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1 shot
[ʃot]past tense, past participle; = shoot -
2 pot-shot
noun (an easy or casual shot that doesn't need careful aim: He took a pot-shot at a bird on the fence.) skot án þess (að þörf sé á) að miða -
3 a shot in the dark
(a guess based on little or no information: The detective admitted that his decision to check the factory had just been a shot in the dark.) tilviljun; ágiskun byggð á litlum/engum upplÿsingum -
4 like a shot
(very quickly; eagerly: He accepted my invitation like a shot.) eins og skot -
5 shoot
[ʃu:t] 1. past tense, past participle - shot; verb1) ((often with at) to send or fire (bullets, arrows etc) from a gun, bow etc: The enemy were shooting at us; He shot an arrow through the air.) skjóta2) (to hit or kill with a bullet, arrow etc: He went out to shoot pigeons; He was sentenced to be shot at dawn.) skjóta3) (to direct swiftly and suddenly: She shot them an angry glance.) senda (e-ð) leiftursnöggt4) (to move swiftly: He shot out of the room; The pain shot up his leg; The force of the explosion shot him across the room.) skjótast, þjóta, þeyta(st)5) (to take (usually moving) photographs (for a film): That film was shot in Spain; We will start shooting next week.) kvikmynda6) (to kick or hit at a goal in order to try to score.) skjóta (á mark)7) (to kill (game birds etc) for sport.) skjóta; stunda skotveiðar2. noun(a new growth on a plant: The deer were eating the young shoots on the trees.) sproti- shoot down
- shoot rapids
- shoot up -
6 backhand
1) (in tennis etc, a stroke or shot with the back of one's hand turned towards the ball: a clever backhand; His backhand is very strong.) bakhönd2) (writing with the letters sloping backwards: I can always recognize her backhand.) rithönd sem hallar til vinstri -
7 be
present tense am [ʌm], are [a:], is [ɪz]; past tense was [woz], were [w†:]; present participle 'being; past participle been [bi:n, (·meriцan) bɪn]; subjunctive were [w†:]; short forms I'm [aim] (I am), you're [ju†] (you are), he's [hi:z] (he is), she's [ʃi:z] (she is), it's [ɪ ] (it is), we're [wi†] (we are), they're [Ɵe†] (they are); negative short forms isn't (is not), aren't [a:nt] (are not), wasn't (was not), weren't [w†:nt] (were not)1) (used with a present participle to form the progressive or continuous tenses: I'm reading; I am being followed; What were you saying?.) vera2) (used with a present participle to form a type of future tense: I'm going to London.) ég er að fara, ég ætla að fara3) (used with a past participle to form the passive voice: He was shot.) vera4) (used with an infinitive to express several ideas, eg necessity (When am I to leave?), purpose (The letter is to tell us he's coming), a possible future happening (If he were to lose, I'd win) etc.) eiga; mun5) (used in giving or asking for information about something or someone: I am Mr Smith; Is he alive?; She wants to be an actress; The money will be ours; They are being silly.) vera•- being- the be-all and end-all -
8 bow
I 1. verb1) (to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc: He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.) hneigja sig2) ((with to) to accept: I bow to your superior knowledge.) beygja sig fyrir, láta undan2. noun(a bowing movement: He made a bow to the ladies.) hneigja sig, kinka kolli- bowedII 1. [bəu] noun1) (a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.) bogi2) (a rod with horsehair stretched along it, by which the strings of a violin etc are sounded.) (fiðlu)bogi3) (a looped knot of material: Her dress is decorated with bows.) slaufa2. noun((often in plural) the front of a ship or boat: The waves broke over the bows.) framstafn; kinnungur, bógur -
9 cannonball
noun (a ball of iron, shot from a cannon.) fallbyssukúla -
10 desert
I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) yfirgefa, fara frá2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) gerast liðhlaupi•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) eyðimörk -
11 forehand
['fo:hænd](in tennis etc, (the ability to make) a stroke or shot with the palm of one's hand turned towards the ball: a strong forehand; ( also adjective) a forehand stroke.) forhandarhögg -
12 kill off
(to destroy completely: So many deer have been shot that the species has almost been killed off.) gera út af við -
13 kiss
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14 pheasant
['feznt]plurals - pheasants, pheasant; noun1) (a type of long-tailed bird, the male of which has brightly-coloured feathers and certain types of which are often shot for sport: a brace of pheasant(s); two pheasants.) fashani2) ((the flesh of) the bird as food: We had roast pheasant for dinner.) fashani -
15 pistol
['pistl](a small gun, held in one hand when fired: He shot himself with a pistol.) skammbyssa -
16 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, ketill2. verb(to plant in a pot.) planta/rækta í potti- potted- pothole
- pot-shot
- take pot luck -
17 powder
1. noun1) (any substance in the form of fine particles: soap powder; milk-powder.) duft2) (a special kind of substance in this form, used as a cosmetic etc: face-powder; talcum powder.) andlitspúður3) (formerly, gunpowder: powder and shot.) (byssu)púður2. verb(to put powder on (one's face or body): She powdered her nose.) púðra- powdered- powdery
- powder puff
- powder room -
18 protected
adjective ((of certain animals or birds) protected by law from being shot etc.) friðaður -
19 retrieve
[rə'tri:v]1) (to get back (something which was lost etc): My hat blew away, but I managed to retrieve it; Our team retrieved its lead in the second half.) endurheimta2) ((of usually trained dogs) to search for and bring back (birds or animals that have been shot by a hunter).) finna og sækja•- retriever -
20 retriever
noun (a breed of dog trained to find and bring back birds and animals that have been shot.) veiðihundur af tilteknu kyni
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