1. society
2. crime
3. personal offense
4. torture

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 / <flesh (eE)
just to think about it.
* smage sin egen …
* give ng. gåsehud
*
At / in school the boy is good at gymnastics and sports.
*
He easily does a headstand and a headspring.
* hovedstand
He loves to do a headlong dive when they go for a swim
* hovedspring ( dykning )
bathe (o-f) / go for a bath (o-f) / in the river.
When it’s cold, they get goose pimples.
* hovedspring ( gym.)
* & bade
* =
* gåsehud
At school, pupils and teachers have breaks / recesses (A). * frikvarter
After a lesson, the pupils herd on to the playground.
* flokkes afsted til
30 At break ( time ) (U) / recess, some pupils
* i frikvarteret
play children’s games.
*
After break ( time ) / recess, when the bell has rung,
* legeplads
* efter …
the teacher herds the playful pupils together
* drive / genne ng. sammen
and drives / herds them back to their classrooms
* … + adv.
During a lesson, the pupils may have a short break / recess.* have … pause
In the middle of the school day, they have a lunch break.
* frokost pause
At lunch break, they eat their packed `lunch.
* i…
At lunch recess, they eat their `lunch bags.
* =
spisefrikvarter
* madpakke
* =
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
725 During the school year, the students regularly
* skoleår
take / do / sit a test on a subject.
* være oppe til en prøve i ngt.
They get a mark in the test / a grade on the test.
* få en karakter for …
At the end, there are oral and written exam(ination)s.
* mundtlig
The test questions and the exam questions are
* prøvespørgsmål
* eksamens-
* finde på ngt. / sammensætte
* eksaminant
* besvare
* spørgsmål
invented / set by the examiners or a team of experts.
The son answers nearly all the questions in the test.
* skriftlig
* eksamen
In the oral exam, the students are questioned on the books * udspørge ng. udfra ngt.
they have been studying.
*
10 In (E) / on (A) their exam in religion, there’s sure to be
* til eksamen i ngt.
a question on the Trinity, the difficult question of the union
* spørgsmål vedrørende
of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost / Spirit
* Faderen, Sønnen og Helligånden
regarded as one God(head).
* gud ( -dom / -dommelighed )
The teacher and an external examiner mark (eE)
/ grade (eA) the exam(ination).
The son does well in (E) / on (A) his exam(ination).
* censor
* forening
* bedømme >
* 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
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
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: <sis ) of the Protestant Reformation
* betoning
and establishing independence from the papacy.
* pavedømme / -vælde
vigtig betydning
The Anglican Church is grounded by the Anglican
* anglikansk
Communion, the fellowship of the Church of England,
* fællesskab
the Church of Wales, the Church of Ireland,
* walisiske kirke
the E`piscopal Church of Scotland,
* biskoppelig skotske kirke
20 and the Protestant Episcopal Church in the US.
* protestantiske biskoppelige kirke
The bishops are at the head of the e`piscopacy
* biskop
* grundlægge
* fællesskab
* =
* engelske kirke
* irske kirke
* i spidsen for
* biskoppeligt styre
* medlem af …
and of the episco`palians.
The chief church of the diocese is the cathedral,
* hoved-
* bispedømme
* katedral
* -ebolig
* sognekirke
[ `daiêsis ]
where the bishop has his see.
* bispesæde
Ranking just below the bishops are the archdeacons
in head of the deans.
* ærkedomprovst
* domprovst
A dean is in charge of the other priests in a cathedral
*
or in charge of the priests of several churches (E: rural `dean). * provst
A rector in his rectory is in charge of a parish church,
30 in the old days supported by a tithe from each farm.
* sognepræst
(skoleleder)
* tiende
[ taid ]
A vicar in his vicarage used to act for another person
or body for whom or which the tithe was payable.
