if+serious

serious crime, felony

adj. [mots. spøkefull] serious, grave, severe, solemn, earnest adv. earnestly, gravely, thoroughly, seriously, solemnly (holde seg alvorlig) keep a straight face, stay serious

adj. [ alvorlig] earnest, serious, solemn, grave

subst. serious word(s) subst. (dagligtale) words (fx

I had words with him yesterday

)

adj. worrying adj. difficult adj. uneasy, doubtful adj. dangerous adj. alarming, critical, serious, unsafe, precarious

adj. deadly serious

subst. danger, peril, risk, hazard, jeopardy subst. trouble (f.eks.

the boat ran into trouble near the rocks

), risk verb. [ reise] go, travel verb. [styrte, ile] rush, tear, dash, bucket (f.eks.

bucket about the contryside

) verb. (sjøfart) [reise, om skip, sjøfolk] sail verb. (gammeldags, poetisk) travel, voyage (bringe i fare) endanger, imperil, hazard, jeopardize (en alvorlig fare) a grave (el. serious) danger (overhengende fare) clear and present danger, imminent danger (utenfor fare) out of danger (f.eks.

he is quite out of danger

) (utsette seg for fare) expose oneself to danger (være i fare) be in danger (f.eks.

his live is in danger

), be endangered (f.eks.

the whole undertaking is endangered

)

subst. error, mistake subst. [ mindre] fault, slip subst. [ feil man begår] (liten) slip, (større) mistake, fault, (brøler:) blunder, bloomer subst. [ gal handling] mistake, fault, wrong-doing, blunder subst. [ noe som skjemmer utseendet] blemish (f.eks.

the book has several serious blemishes on the front page

) subst. [ skjemmende] blemish subst. [skavank, mangel] defect (f.eks.

one of the defects of his book, a defect of the speech organs

) subst. [ skrive- trykk-] error (f.eks.

typing error, printing error

), mistake subst. [ fabrikasjonsfeil] defect, (i støping o.l.) flaw subst. [ motsatt av fordel] drawback (f.eks.

one of the drawbacks of the present system

) subst. [brist i karakteren etc.] fault, flaw, shortcoming, failing subst. [ mangel i personlighet] shortcoming (f.eks.

I quite realize my own shortcomings

) subst. [ moralsk og fornuftsmessig] error (f.eks.

an error of judgement, he repented his youthful errors

) subst. (matematikk) [i målinger, observasjon] error, (avvik) deviation (f.eks.

a deviation of ten degrees

) adj. (gal) wrong, incorrect, erroneous adj. wrong, erroneous, incorrect, amiss (en menneskelig feil) a human error (grammatiske feil) mistakes in grammar, grammatical errors (innse sine feil) (moralsk) see the error of one's ways (regne feil) miscalculate (rette en feil) correct a mistake (, an error) (skrive feil) miscopy (overført) (slå feil) fall through, fail (ta feil) be mistaken, be wrong (ta feil) make a mistake (f.eks.

make a bad mistake

), be mistaken, be wrong (f.eks.

you are not far wrong

) (uten feil) faultless (gjøre en feil) make a mistake, make an error (talespråk) (gjøre en feil) mess up

adj. [ merkbar] perceptible (f.eks.

a perceptible change, difference

) adj. [ alvorlig] severe, serious (firmaet har lidd et følelig tap = the firm has suffered a severe loss (el. has been hard hit))

adj. dead serious, portentous, solemn

adj. aggravating, grave, serious

subst. want, lack (på of) (f.eks.

die for want or lack of water

) subst. [ ikke-tilstedeværelse] want (f.eks.

his want of common sense; want of fresh air

) subst. [ knapphet] lack, scarcity, want, shortage (f.eks.

there is a shortage of butter, of teachers

) subst. [ fravær av] absence (på of) (f.eks.

in the absence of definite proof

) subst. [ feil] defect, flaw (f.eks.

there is a defect (el. flaw

) in the construction) subst. [ knapphet] want, shortage (f.eks.

there is a shortage of butter, of teachers

) subst. [ ulempe] drawback subst. (jus) defect (f.eks.

defect in the formation or performance of a contract

) (skjult mangel) hidden defect (el. flaw el. fault) (vesentlig mangel) grave (el. serious) defect (el. fault)

subst. [av avtale, ol] breach subst. [ manglende betaling] default (jus) (vesentlig mislighold) serious breach, fundamental breach, material breach (US) (antesipert mislighold) anticipatory breach (omtrent) (opprinnelig mislighold) initial breach of contract (vesentlig mislighold) material breach, repudiatory breach

subst. [ oppgave] concern, business (f.eks.

that is the manager's concern (el. business

), it is not my (, your etc.) concern (el. business) subst. [ anliggende] affair, matter (f.eks.

the matter I am speaking of, religious matters

) subst. [emne, tema] matter, issue, subject subst. [i firma, offentlig, oppgave] business (f.eks. who is in charge of that business? subst. [retssak, tvist] case (f.eks.

the Dreyfus case

), (prosess også) (law)suit, action subst. (jus) [ søksmål] lawsuit, suit, action subst. (jus) [ kriminalsak] trial subst. [noe man tror på, arbeider for] cause subst. [fakta, sannheten] fact subst. [noe som det kjempes for, noe i samfunnet] cause (f.eks.

he fought for the cause of freedom

) subst. [akter, dokumenter] file (f.eks.

get me the file relating to X.

) subst. [ gjenstand] thing (appellere en sak) appeal a case (arbeide for en sak) work for a cause (avgjøre en sak) decide a matter (det er ingen sak) it is an easy matter, that's no problem (det er en annen sak) that is another (el. a different) matter, that is different (en alvorlig sak) a serious business (el. matter) (en lett sak) an easy matter (føre en sak) conduct a case (gjøre felles sak) join hands with somebody stand in with somebody (med uforrettet sak) having failed in his (, their etc.) mission (offentlig sak) public prosecution (tale éns sak) plead somebody's cause, plead for somebody (tape sin sak) lose the case ta saken opp raise the issue (avgjøre en sak) decide a matter, make a decision regarding (det er ingen sak) that's no problem (en god sak) a good cause (føre en sak) carry on a lawsuit, conduct a case (gå rett på sak) come straight to the point (reise en sak) (ikke juridisk) bring up a matter (sikker i sin sak) certain that she is right (vinne en sak) win a case

adj. serious

subst. (jus) serious breach, fundamental breach, material breach (US)