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  • 61 catch out

    1) (to put out (a batsman) at cricket by catching the ball after it has been hit and before it touches the ground.) setja úr leik með því að grípa
    2) (to cause (someone) to fail by means of a trick, a difficult question etc: The last question in the exam caught them all out.) veiða í gildru

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  • 62 chase

    [ eis] 1. verb
    1) (to run after; to pursue: He chased after them but did not catch them; We chased them by car.) elta
    2) ((with away, off etc) to cause to run away: I often have to chase the boys away from my fruit trees.) reka (í burtu)
    2. noun
    1) (an act of chasing: We caught him after a 120 kph chase.) eftirför
    2) (hunting (of animals): the pleasures of the chase.) dÿraveiðar

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  • 63 chauvinism

    ['ʃəuvinizəm]
    (unthinking enthusiasm for a particular country, cause etc.) þjóðrembingur
    - chauvinistic
    - male chauvinist

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  • 64 chief

    [ i:f] 1. adjective
    (greatest in importance etc: the chief cause of disease.) aðal-; helstur
    2. noun
    (the head of a clan or tribe, or a department, business etc.) æðstur, yfir-
    - chief executive officer
    - chieftain

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  • 65 chime

    1. noun
    ((the ringing of) a set of tuned bells: the chime of the clock.) hringing
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) ring: The church bells chimed.) hringja
    2) ((of a clock) to indicate the time by chiming: The clock chimed 9 o'clock.) hringja

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  • 66 choke

    [ əuk] 1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) stop, or partly stop, breathing: The gas choked him; He choked to death.) kæfa, kyrkja
    2) (to block: This pipe was choked with dirt.) stífla
    2. noun
    (an apparatus in a car engine etc to prevent the passage of too much air when starting the engine.) innsog

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  • 67 chop down

    (to cause (especially a tree) to fall by cutting it with an axe: He chopped down the fir tree.) höggva niður

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  • 68 clatter

    ['klætə] 1. noun
    (a loud noise like hard objects falling, striking against each other etc: the clatter of pots falling off the shelf.) glamur, skarkali
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) make such a noise: The dishes clattered while I was washing them in the sink.) glamra

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  • 69 clean

    [kli:n] 1. adjective
    1) (free from dirt, smoke etc: a clean window; a clean dress.) hreinn
    2) (neat and tidy in one's habits: Cats are very clean animals.) þrifalegur
    3) (unused: a clean sheet of paper.) nÿr, ónotaður
    4) (free from evil or indecency: a clean life; keep your language clean!) óspilltur
    5) (neat and even: a clean cut.) snyrtilegur, myndarlegur
    2. adverb
    (completely: He got clean away.) algerlega
    3. verb
    (to (cause to) become free from dirt etc: Will you clean the windows?) hreinsa

    ['klenli]

    (clean in personal habits.)

    - clean up
    - a clean bill of health
    - a clean slate
    - come clean
    - make a clean sweep

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  • 70 click

    [klik] 1. noun
    (a short, sharp sound, like that of a light-switch being turned on: the click of the camera.) smellur
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) make such a sound: The soldier clicked his heels together; The gate clicked.) smella

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  • 71 clink

    [kliŋk] 1. noun
    (a ringing sound: the clink of coins.) hringl, glamur
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) make such a sound: They clinked their glasses together.) hringla, glamra

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  • 72 coarsen

    verb (to (cause to) become coarse: The laundry-work coarsened her hands.) verða/gera grófari

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  • 73 cock

    [kok] 1. noun
    1) (the male of birds, especially of the domestic fowl: a cock and three hens; ( also adjective) a cock sparrow.) hani
    2) (a kind of tap for controlling the flow of liquid, gas etc.) krani
    3) (a slang word for the penis.) tilli, getnaðarlimur
    2. verb
    1) (to cause to stand upright or to lift: The dog cocked its ears.) sperra
    2) (to draw back the hammer of (a gun).) spenna bóg
    3) (to tilt up or sideways (especially a hat).) halla
    - cocky
    - cock-and-bull story
    - cock-crow
    - cock-eyed
    - cocksure

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  • 74 collapse

    [kə'læps]
    1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) falla saman, hrynja
    2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) hrynja saman
    3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) falla niður, mistakast
    4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) falla saman