* sognepræst
* -ebolig
* organisation
* betalingsskyldig
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
735 A deacon ranks next below the priest.
A `curate is a priest employed as an assistant or deputy
* hjælpepræst
* kapellan
* stedfortræder
[ `kjuêrêt ]
of a rector or vicar.
*
A chaplain officiates at religious duties outside the church, * kapelpræst
in a chapel or elsewhere e.g. in the way of army chaplain.
* gøre tjeneste
* kapel
* feltpræst
A parish clerk does clerical work for a church.
* kordegn
* kontorarbejde
The church books are used as service books,
* kirkebog
* alterbog
* sogneregister
* lignende
a parish register, or the like.
A churchwarden is chosen by the members of the church
10 to take care of church property and money.
In some Protestant churches a minister or a pastor
* kirkeværge
*
* præst
is a priest in charge of a church, or a pastor is someone
*
having spiritual care of a number of persons.
*
The church officially makes someone a priest or religious
leader by ordination.
* pastor
præst
*
* ordination
præstevielse
The church ordains seminary students (as) priests –
* ordinere / indvie ng. > * 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
* =
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
* =
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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 …
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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.
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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 / <dygook (E) * uforståelig kancellisttil
volapyk
to me,’ but signs it anyway.
To their surprise, it turns out that the foolish parther
*
*
is just pretending, and, in the end, succeeds in taking over
*
the company and getting the `big-head send to prison.
* indbildsk / opblæst person
The director’s latest film was a real flop / (A) turkey.
* flop
fiasko
* indbildsk
opblæst
779 John works for an IT company / firm.
* arbejde for ng&t.
His father works in education at a university.
* ... indenfor ngt.
* ... ved ngt.
Liz works in a bank, her mother works with children.
* … i ngt.
* … med ng.
John worked to pay his way through his studies.
* betale sine udgifter
Having to make money at the same time,
*
( besides his studies / side by side with his studies )
* ved siden af / sideløbend med ngt.
John did the bare minimum of work in the way of studying
* kun et mindstemål af ngt.
but still passed his exam; he got 60% - a bare pass.
* en kneben beståen
A snooty / snotty / snotty-`nosed stuck-`up so-and-so
10 encouraged him to apply for a post as road sweeper.
* storsnudet
* højrøvet
* enelleranden, noksagt
ubehagelig person
* gadefejer
What a barefaced cheek !
* utilsløret frækhed / uforskammethed
For a number of years the bank is profiting from
*
a flourishing / thriving finance market.
The bank pays well and Liz is paid £ 1200 a month
* blomstrende
* betale godt
which is it's a nice fat pay packet (E) / wage packet (E) /
* fed løn ( lønningspose )
quite a huge paycheck (A).
* = ( løncheque )
So she earns / makes about £ 15 000 a year which is
not to be sneezed at (E) / nothing to sneeze at (A).
As a tax payer in England she pays income / payroll tax
* tjene ngt
* ikke noget at kimse af ( * nyse )
* skatteyder
20 by way of / in the way of ( a system called ) PAYE
* ~ kildeskat
( pay as you earn ).
*
In America an employer takes with`holding tax out of
an employee’s income and pays it directly to the government.
The employees get a payslip (E) / (A) pay stub on which
*
* lønseddel
* grundløn
their overtime pay, their bonuses, personal increments,
* overtids- / overarbejdsbetaling
extra pay and how much has been taken away for tax, etc.
* ekstra betaling / tillæg
and finally see what is left for take-home pay.
* nettoløn
* lønningsdag
30 In some firms the employees receive a weekly or monthly
*
paycheque or a paycheck (A) every two weeks.
* løncheque
The paymaster pays the wages and salaries.
* lønudbetaler
In some cases he hands out pay / wage packets.
* lønningspose / -kuvert
The employees are given holiday (E) / (A) vacation pay
* feriepenge
when they take their holiday / vacation, and get sick pay
* sygepenge
if they are away from work because of illness.
* væk fra arbejde
In E the government pays sickness benefit
until people report fit for duty.
