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1 hour
1) (sixty minutes, the twenty-fourth part of a day: He spent an hour trying to start the car this morning; She'll be home in half an hour; a five-hour delay.) klukkustund2) (the time at which a particular thing happens: when the hour for action arrives; He helped me in my hour of need; You can consult him during business hours.) tiltekin stund; tími dags; afgreiðslutími•- hourly- hour-glass
- hour hand
- at all hours
- for hours
- on the hour -
2 hour hand
(the smaller of the two hands of a watch or clock, which shows the time in hours.) litli vísirinn -
3 hour-glass
noun (a device that measures time in hours by passing sand from one glass container through a narrow tube into a lower container.) stundaglas -
4 at the eleventh hour
(at the last possible moment; only just in time: The child was saved from the kidnappers at the eleventh hour.) á elleftu stundu, síðustu forvöð -
5 on the hour
(at exactly one, two, three etc o'clock: Buses leave here for London on the hour until 10 o'clock in the evening.) á heila tímanum -
6 rush hour
(a period when there is a lot of traffic on the roads, usually when people are going to or leaving work.) aðalumferðartími -
7 a
[ə(n)]indef. article(a is used before words beginning with a consonant eg a boy, or consonant sound eg a union; an is used before words beginning with a vowel eg an owl, or vowel sound eg an honour.)1) (one: There is a boy in the garden.) óákveðinn greinir, án samsvörunar í ísl.; notað sem fylgiorð á undan no. er táknar hlut af teljanlegu tagi2) (any; every: An owl can see in the dark.) hver, allir3) (for each; per: We earn $6 an hour.) á, fyrir -
8 a.m.
[,ei 'em](also A.M.) (abbreviation)(in the morning (before midday): at 10 am; at 1.00 am (= one hour after midnight; one o' clock in the morning).) -
9 an
[ə(n)]indef. article(a is used before words beginning with a consonant eg a boy, or consonant sound eg a union; an is used before words beginning with a vowel eg an owl, or vowel sound eg an honour.)1) (one: There is a boy in the garden.) óákveðinn greinir, án samsvörunar í ísl.; notað sem fylgiorð á undan no. er táknar hlut af teljanlegu tagi2) (any; every: An owl can see in the dark.) hver, allir3) (for each; per: We earn $6 an hour.) á, fyrir -
10 assumption
noun (something assumed: On the assumption that we can produce four pages an hour, the work will be finished tomorrow.) sem ráð er fyrir gert, ætlaður -
11 at
[æt]( showing)1) (position: They are not at home; She lives at 33 Forest Road) á, í, hjá, við2) (direction: He looked at her; She shouted at the boys.) á, að, í, við3) (time: He arrived at ten o'clock; The children came at the sound of the bell.) á, við, í4) (state or occupation: The countries are at war; She is at work.) í5) (pace or speed: He drove at 120 kilometres per hour.) á6) (cost: bread at $1.20 a loaf.) á, fyrir•- at all -
12 at the outside
(at the most: I shall be there for an hour at the outside.) í mesta lagi -
13 crawl
[kro:l] 1. verb1) (to move slowly along the ground: The injured dog crawled away.) mjakast, skríða2) ((of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground: The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.) skríða3) (to move slowly: The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.) mjakast4) (to be covered with crawling things: His hair was crawling with lice.) mora2. noun1) (a very slow movement or speed: We drove along at a crawl.) skrið; löturhæg hreyfing2) (a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements: She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.) skriðsund -
14 curfew
['kə:fju:](an order forbidding people to be in the streets after a certain hour: There's a curfew in force from ten o'clock tonight.) útgöngubann -
15 dispatch
[di'spæ ] 1. verb1) (to send off: He dispatched several letters asking for financial help.) senda út2) (to finish off or deal with quickly: She dispatched several pieces of business within the hour.) afgreiða2. noun1) (a written official report: a dispatch from the commanding officer.) tilkynning2) (an act of sending away.) sending3) (haste.) flÿtir• -
16 do
[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) gera6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) gera, ljúka7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) þvo upp; laga; hreinsa8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) nægja, ganga9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) vinna að, stúdera10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) farnast, standa sig11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) laga, snyrta, hirða12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) gera, haga sér13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) veita eða sÿna14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) valda15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) skoða2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) veisla, samkvæmi- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
- what are you doing with -
17 drill
[dril] 1. verb1) (to make (a hole) with a drill: He drilled holes in the wood; to drill for oil.) bora2) ((of soldiers etc) to exercise or be exercised: The soldiers drilled every morning.) æfa2. noun1) (a tool for making holes: a hand-drill; an electric drill.) borvél, bor2) (exercise or practice, especially of soldiers: We do half-an-hour of drill after tea.) heræfing -
18 early
['ə:li] 1. adverb1) (near the beginning (of a period of time etc): early in my life; early in the afternoon.) snemma2) (sooner than others; sooner than usual; sooner than expected or than the appointed time: He arrived early; She came an hour early.) (of) snemma; á undan öðrum2. adjective1) (belonging to, or happening, near the beginning of a period of time etc: early morning; in the early part of the century.) snemm-; fyrri; fyrsti; í byrjun2) (belonging to the first stages of development: early musical instruments.) eldri/fyrsta/fyrri gerð3) (happening etc sooner than usual or than expected: the baby's early arrival; It's too early to get up yet.) fyrir tímann; of snemma4) (prompt: I hope for an early reply to my letter.) skjótur•- early bird -
19 eleven
[i'levn] 1. noun1) (the number or figure 11.) ellefu2) (the age of 11.) ellefu ára3) (in football etc, a team of eleven players: He plays for the school's first eleven.) ellefu manna lið2. adjective1) (11 in number.) ellefu2) (aged 11.) ellefu ára (gamall)•- eleven-- eleventh
- eleven-year-old 3. adjective((of a person, animal or thing) that is eleven years old.) ellefu ára -
20 every
['evri]1) (each one of or all (of a certain number): Every room is painted white; Not every family has a car.) sérhver2) (each (of an indefinite number or series): Every hour brought the two countries nearer war; He attends to her every need.) sérhver, hver og einn3) (the most absolute or complete possible: We have every reason to believe that she will get better.) allur hugsanlegur4) (used to show repetition after certain intervals of time or space: I go to the supermarket every four or five days; Every second house in the row was bright pink; `Every other day' means èvery two days' or `on alternate days'.) annar hver•- everyone
- everyday
- everything
- everywhere
- every bit as
- every now and then / every now and again / every so often
- every time
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