- act
- ækt
1. verb
1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) handle, foreta seg noe, gjøre noe2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) oppføre seg3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) spille, opptre2. noun1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) handling, gjerning2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) lov3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) akt4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) opptreden, nummer, spill•- acting- actor
- act as
- act on
- act on behalf of / act for
- in the act of
- in the act
- put on an actgjerning--------handle--------handling--------lovIsubst. \/ækt\/1) handling, gjerning, dåd• I was in the (very) act of doing it, when ...jeg var i ferd med å gjøre det da ...2) (administrasjon, jus) beslutning, lovvedtak, lov3) (teater, opptreden) akt, nummer, forestilling• she doesn't mean it, it's just an acthun bare later somAct stortingslov• Act of Parliament• Act of Congressact of bankruptcy (jus) konkursgrunnact of God (jus) force majeure, naturkatastrofe, uavvendelig hendelseact of grace (jus) benådning frist, henstandact of indecensy utuktig handlingact of violence voldshandlingact in law (jus) rettshandelthe Acts eller the Acts of the Apostles Apostelens gjerningercaught in the (very) act tatt på fersk gjerningclean up one's act skjerpe seg, forbedre segfall within the Act falle inn under lovenget in on somebody's act (hverdagslig) trenge seg inn på noen, være påtrengendeget in on the act (slang) bli med på opplegget, henge seg på• it's a booming business, and several people are trying to get in on the actdet er et blomstrende foretak, og det er mange som prøver å henge seg påget into the act (hverdagslig) få bli med (på), delta iget one's act together forberede seg (på noe man skal gjøre) (hverdagslig) skjerpe seg, få orden på livet sitt, ta seg sammenhard act to follow vanskelig å leve opp tiljudicial act (jus) rettshandlingjuristic act (jus) rettshandelpass an act vedta en lovprovisional act midlertidig lovput on an act gjøre seg til, spille komedierepeal an act oppheve en lovwithin (the meaning of) the Act i lovens forstandIIverb \/ækt\/1) handle, gripe inn, gjøre noe2) fungere, tjenestegjøre, virke som3) opptre, oppføre seg• he's acting strangely4) (om medisin e.l.) virke, innvirke5) (teater, også overført) spille, agere, spille komedie, late som, opptre som• act (the part of) Hamlet• the play won't actstykket gjør seg ikke på scenen• act the herospille helt• she's not really crying, she's only actinghun gråter slett ikke, hun bare later somact as tjenestegjøre somact for arbeide foract for oneself handle på egenhånd, handle selvstendigact for somebody representere noenact in concert (jus) samarbeide ulovligact on behalf of somebody handle på vegne av noenact on somebody's advice rette seg etter noen, følge noens rådact on\/upon (inn)virke påact out omsette i handling (psykologi) utagereact up lage vanskeligheter• my bad leg is acting up againact up to one's reputation leve opp til sitt rykteact up to something handle i samsvar med noe
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.
