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1 expensive
[-siv]adjective (costing a great deal: expensive clothes.) dÿr; kostnaðarsamur -
2 luxury
plural - luxuries; noun1) (great comfort usually amongst expensive things: They live in luxury; ( also adjective) gold jewellery and other luxury goods.) lúxus, munaður2) (something pleasant but not necessary, and often rare and expensive: We're going to give up all those luxuries and only spend money on essentials.) lúxus, munaður•- luxuriously
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3 beside
1. preposition1) (by the side of or near: beside the window; She sat beside her sister.) hjá, við hliðina á2) (compared with: She looks ugly beside her sister.) samanborið við•- besides2. adverb(also: These shoes are expensive - besides, they're too small; She has three sons and an adopted one besides.) þar að auki- be beside oneself with- be beside oneself
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4 beyond one's means
(too expensive(ly): A painting by Picasso is beyond my means; He lives well beyond his means (= he spends more money than he earns).) um efni fram -
5 ceramic
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6 cloth
[kloƟ]plural - cloths; noun((a piece of) woven material from which clothes and many other items are made: a tablecloth; a face-cloth; a floor-cloth; Woollen cloth is often more expensive than other cloths.) klæði; dúkur; vefnaður -
7 clothe
[kləuð]past tense, past participle - clothed; verb1) (to provide with clothes: The widow did not have enough money to clothe her children.) klæða2) (to put clothes on: She was clothed in silk; She clothed herself in the most expensive materials.) klæða•- clothes- clothes-peg
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8 competitive
[kəm'petətiv]1) ((of a person) enjoying competition: a competitive child.) keppinn, kappgjarn2) ((of a price etc) not expensive, therefore able to compete successfully with the prices etc of rivals.) samkeppnishæfur3) ((of sport etc) organised in such a way as to produce a winner: I prefer hill-climbing to competitive sports.) keppnis- -
9 exclusive
[ik'sklu:siv]1) (tending to exclude.) einskorðaður, sem útilokar2) ((of a group etc) not easily or readily mixing with others or allowing others in: a very exclusive club.) einka-; ekki opinn hverjum sem er3) (given to only one individual or group etc: The story is exclusive to this newspaper.) einka-4) (fashionable and expensive: exclusive shops/restaurants.) fínn, dÿr•- exclusiveness
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10 expend
[ik'spend](to use or spend (supplies etc).) eyða, nota- expense
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11 first-class
1) (of the best quality: a first-class hotel.) fyrsta flokks2) (very good: This food is first-class!) fyrsta flokks, fyrirtaks3) ((for) travelling in the best and most expensive part of the train, plane, ship etc: a first-class passenger ticket; ( also adverb) She always travels first-class.) fyrsta farrÿmi -
12 flaunt
[flo:nt](to show off in order to attract attention to oneself: She flaunted her expensive clothes.) flagga; sÿna sig -
13 footwear
noun (boots, shoes, slippers etc: He always buys expensive footwear.) fótabúnaður, skófatnaður -
14 frill
[fril]1) (a decorative edging to a piece of cloth, made of a strip of cloth gathered along one side and sewn on: She sewed a frill along the bottom of the skirt.) blúnda2) ((often in plural) something unnecessary added as decoration: the frills of business (= having expensive dinners etc).) tilgangslaust skraut; fríðindi•- frilled- frilly -
15 furnishings
noun plural (furniture, equipment etc: The office had very expensive furnishings.) húsbúnaður -
16 hard-back
noun (a book with a hard cover: Hard-backs are more expensive than paperbacks.) innbundinn bók (í stinn spjöld) -
17 in the first
(expressions used to show steps in an argument, explanation etc: He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.) í fyrsta (öðru o.s.frv.) lagi -
18 indulge
1) (to allow (a person) to do or have what he wishes: You shouldn't indulge that child.) láta eftir, dekra við2) (to follow (a wish, interest etc): He indulges his love of food by dining at expensive restaurants.) láta undan, láta eftir3) (to allow (oneself) a luxury etc: Life would be very dull if we never indulged (ourselves).) leyfa sér•- indulgent
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19 inexpensive
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20 lady
['leidi]1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) dama, kona2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) dama, háttvís kona3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) lafði•- ladylike- Ladyship
- ladybird
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