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"english": "a suit, which can be obtained from a harbor tailor in London for two pounds and six shillings per measure",
"ref": "1915, Øvre Richter Frich, Kaperens klør, page 6",
"text": "en dres, som man kan faa hos en havneskrædder i London for to pund og seks shilling efter maal",
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"english": "the upper-class boys who wear clothes sewn to measurements by tailors abroad",
"ref": "1994, Yngvar Ustvedt, Henrik Wergeland, page 214",
"text": "overklasseguttene som går i klær sydd etter mål av skreddere i utlandet",
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"english": "recognition that the vaccination programs did not meet targets in relation to the development",
"ref": "2003, Arne Olav Brundtland, Fortsatt gift med Gro",
"text": "erkjennelse av at vaksinasjonsprogrammene ikke holdt mål i forhold til utviklingen",
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"english": "one [realized] reluctantly that the premises [of the public library] no longer was useful, and the first building committee was appointed",
"ref": "2004, Fredrik Skagen, En by som ingen ainnen",
"text": "man [innså] motvillig at lokalene [til folkebiblioteket] ikke holdt mål lenger, og den første byggekomiteen ble nedsatt",
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"english": "[he could not] measure himself up with any of the men she had known best",
"ref": "1920, Peter Egge, Inde i Fjordene, page 335",
"text": "[han kunne ikke] holde maal med nogen av de mænd, hun hadde kjendt bedst",
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"english": "he [had] fully occupied with taking measurements of the dogs, sewing seals for them",
"ref": "1897, Fridtjof Nansen, Fram over Polhavet I, page 477",
"text": "han [hadde] fuldt op at gjøre med at ta mål af hundene, sy sæler til dem",
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"english": "measurements were taken from all edges and sides",
"ref": "2010, Lars Saabye Christensen, Bernhard Hvals forsnakkelser",
"text": "det ble tatt mål fra alle kanter og sider",
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"english": "I [trotted] down the street to find the tailor who was to measure up to the white colony uniform",
"ref": "2003, Kirsti Blom, Kitten",
"text": "jeg [trasket] gatelangs for å finne skredderen som skulle ta mål til den hvite koloniuniformen",
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"english": "we inspect each other, almost as if we were two experienced old lightweight boxers gathered for one last old-fashioned race",
"ref": "1994, Espen Haavardsholm, Ikke søkt av sol",
"text": "vi tar mål av hverandre, omtrent som om vi skulle ha vært to erfarne gamle lettvektboksere samlet til en siste oldingaktig dyst",
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"english": "the officer's son from Bergen aims to capture what is typical of contemporary Europe",
"ref": "2004, Karsten Alnæs, Historien om Europa 2",
"text": "offiserssønnen fra Bergen tar mål av seg til å fange opp hva som er typisk for den europeiske samtiden",
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"english": "The beam does not have the correct dimensions.",
"text": "Bjelken har ikke de riktige målene.",
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"english": "fill a dimension; be usable",
"text": "holde mål",
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"english": "be equal to",
"text": "holde mål med",
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"text": "ta mål ― to takemeasures",
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"english": "inspect someone (critically)",
"text": "ta mål av noen",
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"english": "I increased my day's measures with the help of Swedish steel",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 128",
"text": "jeg øged mine dages mål ved bistand af det svenske stål",
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"english": "everyone knows that happiness in wonderful amounts has followed you until this time",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 410",
"text": "alle ved, at lykken i vidunderligt mål har fulgt dig indtil denne tid",
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"english": "a life-wide measure of joy and anguish",
"ref": "1922, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter III, page 245",
"text": "et livs bredfulde maal af glæde og kval",
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"english": "what a blessing lies in diligent work, we got to feel in full measure in the darkness of the polar night",
"ref": "1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land II, page 181",
"text": "hvilken velsignelse der ligger i flittigt arbeide, fik vi føle i fuldt maal i polarnattens mørke",
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"english": "the parents wanted a larger amount of teaching time for the school children",
"ref": "1968, Eilert Sundt, Om Piperviken og Ruseløkbakken, page 55",
"text": "foreldrene ønskede et større mål af undervisningstid for skolebørnene",
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"english": "the upliftment is there in full measure, but if you listen, you may notice that your heart is pounding in a slightly strained way",
"ref": "1999, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Sigbrits bålferd",