Women having a baby get maternity pay.
* indkomstskat
* kildeskat
they can check their basic pay (E) / base pay (A),
Pay day is two working days before the first of a month.
* betale ng. ngt.
* sygedagpenge
* melde sig rask
* barselsorlov
* tillæg
* hverdag
* udbetale lønning
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780 People who pay money into their account
* indbetale ( penge ) /
deposit money in their account in the bank.
sætte ( penge ) ind
* =
If a person wants to cash a cheque, the bank will
* indløse en cheque
pay the cheque unless it’s a bad / dud / rubber cheque:
* indløse ...
a RD cheque ( a cheque referred to drawer )
* dækningsløs cheque
Shares are redeemable against the quoted price /
* på sin konto
* dækningsløs
* indløselig mod
* kursværdi
market value and can be redeemed at any of their branches. * =
The bank lends money to people who are considered able
to pay () back / pay () off / redeem / repay the loan.
* gummicheque
* indløse ngt.
*
* tilbagebetale ngt.
10 People who need money may apply for a loan in the bank. * søge om ngt.
If a person wants to take out a loan of £ 500, the bank may * tage et lån på ngt.
grant { the loan to the person / the person the loan.
The bank or a credit rating agency makes a judgement
* bevilge ngt. til ng.
* … ng. ngt.
* kreditvurderingsinstitut
about how likely somebody is to pay back money that they
*
borrow and how safe it is to lend money to them.
*
People who are unable to buy a house or pay for something * kontant
cash `down (E) / cash up `front (E&A) /
* =
* mod kontant betaling
with immediate payment of cash the may apply for a
* =
* ansøge om ngt.
mortgage ( & house `loan ) in a bank or at a credit institute. * prioritetslån
* kreditforening
[ `må~gid§ ]
20 If they are granted a mortgage on their house,
* bevilge et prioritets lån i ngt.
they can take out a mortgage.
* tage et lån
When a building society (E) lets people mortgage their
property they have a right to sell the property if people don’t
* =
* belåne /
tage lån i ngt.
*
pay `off / redeem the mortgage over a certain period of time. * betale sig fri af ngt.
If the `payback is 30 years, it’s a 30-year payback.
* tilbagebetalingtid
Repayment (U) of debt (U) usually includes payment of
* tilbagebetaling
accruing interest (U) and as mortgage rate may rise or fall,
* påløbende rente
the total payback will include some accrued interst.
* tilbagebetalingsbeløb
The mortgage payer can make his deposit at any branch.
* gæld
* lånindbetaler
30 If people can’t meet the (re)payments on their mortgage
* klare tilbagebetalingerne til ngt.
they fall behind on their monthly mortgage (re)payments.
* komme bagud med
People who can’t get a bank loan / borrow from the bank * få et banklån
can go to a pawnshop and pawn a valuable article / object.
So they leave the object with the pawnbroker
in exchange for money.
The object is returned to the owner if he pays () `back
the money within an agreed period of time.
If the owner isn’t able to redeem the object,
the pawnbroker can sell the article.
* pantelånerforretning
* pantelåner
*
* betale ngt. tilbage
*
* indløse ngt,
*
* betalilng af ngt.
* kreditlånsrentefod
/ -sats
* påløben rente
( påløbne renter )
* indbetaling
* lån
* afdrag på lån
* låne i banken
* pantsætte ngt.
781 The couple look for a flat (eE) / (eA) an apartment
* lejlighed
where they can move together.
* flytte sammen
They look forward to moving together.
*
At the end of the autumn (eE) / fall (eA) they find a suitable
*
vacant flat.
*
They look round the bare rooms.
* bart rum
Here and there bare wires are sticking out of the cables
* nøgen ledning
/ metaltråd
* bar væg
Looking at the bare walls and the bare wood(en) floor
they each imagine a furnished room
*
10 The bare wood(en) floorboards creak
* bare
and needs to be planed, perhaps varnished and
*
covered with carpets.
