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21 ought
[o:t]negative short form - oughtn't; verb1) (used to indicate duty; should: You ought to help them; He oughtn't to have done that.) ætti2) (used to indicate something that one could reasonably expect; should: He ought to have been able to do it.) ætti -
22 pay off
1) (to pay in full and discharge (workers) because they are no longer needed: Hundreds of steel-workers have been paid off.) gera upp við2) (to have good results: His hard work paid off.) borga sig, heppnast -
23 result
1. noun1) (anything which is due to something already done: His deafness is the result of a car accident; He went deaf as a result of an accident; He tried a new method, with excellent results; He tried again, but without result.) afleiðing; niðurstaða2) (the answer to a sum etc: Add all these figures and tell me the result.) útkoma3) (the final score: What was the result of Saturday's match?) úrslit4) ((often in plural) the list of people who have been successful in a competition, of subjects a person has passed or failed in an examination etc: He had very good exam results; The results will be published next week.) niðurstaða; listi yfir nemendur sem hafa náð prófi2. verb1) ((often with from) to be caused (by something): We will pay for any damage which results (from our experiments).) stafa af2) ((with in) to cause or have as a result: The match resulted in a draw.) leiða til; enda í/með -
24 shear
[ʃiə]past tense - sheared; verb1) (to clip or cut wool from (a sheep).) rÿja2) ((past tense shorn: often with off) to cut (hair) off: All her curls have been shorn off.) klippa3) ((past tense shorn: especially with of) to cut hair from (someone): He has been shorn (of all his curls).) klippa4) (to cut or (cause to) break: A piece of the steel girder sheared off.) klípa/klippast (í sundur)•- shears -
25 stencil
['stensl] 1. noun1) (a thin piece of metal or card in which a design etc has been cut which can be reproduced on another surface, eg paper, by printing or inking over the metal etc.) stensill2) (a piece of waxed paper into which words have been cut by a typewriter, to be reproduced by a similar process.) stensill2. verb(to produce (a design, pattern etc) by using a stencil.) prenta með stensli -
26 stuff
I noun1) (material or substance: What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you're made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are).) efni2) ((unimportant) matter, things, objects etc: We'll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house.) drasl3) (an old word for cloth.) fataefni•- that's the stuff! II verb1) (to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily: His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.) troða í2) (to fill (eg a turkey, chicken etc) with stuffing before cooking.) seta fyllingu í3) (to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive: They stuffed the golden eagle.) stoppa upp•- stuffing- stuff up -
27 which
[wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) hver, hvor, hvaða2. relative pronoun((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) sem, er3. relative adjective, relative pronoun(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) sem, er- which is which? - which is which -
28 aircraft
plural - aircraft; noun (any of several types of machine for flying in the air: Enemy aircraft have been sighted.) flugfarartæki (t.d. flugvél) -
29 apostrophe
[ə'postrəfi](a mark (') which is used to show that a letter or letters has/have been omitted from a word, and which is also used in possessive phrases and in the plurals of letters: the boy's coat; the boys' coats; There are two n's in `cannot' but only one in `can't'.) úrfellingarmerki -
30 arguable
adjective (able to be put forward in argument: It is arguable that he would have been better to go.) umdeilanlegur -
31 condemn
[kən'dem]1) (to criticize as morally wrong or evil: Everyone condemned her for being cruel to her child.) fordæma2) (to sentence to (a punishment): She was condemned to death.) dæma3) (to declare (a building) to be unfit to use: These houses have been condemned.) dæma ónÿtan eða ónothæfan•- condemned cell -
32 credit
['kredit] 1. noun1) (time allowed for payment of goods etc after they have been received: We don't give credit at this shop.) afborgunarfrestur; lánsviðskipti2) (money loaned (by a bank).) lán3) (trustworthiness regarding ability to pay for goods etc: Your credit is good.) lánstraust4) ((an entry on) the side of an account on which payments received are entered: Our credits are greater than our debits.) inneign; tekjuhlið5) (the sum of money which someone has in an account at a bank: Your credit amounts to 2,014 dollars.) inneign6) (belief or trust: This theory is gaining credit.) trúnaður, traust7) ((American) a certificate to show that a student has completed a course which counts towards his degree.) einkunnarblað2. verb1) (to enter (a sum of money) on the credit side (of an account): This cheque was credited to your account last month.) færa til tekna2) ((with with) to think of (a person or thing) as having: He was credited with magical powers.) eigna, ætla (e-m e-ð)3) (to believe (something) to be possible: Well, would you credit that!) trúa•- creditably
- creditor
- credits
- credit card
- be a credit to someone
- be a credit to
- do someone credit
- do credit
- give someone credit for something
- give credit for something
- give someone credit
- give credit
- on credit
- take the credit for something
- take credit for something
- take the credit
- take credit -
33 data
(or noun singular facts or information (especially the information given to a computer): All the data has/have been fed into the computer.) staðreyndir, upplÿsingar, gögn- database- data-processing -
34 death
[deƟ]1) (the act of dying: There have been several deaths in the town recently; Most people fear death.) dauði2) (something which causes one to die: Smoking too much was the death of him.) banamein3) (the state of being dead: eyes closed in death.) dauði•- deathly- death-bed
- death certificate
- at death's door
- catch one's death of cold
- catch one's death
- put to death
- to death -
35 dehydrate
(to remove water from or dry out (especially foodstuffs): Vegetables take up less space if they have been dehydrated.) þurrka -
36 discipline
['disiplin] 1. noun1) (training in an orderly way of life: All children need discipline.) hegðunarreglur, agi2) (strict self-control (amongst soldiers etc).) agi2. verb1) (to bring under control: You must discipline yourself so that you do not waste time.) aga2) (to punish: The students who caused the disturbance have been disciplined.) aga; refsa• -
37 disprove
[dis'pru:v](to prove to be false or wrong: His theories have been disproved by modern scientific research.) hrekja, afsanna -
38 double figures
(the numbers between 10 and 99: The number of times you have been late is well into double figures.) tveggja stafa tala -
39 escape
[i'skeip] 1. verb1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) sleppa, brjóstast út, flÿja2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) komast hjá3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) gleymast4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) leka2. noun((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) flótti; gasleki- escapism- escapist -
40 expand
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have been around a bit — have been around (a bit) informal if someone has been around, they have had a lot of experience of life and know a lot of things. She s been around a bit she should know how to look after herself … New idioms dictionary
have been around — (a bit) informal if someone has been around, they have had a lot of experience of life and know a lot of things. She s been around a bit she should know how to look after herself … New idioms dictionary
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