"text": "oppløftelsen er der i fullt mål, men hvis du lytter etter, kan du merke at hjertet ditt dunker på en litt anstrengt måte",
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"english": "[the race] ended with a victory for Tandari, while Varingen was very disappointed. For good measure, Tandari won the fourth race",
"ref": "1983 October 31, Aftenposten Aften, page 10",
"text": "[løpet] endte med seier til Tandari, mens Varingen skuffet stort. For godt mål vant så Tandari fjerde løp",
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"english": "in Dijon, France, [pole vaulter Sergej Bubka] swung over 6.11 in June, and for good measure he plus two centimeters on his world record",
"ref": "1992 June 8, NTBtekst",
"text": "i Dijon i Frankrike svingte [stavhopperen Sergej Bubka] seg over 6,11 i juni, og for godt mål plusset han to centimeter på sin verdensrekord",
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"english": "on top of the thickest layer of such alum shale… is the government building, and there is the Storting and there is for good measure also VG and Dagbladet",
"ref": "1992 August 10, Bergens Tidende, page 36",
"text": "oppå det aller tykkeste laget av slik alunskifer … ligger regjeringsbygget, og der ligger Stortinget og der ligger for godt mål også VG og Dagbladet",
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"english": "for good measure",
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"english": "quantity that holds a unit of measure",
"text": "strøket mål; strykmål",
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"text": "toppet mål; toppmål",
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"english": "ferritin… is a good indicator of the overall iron level in the body",
"ref": "2011, Sofie Hexeberg, Gunn-Karin Sakariassen, Frisk med lavkarbo",
"text": "ferritin … er et godt mål på det generelle jernnivået i kroppen",
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"ref": "1987, Richard Herrmann, Victoria, page 168",
"text": "[glasshuset] dekket et område på 26 acres, som skulle bli over hundre norske mål\n[the glass house] covered an area of 26 acres, which was to be over a hundred Norwegian mål",
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"english": "a measure of coarsely ground coffee",
"ref": "1918, Gabriel Scott, Kilden, page 9",
"text": "et maal grovmalet kaffe",
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"english": "put such a measure on who you want and see if anyone suffices",
"ref": "1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 98",
"text": "lægg sligt et mål på hvem du vil, og se om nogen strækker til",
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"english": "I'm anxious not to suffice",
"ref": "1908, Peter Egge, n, page 117",
"text": "jeg er ængstelig for ikke at fylde maal",
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"english": "the limits of patience have been reached",
"text": "målet er fullt",
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"english": "the church has no limit or end",
"ref": "1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 232",
"text": "kirken har ej mål og ende",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "he who exceeds the limit set in his condition or position loses his good reputation",
"ref": "1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 298",
"text": "den, der overskrider det mål, der er sat i hans stand eller stilling, taber sit gode rygte",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "all with a good act, as the tailor said, he beat the old woman with the elm",
"ref": "1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land II, page 292",
"text": "alting med maal og maade, som skrædderen sa, han dængte kjærringen med alnen",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "way of acting; good behaviour",
"text": "mål og måte",
"type": "example"
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"english": "[she] walked slowly downhill, stopped and walked as if she had no destination",
"ref": "1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 325",
"text": "[hun] gik langsomt nedover, stansede og gik, som havde hun intet mål",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "see here the destinations of our journey! See the walls of Rome!",
"ref": "1875, Henrik Ibsen, Catilina, page 16",
"text": "se hist vor rejses mål! Se Romas mure!",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "[they] wandered around the rooms and out into the courtyard without any destination",
"ref": "1898, Kristian Elster, Samlede Skrifter II, page 243",
"text": "[de] fo’r om i værelserne og ude paa gaardspladsen uden noget maal",
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"english": "it is suitable for the man to set himself a high goal",
"ref": "1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VII, page 19",
"text": "det egner manden at opstille sig et høit maal",
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"english": "we will win; - and then I stand by the goal",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, Fru Inger til Østråt, page 152",
"text": "vi vil sejre; – og så står jeg ved målet",
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"english": "[I] should let my future slip into a wrong track and never get to the goal?",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 69",