* ( gulv-) tæppe
They ask the landlord how much rent (U) they have to
pay for the flat.
As they ask for an undertaking to rent the flat,
* aftale / løfte om at
They put () down a deposit on the flat.
20 They pay two month’s rent in advance as a deposit.
They pay (the) rent to the landlord once a month.
* gulvbrædt
* knirke
* betale for ngt.
* en rimelig husleje
A de`posit of two month’s rent is payable in advance.
* ledning
kabel
* ... gulv
* ( hus-) leje
As it’s a fair rent, Liz and John agree to rent the flat.
the landlord gives them a written undertaking that it is so.
* =
* =
* depositum
indskud
* erlægge
( ud-) betale
* betale ngt.
* at betale
* på forskud
* … for ngt.
* forud
* depositum
* betale ngt. til ng.
They have to pay him the rent before the sixth of the month * … ng. ngt.
There’s a bare possibility / chance that the flat
will be renovated and redecorated within a month.
Sometimes it pays to redecorate and do some
craftsmanlike work yourself.
* svag mulighed / chance
* renovere / istandsætte ngt.
* det betaler sig at
* håndværksmæssig
Other times it would pay them to hire a craftsman.
* det betaler sig for ng. at
Hiring a craftsman may pay `dividend in the end.
* betale sig
They agree to pay a craftsman to undertake the work.
* betale ng. for at
30 Undertaking to set about ( doing the job ) at once,
* påtage sig / love at
a master craftsman undertakes that he will be finished
* håndværksmester
by the end of the month.
*
They pay him in advance for the materials he has to buy.
* … ng. for ngt.
They agree to pay him £ 800 to do the work
* … ng. ngt. for at
and pay him £ 200 for materials.
They don’t pay the master the money they owe him
until he and his journeyman have finished the job.
They hope there will be no incremental costs.
* istandsætte ngt.
( nymale etc. )
* ( selv at ) sætte i stand
* påtage sig / tage sig at /
gå i gang med ngt.
* gå i gand ( med at )
* =
* … ng. ngt. for / til ngt.
* … ng. ngt.
* håndværkssvend
* tillægs-
* mester
782 Ready to move in, the couple inspect their newly
* flytte ind
renovated and redecorated flat.
*
As the sun sets they take a look out of a westward window. *
Through the bare branches of snow-laden winter trees,
they see the sun sink below the horizon.
* nøgne grene
* -belagt
* synke ned bag horisonten
Snow carpets the ground.
* ligge som et tæppe over ngt.
A carpet of snow covers the streets.
* tæppe / lag af ngt.
The streets are carpeted in / with newly fallen snow.
* dække ngt.
Preparing to move into their new flat, John wants to
* flytte ind i ngt.
10 bring the whole lot of his old furniture, his old ornaments / * lille pyntegenstand
knick-knacks and other decorative objects.
Liz, however, finds much of it to be bachelor-like junk,
* & tingeltangel
* ungkarle-
worthless rubbish and useless odds and `ends
* bras
( E& ) odds and sods which rightfully belong in
* =
(E) the rubbish dump / tip, the `refuse / waste dump,
* losseplads
* bras
* stumper og småstykker
ting og rester, der er til overs
* høre hjemme på >
* =
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
stenclausen@hotmail.co.uk
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.
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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 / <ce
* overflødighed
( overfødige ord )
that is without any redundant information.
First come the dishes served as the first course,
* overflødig
* ( mad-) ret
then, on two subsequent pages, come the dishes served as
* efterfølgende
the main course, then a selection of cheese(s) and finally
*
10 on a subsequent page the desserts / (E&) sweets.
* efterfølgende
* ret ( menuafdeling )
As the first course there are salats, soup(s), patties etc.
* stegt / bagt småret
Some fish soup(s), broth(s) and omelettes (A: omelets )
* kødsuppe
are substantial enough to serve as a main dish.
