s surface
* jordskælvs* =
* hypocenter
`haipêusentê
directly above this is the epicentre.
The inland areas of Greenland and the vast landmass
* epicenter
* landmasse
of Antarctic and the South Pole are covered by an ice cap,
* iskalot / -kappe
the inland ice, all the year round.
* indlandsis
Only the coastal areas are more or less vegetated
and inhabited by animals or people.
During the arctic winter, the vast waters (pl.) around
the North Pole are covered with an ice cap.
* kystområde
*
* vandmasser
* iskappe
* hele året rundt
* bevokset
648 He taught microbiology.
*
A virus is a core of nucleic acid ( DNA or RNA: (deoxy>)
* virusenhed
* kerne
nju`kli~ik
ribonucleic acid) enclosed in a protein shell.
* indesluttet i ngt.
A variety of virus species attack different body organs.
*
As they are acellular they are only able to function
* acellulær
* nuklein- /
kernesyre
* protein
* = * =
* skal
ei`seljêlê
and reproduce if they can invade a living cell to use
*
the living cell’s system to replicate (themselves).
* kopiere sig selv
`replikeit
In the process they may disrupt or alter the host’s cell’s
* forstyrre ngt.
-`-
own DNA ( adenin and thymin, cytosin and guanin).
*
10 The healthy human body reacts by producing
*
an antiviral protein which prevents the infection spreading
* antivironal
- `vairêl
to adjecent cells.
*
Many virusesses mutate continuously so that the host’s
* mutere
mju~`teit E/A `mju~
forandre sig
body has little chance of developping permanent resistance.
One-celled organisms ( protozoa / sg: protozoan )
*
* encellet
comprices thousands of species of bacteria
*
and other single-celled microscopic organisms.
* =
The bacteria are found wherever life is possible.
*
Generally 0.0001 – 0.005 mm long, they may be
*
spherical ( coccus ), rodlike ( bacillus ), or spiral-shaped
* kugleformet
20 ( spirillum ) and often occur in chains or clusters of cells.
* spirillum
The so-called true bacteria have a rigid cell wall,
* protozo (-er )
* coccus
* stavformet
* bacillus
*
which may be surrounded by a slimy capsule, and they often * slimet
* kapsel
`kapsju~l
have long whiplike flagella (pl.) for locomotion
* flagel ( sg. flagellum)
flê`d§elê
and short hairlike pili used in a form of sexual reproduction.
* hår ( sg. pilus )
`paiilai
A few bacteria are autotrophic i. e. they can grow on simple * autotrofe
åtê`tråfik
inorganic `substrates / substrata using carbon dioxide gas
sûb`steitê
* ( nærings-) grundlag
from the atmosphere to manufacture their own nutrients,
* næringsstof
but the majority are heterotrophic, requiring a source of
* heterotrof
30 organic carbon and a variety of other nutrients for growth.
*
A single bacterium reproduces by dividing into two new
* bakterie
cells; some species can do so every 15 minutes leading to
*
rapid population growth.
*
Some form resistant spores, which can survive for several
years in / under `adverse conditions.
kuldioxid
dai`åksaid
* spore
* i ugunstige omgivelser / under … omstændigheder
649 The most important role for bacteria is in
*
decomposing dead plant and animal tissue (U)
* nedbryde ngt.
* væv
di~kêm`pêusing
and releasing their constituents to the soil.
* frigøre ngt. >
* bestanddel
* til ngt.
kên`stit$juênts
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil or sea convert
* omdanne ngt. >
atmospheric nitrogen gas to nitrites and nitrates,
* til ngt.
which can then be used by plants.
*
Bacteria inhabit the digestive system of animals and play
* forbøjelsessystem
an important part in digestion, especially in ruminants /
* drøvtygger
10 ruminant animals that chew the cud.
* drøvtyggende
However, certain ( pathogenic) species may infect body
* drøv
* inficere / smitte ngt.
tissue(s) (U/pl.) and cause disease while others,
* væv
such as salmonella, can cause food poisoning.
*
Milk sours; some bacteria sour milk in a method of
* tygge >
* blive sur
* syrne
sauêz
fermentation (anaerobic respiration) producing lactic acid.
* gæring
*
*
KINGDOM FUNGI fûnd§ai / fûngai
Fungi / fungusses are either unicellular or multicellular.
* svamperiget
* svampe
* encellet
* fler-
ju~ni`seljulê
The body of a multicellular fungus consists of a network
* svamp
of branching threadlike structures, called hyphae (sg: hypha), * hyfe
20 forming a mycelium.
* =
mai`si~liêm
Sexual reproduction results in the formation of spores,
*
which may be produced in a spcialized structure called
*
a fruiting body, built up of threads of hyphae.
* frugtlegeme
Some fungi are saprotrophs (o-f :saprophytes), feeding
on dead organic matter by means of digestive enzymes.
* rådnæringsoptager
( * rådplante )
*
`ensaimz
Others are parasites of plants or animals.
*
Yeasts is a single-celled fungus.
* gær
ji~st
When placed in a sugar solution, the cells multiply
and ferment sugars to form ethanol and carbondioxide.
* opløsning
* forgære ngt.
fê`ment
30 The solution ferments until all sugar is consumed, or the
* gære
alcohol concentration get so high it kills the yeast.
* gær
Fungi are:
*
Mould E/A mold (U), among these penicillin.
penê`silin
Mushrooms (edible), toadstools (poisonous),
puffball, tinder fungus.
Rusts and mildew parasitize plants.
* mug
* = ( giftig )
* støvbold
* rust
Athlete’s foot, thrush, and ringworm are fungal diseases * fodsvamp
that affects animals and humans.
* =
skimmelsvamp
* paddehat ( spiselig )
*
* fyrsvamp
* meldug
* trøske
* ringorm
* snylter på
* svampe-
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650 Plants and animals are multicellular organisms.
Depending on stage of development, clusters of cells have
developed into specialized organs, including sexual organs.
Plant / vegetable kingdom.
*
*
*
* planteriget
Plants are autotrophs: in cells containing the green pigment * autotrof
`åtêtråfs
( organisme, der ernærer sig af uorganisk materiale )
chlorophyll they carries out photosynthesis, a process
* klorofyl
in which they make carbohydrates from water
* kulhydrat
-`-
sukkerstof
and carbondioxide.
*
Plant cells have cellulose walls and plants are immobile.
* uden evne til at bevæge sig omkring
i`mêubail
10 The study of plants is called botany.
* botanik
An annual ( plant ) lives for one year, a biennial ( plant )
* etårig ( plante )
* toårig ( plante )
bai `eniêl
lives for two years, producing flowers in the second year,
*
and a perennial lives for more than two years
* flerårig ( plante )
Some plants are poisonous to man,
e.g. (a) poison `ivy and (a) poison `oak.
* giftig for ng.
* efeu / vedbend
~ giftsumak
* gift (-ig )
* … eg / egetræ
*
ANIMAL KINGDOM
* dyreriget
The study of animals is called zoology.
* zoologi
zu~`ålêg§i
Animals are heterotrophs; they obtain all their energy
*
20 from organic substances produced by other organisms.
*
They change food into energy by chemical processes
*
called metabolism, such as protein, carbohydrate,
* stofskifte
fat and oil metabolism, mostly taking place in the liver.
*
A vitamin is an organic substance essential in small
* =
`vitêmin/ `vai -
quantities to normal metabolism.
Microelements / trace elements or are elements found in
*
* mikronæringsstof / sporelement ( mineral )
`maikrêuelêmênts
plants and animals in minute quantities and believed to be
*
a critical factor in physiological processes.
*
Most animals are capable of moving around at least part of
*
their life cycle.
*
30 Higher invertebrates like crayfish and insects have
* invertebrate
-`-
an outer skeleton with joints between its moveable parts.
It serves as a protective armour and motor apparatus
together with the muscles fastening on it.
Fireflies, glowflies or lightning bugs (A) are nocturnal
* beskyttelsespanser
* bevæge-
* apparat
* fæstne på ngt.
* ildfluer
beetles having light-producing organs at the rear of
* bille
their abdomen.
* bagkrop
`abdêmen / ab`dêumen
* krebsdyr
hvirvelløst dyr
* led
* =
* =
* bageste del
bagende / -side
651 Terrestrial plants and animals, also called land plants
* landlevende
* landplante
-`-
and land animals, are land-based (attr.) plants and animals.
* landdyr
* landbaseret
Most aquatic plants or aquatic animals are either saltwater * vandor freshwater plants or animals.
* saltvands
* ferskvands
Seaweed (U) refers to plants growing in the sea usually
marine algae. (sg: alga).
* havplanter, tang
* marin / hav-
* alge
mê`ri~n `ald§i / -gi
Sea urchin, starfish, brittle stars, sea cucumber, and
sea lily belong to the phylum echinodermata.
`lili
`railêm
* søpindsvin * søstjerne * slangestjerne * søpølse
* sølilje
* pighuder
ikinê`dûrmê tê
Marine animals live in the sea while amphibious animals
* amfibisk
am`fibiês
10 can live both on land and in water.
Frogs, toads and newts are all amphibians.
*
* frø
* tudse
* salamander
n(j)u~ts
Some fish can live both in salt water and fresh water.
* saltvand
Animals living in different continents or isolated habitats
*
belong to more or less related species, which have evolved
* udvikle sig
separatedly since the separation of the continents or habitats.
*
The llama in S. America is related to the camel in Asia.
* ferskvand
* lama
* beslægtet med
* emu
* struds
`la~mê
The emu in Australia is related to the ostrich in Africa.
`i~mju~
These birds have a small brain in relation to their body.
* i forhold til ngt.
Whales like dolphins and porpoises are closely related,
* delfin
* marsvin
* nært
* beslægtet
`på~pêsiz
20 but distantly related to terrestrial mammals
* fjernt …
Whales and fish are unrelated.
* ikke beslægtet
Dolphins produce a high frequency sound while other
* højfrekvent
whales communicate at low frequencies.
Desert plants and animals are adapted to ( cope with )
extreme heat and drought.
* lyd
* lav frekvens
* tilpasset til ( at- ) ngt.
( * klare / tåle ngt. )
* tørke
draut
Some animals are predators and some are prey (U).
* rovdyr
Some preditors paralyse the prey with a poisonous /
* lamme ng. med ngt.
`venomous bite.
* bytte (-dyr )
* giftig
* =
Some animals exude / perspire poisonous fluid
* udskille / afsondre ngt.
ig`z(j)u~d
30 as a protection against preditors.
*
Birds are the natural enemies of many insect pests.
* naturlig fjende
All animals – dead or alive – are a link in the food chain.
* led i fødekæden
Babies of many animals are, to a various degree,
*
reliant (up)on their parents’ care.
* afhængig af
They rely on them for food and care.
* være …
Some animals have particularly acute senses:
* skarp
ê`kju~t
an acute sense of touch, taste, smell, hearing or sight.
*
* skadedyr
652 Indo-European languages are related languages.
* beslægtet
Many languages are unrelated.
* ikke …
Finnish is the principal language of Finland,
* finsk
an Uralic language related closely to Estonian
* uralsk
and remotely to Hungarian.
* ungarnsk
* hoved* beslægtet med
‘ Which’, ‘who’ and ‘that’ are relative pronouns, which join * henførende stedord
a relative clause to the rest of the sentence.
A copula is something that links together or connects.
`kåpjulê
In grammar it’s a verb such as ‘be’, ‘become’, and ‘seem’
10 also called a linking verb or an equational verb.
* kopula
* ( hel-) sætning
* binde sammen
* =
* grammatik
* kopula
* forbinde ngt. til ngt.
It connects a subject with a noun or adjective called
* … med …
* omsagnsled
* prædikatsnavneord /
-tillægsord
prædikatnomen
So a copula ( verb ) is a verb that acts as a connecting link * forbindelsesled
between the subject and the subjective complement.
* estisk
* binde ngt. ( til ngt.)
* henførende sætning
It links a subject to a noun or adjective that deacribes it.
a `predicate complement ( predicate `noun / `adjective ).
* =
* mellem ngt.
* omsagnsled til grundled
Ob`jective complement = predicate objective:
* omsagnsled til genstandsled
They called him Jack. It made him sick.
*
They thought him a nice chap. He painted his house white.
* fyr
objektsprædikat
A conjunction or connective is a word which connects two * bindeord
20 parts of a sentence like and, or because, however etc.
*
‘ Because ‘ is a causal connective.
* årsagsbindeord
Taking / doing / sitting an / their exam(ination), a class
* gå til / tage eksamen
of students offer a number of subjects.
Offering literature, the class offers ‘ Alice in Wonderland ‘,
written by C. S. Lewis.
* gå op i / opgive ngt.
* klasse
hold
* fag
* opgive / skulle op i ngt.
*
Heavy reliance on one teaching method is not without risk. * afhængighed af ngt.
tillid til
Some learning methods encourage a great reliance upon
* tilskynde til
fremelske
the teacher.
*
Some study programmes concentrates more on group work * gruppearbejde
30 and places less reliance on lectures.
Studying closely, engaged in laborious research,
* ~ basere sig ( mindre ) på ngt.
* slidsom
-`-
the students grub for months and years to complete
* knokle
their courses and finish their study.
*
Students are streamed (eE) / tracked (A) for various
classes according to their ability.
Student counselling service is provided by experieced
student counsellors.
How can young people be tempted into engeneering ?
* spore ind på ngt.
*
* studievejledning
* studievejleder
* friste til ngt.
* =
653 Some people hope to grow old and die in harness.
* dø i sit virke
arbejde lige til man dør
Regretably, a well-liked `colleague resigned last year.
* beklageligvis
He resiged, much to the regret of his students.
* til stor beklagelse for ng.
It was with great regret that the colleges accepted
* det er med stor … at
desværre
his resignation.
It is to be regretted that / It is regretable that
the college has lost a competent and well-liked teacher.
*
* det må beklages / er bekklageligt at
*
His resignation is highly regretable.
* beklagelig
The college put a notice in the college newsletter, saying,
* nyhedsbrev
10 ’ We regret to inform you that NN has decided to resign.’
All colleagues were invited to a farewell party.
* beklage at måtte gøre ngt.
*
Unfortunately, Steve was ill and had to send his apologies. * … undskyldning
melde afbud
Sending his regrets by mail, he wrote,
‘ I regret that I’m unable to accept your kind invitation. ‘
Giving his regrets by phone, he told his colleague
that he was sorry that he couldn’t come.
* udtrykke sin beklagelse / melde afbud
* beklage at
* ~ melde afbud
* udtrykke sin beklagelse
* være ked af det over at … / måtte melde afbud
An anglepoise lamp (E) lights up his writing desk / table. * arkitektlampe
It’s a working lamp supported by a jointed arm.
* leddelt
He sits comfortably in a revolving chair.
* drejestol
* mindre / større skrivebord
* arm
20 These days, we rely heavily on computers to organize
* sætte sin lid til
our work.
*
Much work is organized in reliance on computers.
* afhængig af
`Access to the internet is fast becoming a necessity.
* hurtigt ved at blive
People who put their things up for sale on the internet
* sætte ngt. til salg
i tillid til
in are hoping for a quick sale.
* på …
* hurtigt salg
Material from the internet can be copied without breaching / * bryde ( rettighed )
infringing the copyright.
*
If a person or an organization owns or holds the copyright * eje >
on a piece of writing, music etc, they are the only people who
* på ngt.
30 have the legal right to use it in public without permission.
*
* indehave >
Copyrights can be sold, and copyrights expire at a time.
* udløbe
Some social networking websites like Facebook are
* netværkning
perennial successes.
Once his computer couldn’t handle the load and crashed.
That was a very regretable error / mistake.
Using graphic software you can revolve / turn the image
on the screen.
* copyright >
* netsted
* =
* længerevarende
* belastning
* bryde ned
* fortrydelig
* grafisk
*
* =
* dreje
654 USB (universal serial bus) is a way of connecting (up) /
* tilkoble / -slutte
linking (up) various equipment such as a mouse, printer,
* =
removable hard `disk etc. to a computer using wires so that
* harddisk
all the devices can work together.
*
A computer can be connected (up) / linked (up) with
* forbinde ngt. med ngt.
a mouse and printer, and a USB movable harddisk can be
*
connected (up) / linked (up) to the computer.
* forbinde ngt. til ngt.
He has to load new software as he wants to connect /
* installere ngt.
link a USB movable harddisk to his computer.
* … ngt. til ngt.
10 Installing new hardware or new software you must follow
*
the computer manufacturer’s instructions.
* brugsanvisning
Faulty goods should be returned to the manufacturers.
* fejlbehæftet
He switches on his computer and the screen lights up.
defekt
* lyse op
The lighted screen is ready for clicking on ikons
* tændt
and typing (in) passwords and orders.
When he has connected / linked the computer with
* forbinde >
* producenten
* indtaste
* forbinde ngt. med ngt.
the movable harddisk, he can press the ‘return’ key or click on *
an icon to load the programme.
The programme takes a while to load so he waits for it to
20 load.
When the computer and the movable harddisk are linked /
connected, he can save his files on the movable harddisk.
He clicks at an ikon to connect / link to the internet.
*
* installere ( sig )
* vente på at ngt. gør ngt.
* =
* forbundet
* =
* gemme
* få forbindelse til >
* fil
mappe
* internet
The internet allows people from all over the world to link up * koble sig på
for chat sessions.
The internet is a relatively recent phenomenon,
relatively easy to use.
As you can get and download all kinds of information
* sludremøde
* forholdsvis nyt
* … let
* downloade / overføre ngt.
it is able to satisfy people’s hunger / thirst for information.