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  • 75 contribute

    [kən'tribjut]
    1) (to give (money, help etc) along with others: Have you contributed (any money) to this charity?; I've been contributing (articles) to this paper for many years.) gefa, taka þátt (í kostnaði); skrifa
    2) ((with to) to help to cause to happen: His gambling contributed to his downfall.) stuðla (að)
    - contributor

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  • 76 convene

    [kən'vi:n]
    (to (cause to) assemble or come together: to convene a meeting.) koma/kalla saman

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  • 77 converge

    [kən'və:‹]
    (to (cause to) move towards or meet at one point: The roads converge in the centre of town.) stefna/koma saman
    - convergent

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  • 78 crack

    [kræk] 1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) brotna
    2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) brjóta
    3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) brotna; smella
    4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) segja brandara
    5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) brjóta upp
    6) (to solve (a code).) ráða, lesa úr
    7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) brotna niður
    2. noun
    1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) sprunga
    2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) rifa
    3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smellur
    4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) högg
    5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) skens, háð, brandari
    6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)
    3. adjective
    (expert: a crack racing-driver.) úrvals-
    - crackdown
    - cracker
    - crackers
    - crack a book
    - crack down on
    - crack down
    - get cracking
    - have a crack at
    - have a crack

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  • 79 crash

    [kræʃ] 1. noun
    1) (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, braml
    2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) árekstur
    3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) fjárhagslegt hrun
    4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) skellast
    2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) klessa
    3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) brotlenda
    4) ((of a business) to fail.) fara á hausinn
    5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) ryðjast, brjótast
    6) ((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

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  • 80 create

    [kri'eit]
    1) (to cause to exist; to make: How was the earth created?; The circus created great excitement.) skapa, búa til
    2) (to give (a rank etc to): Sir John was created a knight in 1958.) gera að
    - creative
    - creatively
    - creativeness
    - creativity
    - creator
    - the Creator

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См. также в других словарях:

  • cause — 1 n 1: something that brings about an effect or result the negligent act which was the cause of the plaintiff s injury ◇ The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause: cause in fact in this entry but–for… …   Law dictionary

  • cause — [ koz ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. causa « cause » et « procès » → chose I ♦ Ce qui produit un effet (considéré par rapport à cet effet). 1 ♦ (1170) Ce par quoi un événement, une action humaine arrive, se fait. ⇒ origine; motif, objet, raison, 3. sujet.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Cause — • Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to which the origin of any thing is to be ascribed Catholic… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • cause — CAUSE. s. f. Principe, ce qui fait qu une chose est. Dieu est la première de toutes les causes, la cause des causes, la souveraine cause, la cause universelle. On appelle Dieu, absolument et par excellence, Cause première, comme on appelle les… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • cause — Cause, qui fait faire quelque chose, Causa. La meilleure cause et la pire, Superior causa et inferior. B. ex Cicerone. Les causes durent tousjours et perseverent, Manent causae. Tu as ouy les causes de mon conseil, Audisti consilij mei motus. Par …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • cause — CAUSE. s. f. Principe, ce qui fait qu une chose est. Dieu est la premiere de toutes les causes, la cause des causes, la souveraine cause. On appelle Dieu absolument & par excellence, Cause premiere; comme on appelle les creatures Causes secondes …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Cause — (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its power into… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cause — cause, causal explanation In non specialist contexts, to ask for the cause of some particular happening is to ask what made it happen, or brought it about. To give a causal explanation is to answer such questions, usually by specifying some prior …   Dictionary of sociology

  • cause — n 1 Cause, determinant, antecedent, reason, occasion are comparable when denoting what in whole or in part produces an effect or result. Cause is applicable to an agent (as a circumstance, condition, event, or force) that contributes to the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • cause — [kôz] n. [ME < OFr < L causa, a cause, reason, judicial process, lawsuit: infl. (in CAUSE senses 4 & 5) by CASE1] 1. anything producing an effect or result 2. a person or thing acting voluntarily or involuntarily as the agent that brings… …   English World dictionary

  • causé — causé, ée (kô zé, zée) part. passé. 1°   Produit par une cause. •   Toutes choses étant causées ou causantes, PASC. dans COUSIN. 2°   Occasionné. Un incendie causé par un accident. 3°   Motivé. •   M. de Bouillon voulait une absence, et une… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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