"text": "[jeg] skulde lade min fremtid glide ind i et fejl spor og aldrig komme til målet?",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "see, however, the goal of the personality's work is to stand independent, true and free",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 55",
"text": "se, målet for personlighedens virke er dog at stå selvstændig, sand og fri",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "the others split towards scattered goals",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 148",
"text": "de andre delte sig mod spredte mål",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "it's over! My life has no goal",
"ref": "1875, Henrik Ibsen, Catilina, page 15",
"text": "det er forbi! Mit liv har intet mål",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "perhaps the tales of the gods do not have a great purpose and an important goal?",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 346",
"text": "har kanske ikke fortællingerne om guderne en stor hensigt og et vigtigt mål?",
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"english": "[actor companies that] perceive the practice of art not as a goal but as a means",
"ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 256",
"text": "[skuespillerselskaper som] opfatter kunstudøvelsen ikke som maal men som middel",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "the inhuman out there cheered in his quiet mind. Now he felt close to the goal",
"ref": "1914, Rudolf Muus, Maggi West, eller Solgt til hvid Slavinde, page 52",
"text": "umennesket derude jublet i sit stille sind. Nu følte han sig nær maalet",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "imagine making the means a goal and be proud of it",
"ref": "1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 222",
"text": "tænke sig at gjøre midlet til maal og være stolt av det",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "woe to the man who does not set goals",
"ref": "1923, Nini Roll Anker, Huset i Søgaten, page 124",
"text": "vé den mand, der ikke sætter sig maal",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "here is coherence and goals",
"ref": "1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 228",
"text": "her er sammenhæng og maal",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "the overall goal is to be the country's largest [political] party",
"ref": "2000, Karin Sveen, Klassereise",
"text": "det overordnede målet er å være landets største [politiske] parti",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "master a life properly, have a plan and do not subbe around without goals and meaning",
"ref": "2008, Marit Opeide, Øyeblikk av øst",
"text": "mestre et liv på ordentlig, ha en plan og ikke subbe rundt uten mål og mening",
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"english": "all eyes fixed on the same target",
"ref": "1886, Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm, page 125",
"text": "alle øjne rettede mod det samme mål",
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"english": "the machine-gun bullets are designed to work against living targets",
"ref": "1932, Birger Ljungberg, Lærebok i infanterivåben, page 33",
"text": "mitraljøsekulene er eslet til å virke mot levende mål",
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"english": "we head up to the hotel, the target is the bottle of spring water that is in the fridge",
"ref": "2003, Tove Nilsen, Kreta-døgn",
"text": "vi peser oss opp til hotellet, målet er flasken med kildevann som står i kjøleskapet",
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{
"english": "raids where we flew as low as possible towards enemy targets",
"ref": "2004, Annæus Schjødt, Mange liv",
"text": "tokter der vi fløy så lavt som mulig mot fiendtlige mål",
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{
"english": "as you know, virtually all of our defense weapons are based on the target being followed by radars",
"ref": "2006, Bjørn Kjos, Murmanskaffæren, page 21",
"text": "som du vet er praktisk talt alle våre forsvarsvåpen basert på at målet følges med radarer",
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"ref": "2009, Tore Rem, Sin egen herre, page 400",
"text": "[Carl Fredrik] Engelstad mener forfatteren [Bjørneboe i romanen Jonas] skyter over mål i sitt angrep på folkeskolen\n[Carl Fredrik] Engelstad thinks the author [Bjørneboe in the novel Jonas] aims too high in his attack on the primary school",
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"english": "in the last 11 minutes, Fyllingen had six shots on goal, only two of these went in",
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"text": "på de siste 11 minuttene hadde Fyllingen seks skudd på mål, bare to av disse gikk inn",
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"english": "he [gets] high balls in front of goal",
"ref": "1985, Atle Næss, Opp fra det absolutte nullpunkt, page 51",
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"english": "NSB is not as unreasonable as his jokes want it to be, bottles of free service to its distressed passengers",
"ref": "1997, Pål Gerhard Olsen, Manndomsprøven",
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"english": "then it was an afternoon that the keeper had to go, and the guys had no one to be the goalkeeper",
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"english": "Ingolf Pedersen, Odd, will guard the goal",
"ref": "1920 June 30, Østlands-Posten, page 3",
