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1 drink
[driŋk] 1. past tense - drank; verb1) (to swallow (a liquid): She drank a pint of water; He drank from a bottle.) drekka2) (to take alcoholic liquids, especially in too great a quantity.) drekka2. noun1) ((an act of drinking) a liquid suitable for swallowing: He had/took a drink of water; Lemonade is a refreshing drink.) drykkur2) ((a glassful etc of) alcoholic liquor: He likes a drink when he returns home from work; Have we any drink in the house?) drykkur; glas af áfengi•- drink in- drink to / drink to the health of
- drink to / drink the health of
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2 deluge
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3 infinity
[-'fi-]1) (space, time or quantity that is without limit, or is immeasurably great or small.) óendanleiki2) (in mathematics, an indefinitely large number, quantity or distance: Parallel lines meet at infinity.) óendanleg stærð -
4 flood
1. noun1) (a great overflow of water: If it continues to rain like this, we shall have floods.) flóð2) (any great quantity: a flood of fan mail.) flaumur2. verb(to (cause something to) overflow with water: She left the water running and flooded the kitchen.) (láta) flæða yfir3. [-lit] verb(to light with floodlights.) flóðlÿsa- floodlit
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5 wealth
[welƟ]1) (riches: He is a man of great wealth.) auður, ríkidæmi2) (a great quantity (of): a wealth of information.) gnægð•- wealthy -
6 cloud
1.1) (a mass of tiny drops of water floating in the sky: white clouds in a blue sky; The hills were hidden in cloud.) skÿ2) (a great number or quantity of anything small moving together: a cloud of flies.) mökkur, skÿ3) (something causing fear, depression etc: a cloud of sadness.) áhyggjur, þyngsli2. verb1) ((often with over) to become cloudy: The sky clouded over and it began to rain.) þykkna í lofti2) (to (cause to) become blurred or not clear: Her eyes were clouded with tears.) verða óskÿr, fyllast3) (to (cause to) become gloomy or troubled: His face clouded at the unhappy news.) verða þungbúinn•- cloudy
- cloudburst
- under a cloud -
7 mass-produced
adjective ((of goods) all exactly the same and produced in great numbers or quantity: mass-produced plastic toys.) fjöldaframleiddur -
8 store
[sto:] 1. noun1) (a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required: They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores.) birgðir2) (a (large) collected amount or quantity: He has a store of interesting facts in his head.) bÿsn3) (a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom: It's in the store(s).) lager, birgðageymsla4) (a shop: The post office here is also the village store; a department store.) búð, verslun2. verb1) (to put into a place for keeping: We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house.) geyma, setja í geymslu2) (to stock (a place etc) with goods etc: The museum is stored with interesting exhibits.) vera fullur af•- storage- storehouse
- storeroom
- in store
- set great store by
- set store by
- store up
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