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(grain+etc)

  • 1 grain

    [ɡrein]
    1) (a seed of wheat, oats etc.) korn
    2) (corn in general: Grain is ground into flour.) korn
    3) (a very small, hard particle: a grain of sand.) ögn, arða
    4) (the way in which the lines of fibre run in wood, leather etc.) (æða)mynstur
    5) (a very small amount: There isn't a grain of truth in that story.) agnarögn, sannleikskorn
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  • 2 go against the grain

    (to be against a person's wishes, feelings etc: It goes against the grain for me to tell lies.) fara gegn straumnum

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  • 3 take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt

    (to receive (a statement, news etc) with a slight feeling of disbelief: I took his story with a pinch of salt.) taka e-u með fyrirvara

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  • 4 take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt

    (to receive (a statement, news etc) with a slight feeling of disbelief: I took his story with a pinch of salt.) taka e-u með fyrirvara

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  • 5 kiln

    [kiln]
    (a type of large oven for baking pottery or bricks, drying grain etc.) (leir)brennsluofn

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  • 6 ripe

    ((negative unripe) (of fruit, grain etc) ready to be gathered in or eaten: ripe apples/corn.) þroskaður
    - ripen
    - ripe old age
    - ripe age

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  • 7 sickle

    ['sikl]
    (a tool with a curved blade for cutting grain etc.) sigð

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  • 8 scoop

    [sku:p] 1. noun
    1) (any of several types of spoon-like tool, used for lifting, serving etc: a grain scoop; an ice-cream scoop.) ausa, skeið, skófla
    2) ((also scoopful) the amount held in a scoop: a scoop of ice-cream; a scoopful of grain.) birting fréttar á undan keppinautum
    3) (a piece of news etc that one newspaper gets and prints before the others: The reporter was sure that he had a scoop for his paper.)
    2. verb
    (to move with, or as if with, a scoop: He scooped the crumbs together with his fingers.) tína (upp/saman)

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  • 9 light

    I 1. noun
    1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) ljós, birta
    2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) ljós
    3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) eldur; eldpÿta, kveikjari
    4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) í (jákvæðu) ljósi
    2. adjective
    1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) bjartur
    2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) ljós-
    3. [lit] verb
    1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) lÿsa
    2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) kveikja
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    - lighting
    - lighthouse
    - light-year
    - bring to light
    - come to light
    - in the light of
    - light up
    - see the light
    - set light to     II
    1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) léttur
    2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) léttur, vægur
    3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) léttur, auðmeltur
    4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) of léttur
    5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) léttur
    6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) léttur á sér
    7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) léttur, líflegur
    8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) léttur
    9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) gljúpur, sendinn
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    - light-headed
    - light-hearted
    - lightweight
    - get off lightly
    - make light of
    - travel light     III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb
    (to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.)

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  • 10 barn

    (a building in which grain, hay etc are stored: The farmer keeps his tractor in the barn.) hlaða

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  • 11 elevator

    1) ((especially American) a lift or machine for raising persons, goods etc to a higher floor: There is no elevator in this shop - you will have to climb the stairs.) lyfta
    2) (a tall storehouse for grain.) korngeymsla, kornturn

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  • 12 malt

    [mo:lt]
    1) (barley or other grain soaked in water, allowed to sprout, and dried in a kiln, used in making beer, whisky etc.) malt
    2) (a variety of malt whisky: This pub sells fifteen different malts.) maltviskÿ

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  • 13 mill

    [mil] 1. noun
    1) (a machine, sometimes now electrical, for grinding coffee, pepper etc by crushing it between rough, hard surfaces: a coffee-mill; a pepper-mill.) kvörn
    2) (a building where grain is ground: The farmer took his corn to the mill.) (korn)mylla
    3) (a building where certain types of things are manufactured: A woollen-mill; a steel-mill.) verksmiðja
    2. verb
    1) (to grind or press: This flour was milled locally.) mala
    2) ((usually with about or around) (of crowds) to move about in a disorganized way: There's a huge crowd of people milling around outside.) vafra, eigra um
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    - millstone
    - millwheel

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  • 14 wheat

    [wi:t]
    (a type of grain from which flour, much used in making bread, cakes etc, is obtained.) hveiti

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