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  • 1 hold one's ground

    (to refuse to move back or retreat when attacked: Although many were killed, the soldiers held their ground.) halda velli, láta ekki undan síga

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  • 2 cell

    [sel]
    1) (a small room (especially in a prison or monastery).) klefi
    2) (a very small piece of the substance of which all living things are made; the smallest unit of living matter: The human body is made up of cells.) fruma
    3) ((the part containing the electrodes in) an electrical battery.) rafhlaða, rafhlöðueining
    4) (one of many small compartments making up a structure: the cells of a honeycomb.) hólf
    - cellphone

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  • 3 heathen

    ['hi:ðən]
    noun, adjective
    ((of) a person who believes in a less advanced form of religion, especially one with many gods: Missionaries tried to convert the heathens to Christianity.) heiðingi; heiðinn

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  • 4 pot

    [pot] 1. noun
    (any one of many kinds of deep container used in cooking, for holding food, liquids etc or for growing plants: a cooking-pot; a plant-pot; a jam-pot; The waiter brought her a pot of tea.) pottur, ketill
    2. verb
    (to plant in a pot.) planta/rækta í potti
    - pothole
    - pot-shot
    - take pot luck

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  • 5 complex

    1. ['kompleks, ]( American[) kəm'pleks] adjective
    1) (composed of many parts: a complex piece of machinery.) margbrotinn, flókinn
    2) (complicated or difficult: a complex problem.) margbrotinn, flókinn
    2. ['kompleks] noun
    1) (something made up of many different pieces: The leisure complex will include a swimming-pool, tennis courts, a library etc.) (húsa)samstæða
    2) ((often used loosely) an abnormal mental state caused by experiences in one's past which affect one's behaviour: She has a complex about her weight; inferiority complex.) geðhnútur, duld

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  • 6 way

    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) leið
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) leið, vegur, braut
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) vegur, braut
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) vegalengd, leið
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) aðferð, leið
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) háttur, máti, vísa
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) venja
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) leið; í gegnum
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) langt (á)
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means

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  • 7 life

    plural - lives; noun
    1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) líf; tilvera
    2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) ævi
    3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) líf, fjör
    4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) líf, lífsstíll
    5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) -ár, -líf, -ævi
    6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) lífvera
    7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) ævisaga
    8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) lífstíðarfangelsi
    - lifelike
    - life-and-death
    - lifebelt
    - lifeboat
    - lifebuoy
    - life-cycle
    - life expectancy
    - lifeguard
    - life-jacket
    - lifeline
    - lifelong
    - life-saving
    - life-sized
    - life-size
    - lifetime
    - as large as life
    - bring to life
    - come to life
    - for life
    - the life and soul of the party
    - not for the life of me
    - not on your life!
    - take life
    - take one's life
    - take one's life in one's hands
    - to the life

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  • 8 return

    [rə'tə:n] 1. verb
    1) (to come or go back: He returns home tomorrow; He returned to London from Paris yesterday; The pain has returned.) snúa/koma aftur
    2) (to give, send, put etc (something) back where it came from: He returned the book to its shelf; Don't forget to return the books you borrowed.) skila, setja aftur á sinn stað
    3) (I'll return to this topic in a minute.) snúa sér aftur að
    4) (to do (something) which has been done to oneself: She hit him and he returned the blow; He said how nice it was to see her again, and she returned the compliment.) endurgjalda, svara í sömu mynt
    5) ((of voters) to elect (someone) to Parliament.) (endur)kjósa
    6) ((of a jury) to give (a verdict): The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.) kveða upp úrskurð
    7) ((in tennis etc) to hit (a ball) back to one's opponent: She returned his serve.) senda aftur, svara
    2. noun
    1) (the act of returning: On our return, we found the house had been burgled; ( also adjective) a return journey.) endurkoma; heimkoma
    2) (especially in United Kingdom, a round-trip ticket, a return ticket: Do you want a single or a return?) miði sem gildir fram og tilbaka
    - return match
    - return ticket
    - by return of post
    - by return
    - in return for
    - in return
    - many happy returns of the day
    - many happy returns

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  • 9 colony

    ['koləni]
    plural - colonies; noun
    1) ((a group of people who form) a settlement in one country etc which is under the rule of another country: France used to have many colonies in Africa.) nÿlenda
    2) (a group of people having the same interests, living close together: a colony of artists.) sambú, sambÿli, kommúna
    3) (a collection of animals, birds etc, of one type, living together: a colony of gulls.) sambú
    - colonialism
    - colonialist
    - colonize
    - colonise
    - colonist
    - colonization
    - colonisation