* tilfredsstille >
30 The computer was a revolutionary new technology.
* revolutionerende
The PC (personal computer) together with the internet
was a revolutionary `breakthrough.
Computer technology has revolutionized most
fields of activity.
* hunger / tørst efter ( informtion )
*
* <<
* revolutionere ngt.
* arbejdsområde
* gennembrud
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
655 One day Steve takes their sick dog to the veterinarian.
* dyrlæge
vetêri`neêriên
Have you talked to the vet (E) about it ?’ his wife asks.
* =
‘ Just quickly,’ he answers.
* ~ kun for en kort bemærkning
His wife has to wait in (E) for a repairer (eE).
* vente derhjemme
The firm said that they’d call back as quickly as possible
* så hurtigt / snart som muligt
and send a repairman as soon as possible.
As she starts loading the dishwasher,
* reparatør
* reparatør
* =
* fylde ngt.
she loads all the washing-up E/A dishes into the dishwasher. * fylde ngt. ind i ngt.
* opvask
- ` ...
Having done two loads of laundry / washing (U),
*
10 and emptied the washing machine,
* portion
she puts half a load in the washer for the next washing.
* =
Having done the laundry / washing,
she hangs / puts some washing out ( to dry ).
* vasketøj
* ordne >
* ( tøj- ) vask
* … ngt. ud
* =
She listens to the radio while she hangs the washing `up.
* … ngt. op
Hanging the wet laundry on a clothesline,
* hænge ngt. på ngt. * ( rent ) vasketøj
she uses clothes pegs to fasten the clothes to the line.
* tøjklemme
In the US, they use clothespins and a washing line.
* =
The laundry hangs up to dry throughout the night.
-`While she lauders her clothes, the radio programme is
* hænge til tørre
20 interrupted to bring a `news bulletin / E& ( news>) flash,
-`-
* tørresnor
* =
* … igennem
* vaske, tørre og evt. stryge
* kort nyhedsmeddelelse
`buletin
a short item of important news of / about terror (<ism).
The government in the country mentioned has imposed
a news `blackout on the investigation.
The TV repairman makes sure of disconnecting
* indslag om ngt.
* nyhed om ngt. * terror ( -isme )
* lægge > ( pålægge ngt. ngt )
* nyhedsmørklægning
* på ngt.
* afbryde ( tilslutningen til ) ngt.
-`-
the broken-down TV.
* der er gået i stykker
He makes sure ( that ) the TV is disconnected from
the mains before taking it apart for repair.
Steve’s wife wonders how fast he can have the job done.
or whether the TV is beyond repair.
* afbrudt fra ngt.
* hovedstrømmen
* hinsides >
* reparation
( ~ umuligt at reparere )
*
if there’s a disconnection or a loose connection.
* afbrudt forbindelse
The repairer is quick about his work.
* hurtig til ngt.
He quickly realizes where to find the fault.
* hurtigt opdage
As he only had to make / carry out / do minor repairs
* lave / udføre >
* ekstra hurtigt
-`-
‘ Have you finished already ? – that was quick –
I thought you’d be another hour,’ she says surprisedly.
* reparation
* hurtigt
30 Electrical appliances won’t work or won’t work properly
the TV is repaired in double-quick (E) time.
* skille ngt. ad
* …
* … være en time mere om det
* løs …
* ( små- ) reparationer
656 Steve waits ( for ) a while in the waiting room.
Out of pity the vet recommends a killing instead of
an operation.
* … en stund
* af medelidenhed
* aflivning
*
Feeling sorry for his dog, Steve’s immediate impulse is
to sleeps on it and let the vet know tomorrow.
As the vet, however, tells Steve that the old dog
* umiddelbar
* tilskyndelse
* sove på det
*
would still be on its last legs after an operation,
* ~ leve på sine sidste kræfter
Steve decides on a destruction here and now.
* aflivning
In order to put down / destroy the old dog
10 the vet puts the sick dog to sleep.
Absentminded, feeling very sad about the loss of his dog,
* aflive et dyr
* ~ bedøve og aflive ( dyr ) med indsprøjtning
*
Steve almost forgets that he has to buys some groceries
* købmandsvare
on his way home.
*
Loaded with old memories, he absentmindedly
starts loading the groceries into the boot E/A trunk.
* åndsfraværende
* læsse ngt. ind i ngt.
Many fruits and vegetables easily bruise.
* blive stødt
Suddenly waking up, he takes care to handle the fruit
* ~ blive opmærksom
and the vegetables with care in order not to bruise them.
Fruits and vegetables with bruises don’t sell well.
* bagagerum
* håndtere ngt. >
* med forsigtighed
* stødmærke
* støde ngt.
* kunne sælges
lade sig sælge
20 Lorries and trucks wait at the loading bay E/A dock
* aflæsningsområde
at the side of the supermarket /A& grocery store
* supermarked
to deliver their load.
*
varemodtagelse
He and his wife have a joint account.
* fælles konto
Both parties must sign the form if the account is to be
*
in joint names.
* i begges navne
Some information has to be printed, written in printing,
and some has to be written in block capitals / letters.
Their signatures are in joined-up (E) writing ;
* skrive med >
* trykskrift
* blokbogstaver
* sammenhængende
-`-
writing in which the letters connect / are joined to each other. * hænge sammen med / være forbundet til ngt.
30 They are jointly responsible for an overdraft.
The bank statements help them keep track of
where their money is going.
He comes back loaded `down with bags of groceries, e.g.
* i fællesskab
* følge med i ngt.
*
* ~ tungt læsset med ngt.
cleaning fluids and powders ( soap or washing powder ),
* rengørings- * væske * pulver * sæbe- / vaske- * =
( sweet EA/A bell ) peppers, black and white peppercorns
* peberfrugt
for making ground pepper, curry powder, baking powder
* stødt peber
table salt and coarse salt, mustard in powder form etc.
* bord- * salt * groft * salt * sennep * i > * pulver- * form
* peberkorn
* ~ stødt karry
* bage-
* pulver
657 A grandma has suffered from hip aches for some time
* hofte-
* smerter
eiks
She has a dodgy / bum hip that aches periodically.
* dårligt fungerende
Unable to quicken her pace / step to catch up with
* øge tempoet
the others, she often had to call, ‘ Wait for me / A& Wait up,’
Having seen a specialist, she’s put on a waiting list
to have a new hip joint.
* hofte
* vent på ng.
* ~ være hos ng.
* sætte på >
* hofte-
The hospital has a heavy caseload so there’s an eight–
week waiting list to have a hip replacement operation.
* smerte
* vente-
* liste
* led
* have en voldsom sagsbelastning
* otte/ ~ mange patienter til behandling
* ugers
* hofteudskiftningsoperation
operation for ny hofte
In order to lose weight before an operation, some
10 overweight patients have to join the battle of the bulge.
*
* overvægtig
* ~ gå i krig mod udbulingen
-`-
As some obese patients are so fat their clothes won’t
* overfede
êu`bi~s
fasten (up) / do up / button (up), a doctor moans,
* lukkes / = / knappes til
‘ The country is fast becoming a nation of fatties.’
* hurtigt ved at blive ngt.
* stønne
jamre, klage
* tyksak
Obesity increase the risk of many deadly diseases.
* overfedme
The various wards and departments in the hospital
* behandlingsafdeling * personale- * på > * hospilal
are determined to establish a better working relationship.
The doctors are set / intent on establishing a better
* dødelig
* fast besluttet /
* arbejdsfællesskab
indstillet på at * indstillet / fast besluttet på at -
doctor-patient relationship, and set / intent on a better
* læge- patient forhold
working relationship with the nurses.
* samarbejde med ng.
20 The same intent prevails among the nurses as regards
* herske / dominere /
their relationship with the nurse’s aides / auxiliary nurses
* sygehjælper
* … ngt.
være udbredt blandt ng.
å~g`ziliêri
( nursing aides / auxiliaries ) and the hospital porters.
The operation will be done under general an(a)esthetic.
anês`#etik
* =
* portør
* under fuld bedøvelsesmiddel
~ under fuld bedøvelse
Having a general anaesthetic, she must go on a fast.
* få et generelt …
So she fasts in order to have an empty digestive tract.
~ fuld bedøvelse
* faste
Taking care not to break the fast, she looks forward to
* bryde fasten
* gå i gang med en faste
* fordøjelseskanal
* narkose- /
* slutte …
komme ud af >
bedøvelsesmiddel
Using (an) anaesthetic, giving her a general anaesthetic, * bruge bedøvelsesmiddel
* give ng. et fuldt …
come round from / out of the anaesthetic and end the fast.
* vågne op /
30 the anaesthetists trained in an(a)esthesia
* anæstesilæge / -sygeplejerske
ê`ni~s#êtist
* bedøvelsesbrug
anês`#i~sia
puts her to sleep before the operation.
* ~ lægge ng. i fuld bedøvelse
Being an(a)esthetized, being under (an) anaesthetic,
ê`ni~s#êtaizd E/ A: ê`nes -
she is in anaesthesia / narcosis and unable to feel anything.
Some patiens have a `catheter up their urinary tract.
* bedøve ng.
* kateter
`juêrinêri
The surgeon cuts through skin and connective tissue.
* bindevæv
If a patient complains about not being able to fall asleep,
* falde i søvn
he will have a sleeping pill / tablet.
Glad to see her (back) in the land of the living
the doctors say she’ll have a quick recovery.
* under bedøvelse (-smiddel )
~ lægge ng. i narkose
* bedøvelse / narkose
* sovepille
* vågen / rask
* … blive rask
* urinrøret
AN OUTING TO THE HARBOUR
* havn
658 The city and its adjoining / adjecent harbour
* tilstødende
is a major port situated along the river at its estuary,
* havneby
`êst$uêri
the wide part of the river where it joins the sea;
* bred flodmunding ( med tidevand )
where the river flows / goes into the sea.
* flyde / løbe ud i ngt.
The river connects the port with the sea.
* forbinde >
Some bridges span the river and other bridges span
* spænde over >
arms of the river, of the coves, the inlets, and the sea.
* arm, gren
Boats and ships enter and leave harbour all the time.
* komme i ( havn )
All kinds of boats and ships come into and leave port.
* =
* havn
havneby
* flod
* bugt, vig
* bugt, vig
* forlade >
* havn (-en )
* kaj
* & bolværk
10 Having come alongside the quays and wharves / wharfs, * lægge til langs / ved >
they moor alongside the quays and wharves / wharfs
* med ngt.
* fortøjre langs ngt.
muê
While in port some boats and ships are moored to the quay * i havn
while others are / lie / rides at anchor.
Piers, jetties /A& docks are built out into the river where
* fortøjre til ngt.
* ligge for anker
* anløbsbro
mole
boats are tied and where people can get on and off boats.
A ferry is due to arrive / land at noon,
and sail / leave again at two o’clock.
Ferries are due every second hour so a lot of passengers
*
* forventes at * afsejle
* forventelig
is / are due to embark and disembark every second hour.
* forventes at -
20 Disembarkation takes place from either side, so people
* landgang
disembark from either the port side or the starboard side.
* gå fra borde fra >
At a landing ( stage E& ) you can rent / E& hire boats.
* bådebro
A sign says ’Boats for rent / E& hire ’.
* til leje
Some people live in houseboats.
* husbåd
A seagull often sits on the sign.
* måge
Lots of bird droppings (pl.) has landed under the post.
* lande …
People can go swimming from a bathing jetty.
* badebro
Insecure swimmers should use armbands (E).
* svømmevinger
A bridge links / connects the banks of the river.
* forbinde >
30 A causeway joins an island to the mainland.
A number of `tributaries join the river and each tributary
* være i land
* mængde / gruppe / hold af ng.
* gå ombord
* gå fra borde
* bagbord
* styrbord
* leje ngt.
* bred
* dæmningsvej
* forbinde ngt. til ngt.
* biflod
* forbinde ngt. og ngt.
is joined by a vast number of tributary brooks and springs. * være forbundet med ngt. * utal * side- * bæk * kilde
Some wetland is a wonderland of nature.
* eventyrland
It’s a natural wonderland, a fairyland for naturalists
* =
and other nature-lovers.
A flock of birds land / light gracefully on the water.
* =
* naturforsker
* naturelsker
* lande >
* på vandet
THE HARBOUR IN THE OLD DAYS
659 An armada of heavily and lightly laden vessels
* armada
* tungt
* let
* lastet
a~`ma~dê
are seen all over the river and harbour.
*
All kinds of ships and boats call at the port to be unloaded
* ankomme til
* losse
-`-
and loaded (up) with new goods.
Fully laden cargo ships, laden with all kinds of goods
from all over the world come to unload and load at the port.
Having unloaded their cargoes, the ships load (up) with
* laste med
* fuldt lastet
* losse
* transportere
Lighters are flat-bottomed, unpowered, large, open boats
-`10 used for / in lightening and loading cargo ships.
* lægter
lighter goods for shorter distances.
A barge is a capacious, low boat with a flat bottom
* laste
* losse ngt.
all kinds of goods to be carried somewhere else.
Besides used in unloading and loading, the lighters
* fragtskib
* ladet / lastet
* i havnen / havnebyen
* last
* laste ( med ) ngt.
* et eller andet sted hen
til et eller andet sted
* umotoriseret
lægtepram
* losse ngt.
* laste ngt.
* losse
* laste
* pramfragte ngt.
* over … afstande
* pram
* rummelig
kê`pei$ês
used for carrying goods along / on rivers and canals.
Usually intended to be towed or pushed, barges carry
* langs / på …
* kanal ( gravet )
* trække ngt. med tov
têud
goods for longer distances up and down rivers and canals.
Lighters and barges are manned and `navigated by
lightermen and bargemen / bargees.
Bargepoles are used to guide barges and lighters.
* op og ned ad ( flod )
* bemande ngt.
* sejle / styre ngt.
* lægtermand
* & pramskipper
pramdrager
* bådstage
20 Walking up and down gangplanks and gangways,
* landgangsplanke
laded with their loads of goods, a gang of dockworkers
* belæsset med > * byrde af ( varer ) * havnearbejder
unload and lighten a heavily loaded cargo ship.
* losse ngt.
Loaded down with heavy loads, other dockers (E) /
* laste
The captain goes to sea armed with a telescope
* stå til søs
bi- / bai`nåkulêz
*
30
* tungtlastet
* havnearbejder
* handelsskib
* trampbåd / -skib
Having finished loading (up), the ships put out to sea.
or binoculars (pl.) and other nautical instruments.
* laste ngt.
* tynget af ngt.
(A) longshoremen load the trading vessels, merchantmen, * =
tramps or tramp steamers.
* -bro
* ( dobbelt-) kikkert
* koffardiskib
* trampdampskib
* stå til havs
* ( sø-) kikkert
* søfarts-
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
660 To make a living, a lighterman must be a fast worker
* hurtig
who can work fast, and make fast work.
* arbejde
In order to fasten a boat both by a head fast
and a stern fast, a lighterman takes fast hold of a rope.
Having taken a fast hold ot the mooring rope,
* arbejder
* hurtigt
* fastgøre
* ~ gøre arbejdet hurtigt
* forstavns-
* agter- / bagstavn-
* =
* fortøjningsreb
* tage fast greb om ngt.
* … et …
* fortøjningsreb
`muêring
he throws the other end of the fast ashore.
* fortøjningsreb
A lighterman ashore lays a fast hold on the mooring line.
* tage et fast greb
Standing fast, and holding fast to the line,
* stå fast
* … line / reb / trosse
* holde fast
he pulls the lighter right up to the wharf.
* helt hen til >
10 He fastens the rope to a bollard, dug fast in(to)
* fastgøre ngt. * pullert * grave ngt. > * fast * ned i >
the ground: Fast bind, fast find.
* det, der er gjort fast, finder man sikkert igen
* bolværk
til ngt.
He has a read heart tatooed on his left arm.
solidt
* tatovere ngt. på ngt.
tê-/ ta`tu~d
A tatoo of a heart is a symbol of love for somebody.
* tatovering af ngt.
The dove is a symbol of peace.
* due
People who want a tatooist or tatoo artist to tatoo a picture * tatovør
tê`tu~ist
-`-
* symbol på ngt.
* tatoverings kunstner
* tatovere ngt.
…
or writing on their skin can go to a tatoo parlour.
When the lighterman fastens his eyes upon a girl
his gaze fastens on her various physical charms.
Her dress fastens (up) / buttons (up) at the back.
* tatovør-
* salon
* fæstne >
* blik
* ~ sit blik på ngt.
* fæstne sig på
* lukkes
* ynde
* på ryggen / bagsiden
20 Wishing he were / was a fast worker,
* hurtig til at indynde sig
he fastens (up)on the idea of a relationship.
* hæfte sig ved ngt.
He has to hold fast to a mooring post.
* holde fast i ngt.
Some women won’t touch neither a lighterman
* ikke røre ng. / >
nor life at sea with a `bargepole.
* legemlig
* fortøjningdpæl
* - - - ngt. med >
* bådstage
~ ikke røre ngt. med en ildtang
They won’t touch him with a `ten-foot pole (A).
* =
When it starts to rain fast the lightreman cools down,
* regne
* heftigt
~ sile ned
laden with doubts about his future.
After a hard day at work, after a hard day’s work,
* fuld / tynger af ngt.
* hård dag på arbejde
he gets into his rowing boat E/A rowboat,
* robåd
30 fastens on the oars and rows home.
* tage fat i / gribe >
There’s a mooring near his home.
