154 Eroding The Earth`s Surface, Eating And Wearing - Eng

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[email protected] 701 While the convict was dragged to the torture chamber, * the inquisitor had sneaked / snug away from the assessors. * snige sig bort fra ngt. Dressed in secular clothes, he sneaked out of the inquisitorial office and headed for a pub. * verdslig klæder * inquisitionskontor / -bygning The pub thronged with guests. * myldre med A motley crowd of guests thronged the pub. * fylde As the pub was thronged with guests, he met with * være fyldt / proppet med * styre mod trænges i the heady scent of smoke, food and drink, pleasantly strong. He got a glass of beer with a head. * mødes af * berusende * ~ skumtop 10 Affecting him strongly, the heady atmosphere of the pub * berusende atmosfære / stemning made the inquisitor have his head in the clouds. * have tankerne andetsteds have flyvske ideer His thoughts went back to the heady days of youth. * berusende Going to the pub brings a slight mitigation of the mono> * bibringe afbødning / lindring tonomy of his existence. After heady combination of beer, wine and brandy, * * berusende the headstrong inquisitor took steps to make a pass / * viljestærk make passes at a provocative woman even though stædig * ( seksuelt ) udfordrende he was warned against it / doing so. * He enquired whether she wanted to sit down at a table. * gøre tilnærmelser til lægge an på * forespørge om 20 A heady combination of desire and fear made him tremble * berusende as he started to make advances to her. On the make, trying to get off with her / make up to her, he was lured into a card game with a friend of hers. As the inquisitor won the first couple of rounds, he felt heady (pred. of a person) with success. * gøre tilnærmelser til ng. * ude på lir * komme i lag med * lokke ng. ud i ngt. * * beruset af Going to his head, the success turned his head. * stige ng. til hovedt He got a big head ( about it ). gøre ng. indbildsk * blive storsnudet ( over ngt. ) In games, start small and don’t get in over your head. * foretage sig noget over evne As the success went to his head, the inquisitor failed to * stige en til hovedet * fordreje hovedet på ng. slå et for stort brød op 30 realize that he had got into the clutches of a couple of * falde i kløerne på ng. `confidence tricksters. * bondefanger With the intention of tricking people, con artists and conmen are always on the outlook for a `fall guy. Intent (up)on conning / tricking people out of money, conmen try to con / trick people into losing their money. Knowing a lot of confidence tricks, conning his way into * narre ng. * = * bondefanger * nemt offer * narre ngt. ud af / fra ngt. * … ng. ind i ngt. * bondefangerkneb people's confidence, a con artist knows every con / trick * kneb / trick to deceive people in order to cheat them (out) of money. * narre ngt. fra ng. * snyde sig vej ind i ngt. 702 In an act of cold calculation, the conman now and then * handle ud fra kølig beregning lost a game on purpose simply to mislead his victim. * med vilje Giving his opponent a calculated look, the conman calculatedly looked him (straight) in the face. Giving his adversary a calculating look * udspekuleret * bondefanger * beregnende he calculatingly threw off a wrong card * = in order to lose the game by design. * med vilje It was a calculated game. * udspekuleret spil It was a con; it was a classic(al) confidence trick. * bondefangertrick 10 After some more rounds, the inquisitor failed to realize * that he no longer headed the table ( of results ). * føre på resultattavlen He must have had too much heady wine. * berusende The wine must have gone to his head. * stige én til hovedet In fact, he never had a week head for liquor. * ikke kunne tåle As he used to have a strong head for liquor * kunne tåle alkohol he thought that he still had a good head for liquor. * før ng. ved af det The inquisitor decided to go for broke * sætte alt på et bræt when the conman suggested to play double or quits. * spille kvit eller dobbelt 20 As the conman knew a thing or two ( about playing * kende til lidt af hvert his cards right ), the inquisitor ends up ( flat / stone ) broke. * sine kort rigtigt ( & fig. ) rest assured ( that they will ) – rest easy on that head. * = * = Before he was aware of it, he had lost a lot of money. Ultimately, conmen always make the winnings – * = * spille > * helt flad / blanket af * i sidste ende * være forvisset om at * score gevinsten * være rolig på det punkt / hvad det angår Knowing every trick in the book, a conman knows how to * kende alle kneb pretend to be on the `level / &A on the up and `up / honest. * ærlig hæderlig A conman only picks out / selects managable victims, who gladly believe his acting to be on the `level / legal. Pretending to play on a level `playing field with * & udse sig * medgørlig overkommelig * << * på samme niveau som his opponent, making no or just rough calculations, the con> * foretage / lave 30 man in fact, did a precise calculation at each decision. It was calculated confidence tricks (pl.). * løselig beregning * = * kalkuleret * bondefangeri velovervejet Having a long head, the conman only took calculated risks * være durkdreven forudseende and never took an uncalculated risk. * ikke … His efficiency and intelligence were beyond question. * hævet over enhver tvivl Having been conned into a confidence trick and conned * narre ng. ind i ngt. out of all his money, the inquisitor was in over his head. * kalkuleret * bondefangeri * på dybt vand ude i mere end man kan klare Making / pulling a long face, he realized too late * lang i ansigtet skuffet, ked af det he had been entrapped and tricked. * lokke i en fælde * snyde, narre bedrage 703 The conman summons the head waiter * tilkalde ng. who had already calculated their bill. * udregne The inquisitor looked at it and made some calculations. * foretage / gøre He and the conman had an argument about the bill. * They went head to head. * gå lige til sagen After an excessive quantity of wine and beer, * the inquisitor tripped over the words, * snuble and tripped up in the words of the sentenses. * kludre i Nevertheless, having tangled with the head waiter 10 over the bill, he shouted and screamed his head off. * overtjener * beregning udregning * skændes med * i vilden sky He was out of / off his head after excessive drinking. * helt fra koncepterne The waiter told him to shut up and keep his head down. * holde lav profil Rather than going head to head with the hotheads, * gå lige til sagen overfor / ude af den the head waiter decided to try a more subtle approach. So he suggested a compromise to the effect that * brushoved * udspekuleret * gående ud på at the question was decided by heads or tails // * krone eller plat ( plat eller krone by the flip of a coin // on / by the toss of a coin. * slåen plat eller krone The conman agreed to flip for the bill / toss up ( for it ) (eE). * slå plat eller krone om ngt. He agreed to toss ( the inquisitor ) for it. * slå … med ng. om ngt. 20 As the waiter prepared to flip / toss a coin to decide * sende en mønt afsted ( slå plat eller krone ) whether the conman or the inquisitor had to pay the bill, * the inquisitor was allowed to choose heads or tails. * krone eller plat ( plat elle krone ) When heads faced upwards the inquisitor lost the toss. * krone Having lost over his head in the card game and the toss, * tabt til op over begge ører he reckoned (that) he hadn’t got enough money on him. He calculated (that) he hadn’t got the money about him to pay the bill, and was head over ears in debt. * plat eller krone * regne ud * på sig * = * i gæld til op over begge ører He was over his head (A) in debt. * The head waiter refused to give him a temporary `respit. * … ng. = * midlertidig 30 Holding / putting a gun to the inquisitor’s head, * sætte ng. en pistol for brystet the waiter suggested that he gave () up a precious ring * overdrage ngt. ( til ng.) ( to him ) as a pledge / in pledge / as security. * som ( hånd-) pant The inquisitor had to toss up between giving the ring up voluntarily or risking trouble. * udsættelse *i… * som sikkerhed * ~ træffe et tilfældigt valg mellem * << * frivilligt It was a toss-up between the devil and the deep blue sea * ~ pest eller kolera or between Scylla and Carybdis. Raging like a bear with a sore head, the hot`headed * = * rase * som en bjørn med ømt hoved ( en olm tyr ) inquisitor handed () over a precious ring (to the head waiter). * overdrage ngt. ( til ng. ) * ubesindig hidsig, opfarende 704 Dead broke (pred.), the inquisitor headed for the door. Heading back home, he lurched drunkenly through the door. Stumbling along, reeling home, drunk as a lord, * blanket helt af / flad * være på vej hjem * slingre dingle, tumle * * tumle afsted was not only an uncalculated risk, it was, in fact, * ukalkuleret both an uncalculable and an incalculable risk. * ukalkulerbar A passer-by in the street offered to help the inquisitor, * styre mod ngt. * slingre * fuld som en allike * umådelig stor * forbipasserende but the latter held his head high and, in his arrogance, * ranke sig just bit / snapped the passer-by’s head off. * svare kort for hovedet 10 At the head of some stairs, heading for home, the in> * øverst på quisitor tripped `up on a paving (stone). på toppen af * snuble være stolt / vredladent He tripped and fell headfirst. * med hovedet først Having tripped over a cobble (stone), he tripped down * snuble / * styre / være på vej hjemad * brosten * = * … nedad falde over the stairs. Head foremost, he fell down the last steps, and hit a post head-on. He tried to pick himself up but having knocked his head against the post, he plunged `headlong into the canal. Having hit his head and lost consciousness, 20 he was unable to keep his head above water. * * med hovedet forrest * med hovedet forrest * rejse sig / komme på benene efter fald * mod * holde hovedet oven vande * på vej mod By ( a fortunate ) coincidence, a passer-by heard * lykketræf Having rushed off down to the river to investigate, he caught sight of the person in distress. * plask * styrte afsted uden tøven Having dived / jumped `headlong into the water, * * hoppe på hovedet and fought not to loose his grip on the lifeless body, * løsne grebet i 30 he managed to rescue the inquisitor. * Having fearlessly saved him from drowning, * frygtløs and brought him, nothing daunted, safely to land, * ufortrødent the rescuer managed to drag the confused inquisitor to * the rescuer’s own home and put him to bed. * He was put to bed, blind / dead drunk and probably with cuncussion (E) / (A) a concussion * undersøge * Intrepidly, the passer-by plunged head`first into the water * ufortrødent to come to the rescue of the victim of the accident. * med hovedet forrest * slå hovedet He was heading for certain death. the splash. * falde styrte * støde hovedet > * døddrukken * … hjernerystelse * kaste sig i [email protected] 705 Having caught a headcold, and having a high fever, * snue the inquisitor was shaking from head to `foot / toe. * fra top til tå The rescuer was worried that he was concussed. * få hjernerystelse Whether he had suffered head injuries and had had * hovedkvæstelser (a) concussion (of the brain) or suffered from a terrible * hangover, he woke up with a bad head. * hovedpine * hjernerystelse His head was throbbing. * dunke He had a excruciating / splitting headache. * pinefuld / dundrende hovedpine The headache excruciated him. * pine 10 His rescuer has his head screwed on; he has * være fornuftig og kvik i pæren his head screwed on right / straight / the right way. * = The rescuer questioned the person in his charge on his movements on the night of the accident. * udspørge ng. > * i ngs. varetægt * om ngt. * bevægelser færden Although he was reluctant to confess to his ignorance, * indrømme / vedkende sig ngt. the inquisitor must confess to being ignorant and knowing * … at nothing about how he had ended up like this. * Reluctantly, he confessesed that he was embarrassed. ‘ I’m embarrassed about it,’ he confessesed. Soon after the rescuer realized who was in his custody, 20 he qustions the inquisitor about his previous history. The inquisitor confessesed himself bewildered and embarrassed by the rescuer’s explanation. * indrømme at * indrømme * * forhistorie * indrømme at være + adj. * Complaining bitterly, he confessed to being a fool. * klage sin nød The inquisitor poured out his troubles to his rescuer. * hælde sine problemer ud over ng. He never realized anyone could be so cunning, sly * snedig * indrømme at være klage sin nød til and calculating as the conmen. Having heard the rest of the story behind, the rescuer lectured the inquisitor about his delusions. ‘ Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s udspekuleret * beregnende udspekuleret * underfundig snu, lusket * * belære ng. om ngt. * hvorfor ser du splinten ( støvkorn ) i din broders 30 eye but considerest not the beam in thine own eye ? ‘ * øje men ( betragter ) ej bjælken i dit eget he asked the inquisitor reproachfully. * You got into a scrape / scrapes (o-f), beginning at the pub, * komme i knibe and only because of me, a merciful clandestine heretic, * you got out of the scrape alive. * komme ud af … And as far as the inqusition is concerned, instead of * being an advocate of the Gospel, justice and mercy, * you have acted as an officious inquisitor blinded by * alt for tjenstivrig, emsig revengefulness and ambition. * geskæftig, nævenyttig 706 Having lectured him on Christian humanity, tolerance, * belære / formane ng. om ngt. freedom of conscience and religious liberty, the rescuer * lectured the inquisitor about behaving according to * = Christian mercifulness. * The rescuer had the ability to hit the nail on the `head. * slå hovedet på sømmet Although he suffered from a feverish cold * febril ramme rigtigt med sin mening febergivende and had a thick head, the inquisitor was clear-`headed. * have ondt i hovedet * klarhovedet / hovedpine Suffering from a fever and a headache, * he soon fell into a feverish sleep. * feber- 10 In a feverish dream, the inquisitor was put to trial. * sætte ng. på anklagebænken Being in the dock, he was cross-examined by a `death’s head. Every time he rushed / plunged headfirst into a defence he got tied up / entangled in contradictions. Every remark just sent him tumbling headlong into another (self-) contradiction. ’ I will not forget your lack of Christian charity * * dødningehoved * kaste sig hovedkulds udi ngt. * blive viklet ind i selvmodsigelser * sende ng. hovedkulds ind i * selvmodsigelse * when your day of reckogning comes,’ the death’s head said. * regnskabets dag / din dommedag kommer Every time he asked / begged / pleaded for mercy, * 20 he entangled himself in contradictions, * vikle sig ind i selvmodsigelser and knocked his head against a wall. * støde panden mod en mur Having knocked his head against a brick wall, * = he suddenly recognized a person behind the death’s head, * genkende the son of man who hath not where to lay his head. * menneskesønnen ( som ) havde intet steds at hvile sit hoved. ‘ Will you have the heretic’s death on your head ? ‘ Jesus asked. Feeling a sharp pang / prick / twinge of conscience the inquisitor shook his head. Jesus went on, ‘ Their blood be on your head ! ‘ 30 ‘ On your head be it ! ‘ The inquisitor broke out in a cold sweat. * på éns samvittighed * * ~ anfald af samvittighedskval * ryste på hovedet * hans blod skal komme over dit hoved * det er dit ansvar * få koldsved 707 Tossing and turning in his sleep, * vende og dreje sig he tangled () `up the bedclothes / E& bedcovers. * sammenklumpe ngt. The bedclothes tangled up on the bed as he lay tossing and turning in `torment. ’ A true Christian shows mercy to his fellow beings, ’ Jesus instructed (the inquisitor). The inquisitor nodded his head in agreement. * sammenklumpe * i lidelse * * instruere / belære ( ng.) * nikke med hovedet Entangled in bedclothes, he woke up from fits of delirium. * viklet ind i ngt. Waking up in a cold sweat about the close encounter, 10 he had a haunted look on his face. * & vildelse * ( badet ) i koldsved ( over ngt.) * tæt ( farligt ) møde * plaget udtryk The bedcovers were all tangled (up). * sammenklumpe In a tangle of bedlinen, wet from head to foot / toe, * sammenklumpning uglet the inquisitor leaned (his back) against / on the bedhead . His conscience pricked him as he realized, recognized * sengelinned * læne sig ( ryggen) op ad ngt. * fra top til tå * hovedgærde * ens samvittighed nager en * opdage / indse * … ( at ) / erkende ( at ) and acknowledged that, blinded by officiousness, * indse / erkende at he had been too eager to tell people what to do. * His realizarion, recognition, and acknowledgement that * opdagelse / erkendelse ( af at ) he had officiously abused his power pricked his conscience. * alt for tjenstivrigt, emsigt Excruciated by feelings of guilt, he realized it was time the inquisitor hung his head in shame. Having extricated himself from the tangled (up) sheets, he mopped his fevered brow and promised to be merciful. Having praised his saviour, he repeated his promise, * nage ens samvittighed geskæftigt, nævenyttigt * forpint 20 he got / put his head down, and made some revision(s). * dukke hovedet Tortured and tor`mented by pangs of conscience, * erkendelse af at holde lavprofil * pint / plaget af * hænge med hovedet * foretage ( nogle ) forandringer / genovervejelser * samvittighedskvaler * af skam * vikle sig ud af ngt. * sammenklumpet * tørre * barmhjertig tilgivende * ‘ You may rest assured – you can rest easy ( on that head ). ‘ * være rolig ( på det punkt ) The headstrong inquisitor realized that he had been * selvrådig, egensindig stivsindet, stædig a much too heady character. * & ubesindig heftig, voldsom His heady conduct had got many people into trouble. * = 30 He realized that his coming unto the knowledge of truth, * komme til sandheds erkendelse that his quest for the truth, quest for God’s truth, real truth * søgen efter sandheden * guds sandhed * virkelig … and eternal truth had been based on false premises. * evig … He realized that he had just blindly accepted whatever dogma he was told – he had never thought to question it. The rescuer raises the question of inquisition: methods * * betvivle * rejse spørgsmålet om of interview, questioning, interrogation, examination * ( politi-) forhør and justice. * * = * = * retsligt forhør 708 The inquisitor and the saviour discuss the question of * diskutere … om justice and Christian charity. * The rescuer puts new arguments into the inquisitor’s head. * få ng. til at tænke over ngt. Nothing should put the arguments out of his head. * få til at glemme ngt. After his trip on his way home and rescue by a heretic, * snublen the inquisitor has done a lot of headwork. * tanke arbejde Realizing he was been wrong, he admits all his trips. * fejl, -trin Makes a refutation of his previously held views, * he admits he has been a wrongdoer. * synder 10 ‘ Whether people consider me a turncoat, * vendekåbe that’s their headache, ‘ the inquisitor says – * det er éns egen hovedpine ‘ that’s their private headache, ‘ he emphasizes. * = lovbryder The rescuer calculates on an acquittal. * regne med ngt. He calculates on the inquisitor acquitting the accused. * … at ng. gør ngt. The inquisitor evidences his conversion by promising * tydeliggøre to acquit the condemned prisoner. Even if the inquisitor swears to rectify his wrongdoing(s), it's an awkward matter / business to trust in his promises. * * rette op på umoralsk / ulovlig handling * vanskeligt sin ( egen ) sag Will the inquisitor put his head / neck on the block for 20 the condemned prisoner ? Will he withdraw / drop all charges against the convict, and acquit him of heresy and every alleged crime ? In all cases, inquisitor hurries back to the iquisitorial offices, and makes his way to the torture chamber. Luckily, feeling honour bound to fulfil his promise, the repentant inquisitor orders the accused to be released. Having a tortured mind, the poor soul hardly grasps the heady news of his acquittal. * lægge hovedet på blokken for ng. * * frafalde * anklage mod * frikende * påstået * * * føle sig forpligtet til at * angrende * forpint sind * berusende His ordering the condemned man acquitted involves * 30 an uncalcucable risk for the inquisitor’s future career. * Even if it may be an incalculable risk, it’s a calculated risk. * 709 About the same time, a (dead) body is found in the river. * The coroner holds an inquest into the person’s death. * ligsyns- embedsmand A coroner’s inquest is hold to discover the cause of death. * ligsyn (-sundersøgelse ) * foretage en undersøgelse / et ligsyn angående The post-mortem (examination) (E) / autopsy (eA) shows * ligsyn that the dead person has been stabbed to death. * Apart from that, the coroner’s court / (coroner’s) inquest * retsligt ligsyn hears that the corpse has had its ring finger cut off. * lig The scene of the crime bears evidence of a struggle. * gerningssted It bears / gives witness to fierce fighting. * = 10 It testifies to a fierce fight. It bears testimony of / to a fierce fight. * bære indlysende præg af / vise tydelige tegn på / give vidnesbyrd om ngt. * vidne om ngt. * give vidnesbyrd om / vise sikre tegn på ngt. [ `testêmêni / - mouni (A) ] The dead person is identified as the conman. * Multiple enjuries to the body are a testimony of / to fierce * mange fighting. A life-and-death struggle has taken place, as evidenced by multiple injuries. * kvæstelse * * kamp på liv og død * bevidnet / (det) fremgår af The exact time of death is still an open question. * åbent spørgsmål The police launch a murder enquiry / investigation. * iværksætte … undersøgelse Having launched an investigation / enquiry into * … af ngt. 20 the murder, the police start investigating. While investigating the murder, the police appeal for witnesses to the crime. * vidnesbyrd om / bevis på ngt. * undersøge * … ngt. * efterlyse vidner til ngt. The police appeal for eye witnesses to come forward. * komme frem They appeal for everyone who has witnessed anything * appelere til ng. > ~ melde sig in connection with the murdered man to come forward * myrdet ( with information ). * med ngt. * være vidne til ngt. * < om at A lot of witnesses help the police with their enquiries (E). * hjælpe politiet med afhøring Having enquired their name, occupation and address, * spørge om the police enquire what people have witnessed. * forhøre sig om hvxx 30 They enquire who they have seen and enquire where * = and when they have seen anything suspicious. * = * melde sig * være vidne til [email protected] 710 An eyewitness has been (a) witness to an argument / * øjenvidne a quarrel / a row (E) at the pub between the head waiter * skænderi * være vidne til ngt. * mellem * myrdet [ rau ] the murdered conman, and a third persom unknown to him. He has witnessed the three of them having a quarrel / * for ( ng. ) ukendt * overvære / være vidne til ngt. an angry argument / a blazing row ( with each other) * vildt / voldsomt skænderi about money and over a bill. * om ngt. They had been arguing, quarrelling and rowing (E) ( with each other ) about money. So as there’s some evidence for the waiter’s complicity * have > * ( med ng. ) * = * skændes * ( med ng. ) * om ngt. * tegn / bevismateriale, der tyder på 10 in the murder, he is arrested and interrogated. He is being investigated by the police on suspicion of murder / of having murdered the conman. * * undersøge ng. * pga. mistanke om ngt. * To clear up a murder usually takes some / a lot of `doing. * opklare * kræve en del / masse arbejde The police follow / try different lines of enquiry * forfølge / prøve The police enquire as to his movements on the last days. * forespørge om As they enquire about all his doings, * forhøre sig / spørge om they enquire into all his whereabouts. At the interrogation, the head waiter explains that as soon * * 20 had suddenly disappeared from the pub, * he realized that the ring had disappeared. * * forhøre sig om hvxx the police get the whole story about the inquisitor. * On further enquiry, it emerges, though, that * the head waiter could have been involved in the murder. * The head waiter is put to trial accused of murder. * The prosecution and defence call witnesses. * føre vidner The head waiter is worried if the inquisitor will refuse * bekymret for om to testify. * vidne 30 He’s afraid if he’ll refuse to give testimony (U). * bange for at As the inquisitor surprisingly agree to testify at the trial, * undersøgelse * = as he realized that the conman and his female companion Having enquired how the head waiter had got the ring, * retningslinie * nægte * nægte at afgive vidneudsagn * vidne he is summon(s)ed to appear in court, * indkalde and testify / give evidence in court. * indkalde til at All the witnesses who are summon(s)ed to give evidence * vidne i retten * vidne / afgive vidneudsagn * indkalde have to stand up in the witness box (E) / (A) witness stand * vidneskranke and give a sworn `testimony (sg.). * afgive en svoren vidneforklaring * vidne Having taken the stand (E/A), they give evidence. * tage plads i vidneskranken * aflægge vidneforklaring The witnesses testify about what they have witnessed. * vidne * forklare om * være vidne til 711 An queer, shabby-looking customer (o-f) appears as * underlig * lurvet / sølle udseende * fyr * optræde som (a) witness for the prosecution. * vidne for In his testimony, the prosecution witness testifies that * anklageren * i … vidneforklaring * anklagerens vidne * bevidne / forklare at * tvivlsomt betvivleligt he has witnessed the murder and qustionably claims to have * være vidne til seen the accused at the scene of the crime. Turning King’s / ‘Queen’s / (A) State’s evidence, the witness seems a man of questionable character. One questions whether he’s telling the truth. * * vidne mod ng. for selv at få en mildere straf * tvivlsom * stille spørgskålstegn ved om tvivle på at ‘ I have been at the pub all the time,’ the defendant testifies. * bevidne forklare 10 The inquisitor appears as (a) witness for the defence. As a defence witness, he testifies (that) the head waiter had got in possession of the ring by legal means. Testifying for the defence, several witnesses testify (that) the head waiter has been at the pub at he time of the murder. So the defendant’s claim is supported by the testimony of several witnesses. The defence now cross-ex`amine the witness who testified against the head waiter. An odour of suspicion now surrounds this witness and his * vidne for forsvaret * = * bevidne / forklare at * på legal / lovlig vis * vidne for * bevidne / forkklare at * ( vidne-) forklaring * * krydsforhøre ng. * vidne mod * et anstrøg af mistanke 20 testimony as it seems he has no tenable evidence to * have holdbart bevismateriele til at - support his allegation against the head waiter. * beskyldning mod ng. There is, however, convincing evidence of a link between * overbevisende the witness and the conman’s female (fellow) conspirator. * tegn på vidnesbyrd om * The defence finds further evidence for this theory. * finde yderligere