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1 bicycle
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2 ride
1. past tense - rode; verb1) (to travel or be carried (in a car, train etc or on a bicycle, horse etc): He rides to work every day on an old bicycle; The horsemen rode past.) ríða; hjóla; ferðast með mótorhjóli/bíl2) (to (be able to) ride on and control (a horse, bicycle etc): Can you ride a bicycle?) ríða; hjóla3) (to take part (in a horse-race etc): He's riding in the first race.) taka þátt í4) (to go out regularly on horseback (eg as a hobby): My daughter rides every Saturday morning.) ríða út2. noun1) (a journey on horseback, on a bicycle etc: He likes to go for a long ride on a Sunday afternoon.) útreiðatúr; hjólreiðatúr; bíltúr2) (a usually short period of riding on or in something: Can I have a ride on your bike?) fara túr•- rider- riding-school -
3 cycle
I 1. verb(to go by bicycle: He cycles to work every day.)2. noun(shortened form of bicycle: They bought the child a cycle for his birthday.)- cyclistII noun1) (a number of events happening one after the other in a certain order: the life-cycle of the butterfly.) hringur, lota; (lífs)skeið2) (a series of poems, songs etc written about one main event etc: a song cycle.) flokkur3) ((of alternating current, radio waves etc) one complete series of changes in a regularly varying supply, signal etc.)•- cyclic- cyclically -
4 dismount
(to get off a horse, bicycle etc: He dismounted and pushed his bicycle up the hill.) stíga af baki -
5 handlebars
noun plural (the bar at the front of a bicycle etc which is held by the rider and by which the bicycle etc is steered: The cyclist was thrown over the handlebars when the bike crashed.) stÿri -
6 pedal
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7 wheel
[wi:l] 1. noun1) (a circular frame or disc turning on a rod or axle, on which vehicles etc move along the ground: A bicycle has two wheels, a tricycle three, and most cars four; a cartwheel.) hjól2) (any of several things similar in shape and action: a potter's wheel; He was found drunk at the wheel (= steering-wheel) of his car.) hjól; leirkerahjól, stÿri2. verb1) (to cause to move on wheels: He wheeled his bicycle along the path.) rúlla, ÿta, aka (á undan sér)2) (to (cause to) turn quickly: He wheeled round and slapped me.) (hring)snúa(st)3) ((of birds) to fly in circles.) fljúga í hringi•- wheeled- - wheeled
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8 bike
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9 clip
I 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb1) (to cut (foliage, an animal's hair etc) with scissors or shears: The shepherd clipped the sheep; The hedge was clipped.) klippa; rÿja2) (to strike sharply: She clipped him over the ear.) löðrunga, slá2. noun1) (an act of clipping.) klipping2) (a sharp blow: a clip on the ear.) löðrungur; högg3) (a short piece of film: a video clip.)•- clipper- clipping II 1. [klip] past tense, past participle - clipped; verb(to fasten with a clip: Clip these papers together.) hefta, klemma saman2. noun(something for holding things together or in position: a paper-clip; a hair-clip; bicycle-clips (= round pieces of metal etc for holding the bottom of trouser legs close to the leg).) klemma -
10 coast
[kəust] 1. noun(the side or border of land next to the sea: The coast was very rocky.) strönd2. verb(to travel downhill (in a vehicle, on a bicycle etc) without the use of any power such as the engine or pedalling: He coasted for two miles after the car ran out of petrol.) (láta) renna undan brekku- coastal- coaster
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11 cog
[koɡ](one of a series of teeth around the edge of a wheel which fits into one of a similar series in a similar wheel (or into a chain as in a bicycle) causing motion: The cogs in the gear-wheels of a car get worn down.) tönn, kíll -
12 cyclist
noun (a person who rides a bicycle.) hjólreiðamaður -
13 entangle
[in'tæŋɡl](to cause (something) to become twisted or tangled with something else: Her long scarf entangled itself in the bicycle wheel; entangled in an unhappy love affair.) flækja(st) í -
14 for a start
((used in argument etc) in the first place, or as the first point in an argument: You can't have a new bicycle because for a start we can't afford one.) í fyrsta lagi -
15 freewheel
verb (to travel (downhill) on a bicycle, in a car etc without using mechanical power.) fríhjóla -
16 handbook
noun (a small book giving information about (how to do) something: a handbook of European birds; a bicycle-repair handbook.) handbók, uppsláttarbók -
17 hardly
1) (almost no, none, never etc: Hardly any small businesses are successful nowadays; I hardly ever go out.) varla2) (only just; almost not: My feet are so sore, I can hardly walk; I had hardly got on my bicycle when I got a puncture.) með naumindum3) (probably not: He's hardly likely to forgive you after what you said about him.) tæplega -
18 inflate
[in'fleit](to blow up or expand (especially a balloon, tyre or lungs with air): He used a bicycle pump to inflate the ball.) blása upp- inflation
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19 inner tube
noun (a rubber tube filled with air inside a car tyre or a bicycle tyre.) -
20 kit
[kit]1) ((an outfit of) tools, clothes etc for a particular purpose: He carried his tennis kit in a bag; a repair kit for mending punctures in bicycle tyres.) útbúnaður2) (a collection of the materials etc required to make something: He bought a model aeroplane kit.) raðeining, módel til samsetningar•- kitbag- kit out
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