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21 marriageable
adjective (suitable, or at a proper age, for marriage: He has four marriageable daughters; marriageable age.) á giftingaraldri -
22 marry
['mæri]1) (to take (a person) as one's husband or wife: John married my sister; They married in church.) giftast, kvænast2) ((of a clergyman etc) to perform the ceremony of marriage between (two people): The priest married them.) gifta, gefa saman3) (to give (a son or daughter) as a husband or wife: He married his son to a rich woman.) gifta•- married -
23 match
[mæ ] I noun(a short piece of wood or other material tipped with a substance that catches fire when rubbed against a rough or specially-prepared surface: He struck a match.) eldspÿta- matchboxII 1. noun1) (a contest or game: a football/rugby/chess match.) keppni2) (a thing that is similar to or the same as another in some way(s) eg in colour or pattern: These trousers are not an exact match for my jacket.) samstæða; sem á vel við e-ð annað3) (a person who is able to equal another: She has finally met her match at arguing.) jafnoki, jafningi4) (a marriage or an act of marrying: She hoped to arrange a match for her daughter.) hjónaband, ráðahagur2. verb1) (to be equal or similar to something or someone in some way eg in colour or pattern: That dress matches her red hair.) passa við, eiga saman2) (to set (two things, people etc) to compete: He matched his skill against the champion's.) reyna sig við•- matched- matchless
- matchmaker -
24 matched
adjective (paired or joined together, eg in marriage, or as contestants in a competition etc: a well-matched couple; The competitors were evenly matched.) sem eiga vel saman/eru jafnokar -
25 nuptial
(of marriage.) brúðkaups- -
26 old maid
(an unmarried woman who is past the usual age of marriage.) piparmey -
27 on the rocks
(in a state of ruin or of great financial difficulty: Their marriage is on the rocks; The firm is on the rocks.) í molum; gjaldþrota -
28 out of the frying-pan into the fire
(from a difficult or dangerous situation into a worse one: His first marriage was unhappy but his second was even more unhappy - it was a real case of out of the frying-pan into the fire.) úr öskunni í eldinnEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > out of the frying-pan into the fire
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29 proposal
1) (something proposed or suggested; a plan: proposals for peace.) tillögur2) (an offer of marriage: She received three proposals.) bónorð3) (the act of proposing.) bónorð -
30 propose
[prə'pəuz]1) (to offer for consideration; to suggest: I proposed my friend for the job; Who proposed this scheme?) stinga upp á, leggja til2) (to intend: He proposes to build a new house.) ætla sér3) (to make an offer of marriage: He proposed (to me) last night and I accepted him.) bera fram bónorð•- proposal -
31 reconcile
1) (to cause (people) to become friendly again, eg after they have quarrelled: Why won't you be reconciled (with him)?) sætta(st)2) (to bring (two or more different aims, points of view etc) into agreement: The unions want high wages and the bosses want high profits - it's almost impossible to reconcile these two aims.) samræma3) (to (make someone) accept (a situation, fact etc) patiently: Her mother didn't want the marriage to take place but she is reconciled to it now.) sætta sig við, gera sáttan við• -
32 relation
1) (a person who belongs to the same family as oneself either by birth or because of marriage: uncles, aunts, cousins and other relations.) skyldmenni2) (a relationship (between facts, events etc).) tengsl3) ((in plural) contact and communications between people, countries etc: to establish friendly relations.) tengsl, samskipti -
33 relationship
1) (the friendship, contact, communications etc which exist between people: He finds it very difficult to form lasting relationships.) samband2) (the fact that, or the way in which, facts, events etc are connected: Is there any relationship between crime and poverty?) tengsl3) (the state of being related by birth or because of marriage.) skyldleiki; tengdir -
34 rite
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35 sacrament
['sækrəmənt](in the Christian church, a ceremony regarded as especially sacred, eg marriage, or baptism.) sakramenti -
36 same
[seim] 1. adjective1) (alike; very similar: The houses in this road are all the same; You have the same eyes as your brother (has).) sami2) (not different: My friend and I are the same age; He went to the same school as me.) sami3) (unchanged: My opinion is the same as it always was.) sá sami, eins2. pronoun((usually with the) the same thing: He sat down and we all did the same.) eins3. adverb((usually with the) in the same way: I don't feel the same about you as I did.) eins- at the same time
- be all the same to
- same here
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37 secret
['si:krit] 1. adjective(hidden from, unknown to, or not told to, other people: a secret agreement; He kept his illness secret from everybody.) leyndur, leynilegur2. noun1) (something which is, or must be kept, secret: The date of their marriage is a secret; industrial secrets.) leyndarmál2) (a hidden explanation: I wish I knew the secret of her success.) leyndardómur•- secrecy- secretive
- secretively
- secretiveness
- secretly
- secret agent
- secret police
- in secret
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38 step-
[step](showing a relationship not by blood but by another marriage.) stjúp-- step-mother
- step-sister
- step-brother
- step-son
- step-daughter
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39 step-child
nouns (a son or daughter from another marriage of a person's wife or husband.) stjúpsonur -
40 step-daughter
nouns (a son or daughter from another marriage of a person's wife or husband.) stjúpsonur
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