bevis for ngt. The witness’s honesty is in question. * tvivlsom After a long time under cross-exami`nation, the witness * under krydsforhør breaks down and confesses / makes a confession. Having withdrawn his testimony, he admits to have * tilstå / komme med an tilståelse * trække sit vidneudsagn tilbage given (a) false testimony, but explains still to have * afgive ( en ) falsk vidneforklaring 30 been (a) witness to a brutal murder. * være vidne til ngt. * brutal The court has an eyewitness account / testimony. * øjenvidneberetning He was shocked by the violent scenes he had witnessed. * være vidne til ngt. The question is who and what he had witnessed * spørgsmålet er and why he has committed perjury. In answer to the question as to why he had committed * understøtte * = * begå mened * som svar på perjury, he explains that he has been threatened and bribed * bestikke ng. > by the conman’s former conspirator into diverting suspicion * til at away from her and into diverting suspicion to head waiter * fra ng. by throwing suspicion on him. * = * spørgsmålet om hvxx * lede mistanken væk > aflede … * henlede / kaste mistanke på ng. 712 Further investigation bears / gives withess to the fact * vidne om that the woman in question is a robber and murderer. * rovmorder Charged of murder with intent to rob, she is wanted by the police all over the country. As a person who has murdered with intent to rob, she faces death sentence if she’s ever caught. The head waiter is released when the judge rules there is no evidence against him. There is not a shred of evidence that the head waiter 10 had anything to do with the crime. The question arises as to whether or not the murderess (o-f) had done it single-handed. Had she done it on her own and done it all by herself ? * rovmord * * & rovmorder * * * * ikke et gran af bevis for at * * spørgsmålet opstår om hvorvidt * morderske * = Together with the key question of what caused the clash / * sammenstød encounter between the conman and his co-conspirator, * = mellem many questions remain unanswered. * spørgsmål * * * 20 * gøre ngt. på egen hånd være alene om ngt. * sammenstød * forblive ubesvaret stå … hen 713 In the meantime, the head office in Rome receives * modtage / få information on the recent inquisition. * … om Having obtained information about the local inquisitor’s * opnå … om discharge of his office / official duties, the head office writes * to enquire further about the inquisition in question. * forhøre sig om There is no question of the head Inquisitor in Rome taking a very serious look at the matter. Having looked at the question of the unusual course * nyligt afholdt * omtalt * … ingen tvivl om at * se meget alvorligt på * se på spørgsmålet / problemet om of inquisition, the head office holds an inquest on the matter. * afholde en retslig undersøgelse om ngt. 10 It holds an inquest into why the local inquisition had * … , der skal se nøjere på suddenly changed its course of action. * handlingsforløb The question is should it order an enquiry / inquiry or not. * spørgsmålet er To all appearences and by all accounts there is no question of an inquiry being ordered. * efter alt at dømme * iværksætte The head office sends an envoy to set up a committee * udsending The committee will hold an enquiry into the discharge * høring * = ( som det ser ud / hvad der siges ) * ingen tvivl om It decides to launch an enquiry into the affair. of enquiry in order to set up a judicial enquiry. * beordre kræve * høring * høring * oprette nedsætte * = * kommite * høring * of the inquisitor’s office and look into the inquisitor’s * se nærmere på 20 official acts, actions performed in his official capacity. * embedshandling / -pligt undersøge The `emissary from Rome enquires after the inquisitor and the assessors. So the committee holds an enquiry into why the local inquisition had departed from normal procedure. The local inquisitor’s version of events is accepted without question. The question which needs to be addressed is one of suitability. The inquisitor’s efficiency and intelligence has so far 30 been beyond question. At the time of his employment, he was by far the best candidate, there’s no question about that. * = pl. -førelse * udsending * spørge efter * * afholde en høring * afvige fra * * uden tvivl * spørgsmål * tage fat på problem * egetnethed * * udenfor tvivl * & i sin tid * … ingen tvivl om … He was, without question, the best candidate. * uden tvivl Nobody questioned who had been the best candidate * sætte spørgsmålstegn ved hvxx There is no question that he has, so far, come up to * der hersker ikke tvivl om at the expectations of the head office. * i embeds medfør * ngs. forventninger * leve op til > 714 Now his suitability for the job is open to question. * ~ åben for debat Whether he’s suitable for the job is an open question. * et åbent spørgsmål Looking enquiringly at the the inquisitor, * spørgende the envoy enquires why he had deviated from * spørge om hvxx his official duties and diverged from official policy. * ~ embedspligt Raising an enquiring eyebrow towards the enquisitor the envoy enquires the reason for his deviation(s), * løfte et > * spørge om ngt. divergence(s) and departure(s) from official procedure(s). * = ‘ Why have you departed from normal procedure,’ 10 the envoy enquires ( of him ). The inqusitor’s account of events calls / brings / throws Christian charity into question. The case calls / brings / throws into question religious liberty and freedom / liberty of conscience. The committee seem unable to follow the inquisitor’s line of argument. * afvige fra ngt. * afvige fra * officiel politik * spørgende * øjenbryn * afvigelse * = * ~ embeds … * afvige fra ngt. * & fremgangsmåde * spørge ( ng. ) * kalde / bringe // kaste ngt. > * til debat // ind i debatten * & sætte spørgsmålstegn ved * * * argumentsrække resonnement An enquirer of the committee picks up and pursues another line of enquiry / questioning. The inquisitor becomes entangled in a series of religious 20 and political conflicts with the committee. In the end, the committee refuses to accept the inquisitor’s line of reasoning. * spørger * ~ vælge * ( for-) følge * afhørings- / udspørgnins- { kurs / metode * viklet ind i * konflikt / uoverstemmelse med ng. * * resonnement The envoy also enquires into the inquisitors private affairs. * spørge indtil ngt. forhøre sig nærmere om ngt. Finding the inquisitor guilty of misconduct (in office), the committee reports to the head office. Threatening to give the local inquisitor notice * embedsmisbrug * * give ng. sin afsked in case of any future abuse of office, the head office * embedsmisbrug lets him off / dismisses him with a caution. * lade ng. slippe med en advarsel The local inquisitor accepts the caution without question. * acceptere … 30 * uden at stille spørgsmål / tøven [email protected] 715 Inspired by his religious visions and provoked by * vision the head office’s admonition(s) and injunction(s), * formaning the inquisitor feels an urge to witness. * vidne ( om religiøse oplevelser ) drømmesyn In spite of the head office’s warnings, he starts to witness to his religious visions and revelations. As a witness and reformed Christian, he speaks publicly about his reformed Christian belief. When the local editor headlines the article about * * give vidnesbyrd om * syn vision * åbenbaring * religiøst vidne * reformert * reformeret * sætte overskrift på the inquisitor’s disobedience and insubordination, * opsætsighed 10 he makes a two-line head. * overskrift So when the inquisitor is in / hits the headlines, * irettesættelse * komme i overskriften blive dagens sensation he really makes / grabs (the) headlines. * = The readers make a lot of enquiries. * komme med … forespørgsel Getting / receiving a delicate enquiry ( from the bishop ) * få … forespørgsel ( fra ng.) ( about the delicate matter ), the editor is asked * ( om ngt. ) a delicate questions about his attitude to the case. * … spørgsmål om * ømtålelig sag * blive stillet When many opponents of inquisition have seen the heading * overskrift and read the article, they head for the inquisitors home. The inquisitor is greeted with a thunderous ovation. * styre mod * blive hilst / modtaget med 20 Receiving an ovation of this kind, * modtage the inquisitor quits further doubt. * opgive * klapsalve holde op med He can’t go on as an inquisitor – it’s out of the question. * udelukket He wants to give (his) notice and quit his work. * tage sin afsked So he simply decides to quit. * skride fra det hele * holde op med ngt. So as he decides to quit office, and quit himself of his past, * sige sin stilling op he hands `in his notice / resignation. When he quits working, his collegues shake their head and call him a quitter. * befri sig for * indgive sin opsigelse * holde op med at gøre ngt. * ryste på hovedet * person, der forlader et ufuldendt arbejde As a representative of the Catholic Church, the inquisitor’s * representant for ngt. 30 landlord gives him notice to quit. * give ng. besked om at fraflytte sige ng. op The ex-inquisitor’s quest for knowledge, the truth and happiness has come to a temporary end. Having got notice to quit, the ex-inquisitor decides * * * få besked om at fraflytte blive sagt op to fulfil a long-nourished desire to journey * opfylde > in quest for adventure, knowledge, happiness and truth. * i søgen efter Before he sets off in quest of adventure, knowledge, * tage af sted happiness and the truth, he pays off / quits all his debts. * sandheden * længe næret * befov ( for at ) * rejse * = * betale ngt. ud * gæld 716 There was a question mark over the Catholic Church. * A big question mark hung over the Catholic Church. * The Romen Catholic Church witnessed an increase in * være vidne til opleve religious protests. Those times witnessed a period of religious upheaval and some countries witnessed a religious reformation. The growing number of Protestants bore testimony to the success of the upheavals. Nevertheless, quite few in the Vatican probably foresaw * * være vidne til * = * bringe vidnesbyrd om * * 10 the propinquity / pro`ximity of the Church to a separation.* ngs. nærhed til ngt. and the propinquity / proximity of the Protestant Churches. The numerous political and religious conflicts in Europe * … af * during the Thirty Years War ( 1618 – 48 ) is a testimony to * tredveårskrigen the tangled web of political and religious beliefs. * indviklet In the final reckoning, the Inquisition failed to achieve * vidne om * net ( ~ sammensurium ) * når regnskabet gøres op its goals as the Protestants during the Reformation in the 16th * century succeeded in establishing the Protestant Churches * in Northern Europe. * Religious calculations often entangle with political 20 calculations whether concerning power or wealth. As political as well as religious leaders usually try to * beregning * vikle sig sammen med ngt. * * manoeuvre their way to the top of the tangled web of politics * manøvrere sig vej they often become / get entangled in conflicts whether * vikle ng. ind i concerning tangible or intangible aims. * håndgribelig So political and religious entanglement is usually * forvikling, komplication vanskelighed a tangled (up) affair. * indviklet speget Human beings continually quest for happiness, bodily as well as spiritual satisfaction. Religious doctrines and dogmatism for ages trammelled 30 the quest for knowledge and freedoms / liberties. Eventually, in the (Age of) Enlightment, a philosophical movement in the 17th and 18th centuries characterized by * søge efter * legemlig / åndelig tilfredsstillelse * hindre * søgen efter * oplysningstiden * belief in human reason, the quest for happiness was liberated * oplysningstiden from the trammels (pl.) of religious and political doctrines. * snærende bånd * indviklet * u-… THE INQUISITOR’S NEW LILFE 717 Towards the head of a pier, as chance would have it, * hoved the ex-inquisitor gets into conversation with a woman. ende * falde i snak med Tripping along by his side, she’s wearing a skirt with a slight flare. * anløbsbro mole * træde / danse yndefuldt * Her hair is arranged in a charming headdress, * frisure and he’s already carried away by her heady `perfume. He tells her about the profound consequence * blive beruset * berusende * of his trip down the stairs. * snublen fald She listnens to him with a heady feeling. * berusende 10 He reckons (that) she’ll agree to see him again. * regne med The ex-inquisitor falls head over heels in love. * til op over begge ører The object of his choice is head over heels in love with * = him, too. * For the first time, he fully realizes, he has, in fact, all his life just been questing for an earthly partner of his life. His quest of a heavenly partner of his life, has only been a substitute for the quest for the earthly partner of his life. The ex-inquisitor tells her his name is Theodosius * * søge efter ngt. * søgen efter ngt. * erstatning for ngt. * søgen efter ngt. * but he would like her to call him Theo. * 20 Her name is Dora – Theodora, what a coincidence. * He enquires about her family. * forhøre sig / She tells him that she’s a widow living with a relative * ( fore-) spørge om of dear propinquity / proximity. * ( & ånds- ) beslægtet nærhed They live on a farm in the east ( the East ), not too far from * ~ i den østlige del af landet a village in an eastern rural county / district / parish * østligste in the eastern part of the country, ( northern / southern ) * i den østlige del af landet [ nådên * landkommune / -distrikt / -landsogn sådên ] actually the eastermost part of the country. * østligste The village is situated ( to the ) east of / further east than * øst for the headland, on the east and west bank further up the river * forbjerg 30 They live in close propinquity / proximity to the wilds * i umiddelbar nærhed in the propinquity of the eastern mountains, * i nærheden af in the proximity of the eastern slopes ( slopes facing east ) * = and the western headsprings / headwaters (pl.) of the river. * vestliggende * øst * østlig * østvendt * mod øst * udspring * øvre løb udspring Although there are no neighbours in the immediate vicinity, * i den nærmeste omegn / umiddelbar nærhed and not too far from civilisation. The relative propinquity / proximity of the farm to * * nærhed af ngt. til ngt a country road, and the village at the navigable river * landevej makes it practicable to reach. * praktisk mulig overkommelig * vest 718 The ex-inquisitor would have asked more questions, * stille … spørgsmål but he doesn’t want to seem inquisitive. * spørgelysten, videbegærlig nysgerrig, nyfigen As Dora is on her way back home, and the ship is about to sail, they have to say good by. * * Having solemnly promised to come and see her as soon as * possible, Theo can’t help popping the question. * få sig til at Colour flares in their cheeks. * lade spørgsmålet om ægteskab falde fri * få farve i kinderne He gets no answer but a passionate kiss. * Theo’s brain is teeming with a whole tangle of emotions. * mylde / vrimle med * sammenfiltring virvar and ideas. * As he hasn’t (got) any family, he fancies the playful trips 10 of frisky little children’s feet. * børn * trippen * livlig kåd Before quitting for good, the former inquisitor writes an important note in ten heads. He strikes the head of a nail with the head of a hammer, as he fastens the note on the church door. In the heading, at the head of the paper it says, ‘ Quit inquisition ! ‘ * skride fra det hele * afsnit * hoved * = * * overskrift * hold op med Each head is a protest against religious oppression. * Even if it is teeming with rain, the church square is soon * ~ regne tæt teeming with people. * myldre / vrimle med ng. 20 While crowds gather in the vicinity of the church, * i området omkring the ex-inquisitor looks for a cab to take him to the harbour. * A sailor casts off the moorings, head and stern, and the ship turns eastward(s). * have kurs mod Their heading is eastward. ( north>, west>, southward ) * kurs Heading in an easterly / eastward direction, * styre [ nådêli ] The sailors wear flares / (E&) flared `trousers. * agter, stavn * øvre ende * ( klippe-) fjord * østlig ( * nordlig * vestlig * sydlig ) mod øst mod nord mod vest mod syd * østlig * nordlig [ sådêli ] they sail eastward(s). * for, -stavn * mod øst The ship is heading for a port at the head of the fiord. ( northerly / westerly / southerly direction ) 30 * fortøjning * østpå * trompetbukser * vestlig * sydlig 719 In spite of a head current and (a heavy) head swell * modstrøm the ship gathers headway as it heads eastward(s). * få fart på fremad ( kraftig ) They sail head to wind, and sail head to sea. * med stavnen lige mod As they head up against the wind, a chilly east(erly) wind * krydse op mod vinden the ship makes good headway in the headwind * have fart på fremad and the headsea. * næse-, stampesø As the ship makes head, it heads the waves, and the headsail is very tight. * komme frem * frontal * styre In the winter when the coast was hit by heady winds, a ship had struck a rock head on. As the head of the ship was crushed against the head of a rock, the ship was condemned. A barge takes him towards the head ot the river where there’s a small town not far from his destination. A driver is harnessing his horse with headgear, * modvind * ramme med stavnen * forsejl * kraftigt pågående * frontalt * bov * fremspring * give ngt. seletøj på * hovedstol 20 The rest of the harness, leather straps and metal pieces, * seletøj * tøjle The driver heads the carriage for the farm. * trave * slå over i trav * styre ngt. mod it trots along the country road at a brisk trot. * i ( rask ) trav The seat has a headrest. * nakkestøtte If frightened, a horse may suddenly bolt. * løbe løbsk It may start to canter or gallop and run away at a canter * løbe i kort gallop the driver pulls on the reins to stop the horse. * rem * * frie tøjler Having reached their destination at a smart trot, * læder * 30 As the drver gives the horse the / its head, or at a gallop. * tøjler * kørelejlighed Having given the horse a signal with the reins, to trot; instantaneously, the horse breakes into a trot. * bidsel * sige ( byde ng. ) god ( eftermid- ) dag * på vej hen At the country road, the driver gives the horse the signal * hovedtøj * ’ Where are you headed ( for )? ’ the driver asks. the horse instantly starts to walk. * udspring * which consists of the headstall, the bit and the reins. Theo inquires about a lift. * dømt til ophugning * flodbåd * grime Having bid / bidden the driver good afternoon, * <= * = mainly consisting of the bridle or halter are put around the horse’s body to fasten it to the carriage. * mod øst * østenvind If the wind falls, the ship is unable to make much headway. * løje af 10 It makes little or no headway. * bølgegang * i gallop * i rask trav * trække i tøjlerne * gallopere * i let gallop [email protected] 720 Theo is bid welcome by Dora and an younger person. As Dora shows Theo round, he looks and peeps inquisitively at everything. * byde ng. velkommen * vise ng. rundt * smugkigge * nysgerrigt The old farm has a tangible as well as an intangible quality * håndgribelig * uhåndgribelig of a homely / homey (eA) atmosphere; it has both tangible * E : skøn hjemlig / skøn hjemlig and intangible properties of homeliness / hominess (eA). A : uskøn * egenskaber Theo is carried away by both the tangibly and intangibly homely / homey atmosphere. Very soon his attention is attracted to a burial plot 10 with a gravestone / headstone at the head of the grave. Dora explaines, ’ I was unluckily orphaned and widowed years ago and my parents and my husband are buried there. * = * hjemlighed / hjemlighed kvaliteter uskønhed * blive revet med * håndgribelig * uhåndgribeligt * * gravsted * gravsten * hovedenden * gøre forældreløs * grav * gøre til enke ( & enkemand ) * Their boat was swallowed up by the boiling waves. * opslugt As the eldest orphan, and widowed wife, I was just * forældreløst barn old enough to run the farm and take care of my younger * orphan brother and sister. * forældreløs * skummende * enkebleven So we avoided to be sent to an orphan home / orphany. ‘ * hjem for forældreløse børn Dora shows / takes Theo over the farmhouse. * vise / tage ng. rundt i The old house has doors with quite little headroom * frihøjde * stuehuset ( loftshøjde på loft eller mellem skibsdæk ) 20 ( headway / clearence ) which is the clear vertical space * = between the threshold or sill of the doorway * dørtrin and the head of the doorway and door frame. tærskel * toppen af … So when he passes a doorway, he has to bend his head to pass under the head of the doorway. Dora wants Theo to be the head of the house * husets overhoved even if he used to consider menial work to stultify the mind, * slå … * familieoverhoved * overhoved the ex-inquisitor throws himself wholeheartedly into all kinds * tjenestefolkstyende* gå i lag lag med ngt. 30 of menial jobs and tasks. * << He’s quick at learning fieldwork, feeding and milking * bøje hovedet / sit hoved * * bøje … He’s happy to do his head-of-the-family duties, and * døråbning * dørkarm * døråbning If he doesn’t bow his head, he’ll hit his head. and the head of the family. * dørtrin underkarm * fordumme gøre grin med * markarbejde * fodring * malkning as well as he’s quick to clear away the dung * rydde ngt. væk * dyrelort ( = muge ud ) as he cleans () `out / mucks () out the stable * muge ud i and the cowshed / cowhouse / cowbarn (A). * kostald When he takes / has an after-dinner nap * hestestald * middagslur or an afternoon nap, the cat always takes a nap * eftermiddags- either at the head or at the foot of the bed. * hovedenden * fodenden 721 As the farm has a multifarious livestock, * mangeartet it has a stock of many kinds of domestic animals, * = among them 10 head of dairy cattle and 20 head of sheep. * stykker * husdyrhold besætning * malkekvæg Anger and fear flare a bulls nostrils. * vide ngt. ud When its nostrils flare, a bull is not an animal you’d care * vide sig ud to tangle with. * komme i klammeri med Going and getting / fetching (E) a flock of sheep or geese,* tage ( ud / hen ) og hente Dora’s brother drives / herds the flock home. * forrest 10 walks foremost as if his followers were the flock of God. * forrest mother goose heads her goslings Driven by their herd instinct they follow their mother like a prist’s flock, Already as a child the boy worked as a herdsman either as a sheepherd herding his flock or herd of sheep * gås * lede ng. / forrest i ngt. * menighed * hyrde * fårehyrde * ( ko-) kvæghyrde In the morning and in the evening the dairy cows are * malkeko the dairy herd all by itself heads for home to be milked. * gæsling * flokinstinkt * flok af kødkvæg Having been driven / herded in the right direction, * guds hjord * gåsemor A beef herd stays out in the country all summer. 20 driven / herded together. * drive vogte * = * flok * = * = * drive / genne sammen * … + adv. * flok af malkekåer * begive sig mod The next day there is a head of cream on the milk. * top When the horses race (against) each other, * løbe kapløb mod hinanden one of them usually wins by a (short) head. * gase * forrest [ $epêd ] or as a cowherd herding his herd of cattle. * gæs * drive / genne ng. + adv. As the foremost goose, heading the flock, the gander At the headmost position of her own flock, * flok * løbe om kap med * vinde med en hovedlængde One day a tramp / vagabond comes by the farm. * komme forbi ( og besøge ) He didn’t want to get entangled with his landlady. * blive rodet ind i noget ( følelsesmæssigt / erotisk ) As he didn’t want to get into emotional entanglements * forvikling he has left his job. * forlade sit job 30 He has had no place to rest his head, * ikke noget fast hjem and could hardly keep his head above water. * klare sig økonomisk He’s employed as headman on the farm. When the family needs a witness to a document, the headman witnesses Dora’s or Theo’s signature. * forkarl * vidne * bevidne 722 In times of crisis it’s important to keep the pot boiling. * holde gryden i kog skaffe til dagen og vejen In the end, what it all boils down to is to keep your cool, and not kill the goose that lays the golden `egg(s). * holde hovedet koldt * slagte hønen, der lægger guldæg ( gås ) To their pleasant surprise, the headman has a lot of tacit knowledge. The headman suggests producing herbal medicines * behagelige overraskelse * uudsagt * urte herbal medications and herbal me`dicaments, * = recommended for medical treatment / to medicate people. * lægelig * medicin lægemiddel * & helbredende substans medicinere / behandle ng. * & naturmedicin Some diseases can be treated with alternative medicine, * behandle ngt. med 10 and some plants have curative / me`dicinal properties. A person on medication must take his medication. On a boiling hot day Theo and the headman decide to * helbredende * & medicinsk lægende * på medicin / medicinsk behandling * kogende varm set off in a quest of medicinal herbs and plants * i søgen efter ngt. to be used for medicinal purposes. * med helbredende formål Questing for curative plants, they gather heads of leaves and heads of flowers and flower clusters. * søge efter * helbredende / lægende * helbredende * = * blusse / flamme op They put the water / the pot on in order to bring the water * sætte vand / gryden over * bringe ngt. i kog 20 After some time the water has come to the boil / a boil. * komme i kog When the pot boils, which means when the water boils, * gryden koger he puts some flower heads into the boiling water. * urt * topskud * blomsterstand In the fireplace, the fire flares into life. to the boil (E) / to a boil (A) and boil the medicinal herbs. * egenskab * koge ngt. * lægeurt * vandet … * kurv ( blomsterstand ) * kogende When the mixture boil, he lets the pot boil away. * = * … roligt At the boiling point, when the water is on the / a boil * kogepunkt the water changes into steam and vapour. * blive til He boils the mixture gently, so it doesn’t boil over. * koge let As the mixture boils, it slowly boils `down. * koge ind When he has boiled () down the mixture, * koge ngt. ind and the water has almost boiled away, * koge væk 30 he has boiled the extract down to a me`dicament. * koge ind He has boiled the procedure down to a few steps. * koge ngt. ned til Theo uses a medicament for medication and medical * medicinsk behandling treatment of skin covered in boils. If you have a boil, you have an infected red swelling under * byld * = the skin which, when it has come to a head, * knop is full of yellow liquid called pus. * pus * i kog * damp * em * koge over * medikament lægemiddel * medicinsk lægelig 723 In the kitchen garden, they gather / pick berries and fruit, * samle / plukke and in the orchard, they pluck fruits from the trees. When they pick and gather gooseberries from the prickly * plukke * stikkelsbær gooseberry bushes, they have to push through * … busk a dense tangle of branches and prickly twigs. * tæt Every year they head some of the trees and plants. * pigget tornet * sammenffiltring * kvist * styne skære ned Some plants grow in a head as the leaves come to a head. * vokse i hoved When lettuce heads, it forms a head ( of lettuce ). * ( hoved-) salat Growing cabbage, and cauliflower, they also harvest * kål 10) heads of cabbage and heads of cauliflower. * danne hoved * danne hoved * blomkål * høste * kålhoved * blomkålshoved They weed the kitchen garden beds regularly. * luge et sted When they weed (out) grass and other unwanted plants, * luge planter they root () `up / out // remove all kinds of weeds * rykke ngt. op med rode / fjerne so the crops won’t become entangled in tangled weeds. * blive indviklet i Utility plants and weeds easily tangle (up). * salathoved * ukrudt (-splanter ) * sammenfiltret * nytteplante * = * filtre sig sammen A weed in one place may be a utility plant in another place. * ukrudtsplante If they don’t weed, they will soon have a weedy garden * luge * ukrudtsbevokset and have to extricate the vegetables from tangles of * vikle ngt. ud af bindweed or bedstraw. * snerle 20 Birds sometimes becomes entangled in the netting * vikle ind i put up to protect the crops. * Birds which are not freed from entanglement die from entanglement. * sammenfiltring * snerre * netværk * indvikling * = At special occations they cook roast goose. * stegt gås At the tail end is parson’s nose (E) / pope’s nose (A). * sognrpræstens ( glds. ) / pavens … ( = gumpen ) They put potatoes on to boil and put on another pan * sætte kartofler over ( til at koge ) * gryde to boil carrots, leeks, kale, spinach, (Brussels) sprouts etc. * koge ngt. * gule- * porre * grønkål * spinat * rosen[ `spinid§ ] The next day they boil () `up a soup. rødder If they forget a pan it might boil over and perhaps boil dry. * koge over * koge tør 30 The family act on / follow the principle that * leve efter / følge det princip at what’s sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose, * hvad den ene må, må den ande også all participants in the meal have a nice piece of roast. * In the morning Dora boils the water / kettle. kål * koge ngt. op * koge vand When the water / kettle (E) boils, she makes herbal drinks. * vandet / kedlen koger She boils an egg for everybody, and boils everybody a sausage. The eggs boil for three minutes until they are soft-boiled. * koge ngt. til ng. * koge ng. ngt. * koge i * blødkogt 724 Theo and Dora are considerate enough never to let * hensynsfuld nok the headman have to play gooseberry. * være femte hjul til en vogn ( * spille stikkelsbærbusk ) tredje hjul til en gig Theo and Dora have a son, a cheerful, inquisitive litle boy. * spørgelysten nysgerrig He has a lively enquiring mind. * = He has an curious / inquisitive mind. * nysgerrig His parents sometimes have to put a stop to his youthful * ungdommelig `high jinks / (A&) hijinks. He sometimes has to face an inquisition from his parents * spilopper * skrap udspørgen about where he’s been and what boyish tricks he’s done. * drengestreger 10 Expecting a child to be a paragon of virtue * dydsmønster is like being sent on a wild `goose chase. * nytteløs jagt Theo feels extremely happy but thinking about his past as an inquisitor is a different kettle of fish. Thinking about his past makes his blood boil; he boils (over) with self-reproach. Before he took advantage of following the herd, he wouldn’t say boo to a goose. * * en helt anden historie * bringe ngs. blod i kog * koge (over) af * følge med flokken * ikke sige buh / bøh til en gås ( ikke være særlig modig ) He must take his medicine. * tage følgerne He shivers / shudders with terror by the mere thought of * / skraldet 20 getting some or just a little of his own medicine. It gives him goose pimples / goosebumps / * eksamen * klare sig godt til … and gets a good mark in (E) / a good grade on (A) his exam. * få en … karakter til sin eksamen One years when there’s an election for the parish council, * valg til Some people put () `up Theo as a candidate. 