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1 set upon
( also set on) (to attack: He set upon me in the dark.) ráðast á -
2 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) hjarta2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) hjarta, miðja3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) mannlegar tilfinningar4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) kjarkur; barráttuþrek5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) hjarta6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) hjarta•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) einlægar samræður- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
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3 presentation
[pre-]1) (the act of presenting: the presentation of the prizes; the presentation of a new play; ( also adjective) a presentation ceremony; a presentation gold watch.) afhending; uppfærsla; heiðursgjöf2) (the manner in which written work etc is presented or set out: Try to improve the presentation of your work.) framsetning3) (a performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play, opera etc: This is the best presentation of `Macbeth' that I've ever seen.) uppfærsla -
4 store
[sto:] 1. noun1) (a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required: They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores.) birgðir2) (a (large) collected amount or quantity: He has a store of interesting facts in his head.) bÿsn3) (a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom: It's in the store(s).) lager, birgðageymsla4) (a shop: The post office here is also the village store; a department store.) búð, verslun2. verb1) (to put into a place for keeping: We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house.) geyma, setja í geymslu2) (to stock (a place etc) with goods etc: The museum is stored with interesting exhibits.) vera fullur af•- storage- storehouse
- storeroom
- in store
- set great store by
- set store by
- store up -
5 flat
[flæt] 1. adjective1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) flatur2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) leiðinlegur, tilbreytingarlítill3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) afdráttarlaus4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) vindlaus5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) flatur, goslaus6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) lágur; sem hangir í tóninum; of lágt2. adverb(stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) flatt3. noun1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) íbúð2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bé, lækkunarmerki3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) flatur4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) flatlendi, sléttlendi•- flatly- flatten
- flat rate
- flat out -
6 picket
['pikit] 1. noun1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) verkfallsvörður2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) hervörður2. verb1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) setja her-/verkfallsvörð um2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) standa verkfallsvörð við -
7 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) léttir, linun2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) neyðar-/fjárhagshjálp3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) afleysingamaður4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) frelsun5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) upphleypt mynd•- relieve- relieved -
8 ruby
['ru:bi]plural - rubies; noun1) (a kind of deep red precious stone: a ring set with rubies; ( also adjective) a ruby necklace.) rúbín2) (( also adjective) (of) its colour: a ruby dress.) rúbínrauður litur -
9 ballet
['bælei, ]( American[) bæ'lei]1) (a theatrical performance of dancing with set steps and mime, often telling a story: Swan Lake is my favourite ballet.) ballett2) (the art of dancing in this way: She is taking lessons in ballet; ( also adjective) a ballet class.) ballett• -
10 bay
[bei] I noun(a wide inward bend of a coastline: anchored in the bay; Botany Bay.) flóiII noun(a separate compartment, area or room etc (usually one of several) set aside for a special purpose: a bay in a library.) bás; útskotIII 1. adjective((of horses) reddish-brown in colour.) jarpur2. noun((also bay tree) the laurel tree, the leaves of which are used for seasoning and in victory wreaths.) lárviður3. verb((especially of large dogs) to bark: The hounds bayed at the fox.) gelta -
11 cable
['keibl] 1. noun1) ((a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.) kaðall, keðja, festar2) ((a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals: They are laying (a) new cable.) kapall, leiðsla3) ((a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc.) vírkaðall4) ((also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable.) símskeyti5) (cable television.)2. verb(to telegraph by cable: I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.) senda símskeyti- cable television
- cable TV -
12 camp
[kæmp] 1. noun1) (a piece of ground with tents pitched on it.) (tjald)búðir2) (a collection of buildings, huts or tents in which people stay temporarily for a certain purpose: a holiday camp.) (sumar)búðir3) (a military station, barracks etc.) herbúðir4) (a party or side: They belong to different political camps.) herbúðir2. verb((also go camping) to set up, and live in, a tent / tents: We camped on the beach; We go camping every year.) tjalda, liggja úti- camper- camping
- camp bed
- camp-fire
- campsite -
13 cassette
[kə'set](a plastic container holding photographic film or magnetic tape: I've put a new cassette in my camera; I bought a cassette of Scottish music; ( also adjective) a cassette recorder.) snælda, kassetta -
14 combination
[-bi-]1) ((the result of) combining or being combined: The town was a combination of old and new architecture.) samsetning2) (a set of numbers used to open certain types of lock: He couldn't open the safe as he had forgotten the combination; ( also adjective) a combination lock.) talnaröð/-lykill/-lás -
15 headphones
noun plural ((also earphones) a pair of electronic instruments held over a person's ears, by a metal band over the head, which are connected to a radio: a set of headphones.) heyrnartól -
16 music
['mju:zik] 1. noun1) (the art of arranging and combining sounds able to be produced by the human voice or by instruments: She prefers classical music to popular music; She is studying music; ( also adjective) a music lesson.) tónlist2) (the written form in which such tones etc are set down: The pianist has forgotten to bring her music.) nótur•- musical2. noun(a film or play that includes a large amount of singing, dancing etc.) söngleikur- musician -
17 race
I 1. [reis] noun(a competition to find who or which is the fastest: a horse race.) keppni, kapphlaup2. verb1) (to (cause to) run in a race: I'm racing my horse on Saturday; The horse is racing against five others.) taka þátt í hlaupi2) (to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest: I'll race you to that tree.) þreyta kapphlaup3) (to go etc quickly: He raced along the road on his bike.) þjóta•- racer- racecourse
- racehorse
- racetrack
- racing-car
- a race against time
- the races II [reis]1) (any one section of mankind, having a particular set of characteristics which make it different from other sections: the Negro race; the white races; ( also adjective) race relations.) kynþáttur/-stofn2) (the fact of belonging to any of these various sections: the problem of race.) kynþáttur/-stofn3) (a group of people who share the same culture, language etc; the Anglo-Saxon race.) kynstofn/-þáttur•- racial- racialism
- racialist
- the human race
- of mixed race -
18 railway
1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) járnbraut2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) járnbraut -
19 recipe
['resəpi](a set of instructions on how to prepare and cook something: a recipe for curry; ( also adjective) a recipe book.) uppskrift -
20 release
[rə'li:s] 1. verb1) (to set free; to allow to leave: He was released from prison yesterday; I am willing to release him from his promise to me.) sleppa, láta lausan2) (to stop holding etc; to allow to move, fall etc: He released (his hold on) the rope.) sleppa, losa3) (to move (a catch, brake etc) which prevents something else from moving, operating etc: He released the handbrake and drove off.) losa4) (to allow (news etc) to be made known publicly: The list of winners has just been released.) birta5) (to offer (a film, record etc) to the general public: Their latest record will be released next week.) setja á markað2. noun1) (the act of releasing or being released: After his release, the prisoner returned to his home town; the release of a new film; ( also adjective) the release catch.) frelsun, lausn2) (something that is released: This record is their latest release; The Government issued a press release (= a statement giving information about something, sent or given to newspapers, reporters etc).) útgáfa, sem sett er á markað
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