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1 admit
[əd'mit]past tense, past participle - admitted; verb1) (to allow to enter: This ticket admits one person.) heimila aðgang2) (to say that one accepts as true: He admitted (that) he was wrong.) viðurkenna•- admission
- admittance
- admittedly -
2 acknowledge
[ək'noli‹]1) (to admit as being fact: He acknowledged defeat; He acknowledged that I was right.) viðurkenna2) (to say (usually in writing) that one has received (something): He acknowledged the letter.) staðfesta móttöku á3) (to give thanks for: He acknowledged their help.) þakka4) (to greet someone: He acknowledged her by waving.) heilsa; taka kveðju (e-s)•- acknowledgement- acknowledgment -
3 admission
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4 admitted
past tense, past participle; see admit -
5 ashamed
[ə'ʃeimd](feeling shame: He was ashamed of his bad work, ashamed to admit his mistake, ashamed of himself.) sem skammast sín, sneypulegur -
6 concede
[kən'si:d]1) (to admit: He conceded that he had been wrong.) játa2) (to grant (eg a right).) leyfa -
7 confess
[kən'fes](to make known that one is guilty, wrong etc; to admit: He confessed (to the crime); He confessed that he had broken the vase; It was stupid of me, I confess.) játa, viðurkenna- confessional
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8 confirm
[kən'fə:m]1) (to establish or make quite certain: They confirmed their hotel booking by letter.) staðfesta2) (to admit to full membership of certain Christian churches.) ferma•- confirmand
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9 decency
noun ((the general idea of) what is proper, fitting, moral etc; the quality or act of being decent: In the interests of decency, we have banned nude bathing; He had the decency to admit that it was his fault.) velsæmi -
10 eat one's words
(to admit humbly that one was mistaken in saying something: I'll make him eat his words!) éta ofan í sig, taka orð sín aftur -
11 enough
1. adjective(in the number or quantity etc needed: Have you enough money to pay for the books?; food enough for everyone.) nógur, nægilegur2. pronoun(the amount needed: He has had enough to eat; I've had enough of her rudeness.) nóg, nægilega mikið3. adverb1) (to the degree needed: Is it hot enough?; He swam well enough to pass the test.) nægilega2) (one must admit; you must agree: She's pretty enough, but not beautiful; Oddly enough, it isn't raining.) þótt undarlegt megi virðast -
12 freely
1) (in a free manner: to give freely to charity; to speak freely.) frjálslega2) (willingly; readily: I freely admit it was my fault.) fúslega((also freephone; American toll-free number) a telephone number of a business or an organization that can be used free of charge by their customers etc; the system giving this service.) -
13 give in
1) (to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield: The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.) láta eftir2) (to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority): Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) skila -
14 grant
1. verb1) (to agree to, to give: Would you grant me one favour; He granted the man permission to leave.) veita, gefa; heimila2) (to agree or admit: I grant (you) that it was a stupid thing to do.) samþykkja, viðurkenna2. noun(money given for a particular purpose: He was awarded a grant for studying abroad.) styrkur- granted- granting
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15 in justice to
(if one must be fair (to him, her etc): To do her justice, I must admit that she was only trying to help when she broke the cup.) til að sÿna (e-m) sanngirni -
16 might have
1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) hefði getað... ef2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) hefði getað/átt að... en3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) það hefði verið mögulegt að... en4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') það er hugsanlegt -
17 own
[əun] 1. verb1) (to have as a possession: I own a car.) eiga2) (to admit that something is true: I own that I have not been working very hard.) viðurkenna, játa2. adjective, pronoun(belonging to (the person stated): The house is my own; I saw it with my own eyes.) eiginn- owner- ownership
- get one's own back
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18 own up
( often with to) (to admit that one has done something: He owned up to having broken the window.) játa hreinskilnislega -
19 pain
[pein] 1. noun(hurt or suffering of the body or mind: a pain in the chest.) sársauki2. verb(to cause suffering or upset to (someone): It pained her to admit that she was wrong.) kvelja, valda sársauka- pained- painful
- painfully
- painless
- painlessly
- painkiller
- painstaking
- a pain in the neck
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20 recognise
1) (to see, hear etc (a person, thing etc) and know who or what that person, thing etc is, because one has seen or heard him, it etc before: I recognized his voice/handwriting; I recognized him by his voice.) þekkja, bera kennsl á2) (to admit, acknowledge: Everyone recognized his skill.) viðurkenna, gangast við3) (to be willing to have political relations with: Many countries were unwilling to recognize the new republic.) viðurkenna og taka upp stjórnmálasamband við4) (to accept as valid, well-qualified etc: I don't recognize the authority of this court.) viðurkenna•- recognisable
- recognizably
- recognisably
- recognition
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