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1 the long and the short of it
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2 piece
[pi:s] 1. noun1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) bútur, sneið, stykki, hluti2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) blað; fréttastúfur3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) verk, stykki; grein4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) peningur, mynt5) (in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game.) taflmaður•2. adjective(done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) sundurlaus; ómarkviss- go all to pieces- go to pieces
- in pieces
- piece together
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3 anecdote
['ænikdout](a short amusing story, especially a true one: He told us anecdotes about politicians that he knew.) atvikssaga; stutt frásögn -
4 outline
1. noun1) (the line forming, or showing, the outer edge of something: He drew the outline of the face first, then added the features.) útlína2) (a short description of the main details of a plan etc: Don't tell me the whole story, just give me an outline.) lÿsing í aðalatriðum2. verb(to draw or give the outline of.) teikna/lÿsa í grófum dráttum -
5 square
[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) ferningur2) (something in the shape of this.) ferningslaga hlutur3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) torg4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) tvíveldi, annað veldi2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) ferhyrndur; kantaður, kubbslegur2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) jafn, kvittur3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) fermetri4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) hallærislegur3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) (horn)rétt2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) beint; fast4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) gera ferkantaðan2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) gera upp við3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) samræmast4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) hefja í annað veldi•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal
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