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1 pretty
['priti] 1. adjective1) ((not usually of boys and men) pleasing or attractive: a pretty girl/tune/picture/dress.) laglegur, sætur2) (used jokingly: This is a pretty mess!) laglegur2. adverb(rather: That's pretty good; He's pretty old now.) frekar, nokkuð- prettily- prettiness
- pretty much the same
- alike
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2 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) skuggi2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) skuggi3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) skermur, hlíf4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) lit-/blæbrigði5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) örlítið2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) skÿla2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) dekkja, skyggja3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) leysast upp í; breytast smám saman yfir í•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade
См. также в других словарях:
pretty as a picture — old fashioned phrase very pretty Thesaurus: words used to describe an attractive personsynonym beautiful Main entry: pretty * * * (as) pretty as a picture … Useful english dictionary
pretty as a picture — ► (as) pretty as a picture very pretty. Main Entry: ↑picture … English terms dictionary
pretty as a picture — very pretty, beautiful How do I look in my new dress? Pretty as a picture, my dear … English idioms
as pretty as a picture — (as) pretty as a picture see ↑pretty, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑picture (as) pretty as a picture old fashioned : very attractive or pleasant to look at : very pretty She is as pretty as a picture! … Useful english dictionary
(as) pretty as a picture — very pretty. → picture … English new terms dictionary
as pretty as a picture — ► (as) pretty as a picture very pretty. Main Entry: ↑picture … English terms dictionary
pretty as a picture — very pretty, attractive, handsomely dressed or fetching in appearance … English contemporary dictionary
pretty as a picture — old fashioned very pretty … English dictionary
picture — ► NOUN 1) a painting, drawing, or photograph. 2) an image on a television screen. 3) a cinema film. 4) (the pictures) the cinema. 5) an impression formed from an account or description. 6) informal a state of being fully informed: in the picture … English terms dictionary
picture — I n. photograph 1) to snap, take a picture drawing, image, painting 2) to draw; paint; retouch a picture 3) to frame; hang a picture 4) (BE) an Identikit (T) picture 5) in a picture (did you see the animals in the picture?) 6) (misc.) as pretty… … Combinatory dictionary
picture — 1 noun 1 IMAGE (C) a painting, drawing, or photograph: A picture of a waterfall hung on the wall. | Get the children to draw a picture of their dream house. | Gary got his picture in the papers. 2 SITUATION (singular) the general situation in a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
