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1 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) skera, klippa2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) skera3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) sneiða, klippa4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) slá; klippa5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) minnka6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) klippa í burt, fjarlægja7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) skera í8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) gera við, draga9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') klippa á atriði10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) fara þvert fyrir11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) skera12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) skrópa13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) sniðganga2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) skurður; rafmagnsbilun; hárklipping; verðlækkun2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) snið3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) sneið•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) særandi- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) miskunnarlaus- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
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2 fight
1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) slást2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) berjast við/gegn3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) deila, rífast2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) átök; barátta; stríð2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) barátta3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) baráttuvilji4) (a boxing-match.) hnefaleikakeppni•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight
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