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1 weight
[weit]1) (the amount which a person or thing weighs: He's put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.) þyngd2) (a piece of metal etc of a standard weight: seven-pound weight.) lóð3) (a heavy object, especially one for lifting as a sport: He lifts weights to develop his muscles.) byrði4) (burden; load: You have taken a weight off my mind.) mikilvægi5) (importance: Her opinion carries a lot of weight.) -
2 bulimia
[bju:ɡlimiə](an eating disorder in which a person eats excessive amounts of food and then vomits in order not to gain weight.) -
3 collapse
[kə'læps]1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) falla saman, hrynja2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) hrynja saman3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) falla niður, mistakast4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) falla saman• -
4 heavyweight
adjective, noun ((a person) in the heaviest of the various classes into which competitors in certain sports (eg boxing, wrestling) are divided according to their weight: a heavyweight boxer.) þungaviktar-
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