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years

  • 1 donkey's years/ages

    (a very long time: It's donkey's years since I was last there.) heil eilífð, ár og dagar, langt um liðið

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  • 2 serve

    [sə:v] 1. verb
    1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) þjóna
    2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) bera fram, framreiða
    3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) duga, nÿtast
    4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) gegna hlutverki/skyldu
    5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) sitja af sér
    6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) gefa upp
    2. noun
    (act of serving (a ball).) uppgjöf
    - serving
    - it serves you right
    - serve an apprenticeship
    - serve out
    - serve up

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  • 3 senior

    ['si:njə] 1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (a person who is) older in years or higher in rank or authority: John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers.)
    2) ((American) a student in his/her last year in college or high school.)
    2. adjective
    ((often abbreviated to Snr, Sr or Sen. when written) used to indicate the father of a person who is alive and who has the same name: John Jones Senior.) eldri
    - senior citizen

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  • 4 increase

    1. [in'kri:s] verb
    (to (cause to) grow in size, number etc: The number of children in this school has increased greatly in recent years.) auka, aukast
    2. ['inkri:s] noun
    ((the amount, number etc added by) growth: There has been some increase in business; The increase in the population over the last ten years was 40,000.) vöxtur, aukning
    - on the increase

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  • 5 junior

    ['‹u:njə] 1. noun, adjective
    ((a person who is) younger in years or lower in rank or authority: He is two years my junior; The school sent two juniors and one senior to take part; junior pupils; He is junior to me in the firm; the junior school.) ungur maður; nÿliði; yngri; unglinga-
    2. adjective
    ((often abbreviated to Jnr, Jr or Jun. when written) used to indicate the son of a person who is still alive and who has the same name: John Jones Junior.) yngri
    3. noun
    ((especially American) a name for the child (usually a son) of a family: Do bring Junior!) sonur

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  • 6 over

    ['əuvə] 1. preposition
    1) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) yfir; fyrir ofan
    2) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) yfir, á, ofan á, um
    3) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) yfir, fyrir
    4) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) út um allt
    5) (about: a quarrel over money.) út af, um
    6) (by means of: He spoke to her over the telephone.) í (gegnum), símleiðis
    7) (during: Over the years, she grew to hate her husband.) í gegnum, með árunum
    8) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) yfir, meðan á e-u stendur
    2. adverb
    1) (higher, moving etc above: The plane flew over about an hour ago.)
    2) (used to show movement, change of position: He rolled over on his back; He turned over the page.)
    3) (across: He went over and spoke to them.)
    4) (downwards: He fell over.)
    5) (higher in number etc: for people aged twenty and over.)
    6) (remaining: There are two cakes for each of us, and two over.)
    7) (through from beginning to end, carefully: Read it over; Talk it over between you.)
    3. adjective
    (finished: The affair is over now.) yfir
    4. noun
    ((in cricket) a certain number of balls bowled from one end of the wicket: He bowled thirty overs in the match.) röð (af sex köstum)
    5. as part of a word
    1) (too (much), as in overdo.)
    2) (in a higher position, as in overhead.)
    3) (covering, as in overcoat.)
    4) (down from an upright position, as in overturn.)
    5) (completely, as in overcome.)
    - over all
    - over and done with

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  • 7 a bone of contention

    (a cause of argument or quarrelling: Ownership of the boat was a bone of contention between the two men for many years.) ágreiningsefni, bitbein

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  • 8 abroad

    [ə'bro:d]
    1) (in or to another country: He lived abroad for many years.) erlendis
    2) (current; going around: There's a rumour abroad that she is leaving.) á kreiki

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  • 9 absence

    1) (the condition of not being present: His absence was noticed.) fjarvera
    2) (a time during which a person etc is not present: After an absence of five years he returned home.) fjarvera

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  • 10 age

    [ei‹] 1. noun
    1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) aldur
    2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) tímabil, öld
    3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) aldur
    4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) óratími
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) eldast, verða gamall
    - ageless
    - age-old
    - the aged
    - come of age
    - of age

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  • 11 ago

    [ə'ɡəu]
    (at a certain time in the past: two years ago; Long ago, men lived in caves; How long ago did he leave?) fyrir (löngu/skömmu)

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  • 12 almost

    ['o:lməust]
    (nearly but not quite: She is almost five years old; She almost fell under a moving car.) næstum því

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  • 13 alter

    ['o:ltə]
    (to make or become different; to change: Will you alter this dress (to fit me)?; The town has altered a lot in the last two years.) breyta

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  • 14 anglicise

    (to make English or more like English: After living in England for ten years, he had become very anglicized.) aðlaga(st) enskum siðum; gefa enskt yfirbragð

    English-Icelandic dictionary > anglicise

  • 15 anglicize

    (to make English or more like English: After living in England for ten years, he had become very anglicized.) aðlaga(st) enskum siðum; gefa enskt yfirbragð

    English-Icelandic dictionary > anglicize

  • 16 antique

    [æn'ti:k] 1. adjective
    1) (old and usually valuable: an antique chair.) frá fyrra stíltímabili
    2) (old or old-fashioned: That car is positively antique.) forn; gamaldags
    3) ((of a shop etc) dealing in antiques: an antique business.) forngripa-
    2. noun
    (something made long ago (usually more than a hundred years ago) which is valuable or interesting: He collects antiques.) forngripur
    - antiquity

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  • 17 appreciate

    [ə'pri:ʃieit]
    1) (to be grateful for (something): I appreciate all your hard work.)
    2) (to value (someone or something) highly: Mothers are very often not appreciated.)
    3) (understand; to be aware of: I appreciate your difficulties but I cannot help.)
    4) (to increase in value: My house has appreciated (in value) considerably over the last ten years.)
    - appreciably
    - appreciation
    - appreciative
    - appreciatively

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  • 18 bar

    1. noun
    1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) aflangt stykki, stöng
    2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) rönd, rák
    3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) slá, slagbrandur
    4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) bar, barborð
    5) (a public house.) bar, vínveitingastaður
    6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) taktur, taktstrik
    7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) hindrun
    8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) dómgrindur
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) stengja
    2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) útiloka, hindra
    3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) hindra
    3. preposition
    (except: All bar one of the family had measles.) nema, að frátöldum
    - barman
    - bar code

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  • 19 be at odds

    (to be quarrelling: He has been at odds with his brother for years.) vera ósammála, eiga í deilum við

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  • 20 biennial

    ((of plants etc) lasting for two years: Wallflowers are biennial; a biennial plant.) tvíær

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