Informal Norwegian that can be used with friends or at work.

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Sjekk [Shekk] ut: "Sjekk ut den nye filmen!"

Quite: "The article was pretty well written."

Ganske [Gann-ske]: "Artikkelen var ganske godt skrevet."

Great / Amazingly / Really good: "He played amazingly."

Dritbra [Drit-bra]: "Han spilte dritbra."

Skikkelig [Shikk-e-li]: "Et skikkelig makabert maleri."

Something like that: "She said something like that."

Stylish: "What a stylish ("cool") jacket!"

Can't be bothered: "No, you know what, I can't be bothered."

Gidder ikke: "Nei, vet du hva, det gidder jeg ikke."

Don't quite know: "I don't quite know what I'm doing this weekend."

Vet ikke helt: "Jeg vet ikke helt hva jeg skal gjøre i helgen."

Totally awesome: "The song was totally awesome."

Good to see you again: "Good to see you again. How are you?"

Takk for sist: "Takk for sist. Hvordan står det til?"

Typical: "It's so typical of you to say that."

Typisk: "Det er så typisk deg å si det."

Pull yourself together: "Pull yourself together already."

What: "What? Are you serious?"

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"Hæ" is a strong, informal way of expressing one's disbelief of something.

Eager: "We were all eager to go on vacation after a long and stressful week at work."

Gira [Gi-ra]: "Vi var alle gira på å dra på ferie etter en lang og stressende uke på jobb."

McDonald's: "Are we going to McDonald's soon, or what?"

Mækkern [Mækk-ærn]: "Drar vi til mækkern snart, eller?"

Fresh: "The new café has an incredibly fresh design with bright colors and modern furniture."

Fresh [Fre-sht]: "Den nye kaféen har et utrolig fresht design med lyse farger og moderne møbler."

Tall tale: "The old man entertained the children with tall tales ['lies'] of his adventures in the mountains when he was young."

Skrøne: "Den gamle mannen underholdt barna med skrøner om sine eventyr i fjellene da han var ung."

Pressure/Energy/Heavy traffic (Depends on context): "During rush hour, we always experience heavy traffic on the roads here in the city."

Trøkk: "I rushtiden opplever vi alltid mye trøkk på veiene her i byen."

Lounge: "After a long and busy week, I decided to just lounge around at home all Saturday."

Daffe: "Etter en lang og travel uke, bestemte jeg meg for å bare daffe rundt hjemme hele lørdagen."

Crazy / Out of one's mind: "He's totally crazy." / "He's out of his mind."

Darn ('Damn'): "Darn, I forgot the keys again!"

Søren [Sø'rn]: "Søren, jeg glemte nøklene igjen!"

To have a passion for: "I have [a] passion for photography."

Å brenne for: "Jeg brenner for fotografi."