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  • 1 not bad

    (quite good: `Is she a good swimmer?' `She's not bad.') ekki sem verstur

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  • 2 bad

    [bæd]
    comparative - worse; adjective
    1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) vondur, slæmur, lélegur
    2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) vondur
    3) (unpleasant: bad news.) slæmur
    4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) skemmdur, úldinn
    5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) skaðlegur
    6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) slæmur, lasinn, bilaður
    7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) lasinn
    8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) (mjög) slæmur, alvarlegur
    9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) vafasamur
    - badness
    - badly off
    - feel bad about something
    - feel bad
    - go from bad to worse
    - not bad
    - too bad

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  • 3 go from bad to worse

    (to get into an even worse condition etc than before: Things are going from bad to worse for the firm - not only are we losing money but there's going to be a strike as well.) fara úr öskunni í eldinn, versna

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  • 4 give up as a bad job

    (to decide that (something) is not worth doing, or impossible to do, and so stop doing it.) gefa (e-ð) upp á bátinn

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  • 5 beginner

    noun (someone who is just learning how to do something: `Does he paint well?' `He's not bad for a beginner'.) byrjandi

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  • 6 go

    [ɡəu] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
    1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) fara
    2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) fara í gegnum, fara eftir
    3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) fara til; fara/seljast á
    4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) liggja til
    5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) ganga/fara í, sækja
    6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) hverfa
    7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) fara, enda
    8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) fara
    9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) hverfa
    10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) fara (að gera e-ð)
    11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) bila
    12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) ganga, vinna
    13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) verða
    14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) vera, ganga
    15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) eiga heima/að vera í
    16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) líða
    17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) fara í
    18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) ganga
    19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) gefa frá sér, segja
    20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) hljóða, vera
    21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) ganga (vel)
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) tilraun
    2) (energy: She's full of go.) kraftur
    3. adjective
    1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) sem blómstrar/gengur vel
    2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) gang-, markaðs-, gildandi
    4. noun
    (permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) leyfi
    - going-over
    - goings-on
    - no-go
    - all go
    - be going on for
    - be going on
    - be going strong
    - from the word go
    - get going
    - give the go-by
    - go about
    - go after
    - go against
    - go along
    - go along with
    - go around
    - go around with
    - go at
    - go back
    - go back on
    - go by
    - go down
    - go far
    - go for
    - go in
    - go in for
    - go into
    - go off
    - go on
    - go on at
    - go out
    - go over
    - go round
    - go slow
    - go steady
    - go through
    - go through with
    - go too far
    - go towards
    - go up
    - go up in smoke/flames
    - go with
    - go without
    - keep going
    - make a go of something
    - make a go
    - on the go

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  • 7 help

    [help] 1. verb
    1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) hjálpa
    2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) eiga þátt í
    3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) lækna, slá á
    4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) aðstoða
    5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) komast ekki hjá, geta ekki annað
    2. noun
    1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) aðstoð, hjálp
    2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) hjálp; hjálparhella
    3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) aðstoðarmaður
    4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) engin leið að (hindra e-ð)
    - helpful
    - helpfully
    - helpfulness
    - helping
    - helpless
    - helplessly
    - helplessness
    - help oneself
    - help out

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  • 8 ill

    [il] 1. comparative - worse; adjective
    1) (not in good health; not well: She was ill for a long time.) veikur, sjúkur
    2) (bad: ill health; These pills have no ill effects.) slæmur
    3) (evil or unlucky: ill luck.) vondur, illur
    2. adverb
    (not easily: We could ill afford to lose that money.) varla, tæplega
    3. noun
    1) (evil: I would never wish anyone ill.) böl, ógæfa
    2) (trouble: all the ills of this world.) böl, vændræði
    - illness
    - ill-at-ease
    - ill-fated
    - ill-feeling
    - ill-mannered / ill-bred
    - ill-tempered / ill-natured
    - ill-treat
    - ill-treatment
    - ill-use
    - ill-will
    - be taken ill

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  • 9 sick

    [sik] 1. adjective
    1) (vomiting or inclined to vomit: He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.) vera óglatt, veikur
    2) ((especially American) ill: He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.) veikur, sjúkur, lasinn
    3) (very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of): I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!) hundleiður
    4) (affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings: I was really sick at making that bad mistake.) vera miður sín
    5) (in bad taste: a sick joke.) ósmekklegur, sjúklegur
    2. noun
    (vomit: The bedclothes were covered with sick.) æla
    - sickening
    - sickeningly
    - sickly
    - sickness
    - sick-leave
    - make someone sick
    - make sick
    - the sick
    - worried sick