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"english": "it [is] going to be a pure competitive situation over who guards the goal this season",
"ref": "2013 March 27, Troms Folkeblad, page 36",
"text": "det [kommer] til å bli en ren konkurransesituasjon om hvem som vokter målet denne sesongendet [kommer] til å bli en ren konkurransesituasjon om hvem som vokter målet denne sesongen",
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"english": "by side swap, the school team led by two goals",
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"english": "Valleng and crew [finish] as number two, just a few boat lengths behind the Germans",
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"english": "the boats finish in Horten",
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{
"english": "[go] to the finish with 34 points",
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{
"english": "The Norwegian was completely exhausted when he reached the finish line on a new personal record",
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"text": "jo raskere vi kommer i mål med innsamlingsaksjonen, jo raskere kan vi rette hele vår oppmerksomhet [mot] våre politiske oppgaver",
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"english": "it was ten years since the start, when they were in the process of acquiring the Cascina Castagna winery ... in Piedmont",
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"english": "the smallest Billy Goat Gruff … was talking so nicely",
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"text": "den mindste Bukken Bruse … var saa fin i maalet",
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"english": "\"What an adult voice he's got!\" said mother",
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"english": "the regimental surgeon was the one who next the bishop had the strongest voice",
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"english": "he trembled in his voice",
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"english": "it was impossible to hear the man's voice",
"ref": "1912, Ove Ansteinsson, Det røde vælde, page 106",
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"english": "[the flock of terns] screamed like that we could not hear the man's voice",
"ref": "1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land II, page 78",
"text": "[terneflokken] skreg slig, at vi ikke kunde høre mands maal",
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"english": "Fjeld gave [the dog] because of its powerful voice the name \"Sang\"",
"ref": "1927, Øvre Richter Frich, Slangeblomsten fra Magdala, page 123",
"text": "Fjeld gav [hunden] paa grund av dens kraftige maal navnet «Sang»",
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"english": "virtually everything that has the opportunity to speak in the Labor Party is in activity on the rostrum on Sunday",
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"text": "så å si alt som har mål og mæle i Arbeiderpartiet er i aktivitet på talerstolen søndag",
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"english": "a suit, which can be obtained from a harbor tailor in London for two pounds and six shillings per measure",
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"english": "recognition that the vaccination programs did not meet targets in relation to the development",
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"english": "we inspect each other, almost as if we were two experienced old lightweight boxers gathered for one last old-fashioned race",
"ref": "1994, Espen Haavardsholm, Ikke søkt av sol",
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"english": "[the race] ended with a victory for Tandari, while Varingen was very disappointed. For good measure, Tandari won the fourth race",
"ref": "1983 October 31, Aftenposten Aften, page 10",
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"english": "on top of the thickest layer of such alum shale… is the government building, and there is the Storting and there is for good measure also VG and Dagbladet",
"ref": "1992 August 10, Bergens Tidende, page 36",
"text": "oppå det aller tykkeste laget av slik alunskifer … ligger regjeringsbygget, og der ligger Stortinget og der ligger for godt mål også VG og Dagbladet",
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"english": "put such a measure on who you want and see if anyone suffices",
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"english": "he who exceeds the limit set in his condition or position loses his good reputation",
"ref": "1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 298",
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"english": "all with a good act, as the tailor said, he beat the old woman with the elm",
"ref": "1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land II, page 292",
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"english": "see here the destinations of our journey! See the walls of Rome!",
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"english": "[they] wandered around the rooms and out into the courtyard without any destination",
"ref": "1898, Kristian Elster, Samlede Skrifter II, page 243",
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"a target (a goal or objective)",
"a destination (the place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at)"
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"target",
"target"
],
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"destination",