* fortøjningsplads
Moorings (pl.) - ropes, chains, anchors etc. – are used to
* fortøjningsgrej
fasten a ship to the land or the bottom of the sea.
A hawser is a thick rope or steel cable used on a ship.
* hård dags arbejde
* åre
* anker
*
* trosse
`hå~zê
A barge once broke free of / slipped her moorings,
and slid out into the sea.
* bryde fri af / slippe >
* glide ud >
* fortøjningerne
* i havet
661 Ships must take care (that) their course is plotted
* passe på /
to avoid difficult waters and take care to navigate
sørge for at * vanskeligt farvand
at a safe distance from the coast.
* i sikker afstand fra ngt.
Once a heavenly laden ship took a list when it hit
a treacherous submerged reef.
* kurs
* udstikke <
* let lastet
* få slagside
* undersøisk
* rev
skær
* dønning
-`-
The sea wasn’t rough, but there was a heavy swell (sg).
* tung
The lights were out so having a heavy list to starboard,
* lanterne
the ship floated about in the calm sea without lights.
Little by little the calm changed into light airs (1),
10 got up into slight (2), gentle (3), moderate (4), fresh (5)
and strong (6) breeze which turned into moderate (7),
fresh (8), strong (9) and whole (10) gale.
Drifting helplessly around on the sea in cloudy weather
* slukket
( på skib & tog )
* rolig ( hav )
* vindstille
* svag luftning
( vindstyrke 1 )
* tiltage til > * svag brise * let … * jævn … * frisk …
/ vind ( …2 )
* stiv kuling
* hård kuling
( vindstyrke 6 )
* stormende kuling
* storm
* stærk storm
*
and low visibility the seamen prey for the wind to fall light,
* løje af
and not end up in storm (11) or hurricane (12).
* orkanagtig storm
It may be fatal to lie in the track of a storm,
* orkan
* i ngs. retning / spor
as a storm with high / strong winds and heavy sea(s)
* uvejr
may drift the ship landwards and totally wreck it against
* mod land
the rocks of the coast.
*
20 Pieces of wreckage, washed ashore along the coasts,
* stumper af ngt.
bear witness to the many ships rent to pieces by storms.
* bære vidnesbyrd om ngt.
As the wind agitated the sea, the rough sea unfortunately
grounded the ship on some submerged rocks.
* ~ have stærk * styrbord
slagside til >
* uden lys
* stærke vindstød
* stærk søgang
* slå til vrag
* vraggods
* skylle ngt. i land
* splitte ngt. i stumper
* sætte ( væske ) i bevægelse
* hav
( ~ gøre havet uroligt )
* sætte ngt. på grund
Touching the ground, the ship took the ground.
* skrabe på grund
* løbe på grund
When the ship grounded it was stuck fast on the rocks.
* grundstøde
* sætte ngt. fast
When the ship ran / went aground, it was fast aground,
* løbe / gå på grund
The seamen were `shipwrecked.
* ~ lide skibbrud
Winds and waves swept across the sea.
* feje henover ngt.
While winds swept the sea, and waves swept against
* feje over ngt.
30 the ship, the seamen hoisted a rescue distress signal.
* ( sidde ) fast
* på grund
* skylle mod ngt.
* ( rednings- ) nødsignal
di`stres
They sent up distress flares and distress rockets
* nød-
* blus
*=
* raket
but apparently they weren’t spotted by other ships or from land. *
Hoping to be able to ride ( out ) / weather the storm,
the sailors were hoping for the wind to drop / lull.
While the moon occationally glinted on the water
* ~ ride stormen af
* løje af
* ( lyskilde )
* glimte på ( reflekterende flade )
and the rough sea glinted in the moonlight,
* ( reflekterende flade )
they could do nothing but hope for a lull ( in the storm ).
* afløjning, ophold
kortvarig vindstille
* glimte i ( lys )
662 The ship, however, eventually sprang a leak
* få en / springe læk
and water was suddenly rising fast in the hull.
* stige hurtigt
Sweeping / washing over the deck, the waves threatened
* skrog
* skylle over ngt.
to capsize the ship anytime and wash the sailors `overboard. * kæntre ngt.
* dæk
* når som helst
* skylle ng. over bord
kap`saize E/A `kap -
The stricken ship threatened to capsize at any time.
* uheldsramt
* kæntre
In fear of capsizing, the seamen got into a lifeboat as fast / * kæntring
quick(ly) as they could, narrowly escaping shipwreck (U).
It all happened pretty quick(ly) and so fast that they
* når som helst
* redningsbåd
* så hurtigt
* … som -
* forlis
* det skete alt sammen * temmelig / * så hurtigt at ret hurtigt
had no time to save any of their belongings / possessions.
* ikke hav etid tilat -
10 Unluckily, one of the sailors had his hand stuck fast.
* få ngt. holdt fast / i klemme
He tried to pull his hand free, but it was held fast.
* ~ sidde fast
Laden with terror, dread and grief, the sailors witnessed
* tynget af ngt.
how the ship capsized in no time, pulling the helpless sailor
* kæntre
down with it into the deep.
* dybet
* være vidne til ( hvxx )
* på ingen tid
havets dyb
The survivors of the shipwreck feared to drift towards
* forlis
* drive
( be swept / washed towards ) the rough coast
* barsk
where the cliffs join the sea.
* mødes / støde sammen med ngt.
They had to row seawards to keep clear of the coast
* mod havet
where cliffs and sea join.
* mødes
20 After hours in the darkness the seamen saw a gleam /
* svagt skær af >
glimmer of light on the far shore which enabled them
* =
to make landfall and spot a safe shore.
* få landkending
While the waves swept the little boat towards land,
* lys
* gøre / sætte ng. i stand til at -
* skylle ngt. mod
the sailors had to navigate the lifeboat through the waves
* styre ngt. gennem ngt.
breaking on a sandbar ( a bar of sand ) as well as
* brydes på ngt.
the breakers on the shore.
* brydende bølge
* sandrevle
* revle af ngt.
pl: brænding
Having been swept through the surf and successfully
* skylle gennem ngt.
navigated the last breaker with its surf,
* ~ styre sig igennem
the sailors finally made safe landfall.
* ~ nå sikkert i land
The survivers needed help fast.
30 The shipwreck sank without (a) trace.
Having sunk to the bottom of the sea /eA ocean,
* brodsø
* bølgeskum
* hurtigt / i en fart
* skibsvrag
* uden at efterlade sig spor
sporløst
* synke til bunds på havet / til havets bund
countless ( ship>) wrecks and drowned sailors have found
* utallige
their final / last resting place on the bottom of the sea.
* sidste hvilested
Many a seaman who found a watery grave rest in peace
* brænding
* ( skibs- ) vrag
* ~ lide druknedøden
on the bottom of the ocean (eA) buried in a silent grave
* på bunden af havet
occationally lit (up) / illuminated by the gleam of moonlight /
* oplyse ngt
the moonlight gleaming on the water.
* skinne blegt på ngt.
* druknet
* på bunden af havet
/ havets bund
* hvile i fred
~ ligge begravet
/ havets bund
* blegt skær af ngt.
663 A most famous shipwreck is the wreck of Titanic.
Being shipwrecked and gone down with the Titanic
* skibbrud
1513 passengers and crew members were drowned
* ~ drukne
in the loss of Titanic on its maiden voyage in 1912.
* i ( ngts. ) forlis
A light or lighthouse is a tower or other fixed structure
* Titanics forlis
forlis
* lide skibbrud
* gå ned med ngt.
* jomfrurejse
* fyr, -tårn
* fast
that displays a light or flashing lights for the guidance of
* vise ngt. * lys * blinkende * = * vejledning af ng.
mariners.
*
glimtende
Different lights have different light effect
søfarende
* =
* lyseffekt
or lighting effect and different light distribution,
* =
* lysudstråling
/ -spredning
10 so they give different light signals.
* lyssignal
From the seaward side of the top of the lighthouse
* ~ der vender ud mod havet
there’s a far-reaching view of the seascape, and from
* langtrækkende
the landward side there are spectacular views of
* ~ der vender ind mod land
the lie E/A the lay of the `land.
* ~ hvordan landet udfolder sig
Before the electrification, electric power
* elektricifisering
and electric working, the light source was
* eldrift
paraffin E/eA kerosene (& <sine ) lamps.
* petroleumslampe
`parêfin
* udsyn til ngt.
* elkraft
* lyskilde
`kerêsi~n
In either case the lighting fitting is a number
* lysarmatur
of mirrors forming a concave mirror.
* spejl
* hulspejl
kån- / kên`keiv
20 A lighthouse keeper is in charge of the lighthouse
* fyrpasser
and looks after the light every day.
*
In the very old days they lit a beacon on a number
* fyr, bavn
of beacons, so an open fire would light the ships
* bavnehøj
safely along the shore.
*
vager
Light buoys and lightships warn and guide other ships.
* åben ild
* lysbøje
* lyse ng. vej
* fyrskib
båiz E/A bu~iz
Working and `maintenance of the lighthouses,
* drift at ngt.
the buoys and the lightships are under superintendence of
* vedligeholdelse af ngt.
* under overopsyn af ng.
-`ten-
the lighthouse authority / service which superintends
* fyrvæsen
* holde opsyn med ngt.
-`tendz
all their property and takes care that it is properly maintained. * vedligeholde ngt.
-`-
30 Waters where two seas join may be dangerous to navigate.* mødes
Light waves move with a speed of 300, 000 km / sec.
* lysbølge
By measuring the position of the sun, the stars or the moon
*
relative to the earth, it’s possible to determine a position
* i forhold til ngt.
at sea.
*
A `sextant is an astronomical instrument for measuring
angular distances esp. the altitudes of sun, moon,
angjulê
* sekstant
* vinkel-
`altitju~dz
and stars at sea in dertermining latitude and longitude.
* breddegrad
* længdegrad
TODAY
664 The Newburg skyline has changed a lot throughout
* horisontaftegning
* ( i-) gennem
-`-
the years as the outline of chimney stacks E/A smokestacks * omrids / kontur af ngt.
and high buildings as skyscrapers rises on the horizon.
Parts of modern Newburg are build on landfills,
areas where landfill has been buried.
* ydre ( høj ) / høj skorsten
* skyskraber
* i horisonten
* opfyldning (-er ) med affald
* nedgravningsaffald
Today incineration is prefered to landfill.
* forbrænding
Tall cranes load an unload huge container ships.
* kran
* opfyldning m. affald
* laste >
* losse >
They drill for oil offshore from offshore oil rigs / platforms. * bore efter ngt. * ud for kysten * =
An oil refinery is situated on an island in the estuary.
* containerskib
* rig
boreplatform
* raffinaderi
ri`fainêri
10 The refinery refines crude oil.
Tankers unload their oil loads through pipelines which
join the harbour and the oil and petrol / gasoline depots.
The deck officer takes care that the deckhands
join the right pipes ( together ) properly.
Many truckloads of oil leave the island every day.
* raffinere >
* råolie
* losse >
* last
ladning
* benzin-
* forbinde ngt.
* dæksofficer
After an accident of oil spill (U), wind and waves had
* forbinde ngt.
* lastvognslæs
* landskab
* skamplet for ngt.
* olie-
* spild / udslip
dissipated some of the spill, while a lot of oil spills
* sprede / opløse ngt.
20 which had not dissipated had to be clear up.
* spredes / opløses * rydde ngt. op
Oil pollution, spread by strong currents, eddies
and whirlpools, clouded the water in many parts of the river.
The water clouded (up) so you could no longer see
the river bed.
Pollution is bad `news for the environment.
* ( strøm-) hvirvel
Leaks of waste products from farming and industry
* forplumre / blive uklar
* flod-
* ~ bund
* & til skade for
* østers-
* fuglerede (-r )
* leje
*
30 Large sections of the river have been poisoned by
* =
discharge of toxic waste.
* udledning
* forgifte >
* giftig
* vandløb
* affald
spild
*
a receptacle for all kinds of solid and liquid waste,
* beholder
waste water, discharge water and untreated sewage.
* spildevand
modtagelses- / opbevaringssted
* =
* urenset
Much life depends on the life on the `sea()bed / sea floor.
* på havbunden
Projects to stop pollution is in the pipeline.
* ~ være på trapperne
Pollution in relation to an accident has killed almost all life
*
on the ocean bed / floor (eA/eA).
* banke
* tagrørs-
threaten continually to pollute and poison the watercourses. * forurene >
For years the sea(s) / ocean has been used as
* strømhvirvel
* forplumre ngt. / gøre ngt. uklar
Fish stock and oyster beds in the estuary and birds’ nests * bestand
in reed beds along the river banks are endangered.
* depot
* dæksmatros
Many people consider the refinery a blot on the landscape, * skamplet på >
and the industrial harbour the armpit of the city and the river.
* rørledning
* havbund
* kloakvand
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
665 As much business developes and moves to other areas,
*
many urban areas have fallen into decay in recent years.
* ~ gå i >
* forfald
di`kei
Hideous derelict buildings, sites and land,
* hæslig * forladt
urban and industrial wasteland remain as blots on
og forfalden
* ubenyttet område
the landscape.
*
Some land is private land and some is public land.
* privat land / jord
Landscape `architects and landscape gardeners,
* landskabsarkitekt
* bygning * område
* skamplet på ngt.
* offentlig …
* anlægsgartner
havearkitekt
* havearkitektur
skilled in landscape `architecture and landscape gardening, * -arkitktur
work to landscape decaying areas.
* etablere landskabelig herlighed i
10 Some land is laid out as common land (E).
* offentligt tilgængelight område
The land prices are rising; due to a shortage in
housing land, the price of land is rising.
A rise in prices is good `news for sellers
and bad `news for buyers.
Armed with all their fishing tackle (U) people look for
good fishing grounds hoping to land a big fish.
* land
* forfaldende
* grund- / jordpris
* beboelsesgrunde
* godt nyt
* sælger
* dårligt nyt
* køber
* fiske* fiske-
* udstyr, grej
* plads
* lande >
* ( stor ) fisk
Having caught a big fish, the angler uses a landing net to * fange > * fisk * fisker ( med stang ) * fangst- * net
bring the fish out of the water on to the land.
He wraps the fish in newspaper.
20 In some areas of the river the water is still cloudy.
* op af vandet
* pakke ngt. ind
* op på land
* avispapir
* grumset
uklar
A channel or fairway allows the larger ships to navigate
the river and the waters where the river and sea join.
When seagoing / oceangoing vessels
* sejlrende
* mødes
* oceangående
come alongside the quay, and moor alongside the quay,
* lægge til kaj
adventuous landlubbers and armchair adventurers
* landkrappe
regularly show up to drink in the exotic atmosphere
* ~ indsnuse ngt.
of foreign lands (poet.).
* fremmede lande
*
*
30
* fortøjre
* lænestolseventyrer
* eksotisk
fremmedartet
666 A hulk, permanently made fast and under restoration,
* oplagt skib
was once a fast `consort, famous for its fastness.
* hurtig
War craft, warships and war wessels
are seen in the background.
* ~ fastgøre / * under * restaurering
fortøje ngt.
* følgeskib
* -hed
* krigsskib
* =
* =
*
One of them is a man-of-war, a sailing ship with guns,
used in the past in naval warfare and naval battles.
Another one is a heavily armed battleship from
the First World War (1914 – 18)
* krigsskib
* sejlskib
* søkrig
* søslag
* slagskib
* første verdenskrig
World War I, the Great War or the War of Nations
* =
10 was between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. * de alliered ( magter )
The year 1915 saw a series of inconclusive battles
* aksemagterne
* ~ i … så man
with huge loss (U) of life and subsequently engaged in
* tab af menneskeliv
trench warfare, both parties suffered heavy losses.
* skyttegravskrig
* lide svære tab
At Ypres the Germans used poison gas for the first time.
* giftgas
Life in the trenches is described as a hell uoon earth.
* livet i skyttegravene
At the Battle of Somme the BEF ( British Empire Forces)
* Britiske Emperie Styrker
used tanks for the first time
* helvede på jorden
* tank
kampvogn
A tank is an armour-plated self-propelled combat vehicle, * armeret
armed with a cannon (usually turret-mounted)
* kanon
20 and a machine gun and moving on caterpillar tracks
* larvefødder
* selvdreven
* kampvogn
* anbragt som tårn på toppen
`katêpilê
( wheels moving inside a metal belt ).
The caterpillar tread provides the tank with a lot of
traction even on slippery ground.
The German armaments launched their lightning attacks
*
* … slidbane / kontaktflade
* trækkraft
* glat
vejgreb
* væbnede styrker
* lynangreb
by infantry, armour and military and lightning raids by aircraft. * panserstyrker
Fortifications, warships, tanks, and aircrafts are equipped
with armaments.
* angreb
togt
*
* armering, bevæbning
udrustning
Provided with armour, armour-`plated warships, tanks,
* armering
* armeringspladebeklædt
aircrafts, fortifications etc, are covered with armour plating,
* -pladebeklædning
30 armour plates of specially hardned steel.
* -plade
There is a heavily armoured battlecruiser
from the Second World War. ( World War ll 1939 - 45)
* svært armeret
* anden verdenskrig
Many ships have sunk mysteriously without a trace.
* synke
Distress signals, SOS, Mayday calls and Mayday signal
* SOS
are usually received by other ships.
The Battle of Britain is the series of aerial combats
* slagkrydser
* på mystisk vis
* mayday kald
* ~ sporløst
* … signal
*
* Slaget om England
that took place between British and German aircraft in 1940
*
and that included the severe bombardment of British cities.