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  • 10 state

    I [steit] noun
    1) (the condition in which a thing or person is: the bad state of the roads; The room was in an untidy state; He inquired about her state of health; What a state you're in!; He was not in a fit state to take the class.) ástand
    2) (a country considered as a political community, or, as in the United States, one division of a federation: The Prime Minister visits the Queen once a week to discuss affairs of state; The care of the sick and elderly is considered partly the responsibility of the state; ( also adjective) The railways are under state control; state-controlled / owned industries.) ríki
    3) (ceremonial dignity and splendour: The Queen, wearing her robes of state, drove in a horse-drawn coach to Westminster; ( also adjective) state occasions/banquets.) viðhöfn
    - stateliness
    - statesman
    - statesmanlike
    - statesmanship
    - get into a state
    - lie in state
    II [steit] verb
    (to say or announce clearly, carefully and definitely: You have not yet stated your intentions.) lÿsa yfir, staðhæfa

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  • 11 think better of

    1) (to think again and decide not to; to reconsider: He was going to ask for more money, but he thought better of it.) hugsa sig um
    2) (to think that (someone) could not be so bad etc: I thought better of you than to suppose you would do that.) hafa (meira) álit á e-m

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  • 12 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) brjóta
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) brjóta af
    3) (to make or become unusable.) brjóta, skemma
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) brjóta gegn; svíkjast um
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) brjóta/setja met
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) gera hlé á
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) rjúfa
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) fréttast; segja fréttir
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) bresta
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) draga úr
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) skella á
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) hlé
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) breyting; sloti
    3) (an opening.) op; skarð
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) tækifæri
    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) brothættur
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it

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  • 13 damn

    [dæm] 1. verb
    1) (to sentence to unending punishment in hell: His soul is damned.) fordæma
    2) (to cause to be condemned as bad, unacceptable etc: That film was damned by the critics.) fordæma
    2. interjection
    (expressing anger, irritation etc: Damn! I've forgotten my purse.) fjandinn!, helvíti!
    3. noun
    (something unimportant or of no value: It's not worth a damn; I don't give a damn! (= I don't care in the least).) vera skítsama
    - damning

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  • 14 devil

    ['devl]
    1) (the spirit of evil; Satan: He does not worship God - he worships the Devil.) djöfullinn
    2) (any evil or wicked spirit or person: That woman is a devil!) djöfull; óþokki
    3) (a person who is bad or disapproved of: She's a lazy devil.) óþokki, mannfÿla
    4) (an unfortunate person for whom one feels pity: Poor devils! I feel really sorry for them.) vesalingur

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  • 15 disreputable

    [-'repju-]
    1) (not respectable, especially in appearance: a disreputable old coat.) óásjálegur
    2) (of bad reputation: He's rather a disreputable character.) illa þokkaður

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  • 16 evil

    ['i:vl] 1. adjective
    (very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) vondur, illur
    2. noun
    1) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.) e-ð illt; mein, böl
    2) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.) mein, böl
    - evilly
    - evilness
    - evil-doer

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  • 17 fair

    I [feə] adjective
    1) (light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin: fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair.) ljós
    2) (just; not favouring one side: a fair test.) sanngjarn
    3) ((of weather) fine; without rain: a fair afternoon.) bjartur, heiðskír
    4) (quite good; neither bad nor good: Her work is only fair.) sæmilegur, þokkalegur
    5) (quite big, long etc: a fair size.) nokkuð stór/langur
    6) (beautiful: a fair maiden.) fallegur
    - fairly
    - fair play
    II [feə] noun
    1) (a collection of entertainments that travels from town to town: She won a large doll at the fair.) (farand)markaðshátíð/tívolí/sirkus
    2) (a large market held at fixed times: A fair is held here every spring.) markaður
    3) (an exhibition of goods from different countries, firms etc: a trade fair.) kaupstefna, vörusÿning

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  • 18 inexcusable

    [inik'skju:zəbl]
    (too bad etc to be excused or justified; not excusable: inexcusable rudeness.) óafsakanlegur

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  • 19 influence

    ['influəns] 1. noun
    1) (the power to affect people, actions or events: He used his influence to get her the job; He should not have driven the car while under the influence of alcohol.) áhrif
    2) (a person or thing that has this power: She is a bad influence on him.) áhrifavaldur
    2. verb
    (to have an effect on: The weather seems to influence her moods.) hafa áhrif á
    - influentially

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  • 20 lose

    [lu:z]
    past tense, past participle - lost; verb
    1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) missa
    2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.) missa, glata, tapa
    3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) glata, tÿna
    4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) tapa, bíða ósigur
    5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) sóa tíma
    - loss
    - lost
    - at a loss
    - a bad
    - good loser
    - lose oneself in
    - lose one's memory
    - lose out
    - lost in
    - lost on

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