"destination"
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{
"word": "bestemmelsessted"
},
{
"word": "destinasjon"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "it is suitable for the man to set himself a high goal",
"ref": "1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VII, page 19",
"text": "det egner manden at opstille sig et høit maal",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "we will win; - and then I stand by the goal",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, Fru Inger til Østråt, page 152",
"text": "vi vil sejre; – og så står jeg ved målet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[I] should let my future slip into a wrong track and never get to the goal?",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 69",
"text": "[jeg] skulde lade min fremtid glide ind i et fejl spor og aldrig komme til målet?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "see, however, the goal of the personality's work is to stand independent, true and free",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 55",
"text": "se, målet for personlighedens virke er dog at stå selvstændig, sand og fri",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the others split towards scattered goals",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 148",
"text": "de andre delte sig mod spredte mål",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it's over! My life has no goal",
"ref": "1875, Henrik Ibsen, Catilina, page 15",
"text": "det er forbi! Mit liv har intet mål",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "perhaps the tales of the gods do not have a great purpose and an important goal?",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 346",
"text": "har kanske ikke fortællingerne om guderne en stor hensigt og et vigtigt mål?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[actor companies that] perceive the practice of art not as a goal but as a means",
"ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 256",
"text": "[skuespillerselskaper som] opfatter kunstudøvelsen ikke som maal men som middel",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the inhuman out there cheered in his quiet mind. Now he felt close to the goal",
"ref": "1914, Rudolf Muus, Maggi West, eller Solgt til hvid Slavinde, page 52",
"text": "umennesket derude jublet i sit stille sind. Nu følte han sig nær maalet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "imagine making the means a goal and be proud of it",
"ref": "1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 222",
"text": "tænke sig at gjøre midlet til maal og være stolt av det",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "woe to the man who does not set goals",
"ref": "1923, Nini Roll Anker, Huset i Søgaten, page 124",
"text": "vé den mand, der ikke sætter sig maal",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "here is coherence and goals",
"ref": "1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 228",
"text": "her er sammenhæng og maal",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the overall goal is to be the country's largest [political] party",
"ref": "2000, Karin Sveen, Klassereise",
"text": "det overordnede målet er å være landets største [politiske] parti",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "master a life properly, have a plan and do not subbe around without goals and meaning",
"ref": "2008, Marit Opeide, Øyeblikk av øst",
"text": "mestre et liv på ordentlig, ha en plan og ikke subbe rundt uten mål og mening",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"goal",
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"word": "hensikt"
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{
"word": "formål"
},
{
"word": "øyemed"
}
],
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"figuratively",
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]
},
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"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"english": "all eyes fixed on the same target",
"ref": "1886, Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm, page 125",
"text": "alle øjne rettede mod det samme mål",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the machine-gun bullets are designed to work against living targets",
"ref": "1932, Birger Ljungberg, Lærebok i infanterivåben, page 33",
"text": "mitraljøsekulene er eslet til å virke mot levende mål",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "we head up to the hotel, the target is the bottle of spring water that is in the fridge",
"ref": "2003, Tove Nilsen, Kreta-døgn",
"text": "vi peser oss opp til hotellet, målet er flasken med kildevann som står i kjøleskapet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "raids where we flew as low as possible towards enemy targets",
"ref": "2004, Annæus Schjødt, Mange liv",
"text": "tokter der vi fløy så lavt som mulig mot fiendtlige mål",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "as you know, virtually all of our defense weapons are based on the target being followed by radars",
"ref": "2006, Bjørn Kjos, Murmanskaffæren, page 21",
"text": "som du vet er praktisk talt alle våre forsvarsvåpen basert på at målet følges med radarer",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Tore Rem, Sin egen herre, page 400",