* fyldig
* servere / tjene som
* omelet
æggekage
* hovedret
solid
Fish balls and fish cakes are made of (a) cream of fish,
* fiskebolle
Meat balls are made of minced meat, perhaps minced up
* kødbolle
with onions etc. and bound with flour and egg.
Mince (E) is usual made of beef that has been finely
cut / chopped by a mincer (E).
Ground `beef or `hamburger ( meat ) (A) is made of beef
20 that is grounded by a meat grinder (A).
A pâté is a paste, a soft cooked mixture of very finely
* fiskefrikadelle
* ( fint- / maskin) hakket ( kød )
* binde ngt. sammen
* hakket oksekød
* hakket
* kødhakker
* pâté
* pasta
blød masse
*
or served as an hors d’hoeuvre often baked in (a) paste.
* =
Filo `paste, flaky paste, puff paste and shortcrust paste
* svinefedt
*
* tartelet- / krustadeskal
* butterdejsprodukter
* fillodej / butterdej
are types of short(ened) dough which bakes into
* fedtstofholdig /
filo ( pastry ), flaky puff pastry and shortcrust pastry
fedtstoftilsat dej
* =
with a lot of layers that easily crumbles.
*
A patty can be a thin round piece of finely divided food
* pasta, blød masse
mørdej, butterdej
* butterdej
esp. when prepared with shortening ( butter, lard or other fat ). * klaret [ kla`räd ]
as patty cases / shells, or other pastry / pastries.
( + + = fars )
* kødhakker
chopped meat, fish etc. used for spreading on bread,
The paste is baked as pie or tart crust ( base or covering ),
* =
* hakket ( okse-) kød
postej
(A) paste is (a) dough made of of flour, water or milk
* ~ fiskefars
* butterdejsbagværk
* stegt eller bagt småret
as of meat etc.( hamburger (minced beef) patty, pork patty ) * lille hakkebøf
* flæskehakkebøf
or any item of food covered with a paste, breadcrumbs etc
* en spise fremstillet af eller med pastaagtig masse
and fried or baked such as a little pie, tart or pâté,
* ( ~ indbagt mad, krebinet etc. )
or a thin round piece as of sweets / candy (a peppermint patty). * pastil
In E a pudding is a hot or cold dish made from flour, fat
*
and eggs; it may be a sweet dish or a dish with meat in or on it. *
Steak and kidney pudding is a hot dish.
*
* pâté
794 The main course comprises seafood (shellfish and fish), * hovedretafdelingen
rice, pasta ( spaghetti, macaroni, tagliatelle, ravioli ),
hovedretterrne
* =
*=
all kinds of meat dishes and some vegetarian dishes.
* kødret
* skaldyr
*=
* vegetarret
Liz has (a) prawn (E) / (A) shrimp cocktail as a first course * rejecocktail
while John has (a) salmon mousse.
* laksemousse
Fish dishes include boiled, steamed and fried fish.
* fiskeret
A fillet (A: filet) of fish may be (a) filleted (lemon) sole
* fiskefilet
* søtunge
[ `filet ] [ & `filêi / -`lêi ]
or a breaded plaice fillet.
* rødspætte...
( A fillet / filet (E/A) is a piece of meat or fish without bones.) *
10 You can have a cod, salmon and tuna (fish) steak.
* kotelet / bøf
Meat dishes include hot and cold meats such as beef, veal, * kød (-art )
pork ( pig meat ), mutton, lamb, fowl ( chicken, duck, turkey )
*
and flesh from other animals as used for food.
* kød ( den bløde masse udenpå knoglerrne )
( Viewed as an article of food, flesh from fish is not included *
in meats )
You can have burgers – hamburgers, cheeseburgers
and veggie burgers – as well as different kinds of steak.
A steak is a slice of meat ( esp. beef ) or fish, or
*
* =
* =
* vegetar ...
