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  • 1 some

    1. pronoun, adjective
    1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) nokkur; nokkurn; dálítill
    2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) nokkur; dálítill; sumir
    3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) einhverjir; nokkrir; dálítill
    4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) á vissan hátt; að sumu leyti
    2. adjective
    1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) töluverður, umtalsverður
    2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) einhver
    3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) um það bil, í kringum
    3. adverb
    ((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) eitthvað; að vissu marki
    - someday
    - somehow
    - someone
    - something
    - sometime
    - sometimes
    - somewhat
    - somewhere
    - mean something
    - or something
    - something like
    - something tells me

    English-Icelandic dictionary > some

  • 2 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) kraftur, afl, eiginleiki
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) afl
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) vald
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) vald
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) valda-/áhrifamikill maður
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) veldi
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) veldi
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    - powerful
    - powerfully
    - powerfulness
    - powerless
    - powerlessness
    - power cut
    - failure
    - power-driven
    - power point
    - power station
    - be in power

    English-Icelandic dictionary > power

  • 3 place

    [pleis] 1. noun
    1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) staður
    2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) pláss
    3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) -staður, -hús, svæði
    4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) sæti
    5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) sæti, staða
    6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) staða, stétt
    7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) staður
    8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) skylda; réttur
    9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) sæti, staða
    10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) hús; heimili
    11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) staður; notað í heitum gatna/torga
    12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) sæti
    2. verb
    1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) setja (á)
    2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) koma (e-m) fyrir sig
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    - go places
    - in the first
    - second place
    - in place
    - in place of
    - out of place
    - put oneself in someone else's place
    - put someone in his place
    - put in his place
    - take place
    - take the place of

    English-Icelandic dictionary > place

См. также в других словарях:

  • quite\ a\ number — • quite a few • quite a number also formal not a few noun or adj. phr. Rather a large number; more than a few. Quite a few went to the game. The basket had quite a few rotten apples in it. the phrase quite a number is used like an adjective only… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • quite a number — See: QUITE A FEW …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • quite a number — See: QUITE A FEW …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • (quite) a number of something — phrase used for giving a general idea of how many people or things you are referring to A number of students (=more than a few, but not many) have part time jobs. We’ve met on a number of occasions. Quite a number of paintings (=many paintings) …   Useful english dictionary

  • quite a few — or[quite a number] also {formal}[not a few] {n.} or {adj. phr.} Rather a large number; more than a few. * /Quite a few went to the game./ * /The basket had quite a few rotten apples in it./ The phrase quite a number is used like an adjective only …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • quite a few — or[quite a number] also {formal}[not a few] {n.} or {adj. phr.} Rather a large number; more than a few. * /Quite a few went to the game./ * /The basket had quite a few rotten apples in it./ The phrase quite a number is used like an adjective only …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • quite\ a\ few — • quite a few • quite a number also formal not a few noun or adj. phr. Rather a large number; more than a few. Quite a few went to the game. The basket had quite a few rotten apples in it. the phrase quite a number is used like an adjective only… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • quite a bit — See: QUITE A LITTLE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • quite a bit — See: QUITE A LITTLE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • number — num|ber1 [ nʌmbər ] noun *** ▸ 1 sign/word for amount ▸ 2 for showing position ▸ 3 telephone number ▸ 4 for marking something ▸ 5 a quantity ▸ 6 piece of music ▸ 7 someone/something attractive etc. ▸ 8 in linguistics ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a sign …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • number — I UK [ˈnʌmbə(r)] / US [ˈnʌmbər] noun Word forms number : singular number plural numbers *** 1) [countable] a sign or word that represents an amount or quantity. 1, 2, 3 etc and one , two , three etc are numbers Can you read the numbers on the… …   English dictionary

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