"text": "[Carl Fredrik] Engelstad mener forfatteren [Bjørneboe i romanen Jonas] skyter over mål i sitt angrep på folkeskolen\n[Carl Fredrik] Engelstad thinks the author [Bjørneboe in the novel Jonas] aims too high in his attack on the primary school",
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},
{
"english": "aim too high",
"text": "skyte over målet",
"type": "example"
}
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"english": "in the last 11 minutes, Fyllingen had six shots on goal, only two of these went in",
"ref": "1994, Bergens Tidende",
"text": "på de siste 11 minuttene hadde Fyllingen seks skudd på mål, bare to av disse gikk inn",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "he [gets] high balls in front of goal",
"ref": "1985, Atle Næss, Opp fra det absolutte nullpunkt, page 51",
"text": "han [får] høye baller inn foran mål",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "NSB is not as unreasonable as his jokes want it to be, bottles of free service to its distressed passengers",
"ref": "1997, Pål Gerhard Olsen, Manndomsprøven",
"text": "NSB er ikke så bak mål som vittighetene hans vil ha det til, flesker til med gratisservering til sine nødstedte passasjerer",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "then it was an afternoon that the keeper had to go, and the guys had no one to be the goalkeeper",
"ref": "1941, Einar Rose, Rose-boka, page 27",
"text": "så var det en ettermiddag at keeper'n måtte gå, og gutta hadde ingen tel å stå i mål",
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},
{
"english": "Ingolf Pedersen, Odd, will guard the goal",
"ref": "1920 June 30, Østlands-Posten, page 3",
"text": "Ingolf Pedersen, Odd, kommer til aa vogte maalet",
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},
{
"english": "it [is] going to be a pure competitive situation over who guards the goal this season",
"ref": "2013 March 27, Troms Folkeblad, page 36",
"text": "det [kommer] til å bli en ren konkurransesituasjon om hvem som vokter målet denne sesongendet [kommer] til å bli en ren konkurransesituasjon om hvem som vokter målet denne sesongen",
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},
{
"english": "unreasonable; far from reality; stupid",
"text": "bak mål",
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{
"english": "be a goalkeeper",
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"type": "example"
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{
"english": "by side swap, the school team led by two goals",
"ref": "1999, Knut Faldbakken, Alt hva hjertet begjærer",
"text": "ved sidebytte ledet skolens lag med to mål",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"english": "Valleng and crew [finish] as number two, just a few boat lengths behind the Germans",
"ref": "1959, Axel Jensen, Line, page 206",
"text": "Valleng og mannskap [kommer] i mål som nummer to, bare noen båtlengder efter tyskerne",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the boats finish in Horten",
"ref": "2004, Norsk Golf",
"text": "båtene går i mål i Horten",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[go] to the finish with 34 points",
"ref": "2004, Norsk Golf",
"text": "[gå] i mål med 34 poeng",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The Norwegian was completely exhausted when he reached the finish line on a new personal record",
"ref": "2008 August 22, Aftenposten",
"text": "nordmannen var helt utmattet der han kom i mål på ny personlig rekord",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the sooner we reach the goal of the fundraising campaign, the sooner we can direct all our attention [towards] our political tasks",
"ref": "1974 February 16, Orientering, page 12",
"text": "jo raskere vi kommer i mål med innsamlingsaksjonen, jo raskere kan vi rette hele vår oppmerksomhet [mot] våre politiske oppgaver",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it was ten years since the start, when they were in the process of acquiring the Cascina Castagna winery ... in Piedmont",
"ref": "2019 August 31, Aftenposten, page 57",
"text": "det var ti år siden starten, da de var i mål med kjøpet av vingården Cascina Castagna … i Piemonte",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "to finish; be done with",
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"type": "example"
}
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},
{
"categories": [
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{
"english": "she, was with the monk over in the guesthouse and got a meal",
"ref": "1920, Sigrid Undset, Kransen, page 44",
"text": "hun, var med munken over i gjestehuset og fik et maal mat",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "he came in quietly when they asked to come for a meal",
"ref": "1917, Hans Aanrud, Fortællinger for barn I, page 203",
"text": "han kom stille ind, naar de bad ham til maals",
"type": "quotation"
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"tags": [
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},
{
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"Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations"
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"english": "the bell cow milked its five pots in the milking",
"ref": "1896, Jonas Lie, Dyre Rein, page 124",
"text": "bjeldekua melkede sine fem potter i maalet",
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{
"word": "bygdemål"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "slagsmål"
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{
