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101 grit
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102 help oneself
1) ((with to) to give oneself or take (food etc): Help yourself to another piece of cake; `Can I have a pencil?' `Certainly - help yourself; He helped himself to (= stole) my jewellery.) fá sér, ná sér í2) ((with cannot, could not) to be able to stop (oneself): I burst out laughing when he told me - I just couldn't help myself.) kemst ekki hjá -
103 hijack
1. verb1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) ræna flugvél2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) ræna3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) ræna2. noun(the act of hijacking.) (flug)rán- hijacker -
104 hoard
[ho:d] 1. noun(a (sometimes hidden) store (of treasure, food etc): When she was supposed to be on a diet she secretly kept a hoard of potato crisps in a cupboard.) forði2. verb(to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret: His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers.) safna saman; hamstra- hoarder -
105 hold it
(to stop or wait: Hold it! Don't start till I tell you to.) stansaðu!, andartak! -
106 hold one's breath
(to stop breathing (often because of anxiety or to avoid being heard): He held his breath as he watched the daring acrobat.) halda í sér andanum -
107 hold one's tongue
(to remain silent or stop talking: There were a lot of things I wanted to say, but I thought I'd better just hold my tongue.) þegja, þagna -
108 hover
1) ((of a bird, insect etc) to remain in the air without moving in any direction.) flögraJU2) (to move around while still remaining near a person etc: I wish she'd stop hovering round me and go away.) hringsóla kringum3) ((with between) to be undecided: She hovered between leaving and staying.) velkjast í vafa• -
109 hullabaloo
1) (an uproar: The teacher told the pupils to stop making such a hullabaloo.) gauragangur; hávaði2) (a loud public protest.) mótmæli -
110 inhibit
[in'hibit](to stop or hinder (eg someone from doing something).) hindra, aftra- inhibition -
111 intercept
[intə'sept](to stop or catch (a person, thing etc) before he, it etc arrives at the place to which he, it etc is going, being sent etc: The messenger was intercepted on his way to the king.) stöðva e-ð á miðri leið -
112 jig
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113 joking apart/aside
(let us stop joking and talk seriously: I feel like going to Timbuctoo for the weekend - but, joking apart, I do need a rest!) að öllu gamni slepptu -
114 keep from
(to stop oneself from (doing something): I could hardly keep from hitting him.) halda aftur af sér -
115 kindly
1) (in a kind manner: She kindly lent me a handkerchief.) vinsamlega2) (please: Would you kindly stop talking!) gera svo vel -
116 knock off
(to stop working: I knocked off at six o'clock after studying for four hours; What time do you knock off in this factory?) hætta að vinna -
117 lay-by
plural - lay-bys; noun (especially in Britain, a short extra part at the side of a road for people to stop their cars in, out of the way of the traffic.) útskot -
118 let go (of)
(to stop holding (something): Will you let go of my coat!; When he was nearly at the top of the rope he suddenly let go and fell.) sleppa (taki á) -
119 let go (of)
(to stop holding (something): Will you let go of my coat!; When he was nearly at the top of the rope he suddenly let go and fell.) sleppa (taki á) -
120 let the matter rest
(to stop discussing etc a matter.) láta kyrrt liggja
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stop by — stop off, stop over, stop in or (N American) stop by To break one s journey, pay a visit to (usu with at) • • • Main Entry: ↑stop * * * ˌstop ˈby [intransitive/transitive] [ … Useful english dictionary
stop in — stop off, stop over, stop in or (N American) stop by To break one s journey, pay a visit to (usu with at) • • • Main Entry: ↑stop * * * ˌstop ˈin [intransitive] [ … Useful english dictionary
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stop — ► VERB (stopped, stopping) 1) come or bring to an end. 2) prevent from happening or from doing something. 3) cease or cause to cease moving or operating. 4) (of a bus or train) call at a designated place to pick up or set down passengers. 5) Brit … English terms dictionary