*
* luftslag
667 Even if people ran for shelter and sought the shelter of * løbe for at komme i ly
* søge beskyttelse i ngt.
the air-raid / bomb shelters, thousands of civilians were killed. * ( luftangrebs- / bombe ) beskyttelsesrum
If not blown sky-high, lots of buildings burst into flame(s). * sprænge ngt. i luften /
-`-
Battling the flames, bravely battling against the flames,
* bryde ud i flammer
stumper og stykker
* bekæmpe ngt.
* kæmpe mod ngt.
firefighters / firemen, night and day battled to extinguish /
* brandmand
quench the flames raging through the buildings in flames.
* = > * flammerne * rasere gennem ngt. * i flammer
* kæmpe for at -
Going on bombing raids, the planes took off with a full load.* starte
They took off with a full load of fuel and armament
10 On their way to the bombing target, the full laden planes
* slukke >
* med fuld last
fuldt lastet
* armering, bevæbning
udrustning
lette
* … af / med
* bombemål
preferred to fly in cloud in order to be hidden from enemy fire. * i skydække
Nearing the target, the bomb-laden bombers needed
* -fyldt
* bombefly
clear sky or high cloud in order to nosedive down to
* styrtdykke ( fly )
good visibility down below the cloud cover.
* … sigtbarhed
In low cloud and bad visibility, many bombers missed
hitting the target so many bombs missed the right target.
Direct hits, near misses, missed bombings
* skydække
* lavt skydække
* dårlig sigtbarhed
* fejle med at >
* ramme målet ( ~ ramme ved siden af )
* fuldtræffer
* tæt forbier
* =
* fejfbombning
and resulting conflagrations caused lots af civilian casualties. * storbrand
Many planes, fighters and bombers, were damaged in
*
20 air battles or by anti-aircraft artillery and many airmen
* luftslag
died in plane crashes.
* flyhavari
* flybesætningsmedlem
Returning home, the pilots hoped to make a safe landfall.
* foretage en sikker landing
A pilots sometimes had to make a forced `landing.
* nød-( tvungen ) landing
If a pilot discovered that the undercarriage had been
* understel
lande sikkert
damaged, he sent out a distress call / signal.
Realizing the landing gear was out of order, the pilot
had to make an emergency `landing.
Forced to make a crash (-) landing,
*
* landingsudstyr
* nødlanding
* foretage >
* havarilanding
he made preparations to land the plane roughly.
* ublidt
30 Having prepared to crash-`land, the pilot was prepared
* havarilande
to crash-land the plane on the runway, on an airstrip
* … ( flyet )
or landing strip or perhaps on a bare field.
* … landingsbane
In case of a plane in distress, rescue teams along
* start- / landingsbane * provisorisk …
* i en nødsituation
the runway were ready to come to the airmen’s rescue,
* komme ng. til undsætning
and extinguish a possible fire caused by a crash `landing.
* havarilanding
If an aircraft ditches as the pilot tries to ditch his plane,
he tries to land it in a controlled crash into water.
* nødlande på vand
* nødlande sit fly på vand
* kontrolleret nødlanding
Having searched for survivors and dead bodies, emergency *
teams start clearing the debris (U) from the plane crash.
`de(i)bri~ E/A dê`bri~
* rydde ngt. op
* vragdele
668 In World War II, tank battles played a major role.
Both Germany and the Allied forces had sent armoured
divisions to North Africa.
The armies launched attacks by infantry and armour –
tanks and armoured cars.
The infantrymen are transported in armoured
personal carriers.
* tank- / panserslag
* panser*
* panserstyrker
* panservogn
* pansret
* mandskabsvogn
The Allied forces planned an assault on German occupation *
forces on the continent by sea, land, and air.
* ad søvejen
10 D-day is the day of the invasion of western Europe
* ( D = day: dagen for dagen )
by Allied forces on June 6, 1944 when an armada of
*
landing craft (pl.) escorded by battleships
* landgangsbåd / -fartøj
set off from England to land soldiers and equipment
* landsætte
on the beaches of Normandie.
*
A landing craft moves soldiers and vehicles directly onto
the shore.
Even if time and place of the invasion took the Germans
* over land
* fra luften
* landgangfartøj
*
*
by surprise, the first landings of soldiers and equipment
* landsætning
were met with strong resistance.
*
20 Heavy fire and shelling cost heavy casualties,
* beskydning * granatbeskydning * koste svære tab
and landmines cost very many allied soldiers their lives.
* landmine
The succesful invasion was a landmark in World War ll.
* milepæl, ~ skelsættende begivenhed
The major threat to Allied naval supremacy in western
* overherredømme på havet / til søs
waters was posed by the German U-boats.
These reached their height of effectiveness early in 1943
* påføre ng. ngt.
* højdepunkt
but by the summer, partly owing to the introduction of Allied
*
escort carriers to protect the convoy freighters, 37 U-boats
* eskort-
had been sunk and the battle of the Atlantic was over.
* sænke ng.
Sailing in convoy, the small aircraft carriers, destroyers
30 and freighters convoyed much needed supply to Britain.
An armada of US naval vessels defeated the Japanese
navy in the Pacific.
Returning home by sea or air, the surviving soldiers were
relieved finally to make landfall at their native lands.
Landing in their homeland most sailors and airmen would
* hangarskib
* i konvoj
* fly-
* fragtskib
* kæmpeflåde
* konvoj-
* hangarskib
* fragtskib
* destroyer
* transportere ngt. i konvoj
* krigsskibe
*
*
* få landkending
* lande / komme i land
face the difficulties of putting the horrors of war behind them. * lægge ngt. bag sig
* fædreland
* hjemland
669 After World War I, the Allied Powers imposed
* påtvinge >
reparations (pl.) upon defeated Germany.
* erstatning
Germany had to pay war indemnity.
* krigs-
Being a heavy burden on all classes of the German
*
* ~ fra ng.
* skadeerstatning
post-war community, the heavy burden of paying reparations * efterkrigs-
* erstatning
-`…
on top of other burdens of post-`war time, unfortunately led to
*
economic recession, sky-high and sky-rocketing inflation,
* & tilbagegang
* skyhøj
* himmelflugtende
-`-
unimployment and political instability.
There was deep recession in the country,
10 and many families were rent / torn asunder by the war.
Having endured the hardship of the war years,
feeling deprived of hope of brighter prospects
*
* alvorlig / voldsom … / økonomisk tilbagegang
* splitte ( folk ) ad
* krigs-
* år
* lysere
* fremtidsudsigter
`pråspekts
and a brigter future, many Germans lost their faith in
*
democracy which prepared / paved the way for the rise of
* berede >
Hitler and the Nazi Party.
*
Although the economy was in deep recession,
* vejen for ngt.
* være i alvorlig / voldsom tilbagegang
Hitler seemed to be able to pull the country out of recession. * trække ( landet ) ud af … / tilbagegangen
German electoral shocks shook the European political
* valgchok
* ryste >
landscape.
* & billede
20 In 1930 the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
*
won a landslide ( election ) victory.
* jordskreds(valg)sejr
The Nazi Party won by a landslide.
* overvældende flertal
In order to avoid the same mistake after World War II
*
the U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall proposed
*
a plan, the European Recovery Program, for aiding
*
the war-torn European nations with its `war-torn cities
* krigshærget ( kun att. )
in economic recovery.
*
The Marshall Plan was implemented in 1948.
* gennemføre ngt.
Countries from both sides of the war, belonging to
*
30 the Western Block, received Marshall Aid.
The division of Europe into a Wester and Eastern block
split Germany asunder, rent many families asunder,
* Vestblokken
* … hjælp
*
* splitte ngt. > * i stykker, itu
* rive / bryde ngt. …
fra hinanden
and tore Europe asunder for half a century.
After a war many survivors become pensive / ruminative.
* rive / flå ngt. …
* tankefuld / = ( & drøvtyggende )
Becoming thoughtful and spending much time ruminating, * =
they ruminate on / over the war and about its reasons.
* … på / over ngt
* gruble, spekulere
( & tygge drøv )
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670 As part of a trade war, a country may erect a trade
* handelskrig
barrier in order to protect it’s home market, or a country may
* barriere
dump a product on foreign markets / in foreign countries.
* dumpe ngt. på et marked / i et land
To avoid the consequences of internecine trade wars,
* rejse / oprette ngt.
* gensidig ødelæggende
* handels-
* handelskrig
- `ni~sain
the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
* europæisk kul- og stålunion
was created in 1952 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxenbourg,
*
the Netherlands, and Western Germany.
*
By the Treaty of Rome these six states i 1957 created
* romtraktaten
the European Economic Community (EEC).
* den europæiske økonomiske union ( de seks )
The European Community (EC) or Common Market
* EU
10 was created in 1967 when ECSC and EEC merged with
*
the European Atomic Energy Community (EUATOM)
* den europæiske atom energi fællesskab
In 1972 the original six members were joined by
*
Denmark, Ireland, and the UK, and later by other countries.
*
During the cold war the threat of a third world war
included the threat of (a) nuclear war.
* fællesmarkedet
* den kolde krig
* atomkrig
The armed forces were provided with nuclear armament.
* atombevæbning
Intercontinental missiles, both land- and submarine-based,
*
kernevåben
were then armed with nuclear warheads.
The idea behind the terror balance is internicine warfare;
* armere ngt. med ngt.
* gensidig ødelæggende
20 an attack on one of the super powers would immediately
*
lead to an all-destroying counter-attack.
*
The nuclear armaments of the total nuclear armoury
* atomsprængkraft
of the nuclear powers are able to destroy the whole world
*
several times.
*
Probably overburdened with military expenditures,
* sprænghoved
* krigsførelse
* … arsenal
*
the Sovjet Union agreed to conduct disarmament negotiations * nedrustning
dis`a~mëmênt
with the United States of America.
The US and USSR agree on nuclear arms control to stop
*
* våbenkontrol
the nuclear arms race / armaments race.
* våbenkapløb
30 The governments of the superpowers
*
have a huge war chest at their disposal.
* have >
* militærbudget
* til sin rådighed
671 The super powers also competed in a space race.
The Russians were the first to send a satelite and a man
* rumkapløb
*
in orbit while the Americans were the first to land a person
* kredsløb
on the moon.
*
The worlds most powerful rocket, Saturn V, was build
to launch the Apollo spacecraft.
* raket
* opsende ngt.
The rocket was launched from Cape Kennedy
* opsende ngt. fra ngt.
and took off in 1969.
* starte / tage afsted
( Cape Canaveral except 1963 – 73 )
*
10 The spacecraft carried three astronauts.
* astronaut
When the spacecraft was in orbit around the Moon,
two astronauts descended to the surface in a lunar module.
* rumfartøj / -skib
*
* månemodul
`luñê `mådju~l
After a successful soft landing, Niel Armstrong was
the first to set foot on the Moon.
World-wide TV broadcasted the take off,
* blød …
* sætte foden på ngt.
* start
opsendelse
and the Apollo moon landing was watched by millions
*
of viewers all over the world.
*
During the cold war, the superpowers fought many a war
*
by proxy in the third world.
* pr. stedfortræder
20 Armed to the teeth, and holding sway over some
* bevæbnet til tænderne
territories, local warlords and rebel armies, supported by
* krigsherre
either superpower tried to come into power.
* komme til magten, ~ overtage regeringsmagten
At the same time as either of the superpowers
* have magten over ngt.
* oprørshær
*
openly supported political arms of friendly oppositional groups, * gren af ( gruppe )
they secretly supported the armed wings of the same groups. * =
Rebel wars and guer(r)illa war(<fare) of many reasons are * oprørs- * krig
still going on in many parts of the world.
Some rebel groups are quick to exploit those
who fall under their sway.
* guerilla- * krig (-s-førelse )
*
*
* ~ komme under ngs. magt / indflydelse
30 Rebel groups sometimes find money by armed robberies. * væbnet røveri
Armed with small arms – handguns and pistols –
and sawn-off shotguns and rifles, they rob banks.
Independent organizations appeal to the rebels
and the guerillas to lay down their arms.
The UN may impose / enforce an arms embargo on
a regime or lift its embargo against a country.
* bevæbnet med ngt
* håndvåben
* oversavet
* haglgevær
* appellere til ng. ( > om at gøre ngt. )
* guerilla ( soldat )
* indføre
* ~ nedlægge våbnene
* våbenembargo
* hæve ( sin / deres ) embargo mod ng.
672 Sale of arms to all kinds of buyers with money to spend * våbensalg
flourishes / thrives as ever.
* ~ købedygtig
* blomstre
* som altid / nogensinde
`flûri$iz
Shady arms dealers sell all kinds of weapons to anybody
who are able to buy.
* våbenhandler
* købedygtig
As long as armed conflicts are common, sales of arms
* væbnet
* konflikt
* ~ salgsmængden
will continue to be high, and the armaments industry
* våben- / rustningsindustri
and the arms trade will still be in clover.
* være ( økonomisk ) velstillet ( i kløver )
have kronede dage
Armed peace is a peace supported or maintained by arms. * væbnet fred
A phoney `war (E) is still going on between North
* krig uden kampe
and South Korea, officially at war but not actually fighting.
*
10 Although it’s said that all is fair in love and `war,
* alt er tilladt i krig og kærlighed
civilized countries have agreed to observe / respect
*
the Geneva Convention establishing the rules for
*
the protection of civilians, the human treatment of
*
prisoners of war and wounded troops.
* ~ krigsfange
Violation of the Geneva Convention is a war crime
and a person who commits a war crime is a war criminal.
Chemical, biological, and germ warfare are considered
* krigsforbrydelse
* begå en …
* kemisk
d§ê~m
war crimes.
*
20
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
30
*
* biologisk
* krigsforbryder
* mikrobe
bakterie, virus
* krigsførelse
COING ON (A) HOLIDAY
673 Today the pilots and people in the control tower
* kontrol-
communicate by radio.
*
From the control tower, the air `traffic controllers follow
* tårn
* ~ flyveleder
the take-off and landing procedures when the planes
* start
take off and land.
*
* landing
A radio beacon is a radiostation that sends a characteristic * radiofyr
signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to take the bearing
* for således at -
and determine their bearings by means of a radio compass.
* position
A radar beacon uses short-wavelength and short-pulse
10 ( high-frequency ) radio waves.
Radar is a device for detecting an object and determining
its presence and location in space or underground.
The direction of the object is ascertained by transmitting
* radarfyr
* tage kompasudsvinget
* radiokompas
* kortbølge
* = højfrekvent
*
*
*
* bestemme ngt.
* videresende ngt.
skaffe sig viden / vished om ngt.
a beam of short-wavelength, high-frequency radio waves,
*
and picking up the reflected beam.
* reflekteret
tilbagekastet
Distance is determined by timing the journey of
* måle tid på ngt.
the radio waves ( travelling at the speed of light )
*
to the object and back again.
*
Radar equipment includes a radar transmitter,
20 a radar receiver and a radar screen / a radarscope.
Ships and planes are guided safely to port and airport
by radar, and much space and sea is `monitored by radar.
* radarsender
* -modtager
* ved hjælp af radar
* letmetal
With a plane you can make a fast trip to any place.
* hurtig rejsetur
A skycap’s (A) job is to carry people’s bags at the airport.
* lufthavnsportør
Passengers who join (E) a plane are kindly requested,
* tage med et fly
Before the pilot is going to land the plane, a stewardess
* -skærm
* guide / lede ngt. til ( et sted )
Planes are often made of light metal or light-alloy metal.
‘ Fasten your seatbelts, please,’ before the plane takes off.
* rejse
* overvåge ngt. * ( med ) radar
* lukke / spænde >
* stewardesse
announces,’ We shall be landing shortly – please fasten
* om kort tid
30 your seatbelts.’
*
Some flights connect with other flight to other destinations. * ~ have forbindelse med ngt.
Sometimes there are connection flights.
* ~ forbindelsesrute
If a plane is late, you may miss the connection to your
* forbindelse til >
next destination.
* destination, bestemmelsessted
* ~ letmetallegering
* sikkerhedsbælte
674 Sunday is a holiday (C) in Christian countries.
* helligdag
Some privileged people make holiday (U,E) at pleasure.
* holde fri
They take a holiday / their holiday(s) / the holiday(s)
* tage ferie
* efter behag
/ forgodtbefindende
* =
* =
when they feel like it; when they feel like (having) a holiday. * have lyst til ngt.
Permanent employment includes paid holidays.
* ferie(-r)
A package ( deal ) may include holiday allowance
* pakkeløsning
or a number of days’ paid holiday a year.
According to a package, employees working on a holiday,
* helligdag
* national …
10 are entitled to ( receive ) holiday pay.
* helligdagsbetaling
Some people have a holiday job.
* feriejob
When the parliament is in `recess,
* parlamentet >
When it will soon be the holidays, many people are ready
to go on (a) holiday / go on their holidays.
* feriepenge
overenskomst
* betalt ferie
a religious or national holiday, a bank E/A public holiday,
it has risen for recess and gone in recess.
* have lyst til ( at holde ) ferie
* bank lukkedag / officiel fridag
* holde pause / ferie
* tage …
* =
* ferie
* tage på …
Many people are on holiday at the religious festivals; they * være på / holde ferie
are on their holidays at the feast of Christmas, Easter etc.
Some people go on a family holiday, a walking holiday
a camping holiday or maybe a skiing holiday.
* =
* … ferie
* skiferie
20 Some people go on a foreign holiday; a holiday abroad. * udlandsferie
Some people who go to foreign countries on holiday
travel abroad on their holidays.
So some people go abroad for their holiday(s)
while others go home for the holiday(s).
