Norwegian English Dictionary

Norsk - English

land in English:

1. land land


jurneys on land
The perpetual usufructuary's ownership of buildings and facilities on land used is a right connected with perpetual usufruct.
Local industry flourished throughout the land in the Edo period thanks to the promotional efforts by each clan.
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts, Of beauty rich and rare; In history’s page let every stage, Advance Australia Fair!
Very regrettably, 1,900 square meters of land become desert every second.
The close-cropped lawn is beautiful in the eyes of a people whose inherited bent it is to readily find pleasure in contemplating a well-preserved pasture or grazing land.
In her book, "In the Land of Invented Languages," Arika Okrent speaks favourably about Esperanto.
Yesterday, I found a tiny piece of land for sale in a quiet residential area and I immediately decided to buy it.
It's ludicrous to continue business operations while selling off bit by bit the land on which your business depends.
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
[land] lend
informal Succeed in obtaining or achieving (something desirable), especially in the face of competition: she landed the starring role in a new film
We are going to land in five minutes. We are going to land in five minutes. We are going to land in five minutes. We are going to land in five minutes.
It then became necessary to settle the best route for the line to follow; and that was determined, in the first place, by the shape of the land it had to cross.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.

2. countries countries


The more countries a language is spoken in, the less important it is to sound like a native speaker, since speakers of that language are accustomed to hearing various dialects.
Countries differ in culture.
In several European countries, the current currency is the euro. Its symbol is €. One euro is worth about two Turkish lira.
Later, those from many other countries flocked to the United States because they were attracted by reports of great economic opportunities and religious and political freedom.
At present the text book issue between the Korean and Japanese governments is developing into a significant problem affecting both countries.
Yet Japan is still not sufficiently understood by other countries, and the Japanese, likewise, find foreigners difficult to understand.
The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights.
More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations.
Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.
World War II ended and the Olympics were revived in 1948 in London, but the losing countries of the war, Germany and Japan, were not invited.
In a fight against speculators who are dumping the U.S. currency, central banks of major countries have carried out massive concerted interventions in the market.
They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with.
In countries with electoral colleges, citizens vote for representatives to pick heads of state for them, adding an extra layer to what would otherwise be a direct election.