ret

correct, course, court, dish, enough, erect, law court, power, pretty, quite, rather, right, right of way

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I. (en -ter)

(mad) dish,

(del af et større måltid) course ( fx the first (, second) course);

[dagens ret]

(på restaurant) today's special;

[tre retter mad] three courses;

[en middag med seks retter] a six-course dinner;

(se også tage (for sig)).

II. (en -ter)

(mods uret) right;

(rettighed) right, privilege;

(retfærdighed) justice;

(lovgivning, jura) law;

(retspleje) (administration of) justice;

(domstol) court (of justice), law court;

(dommersæde) Bench;

(retslokale) court (room);

[lov og ret], se lov;

[ med vb:]

[få ret]

(dvs vise sig at have ret) prove right, be right after all;

(fx i diskussion) carry one's point;

[få sin ret] come into one's own;

[give ham ret] agree with him (i at that), admit that he is right;

[give ham ret i hans betragtning] admit that he is right,

F admit the justice of his view;

[give ret til] give the right to, entitle (somebody) to;

[kuponen giver ret til ...] the coupon entitles you to ...;

[hvis jeg gjorde dig din ret] if you had your deserts;

(se også skel);

[gå rettens vej] take legal action, take the matter to court,

T go to law;

(se også ndf: i rette, til retten & gang: gå sin gang);

[have ret] be right;

[det har du ret i] you are right there;

[have ret til (at)] have a right to, be entitled to;

[skaffe sig sin ret] take the law into one's own hands;

[ret skal være ret] fair is fair,

(om modstræbende ros) I (, we etc) must give the devil his due;

(se også hæve, kræve, pleje, (ske) fyldest);

[ med præp:]

[efter dansk ret] in (el. according to) Danish law;

[for retten] in court, before the court;

[bringe sagen for retten] take the matter to court;

[komme for retten]

(om sag) come on,

(om person) stand trial;

[stille ham for retten] put him on trial;

[i retten] in court;

[gå i rette med en] remonstrate with somebody (for about, over);

[være i sin gode ret] be (quite) within one's rights;

[med rette] rightly ( fx he rightly feared that it would be too late); justly, with justice;

(fortjent) deservedly ( fx the school is very famous, and deservedly so);

[med rette eller urette] rightly or wrongly;

[med nogen (el. en vis) ret] with some justice;

[med hvilken ret kommer De herind?] what right have you to come in here?

[gå til retten] go to law;

[komme til sin ret]

(dvs få sin ret) come into one's own,

(komme til fuld udfoldelse) do justice to oneself,

(tage sig godt ud) show to the best advantage;

[finde sig til rette]

(blive vant til forholdene) find one's feet, settle in;

(blive tilfreds) be satisfied with conditions;

(slå sig til ro) settle down;

[hjælpe en til rette] help somebody, lend somebody a (helping) hand;

[han er ikke nem at komme til rette med] he takes some handling; he is not easy to get on with;

[lægge til rette] arrange, organize,

(forberede) prepare;

[sætte sig til rette] settle oneself;

[tage sig selv til rette] take the law into one's own hands;

[tale en til rette] make somebody listen to reason,

T talk somebody round;

[vise en til rette] show somebody his way about, instruct somebody,

T show somebody the ropes;

(= dadle), se tilrettevise.

III. (en)

(retside) right side.

IV. adj

(lige) straight ( fx back, line);

(rigtig) right ( fx road), proper ( fx everything in its proper place);

(retmæssig) rightful ( fx heir, owner),

(lovlig) lawful ( fx heir, owner);

[alle ret!]

(mil.) attention!

[det er ikke mere end ret og rimeligt] it is only right and proper, it is only fair;

[det var ret!] well done! good!

[det rette] the right thing;

[han har hjertet på rette sted] his heart is in the right place;

[strikke ret] knit plain;

(se også II. vrang);

[i rette tid]

(tidsnok) in time ( fx come in time),

(til den rigtige tid) in due time ( fx arrive in due time);

[komme i rette tid til] come (el. be) in time for;

[et ord i rette tid] a word in season;

[på rette tid og sted] at the proper time and place;

[på rette vej] on the right road (el. track);

[ret vinkel] right angle;

(se også køl).

V. adv

(lige) straight;

(rigtig) rightly, correctly, properly;

[ret beset], se bese;

[forstå mig ret] don't misunderstand me,

T don't get me wrong;

[ret forude]

(mar) right ahead;

[deri gjorde du ret] you were right in doing that,

T you did the right thing;

[om jeg husker ret] if I remember rightly; if my memory serves me right;

[om jeg kender ham ret] if I know him;

[ret nord] due north;

[slet og ret], se II. slet;

[ret som] just as;

[stå ret]

(mil.) stand at attention;

(indtage retstilling) come to attention.

VI. adv

(temmelig) rather ( fx bad, brutal, easy, hot, long, nice, rude, tall, unlikely, unpleasant; rather good but not outstanding);

(NB rather er ofte = lidt for, fx it was rather hot; he is rather young for a head master);

(svagere) quite ( fx enjoyable, good, nice, pleased, rude, unpleasant, warm);

(NB quite + absolut adj el. adv betyder "aldeles", fx quite impossible, quite right);

(svagere, kun + positivt adj el. adv) fairly ( fx common, easy, good, satisfied);

(stærkere, T) pretty ( fx well, good, bad, sure, hopeless);

F tolerably ( fx well, certain);

(NB T ofte udtrykt ved tilføjelse af -ish, fx latish, reddish, soonish, tallish);

[ikke ret] not very ( fx far, good, many, much);

(svagere: ofte uoversat:) not ( fx far, much);

[uden ret meget håb] without (very) much hope;

[ret så ...] rather, quite ( fx complicated).