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1 someone
1) (an unknown or unnamed person: There's someone at the door - would you answer it?; We all know someone who needs help.) einhver2) (a person of importance: He thinks he is someone.) (e-r) merkilegur/sérstakur -
2 deflate
[di'fleit]1) (to let gas out of (a tyre etc).) hleypa lofti úr2) (to reduce (a person's) importance, self-confidence etc: He was completely deflated by his failure.) draga úr• -
3 regalia
[rə'ɡeiliə]1) (objects (eg the crown and sceptre) which are a sign of royalty, used eg at a coronation.) konungsgersemar, veldistákn konungs2) (any ornaments, ceremonial clothes etc which are worn as a sign of a person's importance or authority.) tignarmerki -
4 retinue
['retinju:](the servants, officials etc who accompany a person of importance.) fylgdarlið -
5 giant
1. feminine - giantess; noun1) ((in fairy stories etc) a huge person: Jack met a giant when he climbed the beanstalk.) risi2) (a person of unusually great height and size.) risi3) (a person of very great ability or importance: Einstein is one of the giants of twentieth-century science.) stórmenni2. adjective(of unusually great height or size: a giant cod; a giant fern.) risa- -
6 second
I 1. ['sekənd] adjective1) (next after, or following, the first in time, place etc: February is the second month of the year; She finished the race in second place.) annar, auka2) (additional or extra: a second house in the country.) annar3) (lesser in importance, quality etc: She's a member of the school's second swimming team.) auka-/varalið, b-lið2. adverb(next after the first: He came second in the race.) annar3. noun1) (a second person, thing etc: You're the second to arrive.) annar2) (a person who supports and helps a person who is fighting in a boxing match etc.) aðstoðarmaður4. verb(to agree with (something said by a previous speaker), especially to do so formally: He proposed the motion and I seconded it.) styðja5. noun(a secondary school.) framhaldsskóli- seconder- secondly
- secondary colours
- secondary school
- second-best
- second-class
- second-hand
- second lieutenant
- second-rate
- second sight
- second thoughts
- at second hand
- come off second best
- every second week
- month
- second to none II ['sekənd] noun1) (the sixtieth part of a minute: He ran the race in three minutes and forty-two seconds.) sekúnda2) (a short time: I'll be there in a second.) augnablik, andartak -
7 rank
I 1. [ræŋk] noun1) (a line or row (especially of soldiers or taxis): The officer ordered the front rank to fire.) röð2) ((in the army, navy etc) a person's position of importance: He was promoted to the rank of sergeant/colonel.) staða3) (a social class: the lower social ranks.) þjóðfélagsstaða, stétt2. verb(to have, or give, a place in a group, according to importance: I would rank him among our greatest writers; Apes rank above dogs in intelligence.) telja, metaII [ræŋk] adjective1) (complete; absolute: rank stupidity; The race was won by a rank outsider.) algjör2) (unpleasantly stale and strong: a rank smell of tobacco.) þrár, rammur•- rankness -
8 pedant
['pedənt]1) (a person who makes a great show of his knowledge.) maður uppfullur af lærdómshroka2) (a person who attaches too much importance to minor details.) smámunasamur maður•- pedantic- pedantically
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9 place
[pleis] 1. noun1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) staður2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) pláss3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) -staður, -hús, svæði4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) sæti5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) sæti, staða6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) staða, stétt7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) staður8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) skylda; réttur9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) sæti, staða10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) hús; heimili11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) staður; notað í heitum gatna/torga12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) sæti2. verb1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) setja (á)2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) koma (e-m) fyrir sig•- go places
- in the first
- second place
- in place
- in place of
- out of place
- put oneself in someone else's place
- put someone in his place
- put in his place
- take place
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10 hammer home
(to make great efforts to make a person realize: We'll have to hammer home to them the importance of secrecy.) leggja ofuráherslu á -
11 heyday
['heidei](the time when a particular person or thing had great importance and popularity: The 1950's were the heyday of rock and roll.) blómatími, blómaskeið -
12 important
[im'po:tənt]((negative unimportant) having great value, influence or effect: an important book/person/occasion; It is important that you arrive here on time.) mikilvægur- importance -
13 insignificant
[insiɡ'nifikənt](of little value or importance; not significant: They paid me an insignificant sum of money; an insignificant person.) lítilfjörlegur -
14 minor
1. adjective1) (less, or little, in importance, size etc: Always halt when driving from a minor road on to a major road; She has to go into hospital for a minor operation.) smávægilegur2) ((American) a secondary subject that a student chooses to study at university or college: Her major is in physics, but she has a minor in computer science.)2. verb((American) to study something as a minor subject: He is minoring in French.)3. noun(a person who is not yet legally an adult.) ólögráða maður- minority- be in the minority -
15 order
['o:də] 1. noun1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) skipun2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) pöntun3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) pöntun4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) röð og regla5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) röð og regla, skipulag6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) röð7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) lög og regla8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) ávísun9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) skipan, skipulag10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) trúarregla; bræðralag2. verb1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) skipa2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) panta3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) koma lagi á, raða•- orderly3. noun1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) hjúkrunarmaður2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) óbreyttur hermaður•- order-form
- in order
- in order that
- in order
- in order to
- made to order
- on order
- order about
- out of order
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16 prime
I 1. adjective1) (first or most important: the prime minister; a matter of prime importance.) megin-, aðal-2) (best: in prime condition.) bestur, fyrsta flokks2. noun(the best part (of a person's etc life, usually early middle age): He is in his prime; the prime of life.) blómi- primary- primarily
- primary colours
- prime minister
- prime number
- prime time 3. adjectiveprime-time advertising.)II verb(to prepare (something) by putting something into or on it: He primed (=put gunpowder into) his gun; You must prime (=treat with primer) the wood before you paint it.) undirbúa; grunna; setja púður (í byssu)- primer -
17 rating
1) ((usually in plural) the position of importance, popularity etc (of a person, thing etc): This television programme has had some very bad ratings recently.)2) (an ordinary sailor, as opposed to an officer.) -
18 sense
[sens] 1. noun1) (one of the five powers (hearing, taste, sight, smell, touch) by which a person or animal feels or notices.) skyn, skilningarvit2) (a feeling: He has an exaggerated sense of his own importance.) tilfinning, álit3) (an awareness of (something): a well-developed musical sense; She has no sense of humour.) skyn, -gáfa4) (good judgement: You can rely on him - he has plenty of sense.) dómgreind5) (a meaning (of a word).) merking6) (something which is meaningful: Can you make sense of her letter?) merking, þÿðing2. verb(to feel, become aware of, or realize: He sensed that she disapproved.) skynja- senselessly
- senselessness
- senses
- sixth sense -
19 subordinate
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20 trivial
1) (of very little importance: trivial details.) smávægilegur2) ((especially of people) only interested in unimportant things; not at all serious: She's a very trivial person.) yfirborðslegur, léttúðugur
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