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41 bustle
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42 cajole
[kə'‹əul](to coax (someone into doing something), often by flattery: The little girl cajoled her father into buying her a new dress.) ginna með fagurmælum -
43 can
[kæn] I negative - can't; verb1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.)2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?)3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.)4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?)II 1. noun(a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) dós2. verb(to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.) niðursjóða (á dósir eða krukkur)- canned- cannery -
44 capable
['keipəbl]1) (clever especially in practical ways: She'll manage somehow - she's so capable!) hæfur, fær (um)2) ((with of) clever enough to; likely to; able to: He is capable of doing better; He is quite capable of cheating us.) fær•- capably- capability -
45 catch red-handed
(to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong: The police caught the thief red-handed.) grípa glóðvolgan -
46 chicken out
(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) guggna, heykjast -
47 coerce
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48 continue
[kən'tinju:] 1. verb1) (to go on being, doing etc; to last or keep on: She continued to run; They continued running; He will continue in his present job; The noise continued for several hours; The road continues for 150 kilometres.) halda áfram2) (to go on (with) often after a break or pause: He continued his talk after the interval; This story is continued on p.53.) halda áfram•- continually
- continuation
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49 crochet
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50 custom
1) (what a person etc is in the habit of doing or does regularly: It's my custom to go for a walk on Saturday mornings; religious customs.) venja, vani2) (the regular buying of goods at the same shop etc; trade or business: The new supermarkets take away custom from the small shops.) viðskipti•- customarily
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51 cut corners
(to use less money, effort, time etc when doing something than was thought necessary, often giving a poorer result.) stytta sér leið -
52 dad
[dæd](children's words for father: Where is your daddy?; What are you doing, Daddy?) pabbi -
53 device
1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) tæki, útbúnaður2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) aðferð; kænskubragð -
54 disarmament
noun (the act of doing away with war-weapons.) afvopnun -
55 dissuade
[di'sweid](to stop (from doing something) by advice or persuasion: I tried to dissuade him from his foolish intention.) telja af; ráða frá -
56 distracted
1) (turned aside (from what one is doing or thinking): He had slipped out while her attention was distracted.) annars hugar2) (out of one's mind; mad: a distracted old woman.) bilaður, sturlaður3) (distressed: The distracted mother couldn't reach her child in the burning house.) örvæntingarfullur -
57 do a roaring trade
(to have a very successful business; to sell a lot of something: She's doing a roaring trade in/selling home-made cakes.) rífandi viðskipti/sala -
58 do you mind!
(used to show annoyance, stop someone doing something etc: Do you mind! That's my foot you're standing on!) væri þér sama! -
59 do-it-yourself
noun, adjective ((of) the art or practice of doing one's own decorating, repairs etc (also DIY): I've just bought a book on do-it-yourself so I can try to tile the bathroom; a do-it-yourself job.) heimasmíðar/-nám -
60 dogged
['doɡid]adjective (keeping on at what one is doing in a determined and persistent manner: his dogged perseverance.) þrjóskur, þrár
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