plot

plot 1. noun

1) (a plan, especially for doing something evil; a conspiracy: a plot to assassinate the President.) komplott, sammensvergelse

2) (the story of a play, novel etc: The play has a very complicated plot.) handling, intrige

3) (a small piece of land eg for use as a gardening area or for building a house on.) jordstykke, tomt

2. verb

1) (to plan to bring about (something evil): They were plotting the death of the king.) konspirere mot, pønske på

2) (to make a plan, map, graph etc of: The navigator plotted the course of the ship.) tegne ut, kartlegge

jordstykke

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komplott

I

subst. \/plɒt\/

1) jordlapp, jordstykke

• she worked hard on her little plot of vegetables

hun arbeidet hardt med den lille grønnsakshagen

• he often visited his family's burial plot

han besøkte ofte familiens gravsted

2) (også plot of land) tomt

3) (spesielt amer.) graf, kurve, diagram

4) (i roman, film e.l.) handling, plot

5) komplott, sammensvergelse

• he is in the plot

han er med på sammensvergelsen

6) kart, plan, plan over sceneanvisninger (teater), skisse, riss

lay a plot sammensverge seg, lage et komplott

II

verb \/plɒt\/

1) (om kurs, kurve e.l.) tegne inn, plotte, merke av

2) sammensverge seg, konspirere

• they plotted against the king

de sammensverget seg mot kongen

3) (spesielt i hemmelighet) planlegge, forberede

• plot somebody's ruin

planlegge noens undergang

• the sailors plotted mutiny

sjøfolkene planla mytteri

4) (om film, roman e.l.) planlegge handlingen i

• plot a book

• plot a play

5) trekke opp, risse opp, lage utkast