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1 the Wild West
(the western United States, before the establishment of law and order.) villta vestrið -
2 order
['o:də] 1. noun1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) skipun2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) pöntun3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) pöntun4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) röð og regla5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) röð og regla, skipulag6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) röð7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) lög og regla8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) ávísun9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) skipan, skipulag10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) trúarregla; bræðralag2. verb1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) skipa2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) panta3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) koma lagi á, raða•- orderly3. noun1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) hjúkrunarmaður2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) óbreyttur hermaður•- order-form
- in order
- in order that
- in order
- in order to
- made to order
- on order
- order about
- out of order
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3 order about
(to keep on giving orders (to someone): I'm tired of him ordering me about all the time.) gefa (e-m) sífelldar skipanir -
4 in order
1) (correct according to what is regularly done, especially in meetings etc: It is quite in order to end the meeting now.) í samræmi við reglur, í lagi2) (in a good efficient state: Everything is in order for the party.) í lagi, tilbúinn -
5 out of order
1) (not working (properly): The machine is out of order.) bilaður2) (not correct according to what is regularly done, especially in meetings etc: He was out of order in saying that.) brotlegur gagnvart reglum -
6 in order (that)
(so that: He checked all his figures again in order that the report might be as accurate as possible.) svo, til að -
7 in order to
(for the purpose of: I went home in order to change my clothes.) til þess að -
8 on order
(having been ordered but not yet supplied: We don't have any copies of this book at the moment, but it's on order.) í pöntun -
9 for the sake of
1) (in order to benefit: He bought a house in the country for the sake of his wife's health.) vegna2) (because of a desire for: For the sake of peace, he said he agreed with her.) í þágu -
10 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) beina af leiðEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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11 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) beina af leiðEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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12 take the stand
(to come and sit in the witness box in order to testify: The witness was asked to take the stand.) -
13 in the interest(s) of
(in order to get, achieve, increase etc: The political march was banned in the interests of public safety.) vegna hagsmuna -
14 in the interest(s) of
(in order to get, achieve, increase etc: The political march was banned in the interests of public safety.) vegna hagsmuna -
15 err on the side of
(to be guilty of what might be seen as a fault in order to avoid an opposite and greater fault: It is better to err on the side of leniency when punishing a child.) að brjóta gegn e-u á vissan hátt til að forðast enn verra óréttlæti -
16 not for the life of me
(not even if it was necessary in order to save my life: I couldn't for the life of me remember his name!) ekki þótt lífið lægi við -
17 postal order
(a printed document bought at a post office, which can be exchanged at another post office for the amount of money paid for it.) póstávísun -
18 brother
1) (the title given to a male child to describe his relationship to the other children of his parents: I have two brothers.)2) (a fellow member of any group ( also adjective): brother officers.)3) ((plural also brethren ['breƟrən]) a member of a religious group: The brothers of the order prayed together; The brethren met daily.)•- brother-in-law -
19 according to
1) (as said or told by: According to John, the bank closes at 3 p.m.) samkvæmt2) (in agreement with: He acted according to his promise.) samkvæmt3) (in the order of: books arranged according to their subjects.) samkvæmt4) (in proportion to: You will be paid according to the amount of work you have done.) í hlutfalli við, í samræmi við -
20 reprieve
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