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41 positive
['pozətiv] 1. adjective1) (meaning or saying `yes': a positive answer; They tested the water for the bacteria and the result was positive (= the bacteria were present).) jákvæður2) (definite; leaving no doubt: positive proof.) öruggur3) (certain or sure: I'm positive he's right.) öruggur, handviss4) (complete or absolute: His work is a positive disgrace.) algjör5) (optimistic and prepared to make plans for the future: Take a more positive attitude to life.) jákvæður6) (not showing any comparison; not comparative or superlative.) jákvæður7) ((of a number etc) greater than zero.) jákvæður, stærri en núll8) (having fewer electrons than normal: In an electrical circuit, electrons flow to the positive terminal.) jákvæður, jákvætt hlaðinn2. noun1) (a photographic print, made from a negative, in which light and dark are as normal.) jákvæð mynd, ljósmynd/skyggna2) ((an adjective or adverb of) the positive (not comparative or superlative) degree.) jákvætt stig•- positively -
42 posterity
[po'sterəti](people coming after; future generations: The treasures must be kept for posterity.) komandi kynslóðir -
43 postpone
[pəs'pəun](to cancel until a future time: The football match has been postponed (till tomorrow).) fresta -
44 precedent
['presidənt]noun (a past action, especially a legal decision, which may act as a guide or rule in the future.) fordæmi -
45 prophet
[-fit]1) (a person who (believes that he) is able to foretell the future.) spámaður2) (a person who tells people what God wants, intends etc: the prophet Isaiah.) spámaður -
46 prospect
1. ['prospekt] noun1) (an outlook for the future; a view of what one may expect to happen: He didn't like the prospect of going abroad; a job with good prospects.) möguleikar, (framtíðar)horfur, útlit2) (a view or scene: a fine prospect.) útsÿn2. [prə'spekt, ]( American[) 'prospekt] verb(to make a search (for gold etc): He is prospecting for gold.) leita eftir (gulli)- prospectus -
47 put by
(to save or preserve for the future: I have put by some money for emergencies.) leggja til hliðar -
48 rosy
1) (rose-coloured; pink: rosy cheeks.) rósrauður2) (bright; hopeful: His future looks rosy.) bjartur -
49 save
I 1. [seiv] verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) bjarga2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) spara3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) spara (sér) vinnu/vandræði4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) koma í veg fyrir mark, verja(st)5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) frelsa6) (to keep data in the computer.)2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) björgun, vörn- saver- saving
- savings
- saviour
- saving grace
- savings account
- savings bank
- save up II [seiv] preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) nema -
50 science fiction
( abbreviation sci-fi) (stories dealing with future times on Earth or in space.) vísindaskáldskapur -
51 second sight
(the power of seeing into the future or into other mysteries: They asked a woman with second sight where the dead body was.) skyggnigáfa -
52 set the pace
(to go forward at a particular speed which everyone else has to follow: Her experiments set the pace for future research.) ráða hraða í keppni -
53 shall
[ʃəl, ʃæl]short forms - I'll, we'll; verb1) (used to form future tenses of other verbs when the subject is I or we: We shall be leaving tomorrow; I shall have arrived by this time tomorrow.) skal, ætlar2) (used to show the speaker's intention: I shan't be late tonight.) mun3) (used in questions, the answer to which requires a decision: Shall I tell him, or shan't I?; Shall we go now?) á4) (used as a form of command: You shall go if I say you must.) skal, verður -
54 short-term
1) (concerned only with the near future: short-term plans.) skammtíma-2) (lasting only a short time: a short-term loan.) skammtíma- -
55 some day
(at some time in the future: She hopes to get married some day.) einhvern tíma -
56 someday
adverb ((also some day) at an unknown time in the future: We'll manage it someday.) einhvern tíma -
57 sometime
adverb (at an unknown time in the future or the past: We'll go there sometime next week; They went sometime last month.) einhvern tíma -
58 store up
(to collect and keep (for future need): I don't know why she stores up all those old magazines.) varðveita, geyma -
59 superman
['su:pəmæn](an imagined man of the future with amazing powers: a race of supermen.) ofurmenni -
60 tell (someone's) fortune
(to foretell what will happen to someone in the future: The gypsy told my fortune.) spá um örlög
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