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{
"word": "søksmål"
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{
"word": "talemål"
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{
"word": "tungemål"
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{
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],
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{
"english": "the smallest Billy Goat Gruff … was talking so nicely",
"ref": "1866, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke-eventyr, pages 198–199",
"text": "den mindste Bukken Bruse … var saa fin i maalet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "\"What an adult voice he's got!\" said mother",
"ref": "1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 273",
"text": "«For voksent mål han har fåt!» sagde moderen",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the regimental surgeon was the one who next the bishop had the strongest voice",
"ref": "1900, Vilhelm Krag, Isaac Seehuusen, page 92",
"text": "regimentschirurgen var den, som næst bispen havde det sterkeste maal",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "he trembled in his voice",
"ref": "1884, Alexander Kielland, Fortuna, page 254",
"text": "han skalv i maalet",
"type": "quotation"
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"roman": "it was strange then that I should not get the voice for myself, Thorbjørn thought",
"text": "det var da underligt, at jeg ikke skulde få målet for mig, tænkte Thorbjørn",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it was impossible to hear the man's voice",
"ref": "1912, Ove Ansteinsson, Det røde vælde, page 106",
"text": "det var umulig å høre mands mål",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[the flock of terns] screamed like that we could not hear the man's voice",
"ref": "1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land II, page 78",
"text": "[terneflokken] skreg slig, at vi ikke kunde høre mands maal",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Fjeld gave [the dog] because of its powerful voice the name \"Sang\"",
"ref": "1927, Øvre Richter Frich, Slangeblomsten fra Magdala, page 123",
"text": "Fjeld gav [hunden] paa grund av dens kraftige maal navnet «Sang»",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "virtually everything that has the opportunity to speak in the Labor Party is in activity on the rostrum on Sunday",
"ref": "1960 April 29, VG, page 9",
"text": "så å si alt som har mål og mæle i Arbeiderpartiet er i aktivitet på talerstolen søndag",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "their language sounded Malabaric",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 182",
"text": "deres mål lød malebarisk",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "the old language of the valley was heard",
"ref": "1852, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter I, page 299",
"text": "det gamle maal i dalen klang",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the Knudsen language",
"ref": "1877, Arne Garborg, Den ny-norske Sprog- og Nationalitetsbevægelse, page 73",
"text": "det knudsenske maal",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[Mrs Groa] had herself written Salernitanic herbal books in the Norwegian language",
"ref": "1920, Sigrid Undset, Kransen, page 158",
"text": "[fru Groa] hadde selv skrevet om paa norsk maal salernitanske urtebøker",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Sira Eirik stepped forward in the lecture and interpreted the gospel in the language of the country",
"ref": "1921, Sigrid Undset, Husfrue, page 39",
"text": "Sira Eirik steg frem i lektoriet og tolket evangeliet paa landets maal",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1931, Aksel Sandemose, En sjømann går i land, page 71",
"roman": "a jarring language that revealed the Galician",
"text": "et skurrende mål som røbet galisieren",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"ref": "1876, Arne Garborg, Mogning og manndom I, page 101",
"text": "skulle jeg kriticere [lystspillet] «Dan rette sida» fra et mere almindeligt standpunkt, saa vilde jeg sige at den var formeget om maalet og forlidet paa maalet\nshould I criticize [the amusement play] «Dan rette sida» from a more general point of view, then I would say that it was shaped about Nynorsk and based on Nynorsk",
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},
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"ref": "1877, Arne Garborg, Den ny-norske Sprog- og Nationalitetsbevægelse, page 18",
"text": "selv paa amtsskoler og aftenskoler, tildels endog paa almueskoler, er «maalet» begyndt at trænge ind\neven in county and evening schools, to some extent even in peasant schools, «Nynorsk» has begun to force itself in",
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"ref": "1896, Lorentz Dietrichson, Svundne Tider I, page 184",
"text": "fast orator ved disse fester [«russelag»] var A. O. Vinje – som dengang [i 1853] endnu ikke talte paa maalet\nregular orator at these parties [«russelag»] was A. O. Vinje - who at that time [in 1853] did not yet speak Nynorsk",
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"english": "since the priest Lassen was at Segelfoss, Nynorsk had received a proud recovery here",
"ref": "1915, Knut Hamsun, Segelfoss By II, page 218",
"text": "siden præsten Lassen var paa Segelfoss hadde maalet faat et stolt opsving her",
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