* bøf
* bøf
chopped meat prepared as a steak and fried on a frying pan, * stege
20 grilled on a grill (E) / (A) broiled on a broiler
* grille
or barbecued (<qued) on a barbecue (<que).
* havegrille
Steak tartare or tartar(e) steak is chopped beefsteak
* =
* stegepande
* på ( en ) grill
* =
* =
* havegrill
* bøf tatar
tatarbøf
eaten raw usually with raw egg and garnished with capers,
*
onions, beetroot (E) / (A) beet.
* rødbede
Beef cattle (calves, bullocks / steers), hogs, porkers
* kødkvæg
* stud
* slagtesvin
( `broiler) chickens (A: broilers ) are fattened for their meat. * ( grill-) kylling
* baconsvin
* opfede ng.
Animals for slaughter are killed / butchered / slaughtered * slagtedyr
at a slaughterhouse / E& abattoire, and cut out in cuts.
Some cuts are used as roasts or cut out in steaks
* slagteri
* skære ngt. ud
* udskæring
* steg
or the meat may be cut into cubes for making (a) stew
* stuvning
30 or into lumps to be chopped / minced / ( A) ground.
*
sammenkogt ret
Some cuts are lean and some are fat.
* mager
* fed
Meat like tenderloin is always tender while some meat
* mørbrad
* mør
has to hang in order to mature / ripen and become tender.
* modne (-s )
So the butcher hangs the meat to mature / ripen it.
* modne ngt.
Tough meat has to cook for along time to be tender.
* sej
* være under varmetilberedning
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795 Steaks are usually cut from the chine ( the backbone
* rygstykke, kam
[ t$ain ]
with ajoining parts ) or the thigh of quadruped animals.
Chuck (rib) ( `steak) is the cut and steak(s) of beef from
* firbenet
* tykkam
between the neck and the shoulder blade, middle rib (steak) * hals
* skulderblad
is the cut between the shoulderblade and the false ribs,
* falske ribben
porterhouse (steak) is the cut including the false ribs,
* tyksteg
entrecôte is a steak sliced from between the ribs,
* =
loin or sirloin (steak), is the cut from the loin,
* lændestykke, mørbradsteg
the part of the chine between the false ribs and the hipbone,
tyksteg / tyndsteg
* hofteben
10 tenderloin (steak) is the cut of either of two muscles
* mørbrad
running between the ribs and the hipbone,
*
and rump (steak) is the cut between the loin
* halestykke tyksteg
and the aitchbone / edgebone / rump bone (steak)
* haleben ( culottesteg )
* højreb
* skære ngt. skive
* lænd
[ eit$boin ]
The tailbones form the last part of the backbone / spine.
* haleben
The topside (E) / (E,A) top round of a round of beef
* ( yder-) lår / ( inder-) lår
is the cut from the thigh.
Fore and hind shank(s) are the cuts of meat (E& joints)
from the top part of the front leg and the back / hind leg.
Some cuts and steaks of veal are back of veal,
* for- / bagskank
*
* kam
* nyrestykke
and veal chops / cutlets.
* kalvekotelet
sparerib, and (a) leg of pork called (a) ham when cured.
Bacon / (E&) gammon is back and sides, preserved using
* lår + klump
* lår
20 loin with the kidneys, leg of veal, fillet of veal,
Some cuts of pork are neck, foreloin, loin, tenderloin,
* ryg- / hvirvelsøjle
* kalvekølle / -skank
* kalvefilet
* nakkekam * mellemkam * mørbradstykke * mårbrad
* ribbensteg
* skinke * skinke * konservere
stege- / kogeflæsk svinekølle
/ præservere ngt.
* = ( konserveret flæske- eller skinkestykke )
salt or smoked and used as sliced bacon and gammon steak. * røge ngt.
Other steaks are pork chops / cutlets and spareribs.