After a holiday / the holiday(s) / their holiday(s), having
* ferie i udlandet
* på ferie
* rejse udenlands
* ~ i sin ferie
* tage til udlandet
* -=-
* tage hjem
* ~ i ferien
* ferie
returned from (a) holiday / the holiday(s) / their holiday(s),
* =
some people enjoy coming back from
*
holiday / the holiday(s) / their holiday(s).
* =
When people go on holiday for the school holidays,
* fest ( -dag )
højtid
* fest ( -dag )
højtid
* tage på ferie / -rejse
* i skoleferien
30 they go on a holiday for the Christmas holidays,
* =
the Easter holidays, the Whitsun holidays
* påske-
the summer holidays or summer vacation
* sommerferie
* universitets…
the autumn holidays or autumn vacation.
* efterårs-
* universitets…
( The autumn vacation and midterm vacation in the US. )
* efterårsferie
A holiday may fall on an inappropriate / inconvenient /
inopportune time, and arriving at an … moment,
* pinse-
* midtterminsferie
* falde på >
* =
in`åpêtju~n E/A inå~pêr`tu~n
people may pay an … visit.
* i juleferien
* … besøg
* ubelejligt
* tid
* tidspunkt
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675 Some people like to holiday on their own
* feriere
and some enjoy holidaying with family or friends.
* =
Some people go on a seaside holiday
* tage på ferie ved havet
and spend their holiday(s) at a seaside resort.
* =
* tilholdssted
A woman will be away on her summer holiday(s).
* være borte i sin … ferie
Having been away on (summer) holiday, she is asked,
* være borte på … ferie
‘ Where have you been for your holiday(s) ? ’
* i ferien
The couple met while on holiday in Wales.
* mens man er på ferie
Parts of Wales are covered with moorland(s) (U / pl.) (eE),
* hede (-områder )
10 high areas covered with rough grass and heather.
* lyng
`hedê
They went for a walk on the moor(s) (eE, usual. pl.).
* hede
Walking across the heath they had the luck to see
* =
hi~#
a hawk ( a Montagu’s harrier ) fastening on its pray.
Having taken all her pictures, she unloads the camera,
fetches a new film and reloads the camera.
He hands in the exposed but undeveloped film
* høg
( * angriber )
hedehøg
* ~ tage filmen ud
* få fat i
* ~ sætte ny film i ( kamera )
* indlevere >
* exponeret
~ belyst
* handler
-`-
to the photographic dealer for developing / development.
As their love affair showed up to be more than
a holiday romance, the adventurous couple decide to
* gribe
holde fast i
* til >
* foto-
* ufremkaldt
* film
* ( til ) fremkaldelse
*
* ferie-
* romance
* eventyrlysten
rêu`mans / `rêu-
20 have / take (a) vacation (eA).
* tage (på) ferie
The adventuresome (A&) couple are going on (a) vacation * eventyrlysten
together next year .
* tage på ferie
*
They are entitled to four-weeks’ paid vacation annually.
* betalt
The adventurers prefer to vacation in the wilds.
* eventyrer
So they plan to travel to a remote part of a country
* fjerntliggende egn
* ferie
* feriere
for their vacation to visit a tribe of the indigenous population. * i ens ferie
‘ For God’s sake, be careful ! ’ their parents admonish
at the day of departure when the whole tribe turns up.
They all concur that you can’t be too careful.
* uberørte områder
* indfødt / oprindelig …
( urbefolkning )
* stamme
* for guds / himmelens skyld
* slæng
* være enig i at -
* ikke være for forsigtig
kên`kê~
30 As everybody concurs with this view,
* - - - i ngt.
they all concur ( with each other ) in this view.
* - - - ( med ng. ) i / om ngt
Some tribes use to practice `headhunting.
* hovedjægeri
Going on a headhunt to headhunt, the headhunters
* hovedjagt
hunted down and decapitated a victim, and known as
* jagte hoved
* ~ jagte sig frem til >
* hovedjæger
* ~ fjerne hovedet fra >
* ng.
-`-
head shrinkers, they preserved the head as a trophy.
In modern societies headhunting is the practice of active
searching for new employees esp. for highly skilled ones.
* hoved-
* skrumper
* headhunting
*
* bevare /
konservere ngt.
* trofæ
A head shrinker is slang for a psychiatrist.
* ~ hjernevrider
676 The visitors arrive at a period of fast.
* fasteperiode
As the gods expect a defe`rential treatment, the tribe fasts * respektfuld
* faste >
ærbødig
for a definite period of time to show `deference to their gods. * i >
It’s a sacrilege to break the fast at the wrong moment,
* hellig-
not to do one’s sacred duties and to violate a sacred right.
* hellig
On the holy day after the sacred fast, the tribe prepares
brøde
* hellig (
* stykke tid
* vise respekt /
ærbødighed overfor ng.
* bryde > * fasten * på det forkerte tidspunkt
~ i utide
* pligt
* bryde * fredhellig
* ret
ukrænkelig rettighed
dag )
* hellig
* faste
to sacrifice for their gods’ sake and for the sake of their joy. * ofre
The tribesmen and tribeswomen make preparations
* for ngt. skyld
blote
* mandlig stammemedlem
to sacrifice an animal out of deference to their gods
* ofre ngt.
10 and hold a sacrificial feast in deference to their wishes.
* offer-
They have caught / captured a wild boar in a trap
placed under a fruit-laden tree.
* for ngs. skyld
* kvindelig …
* i respekt / ærbødighed for ng.
* ( fest-) måltid
* fange >
* - - - overfor ngt.
* vild- * svin
* i en fælde
* ~ tynget af ( frugt )
So as to carry the animal, they fasten it to a bar.
* for at -
At the holy day, the tribespeople deck themselves ( out )
* stammefolk
* pynte / udsmykke sig >
* i / med ngt.
* pynt, (pyntegenstande )
in / with a variety of ornament(s).
Every detail in the ornamentation has a sacred
* fastgøre ngt. til >
* stang
* udsmykning
significance so it’s certainly not art for art’s sake.
* hellig
* betydning
* kunst for kunstens skyld
-`-
The sacrificial place is decorated with ornamentation.
* offer- * plads
The place of sacrifice is decked (out) in / with holly,
* plads 
`håli
20 and sacred ornaments.
The ornately carved altar, sacred to the gods, is richly,
exquisitely and lavishly ornamented with carvings.
Decked (out) with ornamented headbands,
* hellig
* dekorere /
* udsmykning
pynte ngt. med ngt.
pynt
ofrings- * pyntet /
* kristtorn
udsmykket med ngt.
* pyntegenstande
* kunstfærdigt
* overdådigt
* udskåret
* =
* =
and decked (out) with sacrificial tools.
* offer- / ofrings-
Some ornate objects are for practical use and some are
only for ornament for feasting your eyes on.
Ornamented with feathers, pearls and body paintings,
* ofring
the priest kills the sacrificial boar as a sacrifice.
* dræbe >
concurs `deferentially,’ For goodness’ sake, let us
* ~ fryde sig ved synet af ngt.
* udsmykket med ngt.
30 At the sacrifice, with a fast hold of the sacrificial knife,
While they feast (up)on roast boar, everybody in the tribe
* hoved- /
pandebånd
* udsmykning
* redskaber
* til pynt
* hellig ( ild )
a symbolic part of the sacrifice to the gods.
* udsmykket
* kunstfærdigt udsmykket
the priests make a sacred fire on the sacrificial altar.
For the sake of their fortune, the tribespeople offer ( up )
* rigt
* udsmykket med > * udskæring
* udsmykke ngt. med
the sacrificial priests are decked (out) in sacred ornaments
* indviet til ng.
* offer- ( alter )
* fast
* greb om >
* offer- ( kniv )
* offer- ( svin )
* som et offer
* af hensyn til ngt.
* del af >
* ofre >
* offergave
* til ng.
* festspise ngt.
* samstemme
* respektfuldt
* for godheds skyld
ærbødigt
( ~ guds )
be blessed with vigour, luxuriance, lushness, and fertility, * velsignet * livskraft * ( plante- ) * = * frugtbarhed
med >
frodighed
and for mercy’s sake and for pity’s sake, allow us to benefit * ~ for guds skyld
* =
* drage nytte
by treating mother nature with great `deference ! ’
( barnhjertighed ) ( medlienhed, medynk )
* behandle ng. med ( stor ) ærbødighed
* af at -
677 The elder ones do each other favours for old times’ sake. * for gammel venskabs skyld
In times of ill fortune, the elder ones make sacrifices;
* ~ bringe ofre
they make sacrifices for the sake of the younger men
* - - - for ngs. skyld
and for the women of childbearing age.
* i den fødedygtige alder
The elder ones make sacrifices to contribute to
the welfare of the tribe.
* bringe ofre for at -
* bidrage til ngt.
*
Without asking the concurrence of the tribe, they are
ready to make sacrifices so that the tribe can survive.
They are prepared to make the final / supreme sacrifice,
* enighed blandt
* bringe ofre
* bringe >
* det højeste >
10 and give their life as a penance for sins as they believe
* offer
no crisis is caused by an unfortunate concurrence of events.
* et ( uheldigt ) samspil ( af ngt. )
At the day of departure, the chief / headman of the tribe.
* give > * sit liv
* som en bod for > * synd
* høvding
asks, ‘ Is the sacrifice of one’s free life to modern civilisation
* det at ofre ngt. for ngt.
worthwhile / worth while? ‘
* værd at bruge tid på, noget værd
Both worlds concur that life leaves its trace on anyone.
* være enig i / om at -
The landscape changes concurrently as the adventurors
* samtidig som -
follow the river on their way back to the so-called civilisation.
The earth’s surface is constantly eroded by the steady
* afsætte sine spor på ng.
*
* erodere / nedbryde ngt.
action of wind and weather, currents and rough sea.
* vejr og vind
20 Plate tectonics and volcanic activity concurrent with
* kontinentalpladebevægelser
* ( vand-) strøm
* oprørt hav
* samtidig med
erosion of the earth’s surface steadily change its morphology. * erosion
* morfologi
form og struktur
Concurrent circumstances sometimes concur to make up * samtidige
* være sammen om at * skabe /
sammenfaldne
opbygge ngt.
a concurrence of events with a lot dramatic consequences.
* sammenfald / samspil af ngt.
må~`fålê§i
Ice expands, as the only solid, with falling temperature
/ increasing frost between 0 and – 4 * C.
When water freezes to ice in cracks and tiny crevices
in rock faces, it exerts great force, able to burst rock.
* udvide sig
* fast stof
* faldende …
* tiltagende …
* spalte
* bittesmå
* overflade
* udøve
* revne
* sprænge
ig`ze~ts
Washed away by rain, springs, brooks, streams and rivers, * skylle ngt. bort
the debris (U), carried along by the flowing water,
* nedbrydningsmateriale
30 erodes the earth’s solid surface.
* erodere / nedbryde ngt.
So rock and soil are constantly eroding.
* erodere, nedbrydes
As physical powers steadily erode away rock and soil,
* borterodere ngt.
mountains, cliffs, rocks, and soil gradually erode away.
Erosion eats away and wears away rock and soil
so mountains, cliffs, rocks and soil wear away over time.
Eroding the bottom and the banks of the water courses,
* strømmende
* erodere bort
* bortgnave ngt.
* slides bort
* =
* nedbryde / -slide ngt.
* med tiden
the currents eat () away beds of clay, sand, chalk and rock.
* bortgnave ngt.
678 As the currents slow down on their way to a lake
*
or the sea, they deposit layers of sediments on the bottom
* aflejre ngt.
according to coarseness perhaps forming a delta.
* grovhed
Depending on the flow of the current, the depositions /
* bund, leje
* delta
* aflejring
deposits consist of sediments of a certain grain / particle size. * =
Typical sediments are in order of increasing coarseness,
* korn / partikelstørrelse
* grovhed
clay, mud, silt, sand, gravel, pebbles, cobbles,
* mudder
and boulders. ( mud is a mixture of clay and silt )
* blok, kampesten
Plate tectonics, volcanic activity, wind and weather,
* aflejring
the physical structure of the Earth’s surface.
*
The current forms channels in the river bed.
* dyb rende
Water courses may change their course due to erosion
* erosion
-`-
* grus
* rullesten
ral
* håndsten
*
10 erosion, deposition (U) of sediments, constantly change
and upheavel(s) and subsidence(s) of land.
* silt
* flod-
* hævning
* seng
* sænkning
sêb`saidênsis / `sûbsi-
On their way to the sea, big rivers, some long since
dried `up, have formed vast plains and deep valleys.
At the end of its journey, the debris ends up in the sea
*
* tørre ud
*
where it settles on the `sea bed or ocean bed forming banks * aflejre sig
* havbund
* banke
on the sea floor E/A `seafloor ( the floor of the sea / ocean ), * bund
… `…
20 and perhaps a delta at the mouth of the river.
* delta
At the fishing grounds and fishing banks,
the fishing boats catch the ground fish.
Constant worry erodes the nerves of fishermen’s wives
as many a fisherman have found a watery grave.
* fiskeplads
* bundfisk
* slide på nerverne
* ~ lide druknedøden
Sailors are said to have a girl in every port.
*
No matter to which extend this may be true, incipient
* spirende
suspicion easily erodes the confidence of a sailor’s wife.
* -banke
* nedbryde tilliden
Erosion of a spouse’s confidence often leads to divorce.
* nedbrydning
During the financial crisis payments eroded with alarming
* smuldre, tabe i værdi
udhules
30 speed; they were eroded by a galloping / runaway
* udhule ngt.
inflation.
*
Job losses were in the pipeline.
* i vente
Many had to sell their valuables at a sacrifice.
* sælge ngt. med tab
During the military regime, the citizens’ personal freedom
*
gradually eroded away.
Their personal freedom was eroded away by a totalitarian,
* smuldre bort
* totalt udhule ngt.
* galloperende / løbsk
oppressive and brutal regime.
*
679 When people fast, they either abstain from all food,
* faste
or eat only sparingly of certain kinds of food,
*
either as a religious observance or for reasons of health.
*
They may observe a fast-day, a period of fasting
or a season of fasting.
* afholde sig fra ngt.
sparsomt
* fastedag
* fasteperiode
* fastesæson
Lent is the Christian period of fasting and penance
preceeding Easter.
* fastetiden før påske
* faste
* bod, bodsøvelse
/ -gang
*
Beginning on Ash Wednesday, the Lenten fast covers
* aske onsdag
* førpåske fasten
40 days, in emulation of Christ’s 40 days in the `wilderness. * efterligning
* ørkenvandring
10 In the Middle Ages the fast was more or less observed,
* højtidelig- / helligholde
especially with the prohibition against / on eating meat, but
* forbud mod at -
since the Reformation the rules have been generally relaxed
* reglerne
in both Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches.
*
Before Ash Wednesday comes Shrovetide ie.
Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday and Shrove Tuesday.
Shrove Tuesday was long observed as a season
* slække på / lempe <
* fastelavn
* fastelavns søndag etc
* højtid
-sdag
of merrymaking.
* have det sjovt
Christians who fasted in the middle ages had to eat
Lenten fare and abstain from eating meat.
*
* faste-
* kost
* afholde sig fra at -
20 As fish wasn’t considered meat, Scandinavian fish markets *
had their heyday in the middle ages.
* storhedstid
Church authority may impose a penitential discipline.
* bodsmæssig
Feeling penitence for their sin, a penitent sinner may go
* anger over ngt.
to a Lenten sermon to express their penitence.
Doing / performing penance ( for their sin ),
they express their regret and remorse for their wrongdoing.
* tugtøvelse
* angrende
* fasteprædiken
* gøre >
* anger
* bodsøvelse
* for ngt.
* anger, sorg
* anger over ngt.
fortrydelse
Still, holding beliefs not accepted by the Catholic Church,
and thus guilty of heresy, some heretics form secret sects.
*
* kætteri
* kætter
* danne >
* sekt
`herêtiks
At times, many heretics are initiated into these sects.
* blive indviet i ( sekt )
i `ni$ieitid
30 At their initiation, at a initiation ceremony / rite / ritual,
* indvielse
the initiates are initiated into a number of secret rituals
* indviet ( person )
* blive indviet i ( ritual )
* på initiativ af ng.
* initiativtager til ngt.
* indvielses-
* ceremony
i `ni$iêts
created on the initiative of the initiator of the sect.
The sect members holding heretical beliefs
* kættersk
hê`retikl
use their secret initials to initial their ceremonial belongings.
i `ni$lz
* initialer
* sætte initialer på ngt.
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THE INQUISITION
680 The crowned heads together with the aristocracy
* kronet hoved
have been at the head of the secular affairs for years.
* i spidsen for ngt.
Unfortunately, bribery and corruption has always intruded
into secular as well as ecclesiastic(al) institutions.
* verdslig
*
* gejstlig
-`as -
kirkelig
So some people, even weak in the head,
get / have a head `start by corruption.
* svag begavet
* få / have et forspring
It gives them a head start on / over other candidates.
* give ng. >
This way, incompetent leaders, make headway in career
* komme frem
* et forspring frem for ng.
gøre fremskridt
by being promoted over the heads of the others.
* foran ng.
10 Corruption often heads () off efforts to replace
* forhindre ngt.
incompetent leaders.
*
Although it’s proclaimed that heads will roll for corruption,
* hoveder vil rulle for ngt.
it seems to raise its ( ugly ) head everywhere
* ~ stikke sit ( grimme ) hoved frem
and flourish / thrive all the same.
* blomstre / trives
Although some institutions have a too large headcount,
corruption makes it difficult to cut (down on) headcount.
