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81 dilly-dally
[dili'dæli](to waste time especially by stopping often: She's always dilly-dallying on the way to school.) hangsa, slæpast -
82 en route
(on the way: I'm en route for my office; en route from London to Edinburgh.) á leiðinni -
83 fall in with
1) (to join with (someone) for company: On the way home we fell in with some friends.) vera samferða2) (to agree with (a plan, idea etc): They fell in with our suggestion.) vera sammála -
84 find fault with
(to criticize or complain of: She is always finding fault with the way he eats.) finna að, gagnrÿna -
85 handwriting
1) (writing with a pen or pencil: Today we will practise handwriting.) rithönd, skrift2) (the way in which a person writes: Your handwriting is terrible!) rithönd, skrift -
86 incidentally
[-'den-]adverb (by the way: Incidentally, where were you last night?) meðal annarra orða -
87 know how to
(to have learned the way to: She already knew how to read when she went to school.) kunna -
88 lead on
1) (to deceive with false expectations.) blekkja, villa um fyrir2) (to go first; to show the way: Lead on!) vísa veginn -
89 maze
[meiz](a deliberately confusing series of paths, often surrounded by walls or hedges, from which it's difficult to find the way out: I'm lost in a maze of rules and regulations.) völundarhús -
90 morbid
['mo:(r)bid](sick (in the way one shows his/her excessive interest in death, disease, cruel acts etc): his morbid fascination with horror films; her morbid imagination.) -
91 posture
['pos ə]1) (the way in which a person places or holds his body when standing, sitting, walking etc: Good posture is important for a dancer.) (líkams)staða, stelling2) (a position or pose: He knelt in an uncomfortable posture.) stelling, uppstilling -
92 throw up
1) (a slang expression for to vomit: She had too much to eat, and threw up on the way home.) kasta upp2) (to give up or abandon: He threw up his job.) hætta, gefa upp á bátinn3) (to build hurriedly: They threw up a temporary building.) hrófla upp -
93 work
[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) vinna2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) vinna, starf3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) verkefni4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) verk5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) vinna6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) vinnustaður2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) vinna, starfa; láta (e-n) vinna2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) hafa starf/vinnu3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) vera í lagi, virka4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) gefast vel, heppnast5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) mjaka(st)6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) losa/losna smám saman7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) vinna, móta•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) gangverk2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) góðverk•- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
- work wonders -
94 so
[səu] 1. adverb1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) svo/mjög (mikið)2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) þannig, svo, svona3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) það4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) sömuleiðis, líka5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') það gerði ég/ætla ég raunar2. conjunction((and) therefore: John had a bad cold, so I took him to the doctor; `So you think you'd like this job, then?' `Yes.'; And so they got married and lived happily ever after.) þess vegna- so-so
- and so on/forth
- or so
- so as to
- so far
- so good
- so that
- so to say/speak -
95 nose
[nəuz] 1. noun1) (the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe: She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.) nef2) (the sense of smell: Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.) lyktarskyn3) (the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position: the nose of an aeroplane.) nef, trjóna2. verb1) (to make a way by pushing carefully forward: The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.) fikra sig áfram, mjakast2) (to look or search as if by smelling: He nosed about (in) the cupboard.) hnÿsast í•- - nosed- nosey
- nosy
- nosily
- nosiness
- nose-bag
- nosedive
- nose job 3. verb(to make such a dive: Suddenly the plane nosedived.)- lead by the nose
- nose out
- pay through the nose
- turn up one's nose at
- under a person's very nose
- under very nose
- under a person's nose
- under nose -
96 shoulder
['ʃəuldə] 1. noun1) (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm: He was carrying the child on his shoulders.) öxl2) (anything that resembles a shoulder: the shoulder of the hill.) e-ð sem líkist öxl; brött hæð3) (the part of a garment that covers the shoulder: the shoulder of a coat.) axlarstykki4) (the upper part of the foreleg of an animal.) bógur2. verb1) (to lift on to the shoulder: He shouldered his pack and set off on his walk.) axla, setja á öxl sér2) (to bear the full weight of: He must shoulder his responsibilities.) axla (ábyrgð)3) (to make (one's way) by pushing with the shoulder: He shouldered his way through the crowd.) ryðjast áfram•- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- shoulder to shoulder -
97 crash
[kræʃ] 1. noun1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) brak, braml2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) árekstur3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) fjárhagslegt hrun4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)2. verb1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) skellast2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) klessa3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) brotlenda4) ((of a business) to fail.) fara á hausinn5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) ryðjast, brjótast6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)3. adjective(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) skyndi-- crash-land -
98 thread
[Ɵred] 1. noun1) (a thin strand of cotton, wool, silk etc, especially when used for sewing: a needle and some thread.) þráður, tvinni2) (the spiral ridge around a screw: This screw has a worn thread.) skrúfgangur3) (the connection between the various events or details (in a story, account etc): I've lost the thread of what he's saying.) samhengi, þráður2. verb1) (to pass a thread through: I cannot thread this needle; The child was threading beads.) þræða2) (to make (one's way) through: She threaded her way through the crowd.) þræða sig áfram• -
99 sprawl
[spro:l] 1. verb1) (to sit, lie or fall with the arms and legs spread out widely and carelessly: Several tired-looking people were sprawling in armchairs.) flatmaga, breiða úr sér2) ((of a town etc) to spread out in an untidy and irregular way.) breiða óreglulega úr sér2. noun1) (an act of sprawling: He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa.) það að breiða úr sér2) (an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc): She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city.) frumskógur (stórborgarinnar)• -
100 piece
[pi:s] 1. noun1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) bútur, sneið, stykki, hluti2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) blað; fréttastúfur3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) verk, stykki; grein4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) peningur, mynt5) (in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game.) taflmaður•2. adjective(done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) sundurlaus; ómarkviss- go all to pieces- go to pieces
- in pieces
- piece together
- to pieces
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