* svinekotelet
Cuts and steaks of lamb are leg of lamb
* lammekølle
and lamb chops / cutlets.
When fowl(s), fish, or other entire animals and cuts of meat
* lammekotelet
*
30 are cooked, they are boiled or roasted in a large pot,
*
roasted in an oven or grilled, and cut out in lumps or slices.
*
You can have boiled, fried or mashed potatoes,
* kartoffelmos
chips, vegetables, sauce or gravy with the meat.
*
Meat, vegetables and fruit can be stewed or `casseroled.
* stuve /
* … i fad med låg i ovn
koge ngt. sammen i gryde
A stew is a hot meal made by cooking meat and vegetables * stuvning
sammenkogt ret
slowly in liquid.
*
A casserole is a stew cooked in a casserole in an oven.
* ovnret
A casserole ( dish ) is a deep dish with a lid,
* =
used for baking and cooking in an oven.
*
* ildfast fad med låg
796 Liz wavers between roast loin of beef or pork
* vakle mellem ngt.
but chooses the last.
*
* ( stegt ) okse / svinekam
So she gets slices of a roast loin of pork with crackling (E). * flæskesteg
Cracklings (A) come from the outer skin when the rind
* ( flæske-) svær
* sprød svær
* svær
* overhud
[ -ai- ]
has been cut across in slender pieces and roasted so that
*
the roast gets a crackly / crisp rind.
* sprød sværd
It crackles when Liz takes a bite of a piece of crackling.
* knaser
When she chews and crackles her crackling, you hear the
* knasen
crackle or crackling – the slight cracking sounds,
* svag
* knaldende
10 rapidly repeated – of every bite of crackling being chewed. *
John vaciliates between beef and veal.
* vakle ( frem og tilbage ) mellem ngt.
He can have a fillet, (a) rump or sirloin steak
*
or a fillet or cutlet of veal.
As he feels like (having) steak,
he eventually decides to have a sirloin ( steak ).
A steak should be well done or rare done
and never underdone or overdone.
Liz has (a) chocolate pudding and John has
*
* ( kvalitets-) bøfkød
*
* gennemstegt
* stegt for lidt
* mørbrad
(a) strawberry mousse for dessert / (E) afters or pudding.
* efterret
20 A mince `pie filled with `mincemeat
* frugttærte
and (a) Christmas pudding also filled with dried fruit
* =
are sweet desserts, popular especially at Christmas.
*
Orange peel / rind / zest is used in cooking.
* skal
Pancakes are made of (a) pancake batter / dough (sg.,U)
*
Some people like a Danish ( `pastry ) with their coffee.
* wienerbrød
* halv- / rødstegt
* … for meget
* budding
* tørret, finthakket frugt
Even if the restaurant is a bit short`handed / short-`staffed * underbemandet
at the moment, it provides quality customer service.
A waitress, apparently at her first day of work, is
* kvalitetskundebetjening
*
mincing about in her high-heeled shoes.
* stavre rundt
30 Having noticed her unnatural and silly way of walking,
*
one of her collegues doesn’t mince (his) words
* ikke moderere sine ord
as he comments her choice of footwear.
*
tale lige ud af posen
Believing to be out of earshot, but within earshot of Liz
* udenfor hørevidde
as she was on her way to the loo, he used a language
*
not for tender years.
* ikke for sarte ører
Whether or not he made mincemeat of her
one never knows but in all cases she resumes serving
* jorde ng.
* kan man ikke vide
må stå hen i det uvisse
in a pair of shoes more suitable for her work.
*
* genoptage ngt.
797 In their dire distress, out of dire necessity,
* i svære vanskeligheder * af tvingende nødvendighed
John and Liz want a friend of theirs to repay a loan.
* tilbagebetale ngt.
They want him to repay them the money they lent him.
*
John girds (up) his loins to asks him to repay it to them
* berede sig på at gøre ngt. ( hum.)
as he undertook to repay them the loan within two month.
