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  • 61 blind spot

    1) (any matter about which one always shows lack of understanding: She seems to have a blind spot about physics.) blindur blettur; vera blindur fyrir e-u, neita að skilja/sjá
    2) (an area which is impossible or difficult to see due to an obstruction.) blindur blettur, staður sem sést ekki

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  • 62 boast

    [bəust] 1. verb
    (to talk with too much pride: He was always boasting about how clever his son was.) gorta, hælast um
    2. noun
    (the words used in talking proudly about something: His boast is that he has never yet lost a match.) gort, sjálfshól
    - boastfully
    - boastfulness
    - boasting

    English-Icelandic dictionary > boast

  • 63 boss

    [bos] 1. noun
    (the master or manager: the boss of the factory.) verkstjóri, yfirmaður
    2. verb
    ((usually with about/around) to order: Stop bossing everyone about!) skipa fyrir (frekjulega)
    - bossily
    - bossiness

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  • 64 brood

    [bru:d] 1. verb
    1) ((of birds) to sit on eggs.)
    2) (to think (about something) anxiously for some time: There's no point in brooding about what happened.)
    2. noun
    (the number of young hatched at one time.)

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  • 65 bustle

    1. verb
    ((often with about) to busy oneself (often noisily or fussily): She bustled about doing things all day.) stússa
    2. noun
    (hurry, fuss or activity.) umstang, ys og þys

    English-Icelandic dictionary > bustle

  • 66 caper

    ['keipə] 1. verb
    (to leap or jump about: The child was capering about.) hoppa og skoppa
    2. noun
    1) (a frisky jump.) hopp
    2) (a piece of playful behaviour.) gáskafull gletta

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  • 67 concern

    [kən'sə:n] 1. verb
    1) (to have to do with: This order doesn't concern us; So far as I'm concerned, you can do what you like.) varða, snerta
    2) ((with for or about) to make (usually oneself) uneasy: Don't concern yourself about her.) hafa áhyggjur af
    3) ((with with or in) to interest (oneself) in: He doesn't concern himself with unimportant details.) hafa áhuga á
    2. noun
    1) (something that concerns or belongs to one: His problems are not my concern.) mál, málefni
    2) (anxiety: The condition of the patient is giving rise to concern.) áhyggja
    3) (a business: a shoe-manufacturing concern.) fyrirtæki

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  • 68 conscience

    ['konʃəns]
    ((that part of one's mind which holds one's) knowledge or sense of right and wrong: The injured man was on her conscience because she was responsible for the accident; She had a guilty conscience about the injured man; He had no conscience about dismissing the men.) samviska

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  • 69 doubt

    1. verb
    1) (to feel uncertain about, but inclined not to believe: I doubt if he'll come now; He might have a screwdriver, but I doubt it.) efa, efast um
    2) (not to be sure of the reliability of: Sometimes I doubt your intelligence!) efast um
    2. noun
    (a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) efi, vafi, vafamál
    - doubtfully
    - doubtfulness
    - doubtless
    - beyond doubt
    - in doubt
    - no doubt

    English-Icelandic dictionary > doubt

  • 70 fable

    ['feibl]
    1) (a story (usually about animals) that teaches a lesson about human behaviour: Aesop's fables.) dæmisaga
    2) (a legend or untrue story: fact or fable?) þjóðsaga, lygasaga
    - fabulously

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  • 71 follow

    ['foləu] 1. verb
    1) (to go or come after: I will follow (you).) fylgja, koma á eftir
    2) (to go along (a road, river etc): Follow this road.) fara eftir
    3) (to understand: Do you follow (my argument)?) fylgjast með, skilja
    4) (to act according to: I followed his advice.) hlÿða, fara að
    - following 2. adjective
    1) (coming after: the following day.) næstur, næstkomandi
    2) (about to be mentioned: You will need the following things.) eftirtalinn
    3. preposition
    (after; as a result of: Following his illness, his hair turned white.) í kjölfar
    4. pronoun
    (things about to be mentioned: You must bring the following - pen, pencil, paper and rubber.) eftirfarandi
    - follow up

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  • 72 fool

    [fu:l] 1. noun
    (a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) bjáni, heimskingi
    2. verb
    1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) blekkja, leika á
    2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) haga sér eins og bjáni
    - foolishly
    - foolishness
    - foolhardy
    - foolhardiness
    - foolproof
    - make a fool of
    - make a fool of oneself
    - play the fool

    English-Icelandic dictionary > fool

  • 73 forage

    ['fori‹] 1. verb
    ((often with about) to search thoroughly: He foraged about in the cupboard; He foraged for food in the cupboard.) leita (að æti); krafsa/róta upp
    2. noun
    (food for horses and cattle.) skepnufóður

    English-Icelandic dictionary > forage

  • 74 gad

    [ɡæd]
    past tense, past participle gadded: gad about/around verb
    (to go around to one place after another (usually in order to amuse oneself): She's forever gadding about now that the children are at school.) slæpast, flækjast

    English-Icelandic dictionary > gad

  • 75 generation

    1) (one stage in the descent of a family: All three generations - children, parents and grandparents - lived together quite happily.) kynslóð
    2) (people born at about the same time: People of my generation all think the same way about this.) kynslóð

    English-Icelandic dictionary > generation

  • 76 haggle

    ['hæɡl]
    (to argue about the price of something, or about the terms of an agreement.) prútta, þrátta

    English-Icelandic dictionary > haggle

  • 77 historical

    [-'sto-]
    1) (of or about history; of or about people or events from history: historical research; historical novels.) sögulegur
    2) (that actually happened or existed, not legendary or mythical: Was Shakespeare's character Macbeth a historical person?) sögulegur, sagnfræðilegur; sannur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > historical

  • 78 how

    1. adverb, conjunction
    1) (in what way: How do you make bread?) hvernig, á hvaða hátt
    2) (to what extent: How do you like my new hat?; How far is Paris from London?) hversu, hve, hvað
    3) (by what means: I've no idea how he came here.) hvernig
    4) (in what condition: How are you today?; How do I look?) hvernig
    5) (for what reason: How is it that I am the last to know about this?) hvers vegna
    2. conjunction
    (in no matter what way: This painting still looks wrong however you look at it.) hvernig sem
    - how come
    - how do you do?

    English-Icelandic dictionary > how

  • 79 inkling

    ['iŋkliŋ]
    (a slight idea or suspicion (about something that is happening): I had no inkling of what was going on until she told me all about it.) hugboð

    English-Icelandic dictionary > inkling

  • 80 inquisitive

    [in'kwizətiv]
    (eager to find out about other people's affairs: He was rather inquisitive about the cost of our house; inquisitive neighbours.) hnÿsinn, spurull, nærgöngull
    - inquisitiveness

    English-Icelandic dictionary > inquisitive

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