Various churches are at the head ot the ecclesiastic(al)
or clerical affairs.
* antal medarbejdere
* =
* kirkeretning
* gejstlig
kirkelig
* gejstlig
præste-
The Pope in the Holy See in Rome is (the) head of
20 the Roman `Catholic Church and of Catholicism in all
ka#lik
* pave
* pavestolen
* romersk katolske kirke
* overhoved
* katolisisme
ka`#ålêsizm
its catholicity.
* al- / mangesidighed
- `lisiti
Many `Catholics are more catholic than the church
* katolik
They have more catholic tastes and interests
* =
and are more catholic in their sympathies.
* =
The Roman Carholic Church is headquatered in Rome.
* have hovedkvarter
It has it’s headquaters (pl.) / head `office in the Vatican.
* =
So the headquaters of the Roman Catholic Church is / are
* =
in the Vatican in the middle of Rome.
( The Vatican State was established in 1929.
* Vatikan Staten
* Skt. Peters Kirken
which is the Pope’s chief residence. )
*
under leadership of the Pope.
When a Pope has died, the cardinals chose the new Pope
to carry out / perform the headship of the Church.
* Vatikanet
*
30 It includes St. Peter’s Church and the Vatican Palace
Headquaters in the Vatican rule(s) the Church
* alsidig, frisindet
fordomsfri
* hovedkvarteret
*
*
* lederskabet
* vatikan paladset
681 In the days of the Inquisition, the Roman Catholic
* inkvisition
Church wanted to put all control of heresy in papal hands.
* lægge ngt. >
If baptized Roman Catholics willfully and persistently
* kætteri
* trosartikel / -sætning
of committing heresy and condemned them as heretics.
* begå kætteri
* kætter
* magtfaktor
to be reckoned with, the Inquisition was established
* som skal tages alvorligt
to deal with / face / tackle / meet heresy head-on.
* tage sig af ngt.
There has been a head-on confrontation between
* i ng’s hænder
* døbt
rejected any article of faith, the Church would accuse them
As heresy was a religious as well a political force
* pavelig
* takle ngt. * gående lige til sagen
* direkte
10 the Catholic Church and various heretical sects
* kættersk
and from the 16th century with the Protestants.
*
* sekt
A cardinal is appointed by the Pope to head the Inquisition. * lede / stå i spidsen for ngt.
As the head of the Inquisition and head of department
it’s the head inquisitor’s job to head () up the Inquisition.
* chef, leder
* hoved-
any heretic must be put to trial in order to control
* & udspørger
undersøger
* =
* =
retslig undersøgelse
* kætter
any heretic(al) provocation of public disorder
* kættersk
and arrest anybody provoking an uprising.
* ophidse til / fremkalde >
The Inquisition or the Holy Office ordains that
The Inquisition is a power and the inquisitor a person
* stå i spidsen for /
lede ngt.
* bestemme
forordne
* ret, -ssag
rettergang
* fremkaldelse af /
ophidselse til ngt.
* opstand, oprør
* magt
20 to be reckoned with, so any heretic will have
* ( ngt. / ng, ) der skal tages alvorligt / i betragtning
the inquisitor and the Inquisition to reckon with.
* at tage alvorligt / i betragtning
The headquarters support(s) the local inquisitors.
* hovedkvarter
The inquisitors have to inform head office.
* hovedkontor
The main office often allow(s) / give(s) them their head.
* give ng. frie tøjler
A local inquisition is headed by a local inquisitor
* være ledet af ng.
/ frit spil
who holds office in a local inquisitorial office.
* have sit embede
* inkvisitionskontor (-bygning )
- `tå~riêl
At school he was reckoned (to be) the wise head of
the class always having his head in a book.
The teacher did a headcount to check that none of
30 the pupils were truanting / playing truant.
* være regnet / anset for ( at være )
* ~ være begravet i en bog
* foretage >
* persontælling
*
In physical education, in gymnastics they do exercises / * legemsøvelser
gymnastics such as standing on their head
( skolefag )
* gymnastik
and standing on their hands.
* … hænder
A headstand is easier to do than a handstand.
* det at stå på hovedet
Having a good `head on his shoulders, apparently
* have et godt hoved
* gymnastik
( i sal )
være kvik i pæren
( being / standing ) head and shoulders above the rest,
* kloge hoved
* overgå i evner og begavelse
* lave øvelser
* stå på hovedet
* håndstand
he was one year chosen to be headboy (E)
* drenge elevrepresentant for skolen
together with a headgirl to represent the school.
* pige-
682 Having had a sense of vocation already in his youth,
* ~ føle et kald
the inquisitor had felt a call(ing) to serve God,
* ~ føle et kald til at -
and be a pillar of the Roman Catholic Churth.
* fast støtte af ngt.
He was said to have an old head on young shoulders.
* ~ være gammelklog
Having felt / had a vocation to the priesthood,
* … til præstegerningen
he had applied to a seminary.
Having a head for books, he had been admitted to
the seminary ( theological college E/A seminary ).
* ~ søge om optagelse på ngt.
* præsteskole
( glds: skole)
* blive optaget på >
* ~ være boglig
* præstesaminarium
`seminêri
Already familiar with / ( well ) versed in Latin
10 gave him a head start ( on / over the other candidates ).
… `…
‘ He’ll be famous one day, I reckon,’ a teacher said.
* fortrolig med / velbevandret i ngt.
* give ng. et forspring ( frem for ng.)
* regne med
forestille sig
‘ What do you reckon ? ‘ he asked a colleague.
* =
The teachers had `drummed the articles of faith into
* ( tromme), ~ banke ngt. ind >
the heads of the saminarians.
Eventually, the students could rattle () off / reel () off
the articles, standing on their heads.
The seminarians had it drummed into their heads that
* i hovedet på ng.
* præsteseminarieelever
* lire ngt. af
* uden besvær
* få / have banket ind i hovedet at -
the Church cannot tolerate any departure / deviation from
* afvigelse fra ngt.
the Catholic articles of faith and as the world is out of joint,
* ~ af lave
20 there is an urgent need to address the question of heresy. * rette opmærksomheden mod /
ê`dres
When the newly qualified inquisitor first started his job,
he felt he had to prove himself ( to his superiors ).
The inquisitor proved ( himself ) determined.
-`As he proved ( himself ) determined to succeed,
he proves ( himself ) ( to be ) a very determined inquisitor.
Within the Church, the Inquisition and the inquisitor
are reckoned ( to be ) successful / a success so far.
give sig i kast med / tage fat på >
* ny-
* ~ bevise sit værd ( overfor ng. )
* vise sig at være + adj.
* beslutsom, målbevidst
* -=-
* fast besluttet på at -
* vise sig ( at være ) + subst.
* regnes / anses for ( at være ) + adj. / subst.
* bevise ngt.
He certainly doesn’t have to prove himself to others –
* ~ vise sit værd overfor ng.
his record speaks for itself.
* omdømme, bedrifter
30 The Church, however, doesn’t reckon to defeat heresy
* regne med at -
in the foreseeable future.
* indenfor en overskuelig fremtid
raising its ugly head everywhere.
His suspicions must have run rife as he sees
popular belief rife with superstition and heresy everywhere.
* beslutsom /
målbevidst ( person )
*
Now, the inquisitor doesn’t have anything to prove.
Rumours are rife that the inquisitor sees heresy
* spørgsmål om /
problem med ngt.
* ~ uddannet
* ~ et udbredt rygte siger at * stikke sit grimme hoved frem
* ~ udvikle sig ukontrolleret
* folke-
* tro
* fuld af ngt.
In his head, heresy is rife in popular belief,
* i ngs. hoved / forestillingsverden
and he sees offences under this heading occuring all over.
* under denne kategori
683 The inquisitor considers himself the foremost authority
* den fremmeste / ledende ( autoritet )
on the question of heresy.
*
Even if he had his head screwed on ( straight / right ),
* være udbredt
* være fornuftig
reading must have turned his head, as the inquisitor
* gøre svimmel
sees rampant and widespread heresy everywhere.
* vildtvoksende
sætte én fluer i hovedet
Already as a young man, he had harboured suspicion,
and suspected anyone of a belief different from his own.
Having / bearing / holding / harbouring / nursing
a grudge against people of a belief disagreeing with his own,
* vidt udbredt
* nære mistanke
* mistænke ng. ( & nære mistanke mod ng. )
* have en > / bære >
* modvilje / nag mod ng.
& have et horn i siden på ng.
he nursed an ambition of becoming / to become an inquisitor. * nære en ambition om at 10 He must have had his head turned with too much
* være forskruet af ngt.
religious reading as he sees heresy run rife everywhere.
* ~ udbrede sig righoldigt og ukontrolleret
In his imagination, a rampantly growing number of
people come under the heading of heretics.
So the Inquisition persecutes a growing number of people
* i ngs. forestillingsverden
* i kategorien af ngt.
* forfølge ng. >
for their alleged heretical beliefs.
* for ngt.
‘ He needs ( to have ) his `head examined,’ some more
* burde have / få hovedet undersøgt
moderate colleagues say, shaking their head.
* ryste på …
‘ Tell the inquisitor the truth if you want to,
but on your ( own ) head be it,’ one of them warns.
20
* vildt voksende
*
* det bliver på eget ansvar
* påstået
684 The accusation is arranged under a few heads.
* anklage
The inquisitor finds the head of the first chapter.
* overskrift
The chapter is headed, ‘ Accusation of heading a heretical
* ~ have som overskrift
revolt.’
* overskrift
The heading reads,’ Accusation of a calculated attempt
* =
Having got it into his head that he has seen the accused
* overskrift
hovedafsnit
* stå i spidsen for / lede ngt.
*
The inquisitor reads the first chapter heading.
to `instigate (a) heretical revolt.
* under >
* velovervejet
* forsøg
* anstifte / iværksætte / opfordre til ngt.
* ~ sætte sig i hovedet /
få den ( fikse ) ide at -
before, the inquisitor got it into his head to prove that
* & beslutte sig til at -
10 the heretical assault was done at his instigation.
* & på ngs. opfordring
Having taken it into his head that the riot was launched
* ~ sætte sig i hovedet at -
at the instigation of the accused, the inquisitor intends to
* på foranledning /
prove the accused ( to be ) guilty of assault.
* skyldig i ngt.
tilskyndelse / opfordring af ng.
Suspecting the accused of attempted revolt, the inquisitor * mistænke ng. for ngt.
has taken it into his head to prove him ( to be ) the head of
* sætte sig i hovedet at -
the assaulters and guilty of having instigated the assault
* anstifte / iværksætte / ophidse til ngt.
as part of a heretical revolt.
*
As the inquisitor suspects the accused of having been
* mistænke ng. for at -
at the head of the riot and having headed the rioters,
* stå i spidsen for /
20 he intends to prove him ( to be ) the instigator of a revolt.
være leder af ngt.
* bevise at ng. er ngt.
He wants to give definite proof of the accused’s guilt.
i spidsen for
* stå i spidsen for / lede ng.
* anstiftrer
* give (afgørende) bevis for ngt.
A procession of the clergy had marched through the streets; * gejstligheden
clerical dignitaries and ecclesiastic(al) notables at the head, * gejstlig
and, at the tail `end or rear, a throng of practising laypeople, * bagenden
a motley crew of laypersons, laymen and laywomen.
Before the start of the march, members of the procession
had bowed their heads in prayer.
The inquisitor together with other notable clergymen
* broget skare
* kirkelig
* =
* lægperson
* i spidsen
* skare
* lægfolk
* -mand
* -kvinde
*
* bøje hovedet i ( bøn )
* gejstlig ( person )
præst
and ecclesiastics had headed the march.
* =
30 Crowds had thronged the streets.
* fylde / trænges i ngt.
Thronging into town, thronging throught the streets,
people had thronged to see the procession.
* flokkes / myldre + adv.
* flokkes / trænges / stimle sammen for at -
The town had been thronged with people from all `over.
* ~ være fyldt til randen med ngt.
It had been thronging with people from everywhere.
* være …
( from (everywhere) far and near / near and far ?? )
Marching at the head of the procession,
*
* i spidsen for ngt.
* fra  * overalt
wearing his characteristic headdress, the inquisitor had been
* hovedbeklædning
hit on the head by missiles and had lost his headgear (U).
* ramt i hovedet
/ -pynt
* kasteskyts
* hovedbeklædning
/ -pynt
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685 ‘ Heads up ! ’ people in the crowd had cried.
The inquisitor’s bald head had glistned in the blazing sun
* pas på
* skaldet hoved
as he, in spite of an excruciating pain, had turned his head
* ulidelig
to spot the instigators of the assault.
* anstifter
* skinne
glinse
* brændende
* dreje hovedet
ophavsmand
The assailants had been wearing headscarves
to cover their faces.
* overfaldsmand
* hovedtørklæde
*
The assault had seemed to be headed by a person,
* anført af ng.
also wearing a headscarf but a ( good ) head taller than
* hovedtørklæde
the rest of the crowd and therefore especially noticed
*
10 by the inquisitor.
*
Having headed the procession off,
* et ( godt ) hoved højere
* afskære ng. vejen
lede ng. i en anden retning
the assaulters made good their `headlong escape.
The police, wearing headpieces,
* gennemføre >
* hovedkulds
* flugt
* hovedbeklædning
hjelm
were too late to head off / intercept the fleeing assailants.
Throwing off his headcloth, the real head of the assaulters
had got away headlong.
* afskære ng. vejen
* hovedtørklæde
* leder
hovedmand
* =
* over hals og hoved
The police had run around like headless chickens.
* løbe omkring som forvildede ( hovedløse ) høns
They had pleaded as (an) extenuation that they don’t
* fremføre at -
have eyes in the back of their `heads.
* have øjne i nakken
20 They hadn’t reckoned on ( having ) a riot.
* regne med ( at ) ngt.
The had calculated on a peaceful march
and hadn’t calculated on violence flaring (up).
They had doubted that the heretics dared (to) raise hell,
* formildning
formildnende omstændighed
* regne med ngt.
* … at ng. / ngt. gør ngt.
* blusse op
* lave en helvedes ballade
but they had reckoned without their stubborn determination. * ikke regnet med ngt. * vedholdende * beslutsomhed
They had reckoned without their `host
as they had not reckoned with the excitement of the crowd.
They didn’t reckon with getting caught up in the swarm
or being stuck in the throng.
In order to make the heresy headless, the Inquisition had
30 offered headmoney for the betrayal of the heretics.
* gøre regning uden vært
* ikke regne med ngt.
* … at -
* fanget
* sidde fast i ngt.
* trængsel
* gøre ngt. uden leder
* udlove >
* dusør
£ 50 had been placed on the leader’s head.
* sætte en pris på ngs. hoved
The assault had embarrassed the church and the clergy.
* bringe ng. i knibe / forlegenhed
The inquisitor had felt the situation excruciatingly painful
-`and embarrassing – acutely embarrassed at the situation,
* mylder
* ulidelig
* pinlig
very / deeply / highly embarrassed about his reactions,
* flov / forlegen / pinlig til mode
/ pinligt berørt ved ngt.
* meget / særdeles … over ngt.
he had really looked embarrassed.
* se … ud
-`-
* yderst
He groans at the memory, suffering all over again
the acute / excruciating embarrassment of those moments.
* lide >
* ulidelig
* =
* flovhed
forlegenhed
pinefuld
686 Years later, a suspect is arrested, questioned
* udspørge ng.
and interrogated.
* forhøre ng.
in`terêgeitid
The prisoner feels the first twitch of anxiety as the police
ask ( him ) his name, and ask ( him ) a lot of questions.
Having a question on his identity, the police very first
question him on his age, date and place of birth.
Having questions about the recent and the distant past,
the police then question him closely about his past.
The suspect answers their questions readily / willingly.
* trækning af ngt.
* spørge ( ng. ) om ngt.
* stille ( ng. ) spørgsmål
* have et spørgsmål gående på ngt.
* allerførst
* spørge ng. om ngt.
* have spørgsmål om
* nær
* fjern
* udspørge ng. indgående om ngt.
* svare på
* fortid
* =
* spørgsmål
* beredvilligt
besvare
Accused by the Inquisition, the suspect is about to be
*
put through an inquisitorial examination.
* trække ng. gennem >
10 During the inquisitorial procedure, the inquisitor has
~ underkaste ng. >
* =
the right to interrogate and, in the end, he has the right
* forhøre ng.
to judge the accused ( guilty or not guilty ).
* dømme ng. ( ngt. )
Having the right both to interrogate the suspect
and judge the case, he acts as both interrogator and judge.
Going to submit the accused to an interrogation,
* inkvisitorisk
* udspørgen
forhør
* procedure
fremgangsmåde
* forhøre ng.
* dømme >
* ( i ) sagen
* udspørger
* underkaste ng. ngt.
the inquisitor intends to put the man in question through
* trække ng. >
a gruelling examination / interrogation.
* skrap, anstrengende
* forhør
* det drejer sig om
* … gennem
* udspørgen, forhør
udmattende, opslidende
Many suspects confess after some time
*
under interrogation.
* under >
20 The accused holds his head `high as he has never even
* ~ holde ryggen rank
thought of committing assault.
* tænke på at -
He holds up his `head as he has never
harmed / hurt / touched a hair on anybody’s head.
* <<
* krumme et hår på ngs. hoved
He never thought to come in conflict with the law.
* forvente at
Nevertheless, his name is at the head of the page
* øverst på
and his name is heading the list of the accused (pl.).
