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1 show
[ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) sÿna2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) sjást, vera sÿnilegur3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) sÿna, vera sÿndur4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) vísa á, sÿna5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) vísa, fylgja6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) sÿna7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) sÿna fram á, sanna8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) (auð)sÿna2. noun1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) sÿning; skemmtiþáttur2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) sÿning; það að sÿna e-ð3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) sÿnd, yfirskin; það að þykjast4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) e-ð sem er gert til að vekja á sér athygli5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) frammistaða•- showy- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show!
- on show
- show off
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2 appear
[ə'piə]1) (to come into view: A man suddenly appeared round the corner.) birtast2) (to arrive (at a place etc): He appeared in time for dinner.) láta sjá sig3) (to come before or present oneself/itself before the public or a judge etc: He is appearing on television today; He appeared before Judge Scott.) koma fram; mæta opinberlega4) (to look or seem as if (something is the case): It appears that he is wrong; He appears to be wrong.) virðast• -
3 authority
[o:'Ɵorəti]plural - authorities; noun1) (the power or right to do something: He gave me authority to act on his behalf.) vald2) (a person who is an expert, or a book that can be referred to, on a particular subject: He is an authority on Roman history.) sérfræðingur3) ((usually in plural) the person or people who have power in an administration etc: The authorities would not allow public meetings.) valdhafar4) (a natural quality in a person which makes him able to control and influence people: a man of authority.) valdsmannslegur•- authoritative -
4 highwayman
plural - highwaymen; noun (in earlier times, a man usually on horseback, who attacked and robbed people travelling in coaches etc on public roads.) stigamaður -
5 judge
1. verb1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) dæma2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) dæma, úrskurða3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) dæma, meta4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) dæma, gagnrÿna2. noun1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) dómari2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) dómari3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) sérfræðingur•- judgement- judgment
- judging from / to judge from
- pass judgement on
- pass judgement -
6 meet
[mi:t] 1. past tense, past participle - met; verb1) (to come face to face with (eg a person whom one knows), by chance: She met a man on the train.) mæta2) ((sometimes, especially American, with with) to come together with (a person etc), by arrangement: The committee meets every Monday.) hittast, koma saman3) (to be introduced to (someone) for the first time: Come and meet my wife.) kynnast, vera kynntur fyrir4) (to join: Where do the two roads meet?) mætast, skerast5) (to be equal to or satisfy (eg a person's needs, requirements etc): Will there be sufficient stocks to meet the public demand?) uppfylla6) (to come into the view, experience or presence of: A terrible sight met him / his eyes when he opened the door.) slá; vekja athygli/undrun/hrylling7) (to come to or be faced with: He met his death in a car accident.) verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta8) ((with with) to experience or suffer; to receive a particular response: She met with an accident; The scheme met with their approval.) verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta9) (to answer or oppose: We will meet force with greater force.) svara2. noun(a gathering, especially of sportsmen: The local huntsmen are holding a meet this week.) mót- meeting- meet someone halfway
- meet halfway
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