検索ワード: påskudd (ノルウェー語 - 英語)

jeg hadde lenge søkt et eller andet påskudd for å bli fri for hans snakk, men nå fikk jeg lyst til å høre mere.
i had been casting round for some excuse by which i could get away from his gossip, but now i began to wish to hear more of it.

men da jeg tenkte over saken, hadde jeg ordentlig samvittighetsnag for at jeg under noe som helst påskudd hadde sluppet ham ute av syne.
but when i came to think the matter over my conscience reproached me bitterly for having on any pretext allowed him to go out of my sight.