20 Theo agrees to stand / run (A) for election. * opstille ng. som ngt. * stille op til Theo is at the head of the poll. * ligge i spidsen for He heads the poll although his opponent føre, vinde * = has made / formed a heady scheme. * lægge / udtænke > People in the parish have to pay headmoney. * familie In a public discussion, inquirers ask a lot of questions. * spørger After the meeting, the inn has special offers: * særligt tilbud cold dinner at £ 1 a head or hot dinner at £ 1.5 per head. The head cook has made a delicious head cheese. * afstemning valg * klog, smart udspekuleret * plan rænke, intrige * kopskat * pr. person * chefkok Theo is elected ( as ) chairman of the p. c. (parish council). * vælge nng. til ngt. 30 One year the boy is the headliner at the school play. * sogneråd * = * grisesylte * -sformand * hovednummer * skolekomedie The drummer must stretch the head of the drum. * trommeslager * trommeskind He won’t have to care about the heads of the notes. * nodehoved The play is calculated to amuse the audience. * beregnet på at / -kraft The audience laugh(s) when an actor gooses another actor. * nappe ng. i enden / stikke en finger op mellem balderne på ng. A DESCENDANT OF THE INQUISITOR 726 A descendant of Theo and Dora works at travel agency. * efterkommer He has a glowing testimonial. * strålende vidnesbyrd The agency got a lot of questions, enquiries and queries * forespørgsel / henvendelse > from applicants. The agency first and foremost offer travels and holidays to the common herd. People ask questions and make enquiries and queries * fra * først og fremmest * almindelige mennesker * stille spørgsmål * komme med forespørgsler indhente oplysninger about train and ferry times and overnight accomodation(s). Some tourists are inclined to follow the herd. 10 while others don’t want to run with the herd. * overnatningsmuligheder ( E:U / A:pl.). * følge flokken * = They don’t want to be herded around with other tourists. * lede / guide omkring On enquiry, the enquirers get up-to-date information. * ved forespørgsel The agency lives up to it’s reputation, as satisfied / henvendelse * leve op til sit ry customers will testify. * forespørger * opdateret * bevidne A catalogue is full of testimonials from satisfied customers. * vidnesbyrd fra The busy shop bears testimony / witness to the success of the agency. The fact that a lot of customers come back testifies to * vidne om * * vidne om ngt. satisfied customers. * 20 The fact that most arrangements get booked up / * booket op get fully booked testifies that the customers are satisfied. * = * vidne om at - The success is a testimony of / to the staff’s competence. * vidnesbyrd om / bevis på ngt. Customers who have a question or have questions ask a / the / their question or ask the / their questions. Customers who have an enquiry or have enquiries make an / the / their enquiry or make the / their enquiries. Customers who have a query or have queries make a / the / their query or make the / their queries. Sometimes it’s easy to answer a / the / their question 30 and answer a / the / their enquiry or query. Sometimes it’s difficult to answer the / their questions and answer the / their enquiries and queries. * have et spørgsmål * stille et / deres spørgsmål spørgsmålet * have en forespørgsel * … forespørgsler * have en forespørgsel * … forespørgsler * komme med … * … forespørgsler * svare på / besvare … spørgsmål * … forespørgsel * svare på / besvare … spørgsmål * … forespørgsler * i søgen efter ngt. ‘ How can they afford that ?’ ( That’s a ) good question. * ( det er et ) godt spørgsmål As it’s just / merely / only a question of money * bare / blot / et spørgsmål om It’s a question of cutting one’s coat according to one’s cloth. * … spørgsmålene / deres spørgsmål * … forespørgsler * komme med … Many travellers go on holiday in quest of adventure. it’s simply a question of getting a job and saving money. * have spørgsmål * kun / simpelthed … * sætte næring efter tæring 727 People have questions on communications (pl.) * have spørgsmål om and a queries about accommodation. * & forespørgsel om A couple want to go on a prolonged week-end trip. * forlænget Another couple would love to join them, * but it’s a question of time. It appears / turns out, however, that they can’t go – it’s out of the question. Having made some queries, the first mentioned couple * tur kort rejse * spørgsmål om tid * vise sig * helt udelukket * indhente oplysninger eventually decide on a trip to the seaside. * beslutte sig til 10 They buy a return (E) / round-trip (A) ticket. * returbillet It’s a 80 miles round trip ( E:C) to the seaside resort. * en … tur-retur rejse It’s 80 miles round trip ( A:U ) to go there. * …= If there’s a hundred miles to go there and back, * et … it’s (an) a 100 miles round trip. * indkvartering * førstnævnte * tur / kort rejse til * frem og tilbage tur-retur * = They reckon on good weather. * regne med They reckon on the the weather being fine. * … at ngt. Travellers have a query all the time. * have en førespørgsel They query where to go and how to get there, * spørge om hvxx / et spørgsmål and query what the price will be. 20 ‘ Can I ask you a question,’ queries a traveller. * = * må jeg stille et spørgsmål ‘ Who will be our guide,’ he queries. * = A customer queries a bill as it seems far too high. * forhøre sig / spørge om He queries whether the bill is correct. * … hvorvidt He complains in a querulous voice about the bill. * brokkende Later, it turns out / turned out emerges / emerged that * kom frem / viste sig at - * ( fore-) spørge sætte spørgsmålstegn ved there must have been some confusion / mistake. * forveksling * fejltagelse forveksling fejltagelse The hotel must have made a mistake (in) adding the bill. * A railway runs through the town. * ‘ What time is the train leaving,’ a traveller queries. * ( fore-) spørge 30 There is a headway of two hours. Wearing a boiler suit / overalls (E) or dungerees, * interval mellem afgange i samme retning * kedeldragt the engine driver controls the head of steam * lokomotivfører and the head of water in the boiler. * vandtryk An engineer (A) wears coveralls or overalls. * lokomotivfører A central heating boiler is a container in which water is * central varme heated to provide hot water and heating in a building. * * overalls * damptryk * kedel * kedeldragt * overalls * = 728 Many roads are jammed / ( jam- )`packed with cars. * proppet Unfortunately, at a heady pace, two cars collide head-on. * heftig The recuers survey the scene and survey the damages. * se ud over / tage et overblik over ngt. * = All the headlamps and headlights are crushed. * forlygte * = After the head-on collision, the drivers are treated * frontal- at the hospital by doctors and nurses. The chief physicians or consultant (E) ( head doctors ) and the head nurses of the ward have the highes rank. At the hospital they have ( ward ) rounds. 10 A doctor and a nurse on their ward go / do the rounds. On his ( ward ) round, the doctor inspects the patients in the ward. Having talked to a patient and surveyed the part of * fart * * overlæge * oversygeplejerske * stuegang * på vagt * gå stuegang * på sin runde * på afdelingen * betragte their body affected by a disease or an injury, * berørt af the doctor surveys the situation. * vurdere A doctor may use a head lamp and a head mirror. * pandelampe Patients in a critical state are placed under surveillance. * anbringe ng. under overvågning and kept under surveillance. In Britain, the government provide health care 20 by the National `Health Service ( the NHS ). In the US the government helps to pay the cost of * pandespejl * hold ng. … * * det nationale sundhedsvæsen * medical treatment for poor people by `Medicaid. * = and by `Medicare, the government helps to pay for * = the medical treatment of old people. * in some countries like Britain a health visitor is a nurse * frontalt * hjemmesygeplejerske sundhedsplejerske who visits people in their homes. The health authorities and the health services keep ongoing epidemics under surveillance. In bed, a patient listens to the headline news * * sundhedsmyndighederne * holde ngt. * igangværende * sundhedsvæsnet * under overvågning * kort nyhedsoversigt 30 by way of a headset or headphones consisting of * hovedtelefon two receivers or earphones and a headband. * modtager * øretelefon * hovedbånd 729 There’s a debate on environmental problems Officials concerned with environmental policy predict that a day of reckoning will come. There is convincing evidence of a link between * * * regnskabets time * overbevisende global warming and the emission of carbon dioxide * global opvarmning and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. * drivhus gas Changes in the tangible world inevitably causes changes in the intangible world. World scientists look for further evidence to support 10 the theory of a greenhouse effect. Working to have their guesses confirmed by calculation, they use formulars and computers to calculate the changes. By their calculations, even minor climate changes may cause incalculable damage to the environment. * vidnesbyrd om * håndgribelig verden * u* verdensvidenskabsmænd * vidnesbyrd til at * * gæt * beregning * beregne * ifølge ngs. beregninger * uberegnelig stor uoverskuelig It may be true but according to the chaos theory, * the exact future of an open complex system like the Earth * will always be uncalculable in the long term. * umulig at beregne However tangibly a huge number of conditions on * håndgribeligt and around the Earth change and can be measured, it will * 20 never be possible to provide a complete set of factors, * and even the smallest unnoticed cause may have a great effet. * Great events and small occations. * The intangibility of human motives makes it especially * uhåndgribelighed difficult for the social sciences to make exact predictions. As long as the motives behind human behaviour are * samfundsvidenskab * beyond tangibility, and seem to change intangibly, * håndgribelighed the future remains unpredictable and unknown. * * * 30 * uhåndgribeligt [email protected] 730 World environmentalists are united in their quest for * verdensmiljøforkæmper environmental preservation. * i ngs. søgen efter They want tangible improvements and tangible results. * håndgribelig Measures need to be taken to mitigate the environtamental * afbøde mindske effects of climate changes and mitigate poverty. Soil erosion must be mitigated by the planting of trees. Some scientists look for further evidence to oppose / rebut / refute the theory of a greenhouse effect. The question is whether it’s man-made or natural. * afhjælpe * jord erosion * bevismateriale / vidnesbyrd til at * tilbagevise / afvise * modsætte sig opponere imod * drivhus effekten * spørgsmålet er 10 Maintaining that the statistics are questionable, these * scientists stick to the assertion that the conclusions * stå / holde fast på den formening at other scientists have come to are highly questionable. * være højst tvivlsomme So questioning these scientists’ conclusions, some * = * betvivle sætte spørgsmålstegn ved ngt. scientists question whether global warming is man-made. They call for an independent scientific enquiry into the problems. Questioning how to meet the challenge / problem of * … hvorvidt * efterlyse * * climate changes, some scientists question what’s to be done. * The environmentallists consider some of their opponents * 20 ( to be ) questionable characters whose motives * are highly questionable. * It’s questionable whether techinal solutions are a good way of meeting the problems. * * * * * * 30 * * * høring om ngt. SPORT(S) 731 On the evidence of their recent matches, it is unlikely * ud fra kendsgerningerne om ngt. the visiting team will win the match. * The home team’s football star heads the ball into the goal but the referee disallows the goal. * heade / nikke ( en bold ) * i mål * annullere underkende Querying the referee’s judgement, the player who made the header gets into a tangle with the referee. * betvivle * dom kendelse * skænderi håndgemæng * køligt * hovedstød The referee surveys the player cooly. * betragte ng. As he’s not in a position to query the referee’s decision, * betvivle the insubordinate player gets a yellow `card. * opsætsig 10 Tempers flare as many spectators are querying * betvivle / the decision. * * gult kort sætte spørgsmålstegn ved ngt. They are querying whether the judgement was right. * … om Anger boils up inside the fans. * koge op So the situation boils up as tempers boil over, * koge op and crowds of fans boil over. * … over * = A player has a knee injury which puts him out of reckoning * lade ng. ude af betragtning and put a substitute (player) into reckoning (E). So the reserve is in reckoning. * reserve ( spiller ) * = * lade ng. kommme i … * være i … The coach puts a query against the injured player’s name * 20 as he is not sure whether he will be able to play again. * The injured player’s financial affairs gets into a tangle. * gå i hårknude The enjured player is not a querulous person * klagende klynkende but his financial affairs are soon in a tangle Due to his injury and loss of income, he is bothered with tangled (up) financial affairs. * befinde sig i hårknude * * forviklet The players query their contracts. * betvivle They want schemes with tangible benefits * håndgribelig sætte spørgsmålstegn ved besides intangibles like pension schemes and holidays. The club decided to arrange a testimonial match. 30 Crowds of high-`spirited fans herd on to the stadium. * uhåndgribelig størrelse * afskeds- / æreskamp * opstemt The players have to push their way through a herd of fans. * flok Some walls and fences are provided with barbed wire * pigtråd to prevent intruders from climbing over. Having scored a goal, the scorer turns head over heels from happiness. Football is a question of control and creative expression. * goder * flokkes / gå i flok til ngt. * * målscorer * * spørgsmål om * slå en saltomortale 732 The police are much in evidence in the streets to prevent * ( tydeligt ) til syne violence from flaring (up) after the match. All the same, people in the neighbourhood complain about street violence and disorderly behaviour. * flamme / blusse op * * gadevold * uordentlig opførsel ( gadeuorden ) So the police make some reports on dis`orderly `conduct ( in the street ), mostly people being drunk and disorderly. The empty shops in the high street (E) / main street (A) testify to the depth of ( the ) recession. The police brush () `aside most complaints 10 as lively and excited behavior. `Putting it down to high spirits, they say it was just * = * ( & gadeuorden ) * uordentlig * hovedgade * vidne om * dybde * & tilbagegang * affærdige * livlig og opstemt opførsel * henregne ngt. til and hard work so the club organizes a testimonial dinner * opløftet stemning betragte ngt. som * ungdommelig * skæg og ballade * højrøstet slåsseri for sjov * vidnesbyrd om bevis på * æres middag in honour of the coach. * adolescent `high jinks (o-f) and horseplay (o-f). The club’s results are a testimony of / to the coach’s skill Many of the guests talk about their recent journeys and recent films / movies. The pyramids are an eloquent testimony of / to * nyeligen sted funden * ny ( -eligen kommet frem / udgivet / opdaget etc. ) * udtryksfuld * vidnesbyrd om / bevis på ( veltalende ) the ancient Egyptians’ engeneering skills. * 20 A film / movie testifies to the courage of ordinary people * give vidnesbyrd om during the war. * During the war, the armies used entanglements (pl.) – * pigtrådsspærringer barriers of barbed wire – to stop the enemy from coming close. * Carrying out reconnaisance missions, the armies sent out * rekognoscering mission reconnaisance patrols / platoons on surveillance missions * … patrulje to survey the enemy. * overvågning * overvåge vurdere Carrying on 24-hour surveillance (U) of the enemy, both armies kept the enemy under constant close surveillance. A surveillance officer gave a survey of the situation. 30 The situation was difficult to survey. * opretholde * overvågning * holde ng. under … overvågning * give en oversigt / vurdering af ngt. * overskue Military intelligence surveys the enemy’s armaments. * overvåge, tage et overblik over Surveying the enemy’s weapons and military equipment, * vurdere illustrated military textbooks give a comprehensive survey of * give et overblik / en oversigt the enemy’s armaments. * Surveillance aircrafts also carried out surveys of areas of land in order to make a maps of them. Survey ships were sent on voyages to survey the coastines and sea / oceans depths. * overvågningsfly * * opmålingsskibe * * iagttagelse, opmåling kortlægning 733 Some guests stub () `out a cigarette, one after another / * skodde one after the other. The ashtrays full of stubs testify that smoking hasn’t been stubbed `out. Some people believe we are now witnessing an un`precedented increase in violent crime. * den ene efter den anden * = * vidne om at * skodde / udrydde / gøre en ende på ngt. * være vidne til * ikke tidligere indtruffen / stedfunden uden fortilfælde A study investigates the impact of violent TV programming * undersøge ngt. on young people. * virkning af ngt. > * på ng. There has been a survey of people of different age groups. * spørgeundersøgelse af ng. A survey institution does surveys and investigates facts about people and things. It carried out surveys about / of social class, behaviour * institution for … * laver … * * iværksætte * undersøgelse af ngt. udføre and opinion. * 10 Experts invent / set the questions for the survey. * opfinde / bestemme In order to conduct a survey, a group of experts * udføre en spørgeundersøgelse worked out a questionaire, a set of questions that they are * spørgeskema going to ask a large number of people. * Filling in / out a quetionaire, people may complete a questionaire about everything under the sun. * udfylde … * = Many surveys show / reveal (that) there is a link between * vise / afsløre social class and behaviour. Too many young people are unable to write or spell well, * * bevidne 20 Many answers / replies / responses of a survey reflect * svar the stultifying effects of work that never varies, and testify to * åndssløvende * * * 30 * = * afspejle * vidne om * arbejdsmiljø A surveyor’s occupation is surveying. * landmåler / bygningsinspektør / vurderingsmand Some survey land, and some survey buildings * opmåle or other things. * * forbindelse / sammenhæng * as employers will testify. the effects of stultifying working environments. * alt mellem himmel og jord * * vurdere THE VICAR 734 The clergy is the body of ordained persons of a religion * gejstligheden as distinguished from the laity, the worshippers. * lægfolket * ordineret indviet * tilbeder As official leaders of religious activities in organized religions,* members of the clergy are called priests, ecclesi`astics, * præst clerics, clergymen, and clergywomen. * = Rabbis belong to the Jewish clergy, ministers, pastors, * gejstlig * ( mandlig ) præst * rabbiner * ( kvindelig ) præst * præst af en art * = [ -aiz ] churchmen and churchwomen belong to the Christian clergy * mandlig kristen gejstlig while mullahs and i`mams belong to the Islamic clergy. * kvindelig … * mullah * imam [i-] The Church of England ( CE or C. of E. ) is the official 10 Church in England, whose leader is the King or Queen. * = * The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop. * ærke- Continuous with English history, the Church of England * fortløbende med * øverste is Catholic in faith and order, but incorporating many * indlemme ngt. emphases ( sg: * præstestuderende * til ngt. as clerks of the holy order or ministers of religion, * lærd af den hellige orden and ordain clerics to a higher office. * ordinere ng. til ngt. * religionens tjener A young candidate, full of promise, is going to be ordained. * ~ lovende 20 At his ordination, the newly graduated student, * ordination, a promising priest, makes a confession of faith. * lovende * ordonere / præstevie ng. præstevielse * aflægge trosbekendelse Solemnly, he confesses his faith. * bekende sin tro As the church imposes an obligation on the priest, * pålægge ng. en forpligtelse he is obliged / obligated to minister wherever he is. * være forpligtet til at A priest is under an obligation; he is under an obligation * være pålagt en forpligtelse to preach and spread the Gospel. He has another obligation; he has an obligation to minister to the weak. A Christian priest has a duty to(wards) all mankind 30 so he has a duty to preach the Gospel to everybody. * til at * prædike ngt. * have en … forpligtelse * yde hjælp til * virke som præst * …> * sprede / * evangeliet udbrede ngt. * … til at * de svage * forpligtelse overfor ng. * have en pligt til at It’s his duty to work as a priest everywhere and all the time. * det er ng’s pligt at * prædike evengeliet til ng. 736 As the candidate makes a vow of fidelity to the Lord, * aflægge en troskabsed til ng. he vows eternal faithfulness, and makes a vow ( that ) * sværge ngt. he will honour his obligation. * honorere / leve op til sin forpligtelse * aflægge ed på at gøre sin pligt He vows that he will do his best to keep his vow. * sværge på at As he solemnly vows to meet / fulfil his obligation, * sværge på at * imødekomme / opfylde sin forpligtelse he makes a promise to the Lord. * holde sit løfte * aflægge / fremsætte et løfte He makes a promise that he will always serve the Lord and makes a promise always to do his duty. As he makes his promise of faithfulness, 10 he promises faithfulness. * … om at * = * gøre sin pligt * aflægge / fremsætte sit løfte on ngt. * love ngt. He promises faithfulness to the Lord. * … til ng. He promises the Lord faithfulness. * … ng. ngt. As he promises to be faithful to the Lord, * … at være ngt. * … at gøre ngt. he promises to serve the Lord. As he promises (that) he will do his duty for the Lord, he promises Him (that) he will do his duty as a priest. * love at * prædike * evangeliet * gøre sin pligt overfor ng. * … ng. at * … pligt som ng. ‘ You have my solemn promise, ‘ he concludes. * ~ have ng’s æresord For various reasons, some priests break their promise. * bryde sit løfte It’s said that ‘ the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh * ~ ånden er redebon, men kødet er > 20 is weak ‘ so time (alone) will tell whether a priest * skrøbeligt fails to do his duty and fails in his duty. * forsømme / As it’s said that ‘ promises are like piecrust made to be broken ’, only time will tell if he fails to keep his promise, Ordained priests are invested with sacerdotal functions, * ( kun ) tiden vil vise * gøre sin pligt * svigte … undlade at * løfte * tærteskorpe * skabt til at > ( ~ loven er ærlig, holden besværlig ) * brydes * forsømme / * holde sit løfte undlade at * udstyre ng. med ngt. * præstelig [ sasê`dêutl ] and authorized to hold / conduct (church) services. As ordained priests, it’s their moral duty to minister among mankind, believers as well as disbelievers. Entering the ministry, they have a moral obligation to serve the Lord so they are morally obliged / obligated to 30 minister to the weak: the poor, the sick and the old. As a dutiful servant of God and a duteous member * holde * være ngs. pligt at * gudstjeneste * gøre præste- / velgerning * * gå ind i præste- * have en … forpligtelse til at gerningen * være forpligtet til at * være præst for ng. / ng. til tjeneste * pligtopfydende of the priesthood, the priest feels obliged / obligated to lydig * præsteskab minister to the wants and needs of people in distress. * være behjælpelig overfor ngt. A true Christian has a moral obligation towards * føle sig forpligtet til at * ønsker og behov * have en moralsk forpligtelse overfor ng. the underprivileged so a Christian is expected to * de underpriviligerede `help the poor and the sick out of a sense of obligation (U). * hjælpe ng. It’s a / his bounden `duty (o-f). * = * af en følelse ( af ) * forpligtelse ( ~ af pligtfølelse ) * moralsk bunden pligt 737 The Church has a post / vacancy of vicar to be filled. A newly qualified seminary student, ordained (as) priest not long ago, applies for the post. * embede / ledig … * besætte stilling * nyuddannet * præsteseminarium ( præsteseminarie- ) * ansøge om stillingen The church appoints the young priest to the post. * udnævne ng. til et embede The young priest takes up his post / (eE) appointment * tiltræde et embede as vicar. Having imposed a number of obligations on the vicar * * pålægge ng. forpligtelser the Church expects him to do his duty * gøre sin pligt and do the duties of a vicar. * udføre en …’s pligter / arbejdsopgaver 10 He is duty-bound to carry out/ perform / discharge * udføre / gøre sine > his legal as well as his moral obligation. * lovbestemt * moralsk * pligter It’s o`bligatory for him to officiate at religious ceremonies. retslig * være ng. påbudt at He is not only under a legal obligation to minister among * være underlagt en ( lovbestemt ) forpligtelse til at the congregation but has also a moral obligation to * have en ( moralsk ) forpligtelse til at minister outside the congregation. * Besides having a legal as well as moral duty to * have en retslig / moralsk forpligtelse overfor ng. the Church and the congregation, he has a moral duty to * = the rest of the world. * He has a legal duty to minister among the congregation 20 and a moral duty to minister outside the congregation. It is his legal duty to minister among the congregation and his moral duty to minister outside the congregation. He looks forward to enter upon his duties, and carry out the duties of his office. * have en retsbestemt pligt til at * … moralsk … til at * være ngs. retsbestemte pligt at * … moralske … * & tiltræde sit embede * udføre sine embedspligter Looking forward to do his duty for the Lord and the Church. * gøre sin pligt overfor ng. he looks forward to carry out / do / discharge / perform * udføre > his legal as well as moral duties. * lovmæssig * moralsk * forpligtelser pligter, opgaver As an ordained priest, he is not only obliged / obligated to * forpligtet til at do his official and formal duties but also expected to * udføre sine 30 carry out a number of unofficial and informal duties. * uofficiel * & embeds- * formel mæssig foreskreven * uformel The vicar has has a strong sense of duty. * have en … pligtfølelse Duty comes first, duty before pleasure. * pligten først Duty calls all the day, all the week. * pligten kalder When people have been struck by (a) tragedy * ramt af ( en ) tragedie * pligter * = * man skal yde før man kan nyde and are overtaken by sorrow, it is his heavy / sad duty to * overvældet af ngt. make a duty call in order to comfort and console them. * foretage et pligtbesøg * være ens tunge pligt * trøste When duty calls no one should disobey. * = The vicar has, however, a lot of light duties to do, too. * lette pligter / arbejdsopgaver * = * nægte at adlyde 738 The vicar feels obliged / obligated to do pastoral work * føle sig forpligtet til at / minister outside the church and the congregtion. * udføre præstearbejde * = He pays / makes many of the / his parishioners a call. * aflægge ng. et besøg Paying / making a call (on the / his parishioners ), * aflægge et besøg ( hos ng. ) he takes care never to wear `out his welcome. It’s his legal duty to hold / conduct Sunday services, * ~ blive længere end man er velkommen * det er ngs. … pligt at baptismal services, marriage services, funeral services * dåbs- and memorial services and carry out other pastoral duties. * mindegudstjeneste Besides preaching to the congregation, the vicar * indbygger i sognet sognebarn * holde … gudstjeneste * bryllups- * begravelses- * prædike til ng. 10 has a moral duty to preach and spread the Gospel to * … en moralsk pligt til at * prædike / sprede ngt. til ng. everybody in the community. * The church reckons with his devotion to duty, and the congregation reckons with his devotion to them. * pligttroskab * hengivenhed overfor ng. The vicar takes up duty at the first of May. * tiltræde i tjeneste / en stilling The clear sky promises summer, * love ngt. as he and his wife move into the vicarage. * A priest must be commu`nicative. * meddelsom He must have good communication skills * kommunikationsevner and be able to communicate effectively to the congregation. * kommunikere / meddele sig til til ng. 20 The vicar is lucky to be gifted with com`municative skills. * kommunikativ meddelelsesmæssig Even if non-verbal communication is important, the spoken word is the main means of communication. Speech is the fastest way of communication between people. * non-verbal kommunikation * det talte ord * kommunikations- / meddelelsesmiddel * kommunikationsmåde / meddelelsesvej mellem ng. * The vicar writes down his ideas for his first sermon. * While the spoken word is brief, evanescent, fleeting, * flygtig * = [ evê`nesênt ] passing, and transcient, the written word is lasting. * = * = * skrevne ord * vedvarende Even if he’s eager to communicate his ideas of Christianity * kommunikere / meddele / videregive ngt. > to the world, he knows the importance of being patient, * til ng. 30 and lenient, doing things gently and watching his steps. * mild / * gøre tingene forsigtigt * vare sine skridt skånsom ( ~ gå forsigtigt til værks, fare med lempe ) His first priority is to communicate with the congregation, * første prioritet * kommunikere med not by one-way communication from the pupit but by * envejskommunikation two-way communication with people all over the parish. * fra prædikestolen In the first place, the vicar makes contact with the parish clerk. They spend their evening drinking wine, exchanging and sharing confidences. The vicar and the clerk becomes each other’s confidants. * fra prædikestolen * tovejs- * i første omgang * etablere kontakt til * * * udveksle * fortrolig * dele * fortroligheder 739 The clerk tells the vicar about the previous vicar * and about how he ministered in the parish. * udføre præstegerning The previous vicar’s preaching had become more and more condemnatory. * prædikening * fordømmende He used to threaten the congregation with damnation * fortabelse and eternal punishment if anyone dared to stand `up to him * evig straf and defy his authority invested by the Almighty God. Afraid to suffer the tortures of the damned, a great part * trodse / sætte sig op mod ng. * … ngs. autoritet * Gud den Almægtige * lide de fordømtes pinsler of the congregation had danced to the previous vicar’s pipe. * danse efter ngs. pibe 10 As they didn’t dare to stand `against the vicar * trodse / sætte sig op imod ng. and challenge his authority, the rest of the congregation * udfordre ngs. autoritet had only dutifully been at / attended (the) servlce. * pligtskyldigt Even if they dared not stand against / up to his authority, * deltage i / overvære * gudstjeneste * sætte sig op imod most of the congregation had, however, gradually * lost ( their ) confidence in both the vicar and the church. * miste tilliden til ng. / ngt. ( sin tillid ) The vicar was met only with dutiful greetings. * pligtskyldig Suddenly the vicar had been transferred. * forflytte Nobody had had any information why but the whole affair * had left a general lack of confidence in the church. * mangel på tillid til ng. / ngt. 20 The vicar had undermined, destroyed and shattered * underminere > ( the congregation’s ) confidence in the church. * tilliden til ng. / ngt. * ødelægge > * = ( ngs. tillid til ng. / ngt. ) The parish clerk never felt able to confide in the old vicar. * have tillid til ng. The clerk confides to the new vicar. * betro sig til ng. He confides his suspicions to him. * … ngt. til ng. He confides to the new vicar that he suspects * betro ng. at the previous vicar of being a child abuser / molester. The clerk is confident (that) the previous vicar has abused / molested some of the choirboys. * børnemisbruger * være overbevist om at * misbruge ng. ( seksuelt ) * kordreng [ kwaiê ] The parish clerk has confidence in the new vicar. * have tillid til ng. 30 He has every confidence in him, * … ( al mulig ) … and the vicar has absolute confidence in the parish clerk, * … ( fuld ) … and complete confidence in his analysis of the situation. * … til ngt. The vicar decides to investigate the matter. * He has confidence ( that ) he will be supported by the clerk. * have tillid til at As he is confident of the clerk’s support * være overbevist om and is confident of having his support all the way, * … at he is confident ( that ) he will be supported the whole way. * = Confident about his skills and confident about himself, he is confident about the future. * overbevist om / sikker på ngt. * fortrøstningsfuld mht. ngt. * hele vejen * = [email protected] 740 In order to gain / win the confidence of the congregation, * vinde ngs. tillid the vicar talks to them in their own language (C). * på ( ngs. eget ) sprog To make it clear that he doesn’t feel superior to anybody, * gøre det klart at he never talks to people in self-important pompous literary * selvhøjtidelig or ecclesi`astical language (U). højtravende * kirkelig Communicating face to face with people, he always talks ordinary / everyday / colloquial language. Even if he seems an outstanding priest with tremendous * pompøs * kommunikere * ansigt til ansigt * tale hverdagssprog * enestående * tillid / tiltro til ngt. 10 regarded with general mis`trust. * mistillid / -tro confidence in himself. * boglig * sprogbrug confidence in his own ability, the vicar is, in the first place, Even though he’s met with dis`trust, he keeps having * føle sig hævet over ng. * = * have > * tillid til sig selv ( selvtillid ) Sure of himself, sure that he can do things well, * sikker på sig selv the self-confident vicar proceeds working on selvsikker * selvsikker the delicate matter. * ømtålelig sag Due to the force of his personality, the vicar’s * arbejde videre på * i kraft af * ( sin ) personlighed faith and confidence in humanity soon, however, * tro på ngt. communicates itself to everybody he gets in contact with. * smitte af på ng. His communicating openly about the problems gives * sikker på at * tiltro til ngt * medmenneskelighed * kommunikere om ngt. 20 the members of the congregation as well as the vicar * a lot of / increased confidence. * øget selvtillid * give ng. > The vicar has confidence (that) / is confident (that) he can * have tillid til at / være overbevist om at win the confidence of the congreation. * vinde ngs. tillid He is confident of (winning) their confidence. * overbevist om at Gradually, the vicar earns the congregation’s confidence. * gøre sig fortjent til / oparbejde ngs. tillid As the vicare’s straightforwardness boosts / increases * øge ngs. > the confidence of the congregation, he succeeds in * selvtillid boosting / increasing (their) confidence in him. * øge ( ngs. tillid ) tilliden til ng. As he manages to restore the confidence of the congre> * genskabe ngs. tillid 30 gation, he succeeds in restoring (their) confidence in * … til ng. / ngt. the local church. * Eventually, the congregation has confidence in the vicar. * få / have tillid til ng. The vicar speaks to the parishioners in calm, confident * selvsikker and (self-) assured voice. Assured of a warm welcome at home visits, the vicar is confident of ( getting ) a heartfelt welcome. The vocar takes care not to become overconfident, cocky and brash. * = * forsikret om / sikker på ngt. * overbevist om / sikker på ( at ) ngt. * hjertlig * overselvtillidsfuld * skidtvigtig kæphøj * & pågående højrøstet 741 Besides his duty calls, the vicar pays / makes a call on * pligtbesøg each of the families of the choirboys. Out on calls, he notices that even at their homes some of the choirboys seem to be very inse`cure. Very unsure of themselves, some of them in particular * * ude på besøg * usikker * usikker på sig selv seem to lack confidence / be lacking in confidence. * mangle selvtillid The vicar’s sense of justice inspires confidence. * indgyde selvtillid As the vicar inspires confidence in the choirboys, some * indgyde selvtillid i ng. of them confides to the vicar that they have been abused. * aflægge ( et ) besøg hos ng. * i særdeleshed især * betro ng. at 10 The boys gain ( in ) confidence as the vicar lifts a burden * befri ng. for en byrde from their shoulders. They begin to feel confident (that) they have done nothing wrong. * << * føle sig sikker på * Eventually they feel free to unbuden themselves. * lette sit hjerte As they unburden their hearts / minds, their confidence * = tale ud begins to grow. In an obscene act of cruelty, the nasty vicar had, * selvtillid * vokse * modbydelig, ækel ondskabsfuld one by one, abused the choirboys’ confidence. * misbruge ngs. tillid Not only had this unscrupulous paedo> (E) / (A) pedophile * pædofili 20 molested the young boys, but on top of it all * this disgusting, loathsome and repulsive child abuser * frastødende, modbydelig had filled them with a sense of fear, shame and guilt * = * = * misbruger væmmelig * fylde ng. med en følelse af frygt, skam-, skyldfølelse and threatened them to keep quiet. * The traumatizing effects of abuse / molestation, * traumatiserende * ( børne- ) misbrug / overgreb and threats of reprisal(s) had shaken the boys’ confidence * gengældelse (-sforanstaltninger, repressalier ) as well as they had damaged their confidence in adults. * ødelægge ngs. tillid til ng. The vicar goes to see / looks up their parents. * opsøge His pity and sympathy for the boys commutes itself * smitte af på ng. to the unhappy parents as he offers his help and support. * 30 The vicar is very obliging. * hjælpsom ‘ Can I be of any help ? he asks obligingly, usually carrying his bible with him. * hjælpsomt * bære rundt på / medbringe ngt. Every Christian has obligations to(wards) their fellow men. * have forpligtelser overfor ng Helpfulness is an obligation any Christian owes to their fellow human beings / fellow creatures. * skylde eb forpligyrlse til ng. * medmenneske 742 One Sunday the vicar is going to hold his first service, * and preach in the church for the first time. * prædike i … As he has previously worked as a curate, he has preached at a (church) service a few times before. So standing in front of his first day of holding a sermon in this church, he doesn’t feel completely naked. * hjælpepræst * i en kirke * ved en gudstjeneste * * føle sig hjælpeløs Giving / preaching / delivering a sermon, it’s his duty to * holde en prædiken preach the word of God to the congregation, but he finds it * prædike ngt. til ng. * guds ord difficult to give a sermon on this delicate matter. * holde en prædiken om ngt. * ømtålelig 10 He finds it delicate to preach ( to the congregation ) * = about humanity and forgiveness at this occation * om ngt. and say with confidence that God is good ? * sige med overbevisning at It seems there are rotten / bad apples in any community and a black sheep in every flock. * prædike ( til ng. ) > * ~ brodne kar * & brodne kar alle vegne So the vicar decides to preach on wariness. * prædike om He will preach about the dangers of lust, desire, * = * vagtsomhed and covetousness, and teach the congregation to be wary of * være på vagt overfor temptations lurking (vi) and luring (vt) us everywhere. * lure * lokke ng. ligge på lur Everybody must be wary of flatter and siren call. * << * lokketoner 20 and parents must be wary of confiding their children to * på vagt overfor at / når man strangers, to other people’s charge and to their care. * til ngs. varetægt We must always be wary of black sheep in the flock and keep a wary eye on self-righteous preachers. * betro ng&t. til ng. * til ngs. omsorg * være på vagt overfor * holde et vagtsomt the cupboards as well as a sanctimonious preacher * selvretfærdig * prædikant øje med ng. * ild-og-svovl * = * have skeletter i > ( helvedesprædikant ) * skabet * skinhellig may have a skeleton in the cupboard and appear to be * = skeletter i skabet a rotten / bad apple and wolf in sheep’s clothing. * en ulv i fåreklæder A fire-and-brimstone preacher may have skeletons in Filled with self-confidence, the vicar works out his * selvtillid Sunday sermon. * 30 Acting as he thinks best, he has conficence enough * handle efter sin bedste overbevisning not just to preach to the converted / choir. * prædike for de omvendte Although he’s a bit wary of preaching about forgiveness, * på vagt overfor at the rest of sermon is on the `parable of the repentant sinner. * lignelse om ngt. * angrende synder The vicar is confident ( that ) he has gained the confidence * være sikker på of the congregation. He has every confidence ( that ) the manuscript of his sermon will be completed saticfactorily on time. He is confident ( that ) his sermon will be well received. * * have ( fuld ) tiltro til at * færdiggøre * tilfredsstillende * være overbevist om / tro sig sikker på at * til tiden * blive godt modtaget falde i god jord 743 A church usually has a church bell. * kirkeklokke Many churches have a church tower which is also * kirketårn a bell tower or belfry and some big churches have several * klokketårn towers, bells and steeples. * The sexton and perhaps a bell-ringer climb the bell tower. * kirkebetjent They ring the bells some time before the (church) service. * gudstjeneste The church bells in the church tower ring and clang * klinge, bimle * ( frivillig ) klokker, ringer drøne, runge in order to summon the congregation. * Parishioners and occationally a few extra-parochial [ pê`rêukiêl ] 10 churchgoers set out to go to / attend church. * indbygger i sognet * gå i kirke At (the) service the priests wear ecclesiastical garments. * ved gudstjeneste(n) So before (a / the) service the vicar in his parish, * sognepræst and the rector in the neighbouring parish, put on * = their `cassock and clerical collar. * præstekjole * iklæde sig / tage ngt. på * præsteflip The vicar’s wife helps fastening the dog collar at the back. * = ( hundehalsbånd ) In some Churches the priest wears a clergyman’s ruff. * bære The churchgoers go up the aisle in the middle of the nave gå med * ( midter-) gang and take a seat on one of the pews. Officiating at his first service, the vicar sets about * udensogns sognebarn * kirkegænger * præste- ( pibe- ) krave * kirkeskib * tage plads * kirkebænk * forestå / forrette gudstjeneste 20 performing the devotions (pl.), that is ( to say ) prayers * udføre and other religious practices. * * andagt / -s-øvelser He seems to be full of / have poise and confidence. * fuld af ro / have ro over sig Poised and confident, he begins / prefaces the religious være i ligevægt * afbalanceret * selvsikker ligevægtig, rolig ceremony with a few rituals before the alter. * lad os ( alle ) bede Facing an image of Jesus Christ at the alterpiece, * altertavle * med bøjet hoved Prayer is a form of communion with God. * indre samtale med ng. During their prayer, people commune with God. * føre en … 30 A painting shows Virgin Mary cradling the Infant Jesus * Jomfru Maria in her arms. * An icon or ikon is a painting, enamel, etc. or other * & indlede * ’ Let us pray,’ the vicar says, having invoked the Lord. the vicar prays with bowed head. * selvtillid * ikon * bære / holde ngt. ( som i en vugge ) * jesusbarnet * emalje representation of some sacred personage as Christ or a saint * helgen or an angel, itself thought of as a holy object and venerated * betragte som as sacred in the Greek or Russian Orthodox Church. * A saint is a person of exceptional holiness of life, formally * højagte ære * reckognized and cononized by the Christian Church as * kanonisere having attained an exalted position in heaven. * opnå * ophøjet 744 The choirboys, members of the boys’ choir sit and wait * kordreng in the choir. * drengekor * kor Dressed in clerical garments, standing in fronf of * gejstlig the congregation, the cantor together with the church choir * kantor sing at particular points of the service. * på særlige tidspunkter They sing choral songs, at times in several voice parts and, at times, in chorus. * kirkekor * korsang * flerstemmig * i kor ( unisont / samtidigt ) [ kårês ] A soloist sings the verses solo and the rest join in * solist * solo the chorus. * kor ( fællessang / omkvæd ) 10 Some people enjoy singing with a choir / chorus. * i et kor ( A chorus girl or chorus boy is a performer who sings and dances with a group in a show or film. ) At a certain point of the service, the vicar ascends the pulpit to give / preach / deliver a sermon. Standing in the pulpit, he gives / preaches / delivers * korpige * mandlig korartist * * på et bestemt tidspunkt * bestige * prædikestol * holde prædiken * i… a sermon to the congregation on the actual topic * en prædiken til ng. om ngt. seen in the light of the teaching of the Christian Church. * den kristne lære His sermons pivot on / around the Gospel * slutte sig til / falde ind i ngt. * holde > * basere sig på / dreje sig om and his sermons are the pivot ( point ) on / around which * det omdrejningspunkt, omkring hvilkert > * gerninger 20 the rest of his works turn / revolve. * drejer sig As he preaches the Gospel from the pulpit, he tries to communicate the Christian message to the congregation * fra prædikestolen * overbringe ngt. til ng. by comparing the parables of the New Testament to events * from everyday life. * So he gives a sermon on the sad fact that there may be black sheep even within the flock of clerics. Lots of preliminary communication with people within the * holde en prædiken om ngt. * sorte får * congregation and the rest of the community gives the vicar * give ng. > the confidence to preach / deliver a sermon * selvtillid til at 30 which hits the nail on the head * slå hovedet på sømmet and clearly communicates who’s the black sheep. * meddele hvem - During (the) service, some children have a hard time sitting still and keeping quiet. * under gudstjenesten * * have en hård tid med / svært ved at [email protected] 745 The priest celebrates Holy Com`munion. * celebrere * altergang to go to Communion to celebrate Holy Sacrament / holde * være til gudstjeneste deltage i gudstjenesten * gå til alters ( nadver ) the Eucharist by receiving the Sacrament / Eucharist. * = People who are at / attend (the) service have the chance * ( fejre ) den hellige nadver * modtage sakramenterne [ `jukêrist ] In Christian theology a sacrament is a ritual having * sakramente a special significance as a visible sign of an inner grace * in its participitants. * The Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox churches accept * seven sacraments: baptism, confirmation, penance, * dåb 10 the Eucharist, marriage / matrimony, holy orders, * hellig rangorden extreme unction / anointing of the sick or dying. * sidste olie * konfirmation * bodshandling * salve ng. Baptism and the Eucharist are the only commonly accepted * Protestant sacraments. People who attend (the) service and want to * * være til gudstjeneste take / receive communion, will receive the Eucharist - * gå til alters the bread and wine, representing Christ’s body and blood. * At the Eucharist – the celebration of the Eucharist – * … nadverens sacramenter ( modtage nadver ) * altergang the communicants eat the bread and drink the wine * nadver in memory of the Lord’s Supper – the last meal that Christ * Herrens middag ( nadveren ) 20 had with his disciples. * discipel * den hellige nadver * altergænger [ di`saipêlz ] The priest uses the chalice, a silver decorated cup, * alterkalk for holding the communion wine and, as bread he gives * altervin each of the communicants a wafer as the Host. * alterbrød When (the) service is at an end, the vicar blesses the congregation with a sign of the cross. When (the) service is over, the churchgoers leave the church walking down the aisle. The nave communicates with the porch oblat * gudstjeneste * … være forbi * * stå i forbindelse med * mellemdør 30 After the service, the vicar stands in the doorway * efter gudstjenesten and says goodby. * and shake hands with him. Some people, however, avoid to shake hands as they are * ved at være forbi * by communicating doors. Some people might communicate a message to him * alterbrød * overbringe ngt. til ng. * * afraid that a communicable / infectious disease might * smitsom this way be communicated from one person to another. * overføres / smitte fra ng. til ng. * våbenhus 746 The vicar communicates with the see by letter * kommunikere med ng. about the matter. * Even if they are in regular communication by mail, the vicar receives only non-committal communications. The see is non-committal about any kind of investigation * per brev * kommunikation * per post forbindelse * uforpligtende * meddelelser * forholde sig uforpligtende overfor ngt. and just inform him that the case has been dropped * opgive en sag on the ground of insufficient evidence. * utilstrækkelig bevismateriale Then one Sunday, in the middle of the ringing of the bells, * på grund af ngt. * the ringing stops all of a sudden. * 10 Everybody looks up with a puzzled look on their face. * uforstående forvirret, rådvild Everybody has / wears a puzzled look / frown on their face.