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1 sweep the board
(to be very successful; to win all the prizes.) vinna öll verðlaun í boði -
2 be
present tense am [ʌm], are [a:], is [ɪz]; past tense was [woz], were [w†:]; present participle 'being; past participle been [bi:n, (·meriцan) bɪn]; subjunctive were [w†:]; short forms I'm [aim] (I am), you're [ju†] (you are), he's [hi:z] (he is), she's [ʃi:z] (she is), it's [ɪ ] (it is), we're [wi†] (we are), they're [Ɵe†] (they are); negative short forms isn't (is not), aren't [a:nt] (are not), wasn't (was not), weren't [w†:nt] (were not)1) (used with a present participle to form the progressive or continuous tenses: I'm reading; I am being followed; What were you saying?.) vera2) (used with a present participle to form a type of future tense: I'm going to London.) ég er að fara, ég ætla að fara3) (used with a past participle to form the passive voice: He was shot.) vera4) (used with an infinitive to express several ideas, eg necessity (When am I to leave?), purpose (The letter is to tell us he's coming), a possible future happening (If he were to lose, I'd win) etc.) eiga; mun5) (used in giving or asking for information about something or someone: I am Mr Smith; Is he alive?; She wants to be an actress; The money will be ours; They are being silly.) vera•- being- the be-all and end-all -
3 by no means
1) (definitely not: `Can I go home now?' `By no means!) alls ekki2) ((also not by any means) not at all: I'm by no means certain to win.) alls ekki -
4 luck
1) (the state of happening by chance: Whether you win or not is just luck - there's no skill involved.) heppni2) (something good which happens by chance: She has all the luck!) heppni•- luckless- lucky
- luckily
- luckiness
- lucky dip
- bad luck!
- good luck!
- worse luck! -
5 toss
[tos] 1. verb1) (to throw into or through the air: She tossed the ball up into the air.) kasta2) ((often with about) to throw oneself restlessly from side to side: She tossed about all night, unable to sleep.) bylta sér3) ((of a ship) to be thrown about: The boat tossed wildly in the rough sea.) kastast til, veltast4) (to throw (a coin) into the air and decide a matter according to (a correct guess about) which side falls uppermost: They tossed a coin to decide which of them should go first.) varpa hlutkesti, kasta upp á e-ð2. noun(an act of tossing.) kast- toss up- win/lose the toss -
6 walk off with
1) (to win easily: He walked off with all the prizes at the school sports.) sigra auðveldlega2) (to steal: The thieves have walked off with my best silver and china.) stela
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