* <<
* ( komme ) i konflikt med
* være øverst
/ først på
With his head erect, the accused shakes his head,
prepared to deny / rebut / refute the false accusation.
* med løftet hoved
* ryste på …
/ oprejst pande
* afvise / benægte / gendrive / modbevise ngt.
What proof(s) have you that I’m guilty ? he inquires.
* bevis (-er )
30 The accusation seems refutable so it’s is met with
* gendrivelig
(a) firm rebuttal / refutation.
modbevislig
* skarp
With his head high, the accused shakes his head at
* <<
the accusation, ready to deny / refute / deny any suggestion * afvise / benægte ngt.
or rumour that he has ever participated in a riot or a revolt.
* rygte om at -
* mødt med >
* afvisning, modbevis / =
* << over / ad
* antydning >
Ready to refute any argument suggesting rebelliousness, * afvise / gendrive >
* argument
* oprørskhed
he rebuts any argument that he is in any way a rioter or rebel. * =
687 Questioning what the accused has alleged,
* sætte spørgsmålstegn ved /
the inquisitor now questions who the accused is in fact.
* =
betvivle hvxx
Having got it into his head that the accused must be
* sætte sig i hovedet / få den fikse ide at -
much older than he says, the inquisitor questions his identity. * sætte spørgsmålstegn ved / betvivle ngt.
As the inquisitor questions whether the person in question * … hvorvidt is the one he gives himself out to be,
* give sig ud for ( at være )
he will try to prove that the accused is an imposter.
* bevise at -
So he tries to prove the accused ( to be ) somebody else,
* bevise at ng. er ngt.
and prove him to have committed a number of crimes.
* … at ng. gør ngt.
10 He tries to prove who the accused really are,
* bevise hvxx -
prove why he is guilty, prove what crimes he has committed, * =
and prove where, when and how they were committed.
The accused, for his part, hopes (that) new evidence
will prove his true identity and prove him (to be) innocent.
Intent (up)on proving his innocence,
he tries try to prove his innocence to the Inquisition.
All the witnesses confirm the identity and date of birth
stated by the accused which proves the inquisitor wrong.
Even if the inquisitor has a ( good ) head for facts,
20 he must have a poor head for figures.
Even though the facts are calculable, he has difficulties
* =
*
* bevise ngt.
at ng. er + adj.
* bevise ngt.
* … ngt. overfor ng.
* vidne
* ( be-) vise at ng. ( er + adj.)
* fejltagende
( tage fejl )
* være god til at huske
* være dårlig til tal / regning
* beregnelig
doing a sum in his head; he can’t work the calculation out. * regne ud i hovedet
* … stykket …
He can’t work it out in his head.
* regne det ud
Making a mistake in reckoning, he miscalculates.
* regne / regning
* regne forkert
Making a wrong calculation, he makes a miscalculation.
* lave en udregning
* … regnefejl
fejlvurdering
foretage en vurdering
Calculating the age of the accused, he makes him too old. * udregne ngt
As he mistakenly reckons his age at more than he is,
* udregne ngt. til ngt.
he recons him to be old enough at the time of the assault.
* … ngt. til at -
30 As he calculates / reckons that the accused must be
* udregne at -
more than 25, he calculates / reckons that the accused
* regne med /
could be old enough to be the one behind the assault.
* stå bag
gå ud fra at -
The assessors lay their `heads together.
* meddommer
They put their heads together to assess
m. særlig fagkundskab
* =
whether the man in question is a mistaken identity.
By their reckoning, the accused would have been
too young by the time ( that ) the riot took place.
* hvorvidt
* stikke hovederne sammen
* ng., der er tale om
om
vedkommende
* ud fra ngs. beregning
* på det tidspunkt ( da )
* vurdere
* ~ en forveksling
This assumption begs the question that he could have
* rejse spørgsmålet om -
been the assailant in question.
* ~ pågældende
688 By tacit agreement, the assessors try to curb
* ved stiltiende overenskomst
the inquisitor’s delusions.
*
Having put their `heads together, the assessors demand
an acquittal on the count of assault.
There may be evidence, but no proof that the accused
is guilty on that count.
* stikke hovederne sammen
* frifindelse på >
* ( anklage ) punkt om ngt.
* tegn på / vidnesbyrd om at -
* bevis på at -
*
The accused cocks his head.
* dreje / vende hovedet
His head cocked to one side, he nods his head
* hovedet vendt til den ene side * nikke med hovedet
in agreement, relying on the assesors tacit support.
* stiltiende
10 The inquisitor hangs his head for a short while.
* ~ hænge med hovedet
He cannot get it into his head.
* få det ind i sit hoved
He scratches his bald head thoughtfully.
* kradse / klø ngt.
The unlikeliness of the accused being the assailant now
*
forstå det
* skaldet
begs the question of how to prove the accused guilty
* rejse spørgsmålet om hvxx -
on other counts ( of indictment eA ).
* på >
As the inquisitor takes it into his head that the accused
* =
* bevise ng. skyldig >
* ( anklage-) punkt
* få den ide at -
must somehow be guilty of heretical beliefs,
* kættersk
he takes it into his head to provide tangible evidence of
* << * ( frem-) skaffe * håndgribelig * vidnesbyrd om /
and tangible proof of heresy.
* bevis på /
20 The inquisitive inquisitor has a (good) head for
* spørgelysten
making leading `questions out of his own head.
nysgerrig, emsig
* ledende spørgsmål
he asks him a lot of difficult questions about orthodoxy.
* stille ng. >
Putting a lot of calculated questions to the accused,
* stille ng. >
tegn på ngt.
vidnesbyrd om ngt.
* have gode evne for at -
* ud af eget hoved
som man selv finder på
Calculating ( that ) the accused is infected with heresies, * regne med at * inficeret af /
* kætterier
besmittet med >
he poses a lot of provocative and inquisitorial questions.
* fremsætte > * udfordrende * inkvisitorisk * spørgsmål
ophidsende anklagende
Bombarding him with searching and probing questions, * bombardere ng. med * uddybende
* =
* spørgsmål om ngt.
* rettroenhed
he asks him tricky questions, cakculated to make him
* velberegnet
* spørgsmål
udspekuleret
* stille ng. > * vildledende * = * beregnet på / til at -
say too much / let his tongue run away with him.
* sige for meget / tale over sig
The inquisitor asks open questions, questions
30 that don’t need ’Yes’ or ’No’ as an answer.
Everytime the accused tries to avoid, evade or sidestep
* stille >
*
* undvige >
an awkward question about his whereabouts and doings,
* ubehagelig, ubekvem
the inquisitor rephrases the question.
* gentage ngt.
The inquisitor’s calculating questioning is calculated to
make the accused give himself away
* åbent spørgsmål
* beregnende * udspørgen
* røbe sig
* spørgsmål om ngt.
* være beregnet på at -
and let the cat out of the bag.
* ~ røbe noget hemmeligt
689 The inquisitor also asks rhetorical questions;
* stille retorisk spørgsmål
questions which are asked only to make a statement
*
or to produce an effect rather than to get an answer.
*
’ Should we tacitly let heresy be spread by the spawn
of Satan,’ the inquisitor asks rhetorically.
The inquisitor calculatedly tries to trip () `up the accused
by artful questioning.
* stiltiende
* yngel
* retorisk
* udspekuleret
* udspekuleret
* ~ spænde ben for ng.
få ng. til at sbuble / begå en fejl
* udspørgen
Calculating on contradictions, the inquisitor calculates on * regne med /
the accused getting entangled in contradictions.
* selvmodsigelse
satse på ngt.
* vikle sig ind i ( selvmodsigerser )
10 Reckoning on contradictions, he calculatingly
* regne med ngt.
reckons on entangling the accused in contradictions.
* … at -
He reckons ( that ) the accused will entangle himself in
contradictions, and speak his `mind heretically.
* beregnende
* regne med -
* vikle sig ind i ngt.
* sige sin uforbeholdne mening
Laying a trap, the inquisitor tries to entrap the accused.
* lægge en fælde
He tries to entrap him into making a mistake.
* lokke ng. til at gøre ngt.
Artfully setting traps, he tries to make the accused
* sætte >
walk / fall into the trap of tripping up.
* ~ holde hovedet koldt
He needs to keep a clear / cool / calm `head,
* =
It’s difficult to calculate what ulterior motive
and hidden a`genda lie behind his questions.
It’s impossible to calculate whether the inquisitor
wants the truth or has taken a dislike to the accused.
The accused cannot calculate why the inquisitor
seems to dislike him.
Maybe the inquisitor needs a scapegoat / `fall guy (eA),
so as he wants to scapegoat the accused.
He may want to make him a scapegoat for heresy.
* fange ng. i en fælde
* fældæ
* regne ud hvad * skjult dagsorden
* underliggende
* motiv
~ bagtanke
* ligge bagved ngt.
* regne ud om * få modvilje mod ng.
* regne ud hvorfor * ikke kunne lide ng.
* syndebuk
* ~ gøre ng. til syndebuk
* - - - - for ngt.
* udregne hvor / hvornår -
may be a catch in the questioning.
* fælde i ( udspørgningen )
* regne ud hvordan /
and extricate himself ( from the entanglements ) .
hvorledes at * vikle sig ud
It’s difficult to avoid the trap of getting entangled
* undgå fælden med at -
in contradictory / conflicting answers.
* ( snuble )
~ lave en fejl
* tabe hovedet
30 The accused tries to calculates where and when there
It’s difficult to calculate how to avoid the traps
* på kættersk vis
* gå / falde > * i en fælde ( ved at - )
So the accused needs to keep his `head.
20 and take care not to lose his `head.
* … at ng.
* selvmodsigende ( svar )
* undgå >
* fælde
* af forviklingerne
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690 Having a good headpiece,
* have et godt hoved
the accused keeps his head under provocation.
* holde hovedet koldt
He uses his head to work out clever answers.
* bruge hovedet til at -
Having a long head, the accused makes little / some {
* ~ være dreven / forudseende
head (<way ) in / with (a) counterproof.
Eventually, having a good head on his shoulders,
he makes much head / headway against the accusation.
The Inquisitor, however, now tries to turn / stand
* under provokation
* gøre lidt / nogen >
* fremskridt med ngt.
* modbevis
* være et kvikt hoved
* fremskridt imod ( anklagen )
* vende ngt. >
the accused’s main defence argument on its head.
* på hovedet
10 The inquisitor can do that on his head.
* så let som ingenting / at klø sig i nakken
The assessors, however, dislike his procedure.
* ikke bryde sig om / kunne lide ngt,
They dislike, in fact, being (a) withess to
* … at -
the inquisitor’s scheme against the accused.
Whether a hidden agenda they dislike witnessing
his tacit scheme to make a scapegoat of the accused.
They want tangible grounds for suspicion,
tangible evidence and tangible proof of guilt.
The question arises as to whether the inquisitor is
* være vidne til ngt.
* plan mod ng.
* skjult
* dagsorden
* være vidne til ngt.
* uudsagt
* plan med at -
* klar, tydelig
* =
* spørgsmålet >
following correct / proper / normal procedure (U);
* følge ( … ) procedure
20 whether he follows acceptable court / legal procedures.
* =
The assessors feel they need to prove a point.
* bevise en pointe
In their opinion you should be innocent until proved guilty.
* bevist skyldig
* melder sig / opstår
To prove their point they put their heads together as they * stikke hovederne sammen
want to knock the inquisitor’s scheme on the head
* ~ sætte en stopper for / torpedere ( plan )
They want to put the mad scheme out of his head.
* få ngt. ud af ngs. hoved
He had better get / put it out of his head.
* ~ nok hellere lade den fugl flyve
As the inquisitor has to put that scheme out of his head,
* få ngt. ud af hovedet, ~ glemme ngt
he clutches his head ready to do anything that
* tage sig til hovedet
comes / pops into his head.
* ~ falder ng. ind
30 The inquisitor now gets / takes it into his head that
* få ind i hovedet / / den ide at -
the accused is guilty of blasphemy.
* blasfemi
He gets / takes it into his head to prove that the accused
is a blasphemer guilty of making `blasphemous statements.
* << at
* gudsbespotter
blas`fi~mê
Once again, the accused has come under fire.
* gøre alt hvad der -
* ~ må stå for skud
* blasfemisk
gudsbespotende
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691 Making / pulling a long face, the accused wonders
* blive lang i ansigtet
what goes on in that head of the inquisitor.
* hvad, der foregår i ngs. hoved
/ skuffet, ked af det
He just can’t get his head round (E) what’s going on
* få ind i sit hoved
when the inquisitor calls him a notorious blasphemer,
*
allegedly known to blaspheme in public.
* angiveligt
* tale gudsbespottende
blas`fi~m
The accused raises (an) objection(s) ( to the allegation );
* komme med en indsigelse
gøre indvendinger
he objects to / protests against this nonsensical allegation. * =
* meningsløs
nån`sensikêl
The inquisitor `evidences his venemous accusations
* sandsynliggøre ngt.
with telltale but unconfirmed reports and rumours.
* sigende
10 ‘ You are said to swear – it’s said that you speak about
afslørende
* ng. siges at -
* forlydende
* det siges at -
God and holy things in an offensive way – you’re a blasphemer *
by / from all accounts,’ the inquisitor interrupts.
According to himself / By his own account, the accused
* efter sigende
* efter eget udsagn
ifølge ng.
has just been telling innocent childish jokes.
The thought that anyone would pin him on that
never entered his head.
*
* hænge ng. op på ngt.
* falde en ind
He wishes he’d used his head before cracking a joke
in the company of religious fanatics.
* bruge hovedet
*
Even if the accused endeavours to apologize, and tries to
* bestræbe sig på at -
* undskylde
gøre afbigt
20 appeace, pacify, mollify, and placate the inquisitor,
* formilde ng.
any endeavour on the accused’s part to allay and mitigate
* bestræbelse > * fra ngs. side * på at - * milde ngt. * =
ê`lei
the inquisitor’s suspicion and anger is in vain.
/ vedkommende
*
The Inquisitor doesn’t relent.
* give efter, formildnes
Talking over the accused’s head, the inquisitor keeps
* tale hen over hovedet på
talking his head off making venomous attacks.
He keeps talking without respite.
* tale fanden et øre af
* giftig >
* angreb
* uden afbrydelse
`respait / -it
His involved and tortuous speech is too complicated to
carry in one’s head.
It goes over the accused’s head; His head is turning.
* indviklet
* snørklet
* have ngt. i hovedet
* det går over ngs. forstand
* det kører rundt for ng.
30 The explanations go right over his head.
* gå hen over hovedet på ng.
As the accused can’t make head (n)or tail of anything,
* ~ kan ikke hverken finde hoved eller hale i ngt.
he cannot make head against the accusations.
* holde stand mod ngt.
~ kan ikke forstå / finde ud af / hitte rede i ngt.
The accused has nervous twitches in his eyes.
* have >
His eyelids twitch nervously.
* lave trækninger
The assessors as well can’t make heads (n)or tails of
* kan ikke finde hverken hoved eller hale i etc.
* trækning i ngt.
* øje
the inquisitor’s tangled (up) speech and accusations.
It is over their head, too.
* indviklet, rodet, speget
* det er over ngs. forstand
692 The accused is unable to make head / headway against * gøre fremskridt imod ngt.
a deluge of accusations.
As he can’t keep head / headway against a tidal wave
of accusations, he tears his hair in despair.
* syndflod af ngt.
* <<
* = ( tidevandsbølge )
* rive sig i håret
teêz
The accused’s hair tangles (up) easily.
* filtre sig sammen
As he tangles his hair up, it ends up in a mass of tangles.
* sammenfiltre / ugle ngt.
The success goes to the inquisitor’s head.
* stige til hovedet
As success turns his head, the inquisitor orders
*
ugles
* sammenfiltring
gøre ør / indbildsk
=
the accused to stand up and raise his head.
* rejse hovedet
10 Standing up, the accused seems, however, to provoke
* & ophidse ng.
the inquisitor just by being a ( good ) head taller than him,
* med et hoved
and having a good / fine / thick head of tangled (up) hair.
* have godt med >
rette ryggen
It provokes the inquisitor to lose his head
* filtret hår på hovedet
* provokere ng. til at -
* tabe hovedet / besindelsen
and provokes him into such excitability
* & ægge / ophidse ngt. til ngt.
that he flares up at the slightest thing.
* fare op
Provoked into losing his head, the inquisitor flares up
on any occation.
Going off his head, the excitable inquisitor flings out
* pirrelighed
letbevægelighed
* ved > * den mindste / ubetydeligste ting
* provokeret til at -
* tabe hovedet
miste besindelsen
* ved enhver anledning
* ~ gå helt fra koncepterne * uligevægtig * udslynge >
blive skør
letpåvirkelig
ridicule / stultification(s).
* latterliggørelse
20 The temperamental inquisitor is off his head.
* temperamentsfuld
Screaming and laughing his head off,
the inquisitor goes out of his head.
* fare op
uligevægtig
* skrige
* le
* være helt fra koncepterne
& ikke rigtig klog
* ~ himmelhøjt / vildt
* gå helt fra koncepterne
blive skør
The unstable inquisitor is out of his head.
* uligevægtig
Even if he gets / keeps his head down, it’s impossible for
* ~ holde lav profil
the accused not to be under fire.
By now subjecting the accused to stultification,
* være helt fra …
& ikke rigtig klog
* ~ stå for skud
* latterliggørelse
påstand om / bevis for sindsforvirring
and trying to stultify the accused, the inquisitor tries to
* få ng. til at virke dum
stultify his efforts to make any head / headway.