* have / bære rundt på … * blik udtryk * i ansigtet * panderynken Everybody’s face wears a puzzled look or frown. * ngs. ansigt har et … udtryk / udtrykker panderynken Wondering what has happened, the verger (eE) * kirkeværge hurries up the tower. As he reaches the belfry, his heart stops beating at the the terrifying sight. Dangling in one of the ropes hangs the sexton, with an eerie look on his distorted face, racked with pain. Horror-struck / -stricken, the verger calls for help. 20 Having cut down the pitiable / pitiful sexton, the vicar * * klokkerum / -stillads * ngs. hjerte holder op med at slå * * dingle * uhyggelig * kirkebetjent * forvreden * forpint af ngt. * rædselsslagen * medynkvækkende and the clerk, both terror-stricken, find a suicide letter / note. * rædselsslagen It’s a confessional letter / note in which the sexton * bekendelses- bares the painful facts and confesses to having stealthily * blotlægge / witnessed the old vicar’s abuse of the choirboys in the crypt. åbenbare ngt. * krypt So the letter clearly communicates what has happened. * meddele hvad - The sexton was known as a dutiful and obliging fellow * pligtopfyldende who never neglected his duty / duties. * bekende / tilstå at * & hjælpsom * svigte sin pligt / sine pligter ikke passe sit arbejde A previous sexton had been fired for neglection of duty. * pligtforsømmelse Tormented by shame of having had sexual satisfaction, * pint plaget 30 the present sexton had felt that life was unendurable. Racked by guilt about having let the abuse pass on, * uudholdelig * pine / plage ng. and worn `down by a bad / guilty conscience about having * nedbryde ng. * dårlig samvittighed over ngt. failed in his duty to the victims, the sexton had felt * ikke leve op til sin forpligtelse pverfor ng. that life was no longer endurable. * udholdeligt He died in the line of duty, but is buried in private. * under udførelse af sin pligt * i stilhed, uden offentligi tjenesten hedens tilstedeværelse Finally, they have sufficient evidence of the previous vicar’s * tilstrækkelig molestation. The vicar regards the letter as `definite and de`finitive proof of the previous vicar’s guilt. * * tydelig * * endegyldigt 747 To prevent the matter from being put into cold storage, * lægge ngt. på køl he wants to bring it to light. * bringe ngt. frem i lyset henlægge / sylte en sag To prevent anyone from shelving the matter, * lægge ngt. på hylden henlægge / sylte ( en sag ) he intends to expose it. Acting with `admirable and `justifiable confidence, * bringe ngt. frem i lyset * beundringsværdig he shows the letter to the local newspaper before handing it * over to the police. * Good communication is vital for a well-functioning * berettiget * ~ udveksling af informationer community, collective or commune. * samfund 10 The paper simply prints an exact copy of the letter * together with the bare facts of the case. * de nøgne kendsgerninger The naked truth about the vicar’s abuses causes / creates great excitement. It causes / creates a great stir and a great flutter within * ( arbejds-) kollektiv The scandal eventually causes self-examination, * forårsage / skabe ( stor ) ophidselse / opstandelse * røre * selvransagelse * = of the church itself. * 20 The vicar is arrested and convicted of child abuse. A cleric who fails in his duty, who is found guilty of * ( flagren ), uro opstandelse, nervøsitet * soul-searching and heart-searching within the ranks Eventually, every aspect of the case is laid `bare. * bofællesskabs kollektiv kommune i visse lande * den nøgne sandhed utilfredshed both secular and ecclesiastical circles. * selvsikkerhed * = * blotlægge ngt. * * begå fejl i tjenesten neglect of duty or has otherwise broken his vow may be * embedsforsømmelse excom`municated. * ekskommunikere * bryde sit løfte udstøde An excommunicated (person) is cut off from communion and membership of the church by ecclesiastical sentense. As the church eventually finds the vicar guilty of gross misconduct, he is punished by excommunication. * udstødt * * Eventually, justice has been done. * grov embedsmisbrug / tjenesteforseelse * retfærdigheden sker fyldest Just after the sexton had committed suicide * 30 a stranger had enquired at the vicarage. * afskære ng. fra ngt. * forespørge henvende sig He had offered / tendered his services as a sexton. * tilbyde sin tjeneste As the vicar had noticed the stranger being humpbacked / * pukkelrygget hunchbacked, he had felt a certain pity and had promised him * = to let it come to a test / let him prove his skills. * lade det komme an på en prøve In spite of his disability, inspite of the fact that he is a humpback / hunchback, the stranger seemed confident. There was a wariness in his voice and he seemed to be quite self-confident. * lade ng. bevise deres færdigheder * * pukkelrygget person * vagtsomhed * selvtillidsfuld * selvtillidsfuld 748 Despite his disability, he proved his skills * at the next morning ringing, and was employed as a sexton. * Except that he’s disfigured by his humpback / hunchback * skæmme ng. and walks with slight limp, he is a handsome man. When the ladies in rare occations catch his eyes, they feel * halten / humpen * sexually attracted but when they see him limping around * halte / humpe their attraction turns into nothing but pity. * The sexton goes about his work / duties * pukkelryg * passe sit arbejde / sine pligter to everybody’s complete / entire satisfaction. * til ngs. fulde tilfredshed 10 Although the vicar at once got on friendly terms with * komme på venskabelig fod med ng. the sexton, the latter just attends to his work / duties. * passe sit arbejde Only now and then he communicates with the vicar. * kommunikere med ng. So although the vicar and the sexton are on friendly terms, * være på talefod the sexton just minds his own business. * passe sig selv Ey(e)ing everybody warily, he is wary of close contact. * vagtsomt He is wary of getting in close contact with people. * på vagt overfor at Having a wary expression on his face, * vagtsom he seems to avoid close contact. So people says he has bats in his belfry. * vagtsom overfor * * ~ have rotter på loftet ( * flagermus * klokketårn ) 20 Apparantly embarrassed about his stunted figure, * forkrøblet the sexton keeps a wary eye on the surroundings * holde vagtsomt øje med before he ventures out of doors. * vove sig udendørs / udenfor (døren) He seems very uncom`municative. * umeddelsom Apparantly ashamed of his stuntedness, * forkrøblethed he isn’t very communicative. He seems to keeps himself to himself to avoid being an object of pity. * meddelsom * holde sig for sig selv * være genstand for ngt. So much the more, the vicar takes / has pity on him. * få / have medlidenhed med ng. Some people go to confession to confess. * gå til skrifte 30 Confession is the admission of sins made by a penitent * gøre indrømmelse seeking forgiveness of their sins. * søge tilgivelse for ngt. As a priest a confessor is authorized to hear confessions. * skriftefader Any information acquired during the confession must be * * medlidenhed medynk * skrifte * angrende person skriftemålspræst treated in strict / the strictest confidence. * behandle ngt. strengt / yderst fortroligt 749 As a penitent confessor who submits to penance, * angrende a penitent must be sure that no breach of confidence * bekender * underkaste sig bodsskriftehandling handling * bodsudøver * brud på fortroligheden takes place. * As a confessor, a priest receives a lot of confidences. * betroelse As he has promised never to betray a confidence, * afsløre ( forråde ) en betroelse he must be careful never to reveal anything * he was told in confidence. * i fortrolighed People who want to confess enter a place set apart, * usually an enclosed room called a confessional, * skriftestol 10 where they can make their confession in seclusion. * afsondrethed The confessional is separated by a wall, * provided with perforation(s) through which the confessor * gennemhulning(er) can hear the penitent make their confession ( of sin ), * but not see them clearly. * Penitents, who confess to the priest, confess their sins. * skrifte til ng. Having confessed his sins to the confessor, a penitent * bekende ngt. overfor ng. hopes to be forgiven and be granted absolution. As a religious practice it originated in Judaism * få absolution / syndsforladelse * and was taken over by the early Christian Church * 20 in which public confession was customary. * sædvanlig The fourth Lateran Council (1215) made auricular con> * tilstå ngt. * ( ørelig ) ~ mundtlig / hemmelig * skriftemål fession ( confession to a priest who is empowered to grant * give ng. magt / bemyndige ng. til at absolution ) incumbent (up)on all Christians once a year. * absolution At times in history it was incumbent (up)on people to attend service several days a week. In the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches auricular confession is part of the sacrament of penance. * give > * påhvilende ng. syndsforladelse * … ng. at * * * bodssacramente Many Protestant Churches use a form of general confession * made by the whole congregation in public worship, * although auricular confession is also practised in * 30 some Anglican and Lutheran Churches. * A mortal sin is one of the (seven) deadly sins * dødssynd ( pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, * hovmod envy and sloth. ) * misundelse * begær * lyst * vrede * grådighed * dovenskab [email protected] 750 The relationship between a confessor and a penitent, must be based on confidentiality. * * fortrolighed tillid Any information received in the confessional * skriftestol must be regarded as strictly confidential * strengt fortroligt and be treated in the strictest confidence. * behandle ngt. i yderste fortrolighed As a confessor in the confessional and as a confidant * person, man betror sig til anywhere else, the vicar is required to keep people’s * confidences completely confidential. * fortrolighed It’s a breach of confidentiality for anyone to reveal what * fortrolig * brud på fortroligheden tillidsbrud 10 someone has said in confidence. The reletion between people who confide in each other must be based on confidentiality. * i fortrolighed * betro sig til ng. * fortrolighed tillid, -sfuldhed One day a penitent confesses to a fear of o`riginal sin. * indrømme He confesses to having committed a number of sins. tilstå * = He confesses (that) he is sinful as he has sinned. * = He confesses (that) he has sinned against God, * synde mod as he has given in to lust and coveted other men’s wives. been covetous of women and has had sinful thoughts. * begærlig efter 20 The priest asks the penitent if he has ever yielded to lust * give efter for ngt. and has had sex with another man’s wife. * As the answer is no, the priest grants absolution. * He grants absolution to the penitent. * He grants the penitent absolution. * The next / following days the vicar notices a different * næste / følgende dage The sexton addresses the vicar in a confidential way and in a tone surprisingly confiding. He seems to lack / be lackibg in confidence. * * på en fortrolig / hemmelighedsfuld måde * betroende * mangle selvtillid 30 Never revealing any more than the barest hint of a smile * det mindste tegn på ngt. he seems to have very little confidence in himself. Although he is confident of finding understanding with the vicar, he doesn’t feel confident about himself. Although he is confident of the vicars understanding of his problems, he doesn’t feel confident about his situation. * synd * synde * begære On his own confession, he has lead a sinful life as he has * ifølge éns egen tilståelse behaviour of the sexton. * arvesynd * have … selvtillid * være overbevist om / sikker på at * føle sig / være sikker på ng. * * & tryg ved ngt. * = * syndfuld syndig * lyst, begær liderlighed 751 As the sexton ’s voice sinks into a confidential whisper, * fortrolig the vicar suddenly seems to recognizes his voice * from the confessional the other day. * forleden dag He begins to feel confident (that) it must have been the sexton confessing the other day. ‘ Please, be frank with me if you want to talk in private,’ the vicar urges (the sexton) confidentially. ‘ I need to talk to you – in confidence of course,’ * føle sig sikker på at * * * på en fortrolig / hemmelighedsfuld måde * i al fortrolighed the sexton admits confidingly. * på en betroende måde 10 ‘ You have my solemn promise,’ the vicar replies * have ngs. ord ( højtidelig løfte ) på det in a confiding tone of voice. * betroende Having confidence in the vicar, and having confidence in * have tiltro til his ability to help him out of awkward and painful situation, * the sexton is confident (that) he will find understanding * være overbevist om at with the vicar. * He has confidence (that) he will be met with the vicar’s forgiveness and get forgiveness for what wrong he has done. The vicar takes the built-ridden sexton to his office * have tiltro til at * * brødebetynget skyldplaget and pours him a drink. * hælde ngt. op til ng. 20 He pours a drink for both of them. * = Taking the vicar into his confidence, the sexton prepares the vicar for an embarrassing surprise. * skænke ng. sin fortrolighed * The sexton leans forward confidingly. * på betroende vis Confiding in the vicar, he confides to him that * betro sig til ng. he has a secret he can’t bear / endure having. * betro ng. at * bære / udholde at He can’t bear / endure to have it any more. * = Taking off his shirt, the sexton unveils a false hunchbach. * A stuffed hump sewn into the back of his vest (E) / * udstoppet * pukkel undershirt (A) has done duty as a humpback. * = 30 Standing in front of the vicar, stripped to the waist / * afklædt til taljen bare from the waist and upwards, the sexton displays * bar / nøgen fra taljen og opefter a perfectly shaped torso / upper part of the body. * overkrop * undertrøje * gøre det ud for / tjene som ngt. ~ med bar overkrop Looking at the bare-chested sexton, the vicar gapes / is dumbfounded with surprise. Why is he coming up with such bare`faced revelation * barbrystet * måbe / blive målløs / tabe både næse og mund * åben [ A: `beê- ] and why has he told such a bare-faced lie ? ‘ Please, forgive me my deceit,’ the sexton pleads, ‘ but let me tell you about what went before – Let me explain the ante`cedent events.’ utilsløret * fræk, skamløs * * hvad, der er er gået forud / forhistorien * forudgående 752 ‘ Already as a teenager I started to work as a bell-ringer * ( frivillig ) ringer, klokker in a parish far from here,’ he begins. * ‘I was well-liked by everybody but one day i realized that the girls took a special interest in me. * * I was, of course, flattered but also shy about it. * Then, to my surprise, I realized that I was also desired by * begære ng. married women even some of mature years. Without meaning to, I communicated irresistable sexual * i en moden alder * formidle ngt. > attraction to both young and mature women. * til ng. 10 Although I know it says, ‘ Though shalt not covet * attrå / begære ng. thy neighbour’s wife, ‘ I must admit I couldn’t help feeling very * attracted, but even if some of them tried to lead me astray, * lede ng. på afveje I, nevertheless, never let myself go astray / wrong. * komme på … In fact even the rector’s wife turned her attentions to me * moden * rette sine ( romantiske ) tilnærmelser mod ng. You couldn’t call his wife a beauty, at `any rate. * utilbørlig … efterstræbe ng. med ngt. * være alt andet end ngt. ~ det ville være synd at sige * ikke kalde ngt. ngt. i nogen som helst grad As I have to say that the rector was (as) ugly as sin, I had * grim som arvesynden and kept pursuing me with her indecent attentions (pl.). She was anything but a beauty. * forfølge / no difficulty in rejecting her advances,’ the sexton admits. * afvise ngs. ( seksuelle ) tilnærmelser 20 Opening his heart to the vicar, the sexton then goes on * åbne sit hjerte overfor ng. pouring () `out his trouble. * udøse ngt. ‘ Pouring `out his heart / soul (to the vicar),’ he goes on, * … sit hjerte ( for ng. ) ‘ Furious at / about being rejected, the rector’s wife * rasende over ngt. had spread the rumour that I had had relationships with * married women. * Soon I was openly accused of being covetous of married women and of having had adulterous relationships. Falsly accused of adultery, I was fired as a sexton * * * and chased out of the parish (as) miserable as `sin * overmåde elendig / ulykkelig 30 as I had thought that I had deserved a better fate. * fortjene en … skæbne ( fortid ) Out of my mind with despair and rage, I had to find * ude af sig selv ( af ) a new place to live and a new way of life, * and then chance brought me here at the right moment. * skæbne ( tilfældet ) * desperation fortvivlelse It’s said that no man can escape his destiny. * intet menneske kan flygte fra sin skæbne ( fremtid ) Anyway, I decided to disguise myself as a hunchback * in order to attract pity to get the job and, at the same time, * to keep women at a distance to avoid trouble. * 753 In order to clear my conscience I have to bare my `soul. * rense sin samvittighed I have to bare my sole to you and admit that I have been * blotte min sjæl for ng. seeking revenge for the bad way the rector and his wife had * søge hævn for ngt. treated me / behaved towards me. * behandle ng. I had it in mind to get / have / take (my) revenge * blotlægge sin sjæl * have i sinde at (on the rector and his wife) by stealing some church silver, * ( over ng. ) as proper revenge / payback for their mistreatment. * hævn for * få / tage hævn > * mishandling Out of my mind with revengefulness, I had it in mind that * hævntørst / -gerrighed * have i sinde at I would steal your church silver and, appearing as a differently * 10 looking person somewhere else, I would not be * reckognized as the wanted thief. * eftersøgt Getting to know you and having listened to your services, * lære ng. at kende I realized, however, that I would make the innocent suffer * lade den uskyldige lide > for the guilty and that two wrongs don’t make a right. * for de skyldige ~ for smed at rette bager I place my life / fate in your hands as your forgiveness is * lægge sin skæbne i ngs. hænder my only hope,’ the sexton `penitently concludes * angerfuldt feeling naked and drained after his ordeal of laying bare * nøgen * udmattet * prøvelse med at * blotlægge his barefaced lie and painful past. * skamløs løgn Impressed by the sexton’s heart-to-heart confession 20 his barefaceness, frankness, openness, and penitence, * åbenhjertlig * ligefremhed the vicar feels called upon to ease the sexton’ s conscience * kaldet til at and forgive him his fraud. * The vicar takes (his) time to think ( carefully ). * tage sig tid til at After a while the vicar breakes the silence by declaring, * ‘ As it seems you are more sinned against than sinning, * and as I believe that the antecedents redeem the fraud, * forhistorien I want you to stay and I want everything out in the open forudgående begivenheder * den nøgne sandhed – is that okey / OK with you ? ’ * The sextons ’s face lights up as he nods his head. * gøre bod is still worried about how to get out of his miserable situation. * and then ring the bells as usual. Having put / placed (all his) confidence in the vicar * tænke sig om * råde bod på * 30 Even if he promises to do / perform penance, the sexton The vicar tells him to be (in) hiding until next Sunday * lette ngs. samvittighed * holde sig skjult * * sætte … sin lid til ng&t. and his abilities, the sexton has blind / implicit confidence in * have blind tillid til ng&t. the vicar and his abilities. Havin faith in him, he has trust in him. * * have tillid / tiltro til ng. * … tro på ng. 754 On Sunday, at the sermon, the vicar tells a `parable * lignelse comparable to the sexton’s story. * Having finished his sermon, he descends from the pulpit * and fetches the sexton hiding in a communicating room, * tilstødende and prepared to give the congregation the bare facts. * de nøgne kendsgerninger In front of the congregation the vicar invites the sexton, as prearranged, to reveal the bare `bones ( of his story ). When he tells about his antecedents, the congregation * * de nøgne kendsgerninger * fortid, tidligere liv forfædre listens with curiosity to his antecedent experiences. * forudgående, tidligere 10 He gives only the barest of details but when he takes off * det mindst mulige af ngt. his shirt and unveils his false humpback there's a stir. * røre, postyr opstandelse The relation between the parable and the bare facts of the sexton’s case is suddenly clear to the congregation. Thanks to the vicar’s parable and the sexton’s confession the congregation seems ready to forgive the sexton. * de nøgne kendsgerninger vedrørende ngt. * stå klar for ng. * * The sexton is quietly (E) confident that he pulled through. * i sit stille sind * sikker på at * klare skærerne In order to get things clear, the vicar asks the congregation * få klare linier to raise their hands if they want the sexton to stay. Remembering the words of the Redeemer, the words of * * Forsoneren 20 the redemption of the world from sin, a vast majority * forsoning believe the sexton is not beyond / past redemption. * være hinsides frelse / redning / nåde redningsløst / nådesløst fortabt They believe Jesus will be ready to redeem him from sin. * frelse / tilgive ng. fra ngt. A forest of hands indicates a vote of confidence * skov af ngt. ( in the sexton ). * tillidsvotum * til ng. Having thanked the congregation for their confidence in him, * and promised to redeem himself, the sexton climbs * gøre sig bedre fortjent the stairs of the belfry in a confident manner, * selvtillidsfuld / -sikker and rings the bells with a confident smile. * … The vicar’s introduction to priesthood has really been 30 a baptism of / by `fire. As the sexton is in the vicar’s confidence and visa versa, they often have a heart-to-`heart (talk) with each other, * * ilddåb * have ngs. fortrolighed * … åbenhjertig samtale and as each other’s confidants, they confide in each other. * fortrolig ( person ) The sexton feels / is confident about / as to the future. * fortrøstningsfuld Redeeming every pledge / promise, the vicar the clerk * opfylde et løfte and the sexton never gives it a lick and a promise, * gå let hen over et arbejde so they keep enjoying the confidence of the congregation. * nyde godt af ngs. tillid * betro sig til ng. * omkring / hvad angår [email protected] 755 Baptism is a Christian baptismal ceremony in which * dåb a priest give a person baptism. * give ng. dåb * dåbsceremony At the baptism a few drops of water from the baptismal font * døbe font are poured on a person or they are covered with water * hælde ngt. på ng. as an i`nitiatory rite / a rite of initiation into Christianity * indførende / indledende or sacrament of the Christian church. * In many cultures, they have initiation rites / rituals and initiation ceremonies for boys and girls before puberty. When baptized a person is baptized a Christian 10 and perhaps baptized a Christian name. A christening is a ceremony of baptism esp. as accompanied by the giving of a name to the infant baptized. When a child is christened it is christened a name. * indvielses rite / ritual * … ceremoni * døbe ng. * … ng. ngt. * = * ( kristen ) dåb * * døbe ng. * døbe ng. ngt At the christening, an uncomfortable child communicates * utilpas its insecurity by crying. The church holds confirmation, a confession of faith, a rite administered to babtized persons in some churches, * meddele / give udtryk for ngt. * * holde konfirmation * rite * trosbekendelse * formidle ngt. til ng. ritual a sacrament for confirming and strengthening the recipient * bekræfte ng. > * styrke ng. > in the Christian faith, in others as a rite without sacremental * i ngt. character by which the recipient is admitted to * fællesskab / samkvem > 20 full communion with the church. * med ng&t . As the candidates for confirmation need preparation / instruction for confirmation, they have to them about the ministry of Jesus. The vicar’s enthusiasm communicates itself to most of the candidates. So he infects most of the candidates with his enthusiasm. * døbt * modtager * konfirmationskandidat * konfirmationsforberedelse go to confirmation classes to be prepared for confirmation. * til konfirmationsforberedelse Teaching the candidates Christianity, the vicar tells * rite / ritual ( = indvielsesritual ) * gå > * forberedt til … * * præstegerning * smitte af på ng. * * smitte ng. med ngt. Even if the Gospel is ment to be a communicable message,* som let kan udbredes 30 even the communicable vicar must, however, struggle to * meddelsom communicate the Gospel to some of the candidates. * bibringe ng. ngt Some candidates and parents are quite reserved. * reserveret The vicar racks his brain(s), remembering their names. * bryde sin hjerne / sit hoved umeddelsom Besides strenghtening the candidates in the Christian faith, * styrke his goal is to prepare them to go out into the world * gå ud i verden with confidence. * med ( selv-) tillid * stride / kæmpe for at * sognebørn 756 Besides preaching the word of God, the vicar * prædike / forkynde preaches the virtues of democracy to the candidates * … ngt. til ng. and preaches the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. * prise / rose ngt One day, preaching a sermon against excess, he preaches about the evils of all kinds of excesses. He underlines / stresses that excellent manners is not enough to redeem an excessive lifestyle. Teaching religious knowledge and lecturing on ethics can be wearing / wearying. * guds ord * fremføre en ( moral-) prædiken mod ngt. * udskejelse * moralprædike om ngt. * = * understrege / fremhæve * råde bod på opveje * & kristendomskundskab * opslidende, slidsomt [ `weêring ] [ wiêriing ] * overdreven * foredrage / holde foredrag om ngt. * = udmattende, trættende 10 It can be a wearing / wearying task. * = The vicar must admit that some people and some tasks weary him. * * trætte ng. [ wiêri ] Having to take religious instruction (U) * få religionsundervisning and be given lectures about / on morals * få foredrag om can be none the less a weary / wearisome task. * slidsom, opslidende [ wieri ] [ `wiêrisêm ] If the vicar lectures the candidates about / on excesses in a way that they find annoying or boring, they weary. * & kedelig udmattende, trættende * formane ng. angående ngt. * trættes kede sig As the lesson wears on, some candidate weary of [ weêz ] * slæbe sig hen [ wiêri ] * trættes / kedes ved ( at gøre ) ngt. ( listening to ) the vicar’s parade of lectures. * 20 Growing weary of ( listening to ) his wearisome lectures * blive træt af / uinteresseret i ngt. the candidates may react with weary sighs * træt * kedelig kedsom When they are weary of ( listening to ) him lecturing they may chorus, ’ Now, you’re preaching.’ * være træt af / uinteresseret i ngt. * sige i kor If his eagerness has run away with him, the vicar replies, * løbe af med ng. ’ Sorry, I didn’t mean to preach.’ * præke The vicar holds a confirmation service. * Some candidates are mainly confirmed because of * blive konfirmeret their parents and family. To these candidates the only redeeming feature of 30 the confirmation is the party and the gifts. Some of their ancestors (C) / antecedents (pl.) / * moralprædike præke * * forsonende træk * * forfædre for(e)bears may turn (over) in their grave at such profanity. * vende sig i sin grav A profane attitude to life is demonstrated by a behaviour * blasfemi bespottelse * profan, blasfemisk bespottelig that shows lack of respect for God or holy things. * In some families the children are under no obligation. * ikke være underlagt nogen forpligtelse They are under no obligation to be confirmed. * … til at At his confirmation party, a newly confirmed person * konfirmationsfest may christen some of his gifts. * indvie ngt. * konfirmand 757 When someone has died, the vicar conducts / holds * holde > a funeral service before the departed is buried * begravelsesgudstjeneste or brought away to be cremated. * kremere ng. Undertaking (U) is undertaken by an undertaker / `funeral director / (A&) mortician. * bedemandsarbejde * graver In case of a burial, long hours of digging and filling * begravelse As it wearies / exhausts them, the weary diggers * bedemand * = The sexton and the gravedigger look after the churchyard. of the graves wear the diggers out. * varetages af * udmatte * udmatte trætte 10 once in a while take / have a rest from the hard work. * udmattet træt So when they weary, they have a stop for well-earned rest. * blive udmattet / træt They are worn (out) as they wearily climb up the ladder. * udmattet The gravedigger’s weariness now and then amazes him. * - hed ’ Digging a grave is a wearying task,’ he admits wearily. * opslidende, udmattende ‘ Digging is a wearing, weary and wearisome task,’ * opslidende, slidsomt * træt trættende he admits, looking old and weary. ’ You’ll wear yourself `out if you carry on working so hard,’ the sexton warns. The inscription on some old gravestones has worn `away. 20 The ravages of time have worn `away the inscription. * * forvitre * tidens tand * vind og vejr In his funeral sermon the vicar mentions that, * begravelsesprædiken to everybody’s deep sorrow / great grief, * til ngs. dybe sorg illness and death had come suddenly. * Over the years she had simply worn herself `out. * slide sig op Many attend her funeral to pay their last respect. * deltage i ngs. begravelse Many come to / are at her funeral to pay their respect * komme til … People who go to / attend a funeral usually wear black. * & kedeligt * slide sig selv op Wind and weather have worn the inscription away. ( to the departed and her family ). * & kedeligt udmattende, trættende * træt * vise den sidste respekt * vise sin … * overfor ng. * gå til / overvære * bære / være klædt i sort 30 At the burial ( service / ceremony ) the vicar recites, * begravelse ( -s- ritual / ceremoni ) ’ earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,’ * ~ af jord er du kommet, til jord skal du blive, as he sprinkles three small shovelfuls / scoopfuls of earth * drysse / strø ngt. > on the coffin / casket (eA). * på ngt. * opremse af jord skal du atter opstå Everybody grieves / mourns her death. * sørge over / begræde ngt. Mourning for her / grieving for / over her, some mourners * sørge over ng. wear a black armband as a sign of grief / mourning. * bære / gå med After a funeral he feels an urge to commune with nature. * armbind ( sørge-) … * være i pagt med naturen So he spends time outside / outdoors in a natural place, * udenfor udendørs to enjoy it in a quiet and peaceful way and rest his weary brain.* træt udmattet * sørgende ( begravelse deltager ) * sorg * naturområde THE HONEYMOONERS 758 At a wedding, the vicar holds a wedding service. At a white wedding, the bride wears white as of sign of purity. * bryllupsrejdende * * hvidt bryllup * bære hvidt * renhed Before her wedding the mind of the bride-to-be is occupied * sind * optaget af at ( in / with ) getting exactly the bridal wear she wishes to wear. * brudebeklædning / -tøj Wearing a wedding dress / gown and a bridal veil, * være iklædt and carrying a bridal / wedding bouquet in her right hand * bære ( på ) * have på * lang el. kort brudekjole / lang … * brudeslør * brudebuket [ bu`kei ] the bride is led up the aisle by her father. * She has her hair taken up and wears earrings. * gå med / have opsat hår She wears her hair ( taken up ) in a bun and has () `on / håret sat op * ... i en knude some very unusual earrings. * have ... på * The groom wears a black suit and a tie to his wedding. * være klædt i ngt. til ngt. ( At his work they haven’t got a dress code so he doesn’t * påklædningsregelsæt have to wear a suit for work ). Some of the female wedding guests wear a demure dress without shoulders. * skulder Other times they just carry it over their arm. * tækkelig * være klædt i * provokerende udfordrende * bære ( et ) sjal * bare / nøgne * bære ngt. over armen * … løst / udslået hår Those who wear their hair long may have their hair loose * have håret hængende ned or they may wear their hair in a ponytail, or in bunches, * have hestehale in a plait (E) / braid (A), or in pigtails (E) / braids (A) * fletning ( i nakken ) Some of the ladies display they personality for example * rottehaler * fletninger i siden * by wearing conspicious hats with big brims, * bære, gå med * iøjenfaldende a lot of jewellery (U), exclusive glasses, high heels etc. have ngt. på * smykker * briller while the men may wear a moustache or a ( full ) beard. * have overskæg If they wear a three-piece pinstripe or herringbone suit, they wear trousers (E) / pants (A), a jacket, * skygge * ( sko med ) høje hæle * ( fuld- ) skæg * sildebensmønstret * * nålestrib A morning dress is worn at daytime ceremonies. * jaket ( -beklædning ) In these cases a man wears a black morning coat, * være klædt i Men may wear a special tie or bow tie, * hat * være klædt i * i tre dele * nålestribet and a waistcoat (E) / vest (A) in pinstripe or herringbone (U). * vest dark trousers / pants and a top / silk hat. * slips * = * dristig their bare / naked shoulders. * jakkesæt * have ngt. på arbejde while the most daring ladies wear a short provocative dress Inside the church, they wear a shawl to cover * bære øreringe * sildeben ( -mønster ) * bruges * jaket (-jakke ) * høj hat * have ngt. på * slips * butterfly wear a flower in ( the buttonhole of ) the lapel, * bære en blomst i knappehullet * revers wear a silk handkerchief in the breast pocket * have ngt. * knipling * lommetørklæde * brystlomme wear a badge (E) / button (A), wear expensive cufflinks, * bære ngt. wear an expensive watch etc. * bære … ur * emblem * manchetknap 759 At their wedding, the bride and (bride) groom * make / take their ( marriage / wedding ) vows. * aflægge ens bryllupsløfte The bride and groom put a wedding ring / band on each others ring finger. * giftering * Wearing their wedding rings they go / walk down the aisle. * med … giftering på After the marriage, when the newly married couple have * gone / walked down the aisle, crowds of curious people * ~ blive gift congregate in front of the church to stare at the newly-weds. * samles The crowd swells to more than hundred on-lookers 10 as curious people swell the crowd. While all their guests pay them extravagant compliments * vokse / svulme * få ngt. til at * a vicious lapdog communicates it’s viciousness by * arrig baring it’s teeth and growling before it’s put in it’s `place. * blotte tænderne An onlooker communicates his fear of dogs by uttering a stream of profanities (pl.). * stirre på beglo * vise ngt. ved at > * gø * sætte ng. på plads * udtrykke ngt. ved at * strøm af eder The guests talk of this and that / this, that and the `other. * snakke om dette og hint / løst og fast Some of the guests discuss which of the partners will be wearing the trousers (E) / pants (A). On of the guest thinks it’s the husband; his guess is him. * ægtefolkene * * & gætte på / foreslå ng. 20 ‘ Will she wear / accept / allow that ? – * godtage / tillade ngt. No, she won’t wear that, ‘ another guest ensures,’ knowing * = that she has never played second fiddle ( to anybody ). * spille anden violin ( i forhold til ng.) * gæt [email protected] 760 At their wedding night the bride bares all for her husband. * blotte alt tage alt tøjet af She’s wearing delicate underclothes (pl). * undertøj She is wearing lace silk underclothing / underwear (U). * have ngt. på * knipling * undertøj An undergarment is o-f or formal for a piece of underwear. * underbeklædning A shift is a woman’s simple straight dress * særk or a simple straight piece of clothing worn by women * in the past as an undergarment. * She wearing a lacy bra and lacy knickers (E) / panties (eA) * have ngt. på * brystholder * trusser gå med together with a suspender (E) / (A) garter belt with fastenings * hofteholder 10 for holding up her silk stockings. At other times she wears a comisole, a chemise or maybe just a simple vest (E) or a T-shirt as underwear. * silkestrømper * dameundertrøje * chemise * undertrøje u. ærmer * T-shirt An undershirt (A) as worn in A is with or without arms. * undertrøje The husband wears undershorts / ( under>) pants (E) * have ngt. på * underbukser * boksershorts * undertrøje or boxer shorts and maybe a vest (E) or a tee shirt. If a woman wears briefs, she wears legless knickers, and if a man wears briefs he wears legless underpants. * trusser * = In E both knickers and underpants are called pants. * In A both men and women may wear underpants. * underbukser 20 Male & female: A pair of briefs ( E&A ) Female: A pair of knickers (E) / pants (E) / panties (eA) / underpants (A). Male: pair of ( under>) pants (E) / undershorts (EA) / boxer shorts (EA) / underpants (A) A pair of long johns is a pair of (under>) pants with long legs. Spouses should wear their heart on their `sleeve, * T-shirt * trusser * underbukser * = * underbukser * boksershorts * underbukser * lange underbukser * * ægtefælle and, expected to show (each other) confidence, * bære sine følelser udenpå tøjet / til skue * vise ( ng.) fortrolighed / tillid they should never abuse each other’s confidence. * misbruge ngs. … 30 Couples should remember to communicate with each other * and regularly pay their partner a compliment as couples * give ng. et kompliment often make theselves miserable by not communicating. * tale sammen Sweeping / brushing a problems under the carpet never solves the problem. They ought to heed each other’s advice and warnings. * feje ngt. ind under gulvtæpptet * * være særlig opmærksom på ngt. They should give / pay heed; give / pay heed to each other * ofre opmærksomhed and give / pay heed to each other’s advice and warnings. They should take heed; take heed of people with ulterior motives and their intentions to make either of them unfaithful. udvise årvågenhed * … ngt. * tage sig i agt * * … på ng. … overfor ng. * … for 761 Thanks to modern communications, honeymooners * samfærdselsmidler can go to distant / faraway places for / on their honeymoon. * på … bryllupsrejse Big cities today have good communications with the rest of the world. * have trafikforbindelser med ngt. * Electronical means of communication like telegraph, * kommunikationsmidler telephone and radio enable a sender and a recipient * modtager to communicate over huge distances in no time. * kommunikere meddele sig There may be a breakdown in communication. * nedbrud i kommunikation Buying a package tour / trip, the honeymooners are * charterrejse 10 going on a package / charter holiday. John and Liz, as the couple are called, have decided on a tour to the Archi`pelago in the Aegean Sea. * charterferie * * ( det græske ) øhav * Det Ægæiske Hav [ i`d§i~ên ] They can pay in cash or by cheque / check or credit card. * betale kontant / med kontanter Many guests gave them cash for a wedding present / gift. * give ng. ngt. As the honeymooners got quite a lot of cash as wedding presents / gifts, they are able to pay (in) cash. As they pay £ 980 in cash ( for both of them ), the pay their tour in cash. They pay for the vacation cash `down (E). 20 They pay for the vacation cash up `front (E&A). * … med check * kontanter * kreditkort * som bryllupsgave * få ngt. > * i bryllupsgave * betale kontant / med kontanter * betale ngt. kontant / med kontanter * = * kontant på stedet * = They pay for the vacation with immediate payment in cash.* & med kontant betaling her og nu A discount is offered for immediate cash payment. * kontant betaling A payer writes a cheque for an amount money, * betaler makes the cheque to the agency and sign it. * udstede / skrive en cheque til ng. So the cheque is payable to the agency. * betalbar til ng. The agency cashes the cheque in the bank. * indløse … Some people pay by postal order (E) / money order (A) * betale ( via ) postanvisning in monthly payments. So they can make their payments ( for their travel ) 30 at a post office or in a bank. * skrive en cheque på ngt. * i … betalinger * foretage / gøre en betaling * i en bank* på et posthus ( * for ngt. ) 762 The honeymooners start packing for their holiday * pakke til ngt. in good time. * i god tid They pack a suitcase each; they each pack a suicase. * pakke en kuffert hver They pack separate suitcases. * = They pack a few essentials / necesseties into their * pakke ngt. ned i > … hver sin … hand luggage (eE) / hand baggage (eA) * håndbagage and all the rest into their suitcases. * ned i … kuffert Hand baggage or `carry-on baggage (A) is the bags * fornødenheder nødvendige ting * håndbagage ( på flyrejse ) and cases you can take on a flight * kasse, etui 10 and carry with you ( take with you in the cabin ). * selv have med sig * taske pose * tage med på en flyvetur mappe, taske Some people travel so much they actually wear () out suitcases. * tage med sig * kabine * * slide ngt. op They only want to bring wearable clothes and footwear. * behagelig at have på / gå med So they only bring casual clothes and shoes * uformel for everyday wear (U). * fodtøj * klæder / tøj * hverdagsbrug Cotton clothes designed for wear in hot climates. * brug John realizes his trainers or training shoes (E) / * træningssko, gummisko sportssko sneakers (A) are showing worrying signs of wear. They are, in fact, not only beginning to wear `out (vi), * slid * forfalde af slid blive slidt op 20 they are / have actually worn out ( vt / vi ). There are worn patches on the leather uppers * slide ngt. op / blive slidt op * slidt and the soles are so worn that he has almost worn a hole * sål ( in them ). * i ngt. When he wore () `out his tennis shoes last year, * kyle ngt. ud and throw away / out his worn-out clothes. * smide ngt. ud in spite of normal wear and tear. * overlæder * slide hul * slide ngt. op he made an effort to chuck `away / out his worn-`out shoes Some trainers don’t seem to be wearing well. * område plet * slidt * udslidt * holde særlig godt * ~ slitage ( * sliden * riven ) [ teê ] He won’t pack his suitcase with worn clothes 30 or a pair of worn shoes. So he goes to a store where they sell a wide range of casual wear, such as leisure wear and sportswear both men’s wear, women’s wear and children’s wear. He buys a pair lightweight hiking / walking boots * pakke sin kuffert med ngt. * = * * uformel * beklædning * fritidstøj * sportstøj afslappet tøj * herrebeklædning * dame* børne/ -tøj * letvæfts * vandrestøvle of high quality which will stand up to the wear * holde til active wearers give their footwear. * bruger The boots are wearable in all kinds of weather. * egnet til at have på / gå med ‘You’ll get years of wear out of these high quality boots,’ * brug nytte the shop assistent assures him. * slidt * * brug slid * fodtøj 763 The stewardesses’ faces wear a welcoming grin / smile. * ~ ngs. ansigt udtrykker ngt. Wearing / having a welcoming grin / smile on their face, * ~ med et smilende ansigtsudtryk the stewardesses watch the passengers boarding the plane * gå ombord i flyet and guide them up the gangway (E) / aisle (A). * midtergang At their arrival the plane lands barely a minute later than they were scheduled to arrive. * kun * planlægge ngt. til at As they get out of the plane they feel the sun warm on their bare arms. * varme på ngt. * bar At their arrival, they get coupons and vouchers. * kuponer 10 which can be redeemed at various shops and restaurants. * indløse ngt. So some are redeemable against food at a restaurant. * indløselig mod at få Issued by a chain store / E& multible (`store / shop ), * kædeforretning * & … med forskelligt udvalg others are redeemable against any future purchase * indløselig mod * ( ind-) køb at any of their branches. * afdeling They are accommodated in a small hotel in Greek style. * indlogere The newly established hotel has just been christened. * døbe / navngive ngt. It has been christened ‘ The Pearl ‘. * … ngt. ngt. The small hotel has barely 20 rooms. * bare / blot / kun They are guided to their room up a bare tiled staircase. * opad 20 The room has a bare tile floor and the bare minimum of * bar furniture. * * bar * flise- / klinkegulv The walls are bare except for a crucifix and a bare shelf. * bar Wandering (around) the streets, they often salivate * gå omkring i ngt. as they see or smell the food in the restaurants. As an unconditioned reflex, the salivary glands start * flise- / klinkebelagt * det blotte mindstemål * tom * få mundvand * * ubetinget refleks * spytkirtel [ sê`laivêri / (A&E) `saliveri ] producing saliva also called spit or spittle. [ sê`laivê ] * spyt In the streets you never see barelegged greek men. mundvand * barbenet Unlike the tourists, who often wear shorts, * gå med … they never walk (around) the streets with bare legs. * gå omkring i ngt. 30 As the Greek men never walk the `streets barelegged * barbenet they always wear trousers (E) / pants (A) or jeans. * lange bukser Many tourists like to buy souve`nirs / A& `souvenirs as a memento / remembrance of sometthing. Many souveniers are mass-produced and rather cheap while real antiquities may cost an arm and a `leg. * = * med bare ben * & cowboybukser * = * påmindelse om ngt. * masseproduceret * oldtidslevn * ~ koste en bondegård genstand fra antikken / det hvide ud af øjnene Some tourists pay an arm and a leg for an antique (object) * ~ betale i dyre domme for ngt. * antikvitet antik genstand while some pay through their `nose for a fake. * betale alt for meget * falskneri 764 After a few days, they discover a small well hidden, * beautifully situated naturist / nudist / nude beach * naturist / nudist / nøgen barely half an hour’s walk from their hotel. * kun The guests pay an admission fee at the entrance. * betale entre If you pay a membership fee to the naturist club * betale ngt. > ( * adgang * betaling ) * medlemskontingent the beach pass will pay for it`self after only about two visits. * strandkort * ~ tjene sig hjem / sig selv ind The beach is still not paying its `way. * dække egne omkostninger People strip naked and wander around the beach * klæde sig af til skindet ( nøgen ) wearing no clothes / without any clothes on / * ~ uden tøj på 10 stark naked / (A) buck naked / naked as a jaybird. * splittennøgen Going to the beach, they bare their bodies to the sun, and enjoy sunbathing and svimming in the nude. * til ng&t * = * = ( jay: skovskade ) * blotte ngt. mod ngt. * nøgen The salt water may itch their eyes. * få ngt. til at klø Their eyes get itchy and itch for a while. * kløende Sometimes the sand is so hot they have to wear sandals. * have sandaler på People may wear a watch or a little bit of jewellery, * have ngt. på * klø gå med … just like the honeymooners are wearing their wedding rings. * armbåndsur * giftering A piece of jewelry (A) may contain an irritant substance * smykke which irritates sensitive skin and cause irritation to the skin. * irritere 20 As the strong sun can be wearing on the eyes, some * belastende / trættende for ngt. people wear sunglasses, a sunhat or a cap with a big peak. * have solbriller på Some people wear sunglasses with power for reading, for seeing things close `to / up or for seeing far. Nudism is the idea that it’s natural and healthy not to wear * nudisme in college. Posing nude, she was drawn or painted while nude. * solhat * tæt på * gå med Liz did some work as a nude model when she was * forårsage irritation af ngt. * langt * kontakt linse * nøgenmodel * * posere nøgen * kunstværk af nøgent menneske the art study. * As an attraction, some films contain scenes of nudity. * trækplaster As a draw, there may be several nude scenes in the film. * = A film is an attraction / a draw if it attracts / draws * & tilløbsstykke Many men salivate at / over naked or half naked women, * skygge * 30 Making nudes - images of naked bodies - is part of large audiences. * kasket gå med … * styrke Some people wear contact lenses. any clothes. * skykker gå med ngt. * = * * ~ have lyst til and some even slobber / drool over women * savle over ngt. more or less undressed ( norm. pred.). * afklædt * nøgen * nøgen krop * nøgenscene * = [email protected] 765 Drunk with joy the honeymooners one night stay out late * beruset af glæde having quite a few drinks. Liz, in high spirits, lures her high-spirited husband into showing her some ballet steps. * * i højt humør * humørfyldt * ballet [ `balei / A& ba`lei ] Intoxicated with wine and joy, John makes a hilarious * beruset af … * urkomisk attempt at dancing ballet to the vast amusement of * til stor morskab / moro for ng. everybody round about their table. * rundt omkring His face wears an air of triumph. * ngs. ansigt udtrykker His dancing begins well but the joke soon wears thin. * 10 It was funny for a while but the novelty soon wore `off. * en triumferende mine * det nye ved det * fortage sig svinde nyhedsinteressen Suddenly feeling ( like ) a complete idiot, he stops dancing. * Returning to his wife, he warns her jokingly, * ’ You’ll pay for this – I’ll pay you back for making me look * ~ bøde for ngt. ( like ) a fool in front of everyone. * Having been the worse for wear / drink, * ~ hævne sig på ng. for at * medtaget * meget fulde meget fulde they look terrible in the morning. They are paying the `penalty / price for the late night. * * tage straffen / betale prisen for ngt. They are paying the penalty / price for drinking too much. * … at gøre ngt. They take a headache tablet and hope they won’t feel 20 as bad when the effect wears `off. Some painkilling drugs can irritate the stomack lining / the lining of the stomach. * hovedpinepille * klinge af * irritere * = * væg ( i indre organer ) 766 The next day, their noses start running. Having a snotty and running / runny nose both of them start sneezing and coughing. Unfortunately, both of them have caught a cold even if it’s been hot all the time. It’s said you have caught a cold, but the fact is that you have caught a disease caused by certain germs, bacteria (sg: bacterium ) or (a) virus. The germs cause (a) bacterial or virus / viral infection 10 followed by a bacterial disease or a virus (disease). An infection in the nasal cavity and in the throat * næsen løber * snottet * næse der løber * nyse * hoste * * * * mikroorganisme * bakterie * virus ( -art ) * bakterie * virus / viral bakteriel * virussygdom * næsehule * hals [ `neizl ] makes the body mobilize the immune system. Infected with bacteria or virus and filled with germ-fighting * * inficeret / smittet med white blood cells, the mucous membranes swell, * slimhinde increase their secretion of mucus, and get irritated / sore. * sekretion * slim * irriteret / øm afsondring At times, thin mucus runs from their nostrils. * At times, thick mucus or, to use plain language / Englisn * snot * sige det rent ud / to put it bluntly, snot fills the nasal cavities, * = and makes them blow their noses. * pudse næse 20 The first times, they blow their nose on a handkerchief, * … i ngt. * næsehule * ( stof- ) lommetørklæde later on large quantities of tissues / Kleenex and toilet paper * ( papir- ) = / toilet tissue. At times, thick mucus gets stuck in their airway also called the respiratory tract / passages, the windpipe ( trachea ), * toiletpapir * = * luftvej (-ene ) * = * luftrøret [ ri- / re- / rê`spaiêtêri / ri`spirêtêri / `respireitêri / -rêtêri ] the throat, the mouth and the nasal passages, * (indre) hals and makes their breathing difficult. * hæmme / vanskeliggøre ngt. It causes them to cough a lot, and sometimes cough () up phlegm that are either swallowed or spit out. * næse luftvejene * hoste * … ngt. op * ophostet slim * spytte ngt. ud [ flem ] People who spit / gob (E) in the streets leave blobs / gobs * klat 30 of spit and snot. Pestered by a irritated throat and an irritating cough * spyt * plaget af * snot * øm * irriterende they are feeling unwell and indi`sposed for a couple of days. * utilpas Tissue (U), as for instance / such as skin / muscle / bone * væv nerve / mucous membrane tissue, is an aggregate of * similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of * structual material in an animal or plant. * * hoste * = * hud- * muskel- * knogle- 767 After some days of relaxation on the beach, * they want to take a boat and visit Turkey a few miles away. * Tyrkiet Their bags are light, packed with only the bare necessities. * kun det allermest nødvendige In a square, there’s a statue of a soldier with a bare sabre. * ~ trukket sabel [ `seibê ] The War of Greek Independence ( 1821 – 1832 ) * established a Greek state independent of the Ottoman Empire. * det osmanniske rige Nausea and vomiting are the symptions of seacsickness. * kvalme Fortunately, none of them get(s) / feel(s) seasick. * blive / føle sig søsyg * opkastning * søsyge Travelling by boat makes some people nauseous / queasy. * gøre ng. kvalmesyg Feeling nauseous / queasy, they feel like throwing `up. 10 Feeling nausea, they want to vomit. Every time a feeling / a wave of nausea comes over them, they want vomiting (`up) all they’ve got in their stomach. * føle sig kvalmesyg * kaste op * kaste op * føle kvalme * følelse / bølge af … * ~ vælde op i ng. After a sail in rough sea, the ship may be filthy with vomit. * sejltur * i høj sø * bræk At times there has been `sabre-rattling / (A) saber rattling * sabelraslen betweem Greece and Turkey. * From c. 1300 – 1922 Turkey was the core of the Ottoman * kerne i ngt. Empire. * A Turk is a native or inhabitant of Turkey. * tyrker Under Kemal Atatürk, who ruled as a virtual dictator, * = the new Republic of Turkey was declared in 1923 * 20 and rapidly westernized; the arab alphabet was replaced * vestliggjort the Roman `alphabet; Islam was disestablished, religious * latinske alfabet orders were abolished and women were en`franchised. * få stemmeret The vast majority of the Turkish population are Muslims, * tyrkisk and in some cultural spheres most women wear a headscarf. * kreds In other cultural spheres the women go about bareheaded as they wish. * barhovedet * Veiled women are a rare sight in Turkey. * tilsløret In some Islamic / Muslim countries most women wear * a headscarf or wear a veil. * bære slør 30 As some advocates of Islam don’t tolerate barefaced * utilsløret or barehead(ed) Muslim women to go about in public places, * barhovedet some Muslim women never leave their home barehead(ed) * = and some only go about veiled in public. * tilsløret In some Islamic countries most women veil ( their face ). * adsklit ( fra staten ) * gå omkring * tilsløre sig ( … ansigtet ) * ( på ) offentlig sted 768 Having spent one night in the Turkish port, they want to * make a trip through a part of the interiour if the country. * The get up early, but barely / only just have time to catch the bus. They have barely got on / boarded the bus when the driver starts the engine. The engine coughs and sputters / splutters, before it goes dead. The driver gets out of the bus, opens the bonnet (E) 10 / (A) hood and fiddles / tinkers with the engine. * kun lige * * stige på … * kun lige * * hoste * sprutte * gå død * motorhjelm * fingerere / pille ved ngt. nørkle med To judge by his gestures it seems to be a fiddly job (E). * krævende arbejde med hænderne The engine is a bit of a fiddle to fix. * = pillearbejde / nørkleri When he restarts the motor, the bus starts without trouble. * & begynde at køre At the first part of the way, the road winds (its way) along a rocky coast. * sno / bugte sig langs ngt. * After a while the road turns into a winding mountain road. * snoet As the road winds (its way) up the mountain, * sno sig opad ngt. the scattered / sparse vegetation gives way to bare rock. On one side and soon on all sides / in all direction, they 20 have a view of only a bare rock wall / mountainside. * spredt / sparsom * på alle sider / i alle retninger * have udsigt til ngt. * nøgen klippevæg / bjergside * nøgenhed Eventually they pass the pass and start riding downhill. * pas Instinctively / by instinct they are both fiddle with their * instinktivt At the last distance down the mountain, the road follows the river winding its way through the valley. The river has worn a winding course through the valley. * nøgen klippe * til den ene side The bareness of the landscape is impressing. wedding rings as the bus tears down the mountain road. * vige for ngt. * køre ned ad bakke * pille ved ngt. * suse nedad ngt. * * bugtende * slide ngt. > * sno sig vej gennem Melted snow swells the river in (the) spring. * bugtende * forløb Bugtet * få ngt. til at vokse / svulme When the river swells in the spring, the strong current * svulme op 30 carries along stones which, for thousands of years, * føre ngt. med sig have worn () `away rock from the river bed and its banks. * slide ngt. væk The current has worn rock and stones smooth. * slide ngt. As the river is low in the summer wast stretches of clay, * mud, silt, sand, gravel, pebbles, cobbles and boulders * are laid bare. * blotlægge ngt. * gennem ngt. * glat jævnt 769 The traffic has worn () away the vegetation along * slide ngt. væk the narrow road, and local people and domestic animals * have worn a track along the river. * slide et spor / en sti In the old days crossing the mountains was a dangerous undertaking. * * farligt foretagende vovestykke When they get off at a small town in the valley John happens to notice the tyres on the bus. * * They are the worse for wear. * nedslidt The tread (C) on the tyres has worn `down almost totally. * slidbane 10 The tyres are worn far below the legal limit of tread (U). Kilometres of wear on rough roads has almost worn () down the tread. * være slidt ned under ngt. * kilometervis ( af ) * slidbanegrænse / - mindstemål * brug / slid * slide ngt. ned The honeymooners start to stroll through the streets. * slentre Once in a while, they are met or overtaken * by a bareback rider. * ( for-) svinde pga. slid * rytter uden sadel The local farmers carry crops and ride bareback on horses * ride uden sadel mules and donkeys / (E o-f) asses. A stray dog communicates its anger by baring its teeth * * udtrykke ngt. ved at and growling before it’s chased away. * knurre 20 A horse hitched to a post is pestered by flies. * tøjre ngt. til ngt. Having reached the outskirts of the town, they notice people walking around wearing no shoes. * plage ng. * * uden sko They notice people walking around without any shoes on. * = They are surprised by the sight of barefoot(ed) people. * barfodet Some snotty children in ragged clothes, * snottet walk around in bare feet, and some poor adults, having * på bare fødder worn their clothes to rags, go barefoot(ed) in the street. * slide ngt. i laser 30 * blotte ngt. In many areas it’s hard to make farming pay. * betale sig Powerty wears () `down people. * nedslide / nedbryde ng. * i laset ... * gå … [email protected] 770 Suddenly John swelters and has to sit down. As the houses only cast short shadows in the sweltering midday sun, it’s difficult to find a place to sit in the shade. * føle sig utilpas / være ved at gå til af varme * kaste … skygge * smeltende ubehageligt varm * i skyggen He has propably got ( a touch of ) sunstroke (U). * få solstik A ragged little girl with bare feet who notices the incident * pjaltet * med bare fødder [ `ragid ] rushes into a nearby newly built house. Soon after, she returns followed by her father and mother who offer the sick John a jug / pitcher of water. Having taken some large gulps / swallows of water, * * * E: kande m. hank og hældetud *=A =E A: krukke m. hand og lille åbning * slurk 10 he sprinkles / splashes / splatters cold water on his face. * stænke / plaske / sprøjte ngt. på ngt. Having sprinlked / splashed / splattered his head with cold water, he feels much better. * … ngt. med ngt. * So he has probably just got a touch of the sun. * ( svagt ) solstik He gave / paid no heed at the time, but now he has cause * ofre opmærksomhed to remember his mothers advice and warnings. The girl’s father, who speaks a little bit of English, * * invites the couple to come in and rest a bit in the cool * i køligheden of the house. * The walls are bare except for an old fiddle / violin with 20 only one string, and a clock that has to be wound () up. Liz wonders who used to fiddle ( play the violin ) and wonders when a fiddler has last played on the fiddle. * violin * trække ngt. op * spille violin * … på … A bare / naked bulb dangles from the ceiling. * nøgen Some little children run naked around out on the patio. * = Running around ( the patio ) bare-arsed (E) / * med bar røv / nøgen bare-assed (A) they barely / hardly acknowledge * = the presence of the strangers. * Although an old grandmother is barely able to walk, she * pære * ude på patioen / i gårdhaven * knap nok næsten ikke * reagere på ngt. * kun lige akkurat fiddles / tinkers { a`bout / around ( with all kinds of things ). * rumstere omkring ( og pille ved / ordne ngt. ) 30 Taking care of fiddling little jobs around the house, * uvigtig she once in a while murmurs something barely audible. * kun lige akkurat irriterende The family has barely enough money to live on. * … nok As the family have a hard time paying their way, * betale for det de skal bruge they are short of even the bare necessities. * det absolut nødvendige mindstemålet af fornødenheder So they are sorry ( to say ) that they have little to offer in the way of food and drink. * være ked af ( at måtte sige ) at * mad og drikke * hørlig 771 In broken English, the husband explains that since * på gebrokken he finished military service he hasn’t been able to find * a permanent / steady job. * fast arbejde Every time an employer has paid () `off the husband, the family worry about when or whether he’ll get a job again. Barely 70 % of the inhabitants have a regular job, and many of the adults can barely read or write. He has built the house virtually with his bare hands as * betale ng. deres fratrædelsesløn * * bare / blot / kun * kun akkurat / med besvær * med de bare hænder / næver he has had only the bare essentials in the way of equipment. * de mest grundlæggende ting 10 He spends his time fiddling / tinkering ( about / around ) * ( gå omkring og ) forbedre og reparere with the house. In the army, they were told to fight with naked aggression * på ngt. * utilsløret … and taught how to fight barehanded and, nakedly aggressive, * med de bare næver kill a man with their bare hands. Most soldiers engaged in combat experience naked fear, as they must be prepared to pay with their lives. Prisoners of war risk being stripped naked and subjected to torture, even if it’s against the Geneva Convention. Made in Geneva, Switzerland in 1864 and followed by * = * med de bare hænder / næver * utilsløret * * klædt af til skindet * Geneve konventionen * many nationss, it established the rules for the human * 20 treatment of prisoners of war and of the sick, * the wounded and the dead in battle. * de sårede All the time the wife is busy darning ( worn socks ). * stoppe ( ngt.) ( med nål og tråd ) The socks have had holes worn in the heels, the soles, * få hul slidt i ngt. and the toes. * Hard use has worn the husbands clothes. * slidt His worn old jeans have worn thin at the knees, * blive tyndslidt and the thread is starting to wear away at the seams. * slides bort / væk His shoes have worn down at the heels. * slides ned Suddenly, they hear a moan of pain from one of the kids. * jamren / klagen / stønnen of smerte 30 He has got a splinter in his foot. * splint The splinter is barely visible / discernible. * bare, blot It’s only just visible to / with the naked eye. kun lige akkurat * … for / med det blotte øje Using ( a pair of ) pincers, they hope to have removed * pincet the splinter. * slidt * * synlig * skelnelig registrerbar 772 As it’s getting late, it suddenly strikes the honeymooners * det slår / gå op for ng. > ( komme i tanker om ) that they have to find a place to stay for the night. It occurs to them that they have to find a pension, * at * det går op for / slår ng. at a boarding house, a guesthouse or just some private ( komme i tanker om ) * pension accommodation. * The greek couple come to think of / remember a couple of places. * pension ( på kontinentet ) * = * komme i tanke om / huske på ng. * The Turkish husband finds a pension for the honey> * finde ngt. til ng. mooners. * 10 He finds the honeymooners a nice pension, * finde ng. ngt. run by an elderly widow. * vise ng. vej til ngt. It’s said she’s around her mid-sixties, but she’s worn well. * holdt sig godt Quite right, she’s wearing well – only a few wrinkles. * holde sig godt Having been accommodated well, the honeymooners * indkvartere ng. promise to pay / make a call on the Turkish family. They promise to pay / make the family a call the next day. * aflægge et besøg hos ng. * … ng. et … After a long hot day it’s time to find a change of underwear. * skifteeksemplar So they change their underwear. * skifte … Going to bed they realize that the sheets have worn thin. * blive slidt tynd 20 Completely worn out, they close their eyes wearily. The next morning Liz tells John about her dream. ( ~ et sæt skifte ) * undertøj * træt * på træt vis * She dreamt that she had roast turkey for Christmas dinner. * stegt kalkunkød While she was eating Turkish de`light for dessert, * = ( … glæde, henrykkelse, fryd ) a flock of turkeys had suddenly appeared, and headed by * kalkun an angry gobbler they had gobbled deafeningly. * kalkunhan Just as they had set the scene / stage for an attack she has woken up in a sweat / bathed in sweat. A turkey is a cock or hen of turkey ( turkey cock * pludre * øredøvende * lægge an til ngt. * badet i sved * kalkunhane or turkey hen ) the name first applied to guinea fowl(s) (U,C) * -høne * perlehøne / -høns [ `gini ] 30 later ( by confusion ) to the American bird. Turkish delight or Turkish paste is a sweet / a candy * * = made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar. * gelatine * skære ngt i tern * masse pasta * strø ngt. med ngt. 773 When John and Liz pay / make a call the next day * komme på besøg as promised, they realize the boy has got a swollen foot. * som lovet The splinter has caused (an) infection which has caused pain and swelling / a painful swelling. The honeymooners insist (up)on paying for the boy to be * hævet * * hævelse * & hævet område * insistere på / presse på for at ( holde fast på at ) taken to a doctor. * They insist (up)on a visit to a doctor. * insistere på / presse på for ngt. They insist that they consult a doctor. ( holde fast på ngt. ) * … at They insist that they (E&:should ) see a doctor. * = 10 They are insistent that they see a doctor. As they are insistent on ( making ) a visit to a doctor, they insist on them / their going to a doctor. At the homeymooner’s insistence, they go to a doctor and the honeymooners pay the doctor to treat the foot. * lægebesøg * insisterende på at * ... ( at ) ngt. * insistere på at ng. gør ngt. * foranlediget af ng’s insisteren / pressen på * betale ng. for at Having been told about the honeymooners’ insistence that * insisteren / pressen på at the boy got / received medical treatment, * the doctor expresses his respect for the honeymooners’ * insistence on ( providing ) medical treatment of the boy. * insisteren på ( at ) ngt. Using a magnifying glass, a scalpel and pinchers, * 20 he is able to localize, cut out and remove the rest of * the splinter, invisible to / with the naked eye. * usynlig for / med The doctor is barely 30 years old and already running a practice. As the practice only has the bare essentials in the way of * det blotte øje * * * de mest grundlæggende ting equipment, the doctor has seeked funding / some funds * søge but the cupboard is bare. * kassen er tom Many patients have an unrelenting tickle in their throat. * have > Most of them have got a smoker’s cough. * have rygerhoste It’s dry, persistent and tickling cough * vedholdende and `cough mixture / syrup / medicine will only alleviate / * hostesaft 30 ease / mitigate the relentless symptions. * ubønhørlig * fondsmidler * ubønhørlig uophørlig * kildrende * fond * kildren * hoste uophørlig The doctor treats the wound with a healing ointment which should reduce the swelling and the pain. Already the next day there’s barely / hardly any swelling. * helende / lægende * & mindske * næsten ikke * salve * hævelse 774 Liz and John want to invite the Turkish parents out. * invitere ng. ud So they invite them out for dinner. * … til ngt. They invite them for a drink in the afternoon * invitere ng. på ngt. and invite them to ( eat ) dinner at a restaurant in the evening. * … til ngt. The Turkish couple feel it’s too kind (of the honeymooners), * det er alt for venligt / meget ( … venligt af ng. ) but the honeymooners insist / are insistent. So having taken out the Turkish parents for a drink, the honeymooners take them out for dinner. They have goblets for the wine. * insistere / være vedholdende * tage / invitere ng. ud til ngt. * = * glas på stilk 10 The guests at a table next to them gobble. * æde i sig Gobbling their food, they gobble up / down a huge menu. * … ngt. i sig Gobs of spittle run down the chin of one of the gluttons. * klat * = * ( jærv ), grovæder slughals, ædedolk The gluttons insistantly demand the waiter’s attention. * ihærdigt Their insistant demands obviously irritate everybody else. * = Having stuffed their gobs (E) with food, they want to pay. * proppe The guest who wants to pay ( the waiter ) ( for their meal ) * betale ( ng. ) ( for ngt. ) vedholdende gives an impatient cough to catch the waiter’s attention. The honeymooner party finish their dinner * selskab * tyrkisk kaffe 20 that you drink in small cups with sugar. * John, however, takes his coffee with a blob of cream. * sukkerknald * klat Liz only has a gobbet of dessert. * lille smule Having enjoyed their meal, the honeymooners are happy * to pay the bill and pay for their Turkish friends. * betale regningen They want to compliment the cook on the delicious meal. * rose ng. for ngt. So seeing the cook, they pay a compliment to him. * give ng. ros They praise him for ( having prepared ) a delicious meal. * rose ng. for ngt. A swell of pride is seen on him. * følelsesudbrud af stolthed 30 He swells with pride at the compliment / praise. * betale * give et host with Turkish `coffee, very strong black coffee They get sugar lumps / cubes (eA). * kæft * fyldes af stolthed * betale for ng. [email protected] 775 The honeymooners pay a call / visit to an ancient city * aflægge ngt. et besøg full of Greek antiquities, monuments and relics of antiquity * oldtids- from the Hellenistic age. Visiting the `amphitheatre they walk up the well `worn stone steps. * bygningsminde værker * hellenistisk periode * efterladenskab * amfiteater * fortidighed ( oldtids- ) * godt slidt * The Hellenistic age is the period between the death of * Alexander the Great of Macedon ( Macedonia ) ( 323 BC ) * Makedonien and the accession of the Roman emperor Augustus ( 27 * tiltrædelse BC ), tronbestigelse when Greek culture spread throughout the Mediterranean. * 10 Alexander’s conquest took Greek ideas to the east * and in the political confusion that followed his death * city states became cosmo`politan and Greek colonists, * kosmopolitisk following in Alexanders footsteps, implanted Greek ideas * indpode ngt. i ng in their new environments. * verdensorienteret In the Hellenistic period Alexandria in Egypt was the major commercial city and centre of intellectual life. * * Common Greek was the universal language. * On they way back to Greece the honeymooners go to * a Turkish bath to have a Turkish bath. * 20 It’s a treatment in which you sit in a room full of hot steam * / sit in a very hot steamy room, have a massage * and then have / take a cold shower or bath. * tage et … styrtebad Having spent an eventful time in Turkey, * begivenhedsrigt the honeymooners return to their hotel on the Greek island. * Impressed by the Greek island’s own beautiful relics of * an antique temple, marble sculptures and an `amphitheatre, * amfiteater the honeymooners laze / loaf away the last days of * dovne / drive / dase ngt. bort their holiday on the beach, satiated with impressions. * mættet med Some days a nice cool breeze blows from the sea. 30 The breeze swells ( out ) the sails of the boats. As the sails swell ( out ), the boats heel over a little bit in the gentle wind. * * udspile * ... sig * One night they have difficulties (in) falling asleep * due to some festivities in the nearby neighbourhood. * As the music plays insistenly, it’s insistent ( sound of ) * pågående vedholdende oriental rhythms keeps then awake. On sundays, the church bells ring and clang insistently. * * << The insistent ringing and clang call the believers to church. * = * = 776 Having arrived at the airport, the honeymooners go into * til lufrhavnen the ( air ) terminal ( building ) and check in for their flight * terminalen at the check-in desk where they get their boarding passes * tjek-ind skranke / (E&) cards. * They show their passports at the passport control * flyvetur * = * and then go through security where they check that they * sikkerhedskontrollen are not carrying anything illegal. * As the government has imposed / levied / placed / put * tjekke ind til * lægge > a duty on certain goods, a tax on something you buy, * afgift på ngt. 10 the government levies / collects (an) excise duty, * opkræve * afgiftsskat (a) customs duty and (an) import duty. * toldafgift * importafgift In a duty-`free (shop) at the airport people can buy duty-`free goods. * toldfri forretning * = Liz and John do some do duty-free shopping. * = Buying duty-free, they buy a few duty-`frees (E). * toldfrit Waiting for their flight in the departure lounge, they * afgangsventesal * forretningsindkøb * toldfri indkøb pay attention to what is read on the departure(s) monitor * være opmærksom på ngt. and what is announced in the loudspeakers about their * departure time and when boarding takes place. * afgangstid 20 The flights / planes are boarding at a number of gates. * tage passagerer ombord * afgangs- * skærm * det at gå ombord Shortly before the scheduled time / hour of their departure, * berammet a delay is announced in the departure of their plane. * forsinkelse af ngt. Even if all aircrafts are checked regularly for wear and tear, * = slitage a defect is detected by the pilots just before boarding. As the mechanics have to check the equipment for wear, * * slid and take care to mend or repair the damage * the departure is postponed for an indefinite period / time. * udsætte ngt. The patience of the weary travellers is wearing thin * tålmodighed as their wait wears on. * trække ud 30 As the afternoon wears on, they become more and more * trække ud worried, tired and irritable / crabby. * irritabel To his annoyance, John steps on a gob of gum. * til ens misfornøjelse He gets irritated about / at / with / by the chewing gum * irriteret over ngt. which keeps sticking to his sole. His irritation at / with ( trying to remove ) the sticky mass shows. * på ubestemt tid * træt * ( fugtig / klæbrig ) Klump * * irritation over ( at gøre ) ngt. * vise sig * blive tyndslidt * tyggegummi 777 A impatient boy pesters his parents for sweets (E). * plage ng. om ngt. They buy him a packet of boiled sweets. * bolche Having finished the packet, he continues to * pester / plague / badger / harry his parents. Pestering / plaguing / badgering / harrying them with questions, he pesters / badgers them to buy more sweets. * plage ng. * … med ngt. * … ng. om at He irritatingly badgers them into buying more candy (A). * på irriterend vis The snotty- / snot-nosed (E/A) boy is the most * ~ møg irriterende irritating child the honeymooners have seen for a long time. * irriterende 10 Their fingers itch to box his ears. * det klør i ngs. fingre for at The boy’s and his pestering is a constant irritant. * plageri It’s an irritation for them when they are trying to relax. * irritation for ng. As the boy keeps pestering in a way his father * plage finds very irritating, the father eventually tells * finde ngt. irriterende his pestering son to shut his gob (E). * plagende The parents’ irritability is very understandable and it’s very understndable that the father reacts irritably. * give ng. en på ørerne / kassen * irritationsmoment * holde ( sin ) kæft * irritabilitet * irriteret The flight is postponed until next morning / in the morning. * udsætte ngt. indtil Having a long wait is a fly in the ointment. * ventetid 20 Waiting for hours, having to spend the night at the airport * has, in fact, been the only fly in the ointment. * det eneste skår i glæden When their flight is called in the morning and they are told where the flight is boarding, they go to * et skår i glæden * bekendtgøre ngt. * tage passagerer ombord the announced departure gate in order to get onto the plane. * afgangsgate When the pilots have warmed () up the motors the plane takes off ( from the runway ). Their plane lands barely a few minutes later than their estimated arrival time. Having gone to the baggage reclaim (eE) / (A) claim * varme motorerne op * lette fra * anslået * baggageudleveringen * tolden 30 and immigrations, where the police and the customs * immigrationskontrollen officers on duty check their passports and luggage. * i tjeneste / på vagt and customs officers are on duty early in the day. As they go off duty early in the afternoon, they are are off duty most of the afternoon and the whole evening, * start- ( & landings- ) bane * to collect their bags, they go / pass through customs Going on duty early in the morning, some police * gå ombord på flyet * begynde tjenesten / vagten * være i tjenesten / på vagt * slutte … * udenfor tjeneste / ikke på vagt Having cleared their baggage ( throught the customs ) * få bagagen gennem tolden they go out into the arrivals area of the airport on their way * området for ankommende to get out of the airport. * * ankomsttid HOME AGAIN 778 The weary couple take a taxi home to John’s apartment. * træt udmattet The long hours of travelling has wearied the honeymooners. * trætte [ wiêrid ] Getting all the way home has been a long and wearying * opslidende, udmattende trættende journey. It’s has been a long and weary journey * * trættende, udmattende kedsommelig and a lot of wearisome hours spent in waiting. Looking worn (out), they heave / (E) hump their luggage * & kedelig * træt * slæbe ngt. > udmattet up the stairs, lock themselves in, and, completely worn ( out ),* op ad trappen throw themselves into the nearest chairs. * udmattet 10 All the traveling has really worn them ( out ). * udmatte / trætte ng. træt As they realize the fridge is completely bare, they have some fast `food delivered and pay ( cash ) on delivery. * tom * & færdiglavet mad The delivery man wears a crash helmet. * ( leverings- ) bud Safety helmets and bicycle helmets offer the wearers * styrthjelm protection against head injury. * He has passed by an area cordoned () off by the police. * passere ngt. A passerby had just found a body ( lying ) half naked * forbipasserende on the ground, appearently bled to death. * blødt ihjæl 20 Some alarmed passersby told him that the body had * opskræmt been identified as a resident of the block of flats (E) // * beboer the tenement building / house / block (E,A) // * = ( jævnere ) (A) the apartment house right beside. * = they were dealing with an accident, a suicide or a crime. Shaken by the news, Liz and John don’t feel like watching a detective film so they chose another film, less violent. The main characters is a real Turk, * bære have ngt. på * cykelhjelm * styrthjelm * bærer bruger * The young man can’t help telling some terrible news. Behind the police cordon they were investigating whether * betale ( kontant ) ved levering * afspærre ngt. * << ( pl. ) * beboelsesejendom * ved siden af * afspærring * have at gøre med * * ~ kriminalfilm * brutal og dominerende person while his business partner is just a turkey. * tåbe 30 So when they talk turkey (A), the big-`headed / * tale alvorligt om forretninger (A) swell-headed turk believes he can fool his partner. * = skvadderhoved When he draws up a technical document, * his partner usually says,’ It’s all `gobbledegook / * = the waste (disposal) site, (A) the garbage dump, the landfill * affaldsplads * = * = or, at best, in the attick / (eE) loft or basement or * i bedste fald in a storage room / storeroom ( E: a lumber / box room ). * opbevarings- / lagerrum * tildækket … * loft ( -srum ) * kælder * pulterkammer / -rum pulterkammer/ -rum So she has to find excuses to get rid of various objects 20 like a multicoloured carpet without hurting his feelings. * * ‘ Your carpet is starting to wear,’ she maintains, * blive slidt even it’s only starting to wear a little, and she actually * … lidt … just doesn’t like it’s party-coloured pattern. * spraglet Eventually, John wearies of her excuses. * blive træt af ngt. He waries of taking her excuses at face value. * … af at Growing / being weary of ( taking ) her excuses * blive / være træt af ( at gøre ) ngt. * tage ngt for pålydernde ( seriously ), he tries to make her be honest by hinting, * ‘ Your excuses are wearing (a little) thin, aren’t they ? ‘ * blive ( lidt ) tynd ( -slidt ) Her persistence pays `off and eventually wears him `down.* vedholden- * betale / lønne sig * nedbryde, udmatte hed give bonus * slidstærkt 30 At the carpet shop they ask for hard-wearing carpet (U). * tæppeforretning The shop has carpet rolls, loose carpets and rugs. * They want wall-to-wall carpeting for the bedroom. * væg-til-væg As they decide on a red wall- to-`wall / (E&) fitted carpet * = gøre ng. mør * tæppemateriale * tæppebelægning the bedroom will be carpeted in red and carpeted throughout. * tæppebelagt Underlining its wearing quality, the carpet dealer assures them, ‘ this carpet wears well.’ * slid * tæppehandler * være slidstærk / holdbar ( overfor slid ) tåle slid They look for an oriental sitting-room carpet. * A carpet fitter, skilled to lay a carpet, will come * tæppelægger and cut and fit the carpet for the bedroom. * * lægge et … 783 As the price is payable by / in monthly instal(l)ments, * betalbar / the couple find themselves able to pay the cost of a car. forfalden i ngt. * finde sig i stand til As they are able to meet the payments on a car, they are able to meet / bear the cost (of a car) They agree on payment in instalments with a down `payment of £ 1000. * afdrag / rate * betale udgiften til ngt. * klare betalingerne på / til ngt * klare udgiften ( til ngt. ) * betaling i … ( afbetaling / ratebetaling ) * udbetaling på ngt. They pay for the car by / in monthly instalments. * betale for ngt. * i … afdrag / rater They pay () `down £ 1000 with the stipulation that * udbetale ngt. * bestemmelse betingelse * afdrag / rate the balance be paid by / in instalments of £ 500. * restbeløb They pay interest (U) and monthly payments. * rente (-r ) 10 There will be a penalty for late payment(s) of bills. * betale med * straf * afdrag * ( for ) sen They make their payments in a bank. * foretage sine betalinger They have to pay () `out £ 200 to get their car insured. * punge ud med ngt. As the proud owners of a car they go for a ride into * stolt ejer the countryside. * The music swells as they turn up the car radio. * stige i styrke Once a while there’s a swell / crescendo in the music. * styrkestigning The forest floor is covered by a carpet of flowers. * tæppe af ngt. It’s is carpeted with anemones and fallen leaves. * dækket af ngt. They spread their blanket on a carpet of grass. * tæppe af ngt. 20 As it’s getting chilly, they put on some outdoor things. John puts on a windcheater (E) / (eA) windbreaker while Liz puts on a woollen sweater looking itchy. It looks like an itchy / scratchy sweater. until they both feel itchy on their legs. Their legs itching, they hurry to / and { get up / stand up / rise ( to their feet ) / get on their feet. * nedfalden * * vindjakke * kradsende * = ‘ It looks all scratchy - doesn’t it itch (you) ?’ John wonders. * = For a while they enjoy the spring scenery * betaling (-er ) * klø / kradse ( ng. ) * * ( føle sig ) kløende ( føle en kløen ) * skynde sig at / og * klø * komme op at / og stå * = They realize that they have been sitting close to an antshill. * myretue 30 They come out in a rash on their legs. * udslæt which makes them rub the itchy skin with their nails. * gnide They have ( got ) an itch all over the lower parts of their legs that makes them scratch their legs. * få kløen * klø ngt. The ant bites have brought them out in an itchy rash. * kløende The skin and the rash itch for quite a while. * klø Driving back into town, they notice the swell in noise. * forøgelse The traffic noise swells around them. * øges stigning stige * kløende 784 After some years of profitable investment in building * activities and home loans, the housing / property market * boligmarked suddenly comes to a standstill. * As many builders, especially speculative builders * bygherre ( person / firma ) and property speculators / sharks, can’t sell their houses, * = they can’t can’t keep up with their loan repayments or pay * holde trit med ngt. * byggespekulant * tilbagebetaling på lån the construction firms, the property developing companies, * byggefirma or ( firms of ) building contractors. * enterpanørfirma * entrepanør (-firma ) So many builders, firms and companies go bankrupt, and as * 10 buildings, houses and homes can’t be sold at a price that * covers the mortgage, many banks plunge into an a`byss of * falde i en afgrund af ngt. economic ruin as they have to take over property at a loss. * The finance buble has burst and the economy of many countries is in deep recession. As many employees lose their jobs there’s a swell in the number / the ranks of unemployed. The finance crises creates a liquidity crisis for the bank where Liz works. Blinded with optimism and desire for profit it appears that 20 the bank manager has been too rash to grant loans. The bank’s economy is on a / the slippery slope as its liquidity is on the brink / edge / verge of collapse. As the bank is on the verge of going bankrupt, it is / stands on the edge of a `precipice / an abyss. As the bank manager’s reckless lending has brought * ( finans-) boblen brister * * vækst i ( et antal / en mængde ) * antallet / rækken af arbejdsløse * likviditetskrise * * forblændet af ngt. * overilet / uforsigtig med at * på vej mod afgrunden * være på randen af ngt. * … af at * på afgrundens rand * til randen af ngt. with the board for a carpeting. * ( skide-) balle * få en ( skide-) balle for ngt. mortgaged the future. * sætte ngt. på spil 30 He is / gets called on the carpet (eA) by the board for * << having mortgaged the bank’s and the employees’ future. * pantsætte At the time of his appointment the manager had, however, ( afgrund / dybt hul ) * bringe ng. the bank to the brink of bankruptcy, he is called to a meeting He is carpeted (eE) / reprimanded for having * kollaps sammenbrud * been able to negotiate lucrative conditions of appointment, * lukrativ so the board has to pay him `off with a golden handshake. * betale og afskedige givtig So he receives a large amount of money as a `payoff. * aftrædelsesgodtgørelse Only due to a bank package, passed by the government * bankpakke the bank is pulled back from the brink. * ~ bringe ng&t. ud af farezonen Liz and her collegues keep her jobs as a larger bank * opsluge ngt. gobbles () `up the bank as a commercial undertaking. * foretagende * gyldent håndtryk [email protected] 785 The company where John works has about 50 people * have ng. > on the payroll. * på lønningslisten A few years ago, the board of directors gambled on ( appointing ) a new managing director. One of the directors knew they were taking a gamble ( on the new director ) but decided it was worth it. * bestyrelse * satse på ( at ) ng&t. * administrerende direktør * tage en chance / lobe in risiko * ( med ng&t. ) He gambled that the new director had the creative itch. * satse på at * have > * kreativ * stærk trang / lyst It was a gamble, too, for the new director ( to * chancespil ( = skabertrangen ) satsning come into power ) but he had an itch to prove his skills. * komme til magt 10 Itching for recognition and acclaim, the new director * brænde efter ngt. had been itching to make the company leading in software. * … at Soon after, the company hit / struck paydirt. * ramme en guldåre The gamble ( on the director and the new sofrware ) * chancespil ( på ng&t. ) apparently paid `off as the creative itch of the new director * betale sig seemed to do / work wonders. * lave / skabe mirakler The enterprise seemed to be a success. * The business was doing well * klare sig / gå godt and the managing director was doing well. For a couple of years, things were going well with 20 both the business and the managing director. * brændende trang / lyst til at * anerkendelse * brændende trang / lyst * klare sig godt * det går godt for ng&t. * The employees earned a good wage / salary. * tjene en god ( dag- / uge-) løn As they earned good wages / salaries, * = John earned earned good money. On top of his basic (E) / (A) base salary there were numerous other benefits. He was on a monthly salary of £1,500 so his yearly / annual salary was £ 18,000. The employees received a bonus payment in acknowledgement of their efforts / performance. 30 The directors popularity swelled. No wonder there was a swell in his popularity. The employees were paid well and earned well, and the director must have earned a fortune. * grund- ( måneds-) løn * * ~ have en månedsløn på ngt. * årsløn * bonus udbetaling * i erkendelse at / som anerkendelse for ngt. * stige vokse * stigning vækst * aflønne / betale ng. godt High earners, people with high salaries sometimes * højt betalt lønmodtager received a gift in payment for their great cooperation. * arbejdsindsats * = * tjene godt * tjene en formue * personlig formue Important business connections and trading partners * ( måneds-) løn * tjene gode pange His personal fortune must have swelled / swollen. get into / acquire / develop expensive habits. * & ros * få / tillægge sig / udvikle * forretningsforbindelse * gengæld / belønning for ngt. * svulme * med høj løn / lønning * dyre vaner * handelspartner 786 As the company’s income amply exceeded its payroll * rigelig * lønudgift and other expenses, the employees made a 20 % pay claim. * fremsætte / komme med et ... lønlrav The management made a 10 % pay offer. * ... løntilbud It offered a 10 % pay increase to begin with * tilbyde en ... lønstigning but eventually agreed on a 15 % pay rise (E) / pay raise (A) * lønforhøjelse The business seems to be flourishing / thriving. * blomstre / trives Some employees are able to do a deal with the manage> * lave en aftale med ng. > ment on a wage contract. The company wins a prize for it’s fast growing economy. * om ngt. * lønkontrakt * 10 The company’s success is seen as a payback for all * gengæld the hard work the managing director and the employees * have done. * belønning To pay tribute to the prize winners, the prize committee * udtrykke hyldest / ros til ng. ( hylde / rose ng. ) hires a congress hall to give them the red carpet treatment. So the evening the prize is going to be presented, the organizers have rolled out the red carpet. * ~ give ng. en fornem behandling * overrække ngt. * rulle den røde løber ud ~ give ng. en fornem behandling The red carpet is a strip of red carpet that has been laid on * den røde løber the ground for important visitors to walk on when they arrive. * To everybody’s surprise, the managing director, however, * 20 doesn’t show up. Rather confused about the unexpected situation * * the personal manager has to tell the audience * that the director has just called and told her that he couldn’t * make it home from an urgent secret business trip. * forretningsrejse Everybody wonders and some have their suspicions. * Has the director got / had cold feet ? * få kolde fødder Instead, the personal manager is presented with the prize. * overrække ng. ngt. but the celebration, no wonder, takes place in an atmosphere * ikke underligt of surprise, wonder and worry. * 30 Already the next day, the alarming news is in the press. * Some channels have wall-to-wall news coverage. * altdækkende The managing director has turned himself in to the police * melde sig til politiet and confessed to massive swindling. Especially those involved in / with the IT firm * * have noget at gøre med / være interesseret i ngt. are gobsmacked (E) when they hear the news. The police department for financial / economic crimes undertakes a full investigation into the swindle. * lamslået * økonomisk kriminalitet * påtage sig / gå i gang med ngt. * ( nyheds-) dækning 787 After a few years of growing demand for software * the demand had suddenly started to decline. * So things were going badly with the company and things were going badly with the director. * det gå skidt for ngt. * … for ng. The gamble on the IT buble didn’t pay off. * chancespil på ngt. As the undertaking didn’t succeed / was a failure * foretagende opgave, projekt and the company was in low water / a bad way, * i en dårlig forfatning the director had gone wrong / to the bad in the vain hope * komme på afveje that the company would manage to weather the recession * komme helskindet gennem ngt. 10 and he would be able to ride (out) / weather the storm. * ride stormen af He confesses to having misappropriated trust funds * på usikker grund ( det går dårligt for ngt. ) * misbruge betroede midler and fiddled the accounts / the figures / the lists / the books * fuske med regnskaberne so that none of the employees have had any idea that due to * the financial crisis, the market for their products have dried up. * tørre ud How could the director possibly succeed for so long, and succeed with his sly creativity for such a long time? * kunne på nogen mulig måde have heldet med sig / gå godt for ng. * lykkes / have held med ngt. * snedig lusket Despite his creative itch it couldn’t possibly succeed. * det kan ( kunne ) umuligt gå godt It wouldn’t work, it was bound to end in disaster. * det kan ikke gå godt * det må ende galt / i katastrofe It couldn’t go on like this, it would end in disaster. * det kan ikke fortsætte på denne måde 20 Having confessed to having cooked / fiddled the books, * fuske med regnskaberne that is having manipulated the accounts fraudently, * manipulere / fuske med ngt. he furthermore confesses to having bribed a bank manager. * bestikke ng. The bank manager had acquired a taste for high living / * det søde liv (the) high life and worked up a huge private consumption * = which had soon gobbled () up all of his salery. * æde ngt. op Bribing the bank manager with cash under the counter, * bestikke ng. med ngt. * i bedragerisk øjemed * privatforbrug * penge under bordet the IT director had bribed him into granting / to grant * bestikke ng. til at large loans to the IT company in the vain hope that the crises * would soon be over so he and the company could * 30 step back from the edge of an abyss. * komme væk fra afgrundens rand Being easy pray for bribery, the bank manager had granted the IT company large loans to cover up its crisis. In the pay of the IT director, the bank manager had granted new loans to cover the IT company’s deficits. * let bytte * dække over * i ngs. sold * The IT director had paid () off the bank manager. * bestikke ng. As his paymaster the IT director had given * den, der udbetaler bestikkelse the bank manager `payoffs ( eA payola ) to make him * bestikkelsespenge keep quiet about the company’s bad situation. * * = 788 For some time the `cover-up had gone `off very well. * tilsløring It had gone fine / well / smoothly / without a hitch. * gå godt dækken over * gå / forløbe { fint / glat / uden forhindring (-er ) An anonymous person had, however, blackmailed * the IT director by threatening to leak information to the press. Some person apparently wanted to pay the director back ( for whatever might have made the person suffer ). Under (a) strain, certain / sure that the truth would soon * * ~ gøre gengæld overfor ng. ( > ) * ( for ngt.) * under pres leak `out, the director was (all) hot and bothered; * sive ud things / the place was getting too hot ( for him ). * det / situationen bliver uudholdelig ( for ng.) * være i en presset situation jorden brænder under ngs. fødder * brænde efter at komme ud af det / skidt * essensen af ngt. 10 So being ill / in a bad way, he was itching to be / get off. * have det dårligt The police have no reason to doubt the essentials of his story. * So the IT director is accused of professional misconduct, * embedsmisbrug bribery and corruption and remanded (E) in custody. * bestikkelse * sende ng. i varetægtsfængsel Having misappropriated trust funds and appropriated lots * tilegne sig ngt. på uhæderlig vis / (A) gobs of money, the director and the bank manager are * store mængder af ngt. accused of (mis)appropriation (of trusts funds), of voucher * uretmæssig tilegnelse ( af ngt. ) fiddling and of having offered, given and taken bribes. Even if he denies ever to have accepted a bribe, * = * bilag underslæb * tilbyde / give / modtage bestikkelse * fifleri fuskeri * modtage bestikkelse 20 every aspect of the bank manager’s private life is laid bare. * blotægge ngt. He had gambled at cards and on the horses. * spille hasard As he had worked up an irresistable desire to hump, * bolle he had spent a fortune on women for / with the purpose of * med det formål at humping them. * bolle ng. All the rest of the staff are really upset with the manager. * & det øvrige They are upset at / by his speculation in shares, * ... over ngt. and feel upset / (A) queasy about his excessive private life. * i kortspil * oprørt / vred på ng. * forarget over ngt. So they can’t help gloating over the managers arrest. * fryde sig / hovere over ‘ It’s payback time,’ the chairman of the staff club snarls, * tid til at få betalt tilbage 30 swelling with anger. * afgrundsdyb There’s a growing swell of feelings in the public against * vækst af ngt. speculation and gambling on the housing market * spekulation as well as on the financial market and the stock market. * finansmarked introduce more control of financial transactions. The government gives an undertaking that it will take steps to control the markets and check tax fiddling. * snerre * fyldt op af ngt. Trusting the manager has been a a`bysmal failure. Some political parties demand an undertaking to * på heste * spille hasard på * løfte / tilsagn / tiltag om at * * … løfte om at * skattefusk * boligmarked * aktiemarked 789 People now wonder at their lack of suspicion. * undre sig over ngt. They realize that some reports repaid careful reading. * fortjene ngt. If they had only heeded the warnings, none of this * være opmærksom på ngt. would have gone so badly. Unfortunately, they had paid no attention to scepticism * gå så galt * ikke lægge mærke til ngt. and, unluckily, they had paid no attention to the few sceptics. * … ngt. Just a few sceptics dissented from the official view. * være uenig i ngt. They didn’t heed their advice and objections . * ænse / være særlig opmærksom på ngt. So they paid / gave no heed to dissenters * ikke ofre særlig 10 and paid / gave no heed to their dissent (U). * person m. afvigende holdning opmærksomhed på ngt. * = * afvigende holdning They have disregarded and ignores all warnings. * se bort fra As they took no heed of the dissenting voices * tage ordentlig notits af ngt. * afvigende / kritiske røster and took no heed of their dissenting voices, * = they took no heed of the daring transactions * & tage sig i agt for and took no heed of the fiddlers, heedles of the danger. * = They paid / gave no heed at the time, but later * & ignorere ( personer ) * … stemmer * fusker svindler * være særlig opmærksom they painfully realized that there was cause for alarm * være grund til ngt. as he had been on the fiddle for quite some time. * være moralsk på afveje Both the employees in the bank and the former employees * 20 in the IT company come to think of episodes which could * have been early warnings that repaid attention. * fortjene ngt. Both the bank manager and the IT director have gambled on ( profiting from ) a lucrative market. Having speculated on the stock exchange / market they have speculated in stocks and shares. Having gambled everything on a rising demand * uopmærksom på ngt. * * satse på ( at gøre ) ngt. * spekulere ( økonomisk ) på ngt. * aktiebørs / -marked * spekulere i ngt. / på ngt. * satse ngt. på ngt. and fiddled information about their undertakings, the fiddlers * fuske med ngt. * aftale, løfte forehavende have not only gambled their reputation on shady deals * sætte ngt. på spil på ngt. but all together gambled with the employee’s future. * spille hasard med ngt. 30 Their falsehood, their practice of telling a falsehood / lie, * løgnagtighed their turning right and wrong, truth and falsehood (U) * = upside down, their ( false ) idealization * and attempt to save appearances * have been a tissue / web of lies and falsehoods * net af ngt. with tragic consequences. * med … følger sætte ngt. på spil * løgn usandhed * løgn * = * konsekvens følge Evebody either they are involved in the fiddling * indblandet i ngt. or involved in / with it’s consequences must or will * & optaget af ngt. face, take or suffer the consequences of the swindle. * se … i øjnene / tage … / mærke … * konsekvens / følgevirkning * konsekvens / følge af ngt. [email protected] 790 As a ( direct ) consequense of the bankruptcy, * som en ( direkte ) konsekvens / følge af ngt. all the employees in the IT company lose their job * self-evidently without a pay-off / severance pay (U) * selvklart redundancy pay (E,U) / a redundancy payment. * = In consequence of the company’s bankruptcy * fratrædelsesløn * all the salaried employees become unemployed and unpaid, * månedslønnet and all the waged employees become unwaged * ugelønnet from one day to the next. * = Subsequent events, events subsequent to * arbejdsløs * ulønnet * arbejdsløs * efterfølgende * følgende efter 10 the first bankruptcies prove that the recession * has serious consequences for the rest of labour market. * have alvorlige følger for ng&t It poses a threat to the trades and industries * -gødtgørelse * handel ( og ) industri erhvervslivet and consequently to the rest of the society. Discussing a number of consequential matters, * deraf følgende * afgørende vigtig the government and the employers especially discusses * the problems consequent (up)on the recession. * som følge af ngt. Due to the recession and (the) consequent economic cuts, * deraf følgende * … nedskæring employers both in the public and the private sector * have to make reductions. * foretage indskrænkninger / nedskæringer 20 Due to the recession and the subsequent state of things, * efterfølgende employers have to make staff reductions. So subsequent to the economic cuts, employees * … personale indskrænkninger / nedskæringer * følgende efter ngt. in exposed positions face redundancy (E,U) / a lay-off * udsat stilling and the consequential reduction in income. * deraf følgende As the economy subsequently weakens more and more jobs and positions are made redundant (E). * tingenes tilstand * efterfølgende * som følge at ngt. * ( midlertidig) afskedigelse fratrædelse * svækkes * gøre ngt. overflødig overfløggøre ngt. Especially in the private sector, employees have to give notice of severance, and lay a lot of employees off. Subsequently, lots of employees are laid off. * * fratrædelse * afskedige ng. ( midlertidigt ) * efterfølgende 30 The reduction in trade and business activity, * erhvervsaktivitet and the closure of many businesses result in lots of lay-offs. * lukning Thousands are made redundant in the resultant cuts * gøre ng. overflødig Some employees take voluntary redundancy * tage imod frivillig fratrædelse overflødiggøre and some have to accept compulsory redundancy. * … tvungen … Some employess are eligible to have severance pay. * fratrædelsesgodtgørelse An employee is not eligible for severance pay / * berettiget til ngt. redundance pay (E) (U) / a redundancy payment * << unless he or she has been with the employer for some time. * * = * afskedigelse fratrædelse 791 The many dismissals / discharges / lay-offs due to * afskedigelse the recession swell the ranks / numbers of unem`ployed. * få ngt. til at vokse As the ranks / numbers of unemployed swell, * række / antal * vokse the employment / job placement service * arbejdsformidling at the job centres and employment exchanges * & -s-kontor is usually only able to pay / give lip service to * kun passivt støtte / hjælpe the unimployed / unwaged and their wishes to get a job. * arbejdsløse Reforms are passed subsequent to the recession. * = * følgende efter ngt. By collective `bargaining, the trade(s) / labor unions (E/A) * kollektiv(e) forhandling(er) * fagforening 10 and the employer’s associations and organisations * arbejdsgiverorganisation negotiate terms and conditions ( of employment ). * ( løn-) betingelser og arbejdsvilkår Trying to strike / make a bargain, the two sides of industry * nå til / lave en * arbejdsmarkedes parter bargain over wage fixing / pay determination / forhandlingsaftale * lønfastsættelse the fixing of the wages and working conditions. * = At wage / pay / salary { negotiations / talks, they try to * lønforhandlinger reach a wage agreement, and reach a wage settlement. * nå til en lønaftale They try to strike a fair pay deal in order to fix a / the level / rate of pay, wage(s) and salary. If the two sides reach an agreement about * arbejdsforhold * lønforlig * = * fastsætte / fastfryse * lønniveau * nå til en aftale om ngt. 20 pay and conditions, they have a collective agreement to * løn- og arbejdsforhold * have en kollektiv aftale om at regulate the labour market. If the parties in an industrial / a labor dispute (E/A) fail to reach agreement, the deal falls through. * regulate ng. * arbejdsmarkedsstrid * nå til enighed * aftalen falder til jorden / gå i vasken So both parties gird (themselves) for an industrial conflict. * berede ( sig på ) ngt. The union fight for decent pay levels / rates, * lønniveau wage levels / rates and salary levels / rates, * ( uge-) … * ( måneds -) … and regulations to protect wage earners and salary earners. * lønmodtager * ( måneds-) … both waged workers and salaried officials. ( ugelønsmodtager ) * lønarbejder * ( måneds-) lønnet The unions work to promote the interests of * 30 the waged workers as well as the unwaged workers, * arbejdsløs not only to the advantage of today’s employees but also to * til ng’s fordel * > til fordel for ng. the benefit of subsequent generations in subsequent years. * = It works to protect and safeguard the interests of both the waged and the unwaged. Some activists in the trade-union movement are * embedsmand funktionær * efterfølgende * = * * dem med arbejde * dem uden … de arbejdsløse * unpaid / unwaged volunteers who do unpaid / unwaged work * ulønnet especially of benefit to low earners, i.e. people with * lavtlønsmodtager low wages and low salaries who are badly / pooly paid. * lav ( uge-) løn * = * … ( måneds-) løn * dårligt lønnet 792 Lis is just an average earner and the only wage earner, * gennemsnitslønmodtager John and Liz are hard `up. * sidde hårdt i det As she’s the only one in paid employment, they are strapped ( for cash ). * forsørger * i lønnet ansættelse * være i pengetrang So they have to struggle make (both) ends `meet. * få økonomien til at hænge sammen They worry about unpaid rent, debts and bills. * ubetalt If you fall on your arse, you are on your arse. * gå på røven In order to be waged (adj.) as soon as possible, * være lønnet / det til at løbe rundt John looks for any waged work even an ill-paid job. * lønnet 10 In order to make enough money for the bare essentials, * John takes a temporary badly / poorly paid part-time job * dårligt betalt as caretaker (E) / (eA) janitor. * vicevært Having been busy with a number of jobs for years, the previous caretaker was starting to get itchy. As he gets / has itchy feet, he strikes camp // * være … * dårligt betalt * * blive rastløs * blive / være rastløs * rykke teltpælene op ups sticks / stakes // pulls up stakes * = and sets out on / goes on a long journey. * tage ud på en … rejse The job as caretaker alone doesn’t pay a living wage. * give en løn til at leve af Sweeping the street, he comes to think of the words of * 20 his snooty / snotty / snotty-`nosed fellow student * storsnudet, højrøvet, snobbet who prophesied,’ You’ll end up as a street sweeper ’. * forudsige Determined to bite back, bite back at the stuck-up * give igen * … mod ng. * storsnudet højrøvet, snobbet so-and-so and bite back at his insult, he remembers * … ngt. that he wanted to answer back but forbore from doing so. * afholde sig fra / lade være med / undlade at Having bitten () back the retort that sprang to his lips, he had thus forborne to make a sharp retort. Inferiority feeling due to his working-class background * bide ngt. i sig * gensvar * << * springe ng. i munden * komme med et skarpt gensvar * mindreværdsfølelse and the inferiority complex he then had about his background * -kompleks over ngt. had made him forbear from a sharp retort. * afholde sig fra / lade være med / undlade ngt. 30 He had swallowed the insult and bitten () back his anger. * bide ngt. i sig Apart from all that, he has an itch to get a salaried IT job as soon as possible which is nothing to be wondered at. ( It’s ) little / small / no wonder that he’s itching to * have et brændende ønske om at * ikke kunne undre nogen * det kan ikke undre nogen at intet under at get back to do some IT work. So all the time he’s looking `out for / on the `lookout for a better paid full-time employment. * skarpt gensvar * * * * brænde efter at 793 As a Christmas present from Liz parents, Liz and John * get a gift token / voucher ( A: gift certificate ) exchangable * gavekort at a restaurant. * They ask for the menu to see what’s on the menu. * A menu is written without any redundancy /