‘ When are you going to repay us ? –
when will you pay us back ? ’ John asks.
‘If I have to pay you back the loan before Christmas
( sætte bælte om lænden )
* påtage sig / love at
* … ngt. til ng.
* … ng. ngt.
* betale ng. tilbage
*
* … ngt. tilbage til ng.
my family will have a lousy Christmas,’ he moans, ‘ It would be *
10 like falling out of the frying pan and into the fire –
* komme fra asken i ilden
and do you really want me to rob Peter to pay Paul.’
* tage fra den ene for at betale til den anden
‘ I promise to pay () `back the money after Christmas –
I promise to pay it `back to you very soon after Christmas.
‘ I’ll pay () off the loan after Christmas,’ he promises.
* betale ngt. tilbage
*
* tilbagebetale ngt. til ng.
Even if he’s given / granted { more time ( for repayment ) * give udsættelse / henstand
// an extension / a postponement (of the repayment)
* =
// a respite (before he has to pay them)
* =
they have a hard time getting him to pay `up.
* betale det hele tilbage
As they know he has a hard time paying `up,
20 they for`bear from reproaches.
* =
* afholde sig fra ngt.
* … at
* rykke ng. for betaling
and forbear to press him for payment until they know
* … at
* =
he’s able to { pay them back ( the money he owes ( them ) )
* betale ng. ( ngt. ) tilbage
/ pay () back the money ( to them )
* =
/ repay them &/ all the money he had borrowed ( from them )
* =
They forbear from demanding payment from him
He's very greatful for their forbearance.
* overbæren- / langmodighed
Having eventually paid () off the loan / the debt,
* betale ngt. færdigt
he thanks them for being so forbearing,’
* overbærende
and continues,’ How can I ever repay you for your generosity
* gengælde ng. for ngt.
30 – I’d like to do something to repay all your kindness.’
* gengælde ngt.
langmodig
Their trust in him is repaid with his fierce loyalty.
* … ngt. med ngt.
798 Eventually John finds employment in a consultancy (U) * finde ansættelse i ngt.
firm.
He’s offered waged employment in an IT consultancy.
Working as an IT consultant in the IT consulting firm,
* rådgivning
konsulentbistand
*
* ( dag- / uge- ) lønnet …
* konsulentfirma
* konsulent
* =
he provides IT consulting (advice) / consultancy
rådgiver
* konsulent rådgivning
to companies in need of IT consultation.
* konsulentrådgivning (-s-modtagelse )
He earns good weekly wages.
* få gode ugelønninger
Earning an average wage of £ 400, he earns a good wage. * gennemsnits(uge)løn på ngt.
After their time on short commons, they feel flush again.
* på smalkost ( madration )
10 They no longer worriedly have to consult their pocket /
* lomme / pengebeholdning
(A) pocketbook or their financial advicer all the time.
* pengebeholdning
* få en god løn
* rig / ved muffen
( glds. A: tegnebog / E: notesbog )
Many organizations have an advisory / consultative body * rådgivende organ
to help solving their problems.
Having consulted their computer / user manuals
*
* benytte sig af ngt.
in vain, many organizations consult ( with) a consultancy
* henvende sig til ng.
about / on their IT problems.
*
So many companies have a consultant on IT affairs.
* rådgiver til ngt.
One day on his way to a client / customer,
*
* bruger
John has to make / take a detour around some roadworks.
* tage ( gå / køre ) en omvej
20 Having taken a diversion (E) / (A) detour, he has to
* omfartsvej
consult a map to find his way .
* rådføre sig med / se på ngt.
Consulting his watch, he realizes he’s in a hurry.
* =
To his surprise he passes by some beautiful landscape,
*
well worth making a detour to see.
In the US people may detour a place for some reason
or they detour to a place for some reason.
* & brugsanvisning
* tage en omvej
* tage (gå / køre) udenom ngt.
* tage ( gå / køre ) en omvej til et sted