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1 surface
['sə:fis] 1. noun1) (the outside part (of anything): Two-thirds of the earth's surface is covered with water; This road has a very uneven surface.) yfirborð2) (the outward appearance of, or first impression made by, a person or thing: On the surface he seems cold and unfriendly, but he's really a kind person.) yfirborð2. verb1) (to put a surface on (a road etc): The road has been damaged by frost and will have to be surfaced again.) setja lag á, leggja2) ((of a submarine, diver etc) to come to the surface.) koma upp á yfirborðið• -
2 fault
[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) mistök2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) galli3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) jarðsprunga; misgengi2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) finna að, gagnrÿna- faultlessly
- faulty
- at fault
- find fault with
- to a fault -
3 map
[mæp] 1. noun1) (a drawing or plan, in outline, of (any part of) the surface of the earth, with various features shown (usually roads, rivers, seas, towns etc): a map of the world; a road map.) (landa-/vega)kort2) (a similar type of drawing showing eg the surface of the moon, the position of the stars in the sky etc.) stjörnukort2. verb(to make a map of (an area): Africa was mapped by many different explorers.) kortleggja- map out -
4 crust
1) ((a piece of) the hard outside coating of bread: The child would not eat the crusts.) skorpa2) ((American) pastry: She makes excellent pie crust.) bökubotn3) (a hard surface especially the outer layer of the earth.) skel, skorpa•- crusty- crustily
- crustiness -
5 earthquake
noun (a shaking of the earth's surface: The village was destroyed by an earthquake.) jarðskjálfti -
6 geography
[‹i'oɡrəfi](the science that describes the surface of the Earth and its inhabitants: He is studying geography.) landafræði- geographical
- geographic
- geographically -
7 ice age
(a time when a great part of the earth's surface was covered with ice.) ísöld -
8 land
[lænd] 1. noun1) (the solid part of the surface of the Earth which is covered by the sea: We had been at sea a week before we saw land.) land2) (a country: foreign lands.) land, ríki3) (the ground or soil: He never made any money at farming as his land was poor and stony.) landareign4) (an estate: He owns land/lands in Scotland.) jarðareign2. verb1) (to come or bring down from the air upon the land: The plane landed in a field; They managed to land the helicopter safely; She fell twenty feet, but landed without injury.) lenda2) (to come or bring from the sea on to the land: After being at sea for three months, they landed at Plymouth; He landed the big fish with some help.) lenda; landa3) (to (cause to) get into a particular (usually unfortunate) situation: Don't drive so fast - you'll land (yourself) in hospital/trouble!) koma (sér) í•[-rouvə]
(a type of strong motor vehicle used for driving over rough ground.)
- landing- landing-gear
- landing-stage
- landlocked
- landlord
- landmark
- land mine
- landowner
- landslide
- landslide victory
- landslide
- landslide defeat
- land up
- land with
- see how the land lies -
9 meridian
[mə'ridiən](an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through the poles and any given place; any line of longitude.) hádegisbaugur -
10 ocean
['əuʃən]1) (the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface.) haf, úthaf2) (one of its five main divisions: the Atlantic Ocean.) haf -
11 petroleum
[pə'trəuliəm]noun (oil in its raw, unrefined form, which is found in natural wells below the earth's surface and from which petrol, paraffin etc are obtained.) jarð-/hráolía -
12 physical
['fizikəl]1) (of the body: Playing football is one form of physical fitness.) líkamlegur2) (of things that can be seen or felt: the physical world.) áþreifanlegur, efnislegur3) (of the laws of nature: It's a physical impossibility for a man to fly like a bird.) samkvæmur náttúrulögmálum4) (relating to the natural features of the surface of the Earth: physical geography.) eðlisrænn5) (relating to physics: physical chemistry.) eðlisfræðilegur•- physical education -
13 rock
I [rok] noun1) ((a large lump or mass of) the solid parts of the surface of the Earth: The ship struck a rock and sank; the rocks on the seashore; He built his house on solid rock.) klettur, bjarg2) (a large stone: The climber was killed by a falling rock.) steinn, grjót3) (a type of hard sweet made in sticks: a stick of Edinburgh rock.) brjóstsykursstöng•- rockery- rocky
- rockiness
- rock-bottom
- rock-garden
- rock-plant
- on the rocks II [rok] verb1) (to (cause to) swing gently backwards and forwards or from side to side: The mother rocked the cradle; This cradle rocks.) rugga, vagga2) (to swing (a baby) gently in one's arms to comfort it or make it sleep.) vagga, róa3) (to shake or move violently: The earthquake rocked the building.) skaka(st)•- rocker- rocky
- rockiness
- rocking-chair
- rocking-horse
- off one's rocker III [rok]((also rock music) music or songs with a strong, heavy beat and usually a simple melody: She likes rock; ( also adjective) a rock band.) rokk -
14 scum
1) (dirty foam that forms on the surface of a liquid: The pond was covered with (a) scum.) skán, skæni2) (bad, worthless people: People of that sort are the scum of the earth.) úrþvætti -
15 sea
[si:] 1. noun1) ((often with the) the mass of salt water covering most of the Earth's surface: I enjoy swimming in the sea; over land and sea; The sea is very deep here; ( also adjective) A whale is a type of large sea animal.) sjór, haf2) (a particular area of sea: the Baltic Sea; These fish are found in tropical seas.) haf3) (a particular state of the sea: mountainous seas.) haf•- seawards- seaward
- seaboard
- sea breeze
- seafaring
- seafood 2. adjectiveseafood restaurants.) fiskmetis-, sjávarfangs-- seafront- sea-going
- seagull
- sea level
- sea-lion
- seaman
- seaport
- seashell
- seashore
- seasick
- seasickness
- seaside
- seaweed
- seaworthy
- seaworthiness
- at sea
- go to sea
- put to sea -
16 subsoil
(the layer of earth beneath the surface soil.) jarðvegsgrunnur -
17 vertical
['və:tikəl](standing straight up at right angles to the earth's surface, or to a horizontal plane or line; upright: The hillside looked almost vertical.) lóðréttur -
18 zone
[zəun]1) (an area or region, usually of a country, town etc, especially one marked off for a special purpose: a no-parking zone; a traffic-free zone.) svæði2) (any of the five bands into which the earth's surface is divided according to temperature: The tropical zone is the area between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.) loftslagsbelti
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