* gøre utroværdig / virkningsløs
erklære utilregnelig
Making no head / headway in / with his counterproof,
* gøre fremskridt
ødelægge virkningen af
* … fremskridt med ngt.
30 unable to keep head / headway against the accusations,
* … fremskridt imod / modstand mod ngt.
the accused is rendered unable to make any head /
* gøre / ( efter-) lade ng. + adj.
headway towards (an) acquittal.
* … henimod
Being so stubborn, proceeding with his long-drawn-out
oral prosecution, the inquisitor, in fact, stultifies himself.
Knowing him to be as stubborn as a mule,
* stædig
* mundtlig
* … fremskridt >
* langtrukken
* retsforfølging
* ( så ) stædig som et muldyr
* gøre sig selv latterlig
the assessors yawn their heads off.
* gabe kæberne af led
His excruciatingly stubborn, boring, dull and stultifying
prosecution against the accused stultifies their minds.
693 The accused keeps pleading innocent and not guilty.
As he stubbornly makes / enters a plea of ‘ not guilty ‘,
* ulideligt * ved-
* kedelig * = * åndsfornærmende
holdende
sløvende
* retsforfølgning imod ng. * fornærme /
* sind
sløve ngt.
* påberåbe sig ngt.
* komme med en bøn om ngt.
the inquisitor eventually interrupts his prosecution, and calls
* strafferetsforfølgning
a consideration of judgement E/A&E the judgement .
* votering om >
The inquisitor together with the assessors retire to
an adjecent / adjoining / a communicating room.
* dom
dommerkendelse
*
* nærliggende * tilstødende * tilstødende ( med dør )
tilstødende
The inquisitor takes the head of the table.
* ~ sætte sig for bordenden
Sitting at the head of the table, the inquisitor pleads that
* fremføre at -
the accused is judged guilty and given a harsh sentence.
*
10 The meeting discuss the judgment.
* ~ mødedeltagerne
In mitigation, one of the assessors intervenes,
* ~ i formildnende øjemed
* bryde ind
-`-
‘ Without really being up to no good, young people often say
* have ondt i sinde
the first thing that comes / pops into their head – and you
* falde ng. ind
cannot expect an old head on young shoulders.’
* gammelt hoved på unge skuldre
According to the assessor, there are extenuating /
mitigating { circumstances / factors.
* ifølge ng. (-s udsagn )
* formildnende
* omstændigheder
You have to see both sides of a / the question.
* se en sag / sagen fra begge sider
Three assessors enter / make / offer a plea in mitigation.
* komme med en bøn
They triy to talk / knock some sense into the inquisitor
* tale / banke >
20 but it’s banging your head against a brick `wall.
Trying to reason with the inquisitor is ( like ) bashing
your head against a brick wall.
* i formildende øjemed
* ( noget ) fornuft ind i ng.
~ tale ng. til fornuft
* ~ løbe panden mod en mur
* være som at løbe >
* panden mod en mur
By / in virtue of his headship, the inquisitor has two votes
while the assessors have a vote a head.
Having only a vote per head,
* i kraft af ngt.
* lederstilling
* per person
* =
the assessors discuss the schism.
* meningsdeling
Matters come to a head because of the split.
* tingene går op i en spids
Matters come to a head between the assessors.
~ der opstår en krise
* - - - mellem ng.
They become entangled in a conflict.
* blive viklet ind i ( krise )
30 They get into a tangle with each other.
* komme i skænderi / klammeri / karambolage med ng.
They tangle with each other over the ruling ( on the case ). * skændes / slås med
The tension between them is almost tangible.
* splittelse
* håndgribelig, til at føle på
`tand§ibêl
The discussion brings matters to a head.
* ~ fremkalde en krise
The situation comes to a head.
* situationen tilspider sig
* afgørelse * i sagen
kendelse
694 Tempers flare and things are coming to a head.
* temperamenterne slår gnister
The affair has come to a head when the inquisitor
* komme til et afgørende punkt
at the head of the table eventually rushes headlong into
* ved bordenden
the discussion with a twitch of his head.
* ryk af hovedet
* der er ved at >
opstå en krise
* kaste sig hovedkulds ind i ngt.
‘ Keep your head shut,’ he flares,’ Use your head !
* ~ hold mund / bøtte
The inquisitor’s nostrils flare ( with anger ).
* spile sig ud ( af raseri )
His eyes flare as he obsessively suspects the accused
* øjnene
* rase
* brug hovedet
* lyne
* som en besat
-`-
of having some tacit knowledge.
The impatient inquisitor tosses his head
* uudsagt
* ~ lave et pludseligt løfte med hovedet
slå med nakken
10 and makes / takes an arbitrary decision.
* selvrådig
Anger flares his nostrils.
* få ngt. til at spile sig ud
The inquisitor is at variance with the assessors
* i uoverstemmelse med ngt
as his conclusions are totally at variance with theirs.
With a toss of his head, the headstrong inquisitor
dismisses the question of mitigation of the punishment.
Heading the table, thinking up a cunning stratagem,
* - - - med ngt.
* ( med et ) kast med hovedet
* affærdige ngt. * spørgsmål /
* stædig, stivnakket
egensindig, selvrådig
* mildning af ( straf )
sag om ngt.
* udtænke ngt.
* sidde for bordenden
* listig plan
the wilful /eA willful inquisitor brings the argument to a head. * bringe … til et afgørende / kritisk punkt
Having adopted his smart ploy to bang / knock the asses> * anvende >
* listig plan om at -
sors’ heads together, he brings matters to a head.
* til at være enige
20 After all, none of the assessors (=sg.) dares to
* når alt kommer til alt
challenge, oppose, or contradict the inquisitor.
* udfordre >
* ~ tvinge ng. >
* bringe sagen til /
fremtvinge en afgørelse
* turde at -
i sidste ende
* modsætte sig >
* modsige ng.
kåntrê`dikt
At the end of the day none of them (pl.) dare to question * <<
his judgement, and headstrong / wilful decision.
* sætte spørgsmålstegn ved
betvivle
* stivnakket, stædig
egensindig, selvrådig
* dom
dømmekraft
When all is said and done, none of them dare ( = modal )
challenge, oppose, or contradict the inquisitors judgement.
So the assessors are somehow compelled / forced to find
the accused guilty on all counts (of the indictment eA).
They find themselves compelled / forced to
judge the accused guilty.
30
*
* udfordre ( ngs. dømmekraft )
* være tvunget til at * ng. skyldig i
* ( anklage-) punkt
* befinde sig >
* dømme ng. + adj.
* finde >
* anklage ( skrift )
* tvunget til at -
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695 Even after a long inquisition,
* skarpt / truende forhør
the accused persistantly refuses to confess.
* afslå at -
Harbouring / nursing a grudge against the accused,
* gå til bekendelse
tilstå
* bære nag til / nære en modvilje mod ng.
the inquisitor has / bears / holds a grudge against anyone
* have en modvilje mod / bære nag til ng.
suspected of heresy or any kind of blasphemy .
*
So bearing the accused a grudge,
the inquisitor has his `knife in the accused.
Having / nursing a grievance against the inquisitor,
* bære nag til ng.
* have et horn i siden på ng.
* have / være optaget en klage over ng.
the accused, as obstinate as the inquisitor,
* stædig
10 still refuses to confess to any crime.
* tilstå ngt.
He obstinately refuses to confess ( that ) he has
ever harmed the inquisitor or committed any crime.
As the accused refuses to confess to the alleged crimes,
* stædigt * tilstå at *
* gå til bekendelse om / tilstå ngt.
and refuses to confess to having committed any crimes,
* … at -
the inquisitor puts / sticks the `knife in.
* ~ være ude på at gøre skade / være nådeløs
He puts / sticks the `knife into the accused
as he wants to send him to torture.
In order to get a confession by all means, the inquisitor
* … skade ng. / nådesløs overfor ng.
* sende ng. til tortur
* få en tilståelse
wants to put / subject him to torture.
* underkaste ng. tortur
20 Putting / sticking the `knife into the obstinate accused,
* ~ ude på at skade ng. / nådeløs overfor ng.
the inquisitor lets fall some sarcastic and vicious remarks.
* lade >
Putting / sticking the `knife in, he remarks on the fact
that desperate diseases need desperate remedies.
Turning / twisting the `knife in the wound,
* falde

* ~ ude på at skade / nådeløs
* der skal skarp lud til skurvede hoveder
* dreje kniven rundt i såret
the inquisitor makes / passes a remark to the effect that
* komme med > * bemærkning
he wants the accused to feel more unhappy.
*
Turning / twisting the `knife, the inquisitor remarks that
truth is rewarded in the final reckoning.
So having passed sentence, the inquisitor questionably
* dreje kniven rundt
* sandhed
* belønnes
* afsige dom ( i kriminalsag )
* gå hen over hovedet på /
the convict to torture.
handle udenom ng.
* til ngt.
the inquisitor’s questionable decision done over their head.
Unable to mollify the inquisitor and mitigate the punish>
* i den mening at -
* bemærke at -
30 goes over the assessors’ head and condemns
The assessors gape / gawp / gawk / goggle at
* bemærkning
* i sidste ende
( opgørelse )
* på tvivlsomt grundlag
* dømme ng. >
* måbe over ngt.
* tvivlsom
* formildne ng.
* hen over hovedet på /
uden hensyntagen til ng.
* mildne ngt.
ment, the assessors accept his judgement by tacit approval.
* stiltiende
696 The convict is up to his ears in trouble.
* til op over begge ører i ngt.
The convict is heading for disaster
when the guards drag him `out by the head and ears.
Member of the audience tries to trip the accused (E& up),
knock him on the head and hit him in his face.
* på vej mod ( katastrofe )
* trække ng. ud
* slå ng. i hovedet
* udtryk i ansigtet
His nostrils flare with fright as the inquisitor’s warning
* være opspilet
In the torture chamber, the torches flare up
10 and begin to flare.
* ved hovedet og ører
* spænde ben for ng.
The convict has a frightened look on his face.
is still ringing in his `ears / head.
* godkendelse
* - - - i ansigtet
* genlyde / runge i hovedet på ng.
* torturkammer
* fakkel
( lomme-, stavlygte )
* flamme /
blusse op
* blafre
In the flare of the torchlight, the torturers
put the convict on the rack.
Using terrible instruments of torture, the torturers
torture the convict into making a confession.
They stick him with the head of an arrow or with
the head of a spear to make him confess.
* blafren
* torturkarl
* lægge ng. på pinebænken
* tortur* torturere ngt til at
* spids
* =
He twitches his face in pain.
* fortrække >
As their faces twitch with pain, many victims confess
* fortrække sig af ngt.
under torture.
* under tortur
20 Many victims confess to alleged crimes under torture.
* bekende / tilstå ngt.
Unable to endure the excruciating pain
* fakkellys
* pil
* spyd
* tilstå
* ansigtet
* tilstå
* =
* ulidelig
ik`skru~$ieiting
many victims admit (to) made-up sins.
* indrømme ngt.
They confess / admit to being guilty of made-up crimes.
* bekende / tilstå / indrømme ngt.
Some victims die after days of excruciating torture.
* ulidelig
A heretic must abjure his heresies.
* afsværge / opgive ngt.
* opdigtet
êb`d§uê
If a person denies to renounce his heretical beliefs
* afsværge / fornægte ngt.
ri`nauns
and denies to make a confession of faith,
* komme med >
he will suffer the tortures of the damned (pl.).
* pinsel
There was no `respite from the excruciation,
* afbrydelse / pause fra ngt.
* trosbekendelse
* de fordømte
* pineri
30 and no respite from the excruciating pain, as the torturers * =
continue to excruciate the victim without respite.
* pine ng.
ik`skru~$ieit
The torturers eventually persuade the convict
to make a confession: to make a full confession.
So he confesses that he has behaved sinfully.
* uden ophold
uophørligt
*
* komme med en tilståelse
* tilstå / bekende at -
* - - - fuld …
As he confesses to assault and blasphemy,
* tilstå ngt.
he confesses to having participated in rioting / a riot,
* … at -
and confesses to being guilty of heresy.
* =
697 Confession (U) (made) under torture,
* bekendelse
it's likely to be at variance with the truth.
tilståelse
* i uoverensstemmelse med ngt.
The victim of torture knows perfectly well / full well /
* under tortur
* vide >
* alt for godt
only too well it would only make matters worse
* kun - - -
if he withdraws his confession.
* tilbagetrække >
His confession brings, however, just a brief `respite as he
will receive / be given the death sentence ( for heresy ).
It brings just a temporary respite from the horrors
* ~ medføre >
* ~ gøre ondt værre
* tilståelse
~ trække sin tilståelse tilbage
* kort pause / pusterum
* få dødsdom ( for ngt. )
* midlertidig
* afbrydelse fra ngt.
as the poor creature is condemned to death for heresy.
* dømt til ngt. ( dødsdømt )
10 Sentenced to death, he’s on the rack.
* =
Suffering the tortures of the damned, he spends
his wait / waiting time excruciated / tortured by the thought
* =
* for ngt.
* lide de værste kvaler
* lide de fordømtes kvaler
* forpint af ngt.
of the head(s)man waiting to make him shorter by the head. * skarpretter
Too many have lost their head.
* miste hovedet
In a few days, when the head of the axe has severed
* hoved
* gøre ng. et hoved kortere
henrette ng. ved halshugning
~ blive halshugget
* skille
the head from the body, the corpse of the executed heretic
* < hovedet fra
will be displayed in public as a deterrent ( to others ).
* afskrækkende eksempel
* lig
* henrettet
di`terênt
People come to shiver and shudder with frigh at the sight
of the cut-off head next to the decapitated, headless body.
* ryste / gyse >
* skælve / gyse >
* afhugget
* hovedafhugget
~ hovedløs
20 If an accused refuses to give in to the inquisitor’s demand, * give efter / bøje sig for ngt.
* af skræk
* hovedløs
di`kapiteitid
and make a full confession, he is put to trial by ordeal,
* sætte ng. på prøve
ordeal by fire, water etc. the result being regarded as
* ildprøve
a divine or preternatural judgement.
* overnaturlig
* ved prøvelse
* vandprøve
-`-
Capital punishment, public execution and corporal
punishment are believed to have a deterrent effect.
The deterrence of harsher punishment is, however,
* dødsstraf
* offentlig henrettelse
* afstraffelse
* afskrækkelse
* strengere
questioned as there’s little evidence that harsher punishments *
deter ( people ) any better that more lenient ones.
* afskrække ( ng. )
30 A criminal who is found guilty of a capital crime,
* forbrydelse, der medfører dødsstraf
is executed either for murder, high treason, heresy
* henrette ng. for ngt.
or other crime reckoned among capital offences
* <<
involving punishment by death.
* dødsstraf
It’s the public executioner’s job to execute / kill criminals.
* legemlig
* bøddel, skarpretter
* afstrafning
As person can be send to their death in many ways,
capital punishment is executed in several ways.
* sende ng. i døden
* udføre ngt.
`eksikju~tid
698 A person condemned / sentenced to death by hanging * dømme til døden
will be executed by hanging.
If a condemned person is sent to his death by hanging,
* henrette ved ngt.
* sende ng. i døden
the hangman puts a rope with a noose arount his neck
* bøddel v. hængning
and hang him from a high place such as a tree or a gallows.
* hænge ng. fra ngt.
So if a crime deserves of the gallows, and the criminal
deserves the gallows, he is sent to the gallows.
* ved hængning
* =
* løkke ( der kan ændres )
* galge
* ngt. fortjene ngt.
* ng. … ngt.
* sende ng. til galgen
A person condemned to death by decapitation / beheading, * ved halshugning
will be send to decapitation / beheading / beheadal
* sende ng. til …
10 and executed by decapitation / beheading.
* henrette ng. ved …
Before the decapitation (C), the condemned person
lay his head on the block.
The head(s)man or beheader uses a sharp-edged sword
or axe to decapitate / behead the condemned person.
Lifting his sword or his axe, he will exercise all his strenght
to cut () off the head in one cut.
In the past, public execution often took place on a scaffold
a raised / an elevated platform.
Doomed to die on the scaffold, the condemned person
20 had to mount the scaffold.
During the French Revolution (1789 – 99), a french doctor /
* halshugning
* lægge hovedet på blokken
* skarpretter
* ~ skarpsleben
( -ægget )
* hugge hovedet af ng.
*
*
* skafot
*
* skæbnedømt til at -
* dø >
* på skafottet
* bestige …
*
physician ( A / o-f E) Joseph Ignace Guillotin, invented
*
the guillotine, a practical device for beheading persons
* guillo`tine
`gilêti~n
by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between
*
two posts that serve as guides.
*
Sent to the guillotine, thousands were guillotined.
* sende ng. til …
If a person is sentenced to death by shooting,
*
he may be executed by a shot in the back of the neck.
A condemned person may be shot by (a) firing squad.
30 A firing squad (sg.) is a group of soldiers.
* skud i >
* guillotinere ng.
* bagsiden af halsen, ~ nakken
& nakkeskud
* ~ henrettelsespeloton
*
The squad aim (pl.) at the heart and shoot at the same time. *
A person sentenced to death by electrocution
is sent to the electric chair.
If a person gets the electric chair, he or she
* dømt til døden
* sende ng. i …
* få ( dommen ) …
* ved aflivning med strøm
~ i den elektriske stol
faces death by the electric chair.
When the authorities e`lectrocute a condemned person,
* stå overfor døden
* aflive ng. med strøm
the person is executed / killed by passing a powerfull
*
electric current through their body.
*
* ~ i den elektriske stol