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  • 10 day

    [dei] 1. noun
    1) (the period from sunrise to sunset: She worked all day; The days are warm but the nights are cold.) dagur
    2) (a part of this period eg that part spent at work: How long is your working day?; The school day ends at 3 o'clock; I see him every day.) vinnudagur
    3) (the period of twenty-four hours from one midnight to the next: How many days are in the month of September?) sólarhringur
    4) ((often in plural) the period of, or of the greatest activity, influence, strength etc of (something or someone): in my grandfather's day; in the days of steam-power.) blómaskeið
    - day-dream 2. verb
    She often day-dreams.) dagdreyma
    - day school
    - daytime
    - call it a day
    - day by day
    - day in
    - day out
    - make someone's day
    - one day
    - some day
    - the other day

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  • 11 make

    [meik] 1. past tense, past participle - made; verb
    1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) gera, búa til
    2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) láta gera, fá til að gera
    3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) vekja tilteknar tilfinningar hjá e-m, valda, orsaka
    4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) þéna
    5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) gera, vera
    6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) verða, vera efni í
    7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) áætla
    8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) gera að
    9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?) gera (...)
    2. noun
    (a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) gerð
    - making
    - make-believe
    - make-over
    - makeshift
    - make-up
    - have the makings of
    - in the making
    - make a/one's bed
    - make believe
    - make do
    - make for
    - make it
    - make it up
    - make something of something
    - make of something
    - make something of
    - make of
    - make out
    - make over
    - make up
    - make up for
    - make up one's mind
    - make up to

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  • 12 migrate

    1) ((of certain birds and animals) to travel from one region to another at certain times of the year: Many birds migrate in the early winter.) flytja sig um stað eftir árstíðum
    2) ((of people) to change one's home to another country or (regularly) from place to place: The Gothic peoples who overwhelmed the Roman Empire migrated from the East.) flytjast búferlum
    - migrant
    - migratory

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  • 13 need

    [ni:d] 1. negative short form - needn't; verb
    1) (to require: This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?) þarfnast
    2) (to be obliged: You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.) verða, þurfa
    2. noun
    1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) þörf
    2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) neyð, örbirgð
    3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) nauðsyn, ástæða
    - needlessly
    - needy
    - a need for
    - in need of

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  • 14 responsible

    [-səbl]
    1) (having a duty to see that something is done etc: We'll make one person responsible for buying the food for the trip.) ábyrgur
    2) ((of a job etc) having many duties eg the making of important decisions: The job of manager is a very responsible post.) ábyrgðarmikill
    3) ((with for) being the cause of something: Who is responsible for the stain on the carpet?) bera ábyrgð á
    4) ((of a person) able to be trusted; sensible: We need a responsible person for this job.) ábyrgur, áreiðanlegur
    5) ((with for) able to control, and fully aware of (one's actions): The lawyer said that at the time of the murder, his client was not responsible for his actions.) ábyrgur gerða sinna

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  • 15 star

    1. noun
    1) (the fixed bodies in the sky, which are really distant suns: The Sun is a star, and the Earth is one of its planets.) stjarna
    2) (any of the bodies in the sky appearing as points of light: The sky was full of stars.) fastastjarna
    3) (an object, shape or figure with a number of pointed rays, usually five or six, often used as a means of marking quality etc: The teacher stuck a gold star on the child's neat exercise book; a four-star hotel.) stjarna
    4) (a leading actor or actress or other well-known performer eg in sport etc: a film/television star; a football star; ( also adjective) She has had many star rôles in films.) stjarna
    2. verb
    1) (to play a leading role in a play, film etc: She has starred in two recent films.) leika aðalhlutverk í
    2) ((of a film etc) to have (a certain actor etc) as its leading performer: The film starred Elvis Presley.) hafa sem aðalleikara
    - starry
    - starfish
    - starlight
    - starlit
    - star turn
    - see stars
    - thank one's lucky stars

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  • 16 admirer

    1) (one who admires (someone or something): He is an admirer of Mozart.) aðdáandi
    2) (a man who is attracted by a particular woman: She has many admirers.) aðdáandi

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  • 17 back and forth

    (first in one direction and then in the other; backwards and forwards: We had to go back and forth many times before we moved all our furniture to the new house.) fram og aftur

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  • 18 collective

    [-tiv]
    1) (of a number of people etc combined into one group: This success was the result of a collective effort.) heildar-; samvinnu-
    2) (of a noun, taking a singular verb but standing for many things taken as a whole: `Cattle' is a collective noun.) safnheiti

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  • 19 distraction

    [-ʃən]
    1) (something that takes the mind off other especially more serious affairs: There are too many distractions here to allow one to work properly.) truflun
    2) (anxiety and confusion: in a state of complete distraction.) hugarangist, uppnám

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  • 20 divide

    1) (to separate into parts or groups: The wall divided the garden in two; The group divided into three when we got off the bus; We are divided (= We do not agree) as to where to spend our holidays.) skiptast; skipta í hópa
    2) ((with between or among) to share: We divided the sweets between us.) skipta með sér
    3) (to find out how many times one number contains another: 6 divided by 2 equals 3.) deila
    - divisible
    - division
    - divisional

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