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1 long-winded
adjective ((of a speaker or his speech) tiresomely long.) langdreginn -
2 deliver
[di'livə]1) (to give or hand over (something) to the person for whom it is intended: The postman delivers letters.) afhenda; bera út2) (to give: He delivered a long speech.) flytja í mæltu máli3) (to assist (a woman) at the birth of (a child): The doctor delivered the twins safely.) taka á móti•- delivery -
3 monologue
['monəloɡ](a long speech by one person eg in a film, play etc.) eintal; einræða -
4 address
1. [ə'dres] verb1) (to put a name and address on (an envelope etc): Address the parcel clearly.) merkja heimilisfangi2) (to speak or write to: I shall address my remarks to you only.) ávarpa; beina (máli/skrifum til)2. ( American[) 'ædres] noun1) (the name of the house, street, town etc where a person lives: His address is 30 Main St, Edinburgh.) heimilisfang2) (a speech: He made a long and boring address.) ræða, ávarp• -
5 harangue
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6 lecture
['lek ə] 1. noun1) (a formal talk given to students or other audiences: a history lecture.) fyrirlestur2) (a long and boring or irritating speech, warning or scolding: The teacher gave the children a lecture for running in the corridor.) skammarræða2. verb(to give a lecture: He lectures on Roman Art; She lectured him on good behaviour.) halda fyrirlestur, predika yfir- lecturer -
7 rambling
1) (aimless and confused; not keeping to the topic: a long, rambling speech.) sundurlaus2) (built (as if) without any plan, stretching in various directions: a rambling old house.) skipulagslaus3) ((of plants, usually roses) climbing.) klifur- -
8 spin out
(to cause to last a long or longer time: He spun out his speech for an extra five minutes.) teygja (lopann) -
9 suit
[su:t] 1. noun1) (a set of clothes usually all of the same cloth etc, made to be worn together, eg a jacket, trousers (and waistcoat) for a man, or a jacket and skirt or trousers for a woman.) jakkaföt; dragt2) (a piece of clothing for a particular purpose: a bathing-suit / diving-suit.) -klæði, -búningur, -föt3) (a case in a law court: He won/lost his suit.) (dóms)mál4) (an old word for a formal request, eg a proposal of marriage to a lady.) bón(orð), beiðni5) (one of the four sets of playing-cards - spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs.) litur, sort2. verb1) (to satisfy the needs of, or be convenient for: The arrangements did not suit us; The climate suits me very well.) henta, hæfa2) ((of clothes, styles, fashions etc) to be right or appropriate for: Long hair suits her; That dress doen't suit her.) klæða/fara vel3) (to adjust or make appropriate or suitable: He suited his speech to his audience.) laga að•- suited- suitor
- suitcase
- follow suit
- suit down to the ground
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10 talk
[to:k] 1. verb1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) tala2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) slúðra, kjafta3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) tala um, ræða2. noun1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) samræður, spjall2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) fyrirlestur3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) slúður, kjaftasaga4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) snakk, blaður•- talking book
- talking head
- talking-point
- talk show
- talking-to
- talk back
- talk big
- talk down to
- talk someone into / out of doing
- talk into / out of doing
- talk someone into / out of
- talk into / out of
- talk over
- talk round
- talk sense/nonsense
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11 tedious
['ti:diəs](boring and continuing for a long time: a tedious speech/speaker.) leiðinlegur- tediousness
- tedium
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