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1 thick-skinned
adjective (not easily hurt by criticism or insults: You won't upset her - she's very thick-skinned.) ekki hörundsár -
2 thin-skinned
adjective (sensitive; easily hurt or upset: Be careful what you say - she's very thin-skinned.) hörundsár -
3 banana
(the long curved fruit, yellow-skinned when ripe, of a type of very large tropical tree.) banani -
4 colour
1. noun1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) litur2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) litur3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) hörundslitur4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) líf og fjör2. adjective((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) lita, lit-3. verb(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) lita- coloured4. noun((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) litaður, hörundsdökkur- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours -
5 coloured
1) (having colour: She prefers white baths to coloured baths.) litaður2) (belonging to a dark-skinned race: There are only two white families living in this street - the rest are coloured.) litaður -
6 grape
[ɡreip](a green or black smooth-skinned eatable berry from which wine is made.) vínber- sour grapes -
7 grapefruit
['ɡreipfru:t]plurals - grapefruit, grapefruits; noun((the flesh of) a large yellow-skinned citrus fruit that has a slightly bitter taste.) greipaldin -
8 marrow
1) (the soft substance in the hollow parts of bones: Beef marrow is needed for this dish.) beinmergur2) ((American squash) a large, green, thick-skinned vegetable, or its flesh as food.) kúrbítur -
9 Negro
['ni:ɡrəu]feminine - Negress; noun(a name for a person belonging to or descended from the black-skinned race from the area of Africa south of the Sahara.) svertingi -
10 peach
[pi: ]1) (a kind of juicy, soft-skinned fruit: She doesn't like peaches; ( also adjective) a peach tree.) ferskja2) (( also adjective) (of) the orange-pink colour of the fruit: Would you call that colour peach?; The walls are painted peach.) ferskjulitur -
11 pumpkin
(a kind of large, round, thick-skinned yellow fruit, eaten as food.) grasker -
12 radish
['rædiʃ](a plant with a red-skinned white root used as food.) hreðka, radísa -
13 rhinoceros
plurals - rhinoceroses, rhinoceros; noun(a type of large thick-skinned animal with one or two horns on its nose.) nashyrningur -
14 skin
[skin] 1. noun1) (the natural outer covering of an animal or person: She couldn't stand the feel of wool against her skin; A snake can shed its skin.) skinn, húð, hörund2) (a thin outer layer, as on a fruit: a banana-skin; onion-skins.) hÿði3) (a (thin) film or layer that forms on a liquid: Boiled milk often has a skin on it.) skán2. verb(to remove the skin from: He skinned and cooked the rabbit.) flá- skin flick
- skin-tight
- by the skin of one's teeth -
15 thick
[Ɵik] 1. adjective1) (having a relatively large distance between opposite sides; not thin: a thick book; thick walls; thick glass.) þykkur2) (having a certain distance between opposite sides: It's two inches thick; a two-inch-thick pane of glass.) þykkur3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) containing solid matter; not flowing (easily) when poured: thick soup.) þykkur, seigfljótandi4) (made of many single units placed very close together; dense: a thick forest; thick hair.) þéttur5) (difficult to see through: thick fog.) þéttur6) (full of, covered with etc: The room was thick with dust; The air was thick with smoke.) morandi7) (stupid: Don't be so thick!) heimskur2. noun(the thickest, most crowded or active part: in the thick of the forest; in the thick of the fight.) þar sem mest gengur á; í erfiðasta/þéttasta (hluta e-s)- thickly- thickness
- thicken
- thick-skinned
- thick and fast
- through thick and thin -
16 thin
[Ɵin] 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) þunnur2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) grannur, mjór3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) þunnur, vatnskenndur4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) þunnur, gisinn5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) lélegur2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) þynna(st)- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin out -
17 white
1. adjective1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) hvítur2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) hvítur3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) náfölur4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) mjólkurbættur2. noun1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) hvítur litur2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) hvítur maður3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) (eggja)hvíta4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) (augn)hvíta•- whiten- whiteness
- whitening
- whitish
- white-collar
- white elephant
- white horse
- white-hot
- white lie
- whitewash 3. verb(to cover with whitewash.) kalka- white wine
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