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1 the Black Death
noun (the plague that killed large numbers of people in Europe in the 14th to 18th centuries) -
2 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) svartur2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) svartur; dimmur3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) svartur (af skít)4) (without milk: black coffee.) svartur (kaffi)5) (evil: black magic.) svartur (galdur)6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) svartur7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) svartur2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) svartur2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) svartur3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) svertingi3. verb(to make black.) sverta- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) setja á svartan lista5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) fjárkúgun- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white -
3 black box
(a built-in machine for automatic recording of the details of a plane's flight: They found the black box two miles away from the wreckage of the crashed plane.) flugriti, svartur kassi -
4 black market
((a place for) the illegal buying and selling, at high prices, of goods that are scarce, rationed etc: coffee on the black market.) svartur markaður -
5 black sheep
(a member of a family or group who is unsatisfactory in some way: My brother is the black sheep of the family.) svartur sauður -
6 black marketeer
(a person who sells goods on the black market.) svartamarkaðsbraskari -
7 Black Maria
(a prison van: The policeman took the three suspects to the police station in a Black Maria.) Svarta María, lögreglubíll -
8 black and blue
(badly bruised: After the fight the boy was all black and blue.) blár og marinn -
9 pitch-black
adjective (as black, or dark, as pitch; completely black or dark: Outside the house it was pitch-black; It's a pitch-dark night.) biksvartur -
10 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 -
11 chart
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12 soot
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13 charcoal
(the black part of partly burned wood etc, used as fuel and for drawing.) viðarkol; teiknikol -
14 pitch
I 1. [pi ] verb1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) slá upp tjaldi2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) kasta3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) steypast, hrapa4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) höggva, taka dÿfur5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) stilla tónhæð2. noun1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) völlur2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) tónhæð3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) stig4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) (sölu)staður5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) kast6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) dÿfa•- - pitched- pitcher
- pitched battle
- pitchfork II [pi ] noun(a thick black substance obtained from tar: as black as pitch.) bik, hrátjara- pitch-dark -
15 pitch-dark
adjective (as black, or dark, as pitch; completely black or dark: Outside the house it was pitch-black; It's a pitch-dark night.) biksvartur -
16 blacken
1) (to make or become black: The sky blackened before the storm.) sortna2) (to make to seem bad: She blackened his character.) sverta3) (to clean with black polish: He blackened his boots.) fægja, pússa -
17 jet
I [‹et] noun, adjective((of) a hard black mineral substance, used for ornaments etc: The beads are made of jet; a jet brooch.) svartarafII [‹et]1) (a sudden, strong stream or flow (of liquid, gas, flame or steam), forced through a narrow opening: Firemen have to be trained to direct the jets from their hoses accurately.) buna2) (a narrow opening in an apparatus through which a jet comes: This gas jet is blocked.) þrÿstistútur3) (an aeroplane driven by jet propulsion: We flew by jet to America.) þota•- jet-lag- jet-propelled
- jet propulsion -
18 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) ljós, birta2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) ljós3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) eldur; eldpÿta, kveikjari4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) í (jákvæðu) ljósi2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) bjartur2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) ljós-3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) lÿsa2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) kveikja•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) léttur2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) léttur, vægur3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) léttur, auðmeltur4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) of léttur5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) léttur6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) léttur á sér7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) léttur, líflegur8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) léttur9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) gljúpur, sendinn•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.) -
19 record
1. ['reko:d, -kəd, ]( American[) -kərd] noun1) (a written report of facts, events etc: historical records; I wish to keep a record of everything that is said at this meeting.) skrá, fundarbók2) (a round flat piece of (usually black) plastic on which music etc is recorded: a record of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony.) hljómplata3) ((in races, games, or almost any activity) the best performance so far; something which has never yet been beaten: He holds the record for the 1,000 metres; The record for the high jump was broken/beaten this afternoon; He claimed to have eaten fifty sausages in a minute and asked if this was a record; ( also adjective) a record score.) met4) (the collected facts from the past of a person, institution etc: This school has a very poor record of success in exams; He has a criminal record.) ferilskrá; sakaskrá2. [rə'ko:d] verb1) (to write a description of (an event, facts etc) so that they can be read in the future: The decisions will be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.) skrá2) (to put (the sound of music, speech etc) on a record or tape so that it can be listened to in the future: I've recorded the whole concert; Don't make any noise when I'm recording.) taka upp3) ((of a dial, instrument etc) to show (a figure etc) as a reading: The thermometer recorded 30°C yesterday.) sÿna4) (to give or show, especially in writing: to record one's vote in an election.) sÿna/gefa skriflega•- recorder- recording
- record-player
- in record time
- off the record
- on record -
20 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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