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1 always
['o:lweiz]1) (at all times: I always work hard; I'll always remember her.) ætíð2) (continually or repeatedly: He is always making mistakes.) sífellt -
2 at someone's beck and call
(always ready to carry out someone's wishes: He has servants at his beck and call.) alltaf til taks, að hlÿða e-m -
3 ever-
(always; continually: the ever-increasing traffic.) sífellt, stöðugt -
4 be on the offensive
(to be making an attack: She always expects people to criticize her and so she is always on the offensive.) vera í árásarstöðu -
5 behave
[bi'heiv]1) (to act in a suitable way, to conduct oneself (well): If you come, you must behave (yourself); The child always behaves (himself) at his grandmother's.) haga sér2) (to act or react: He always behaves like a gentleman; Metals behave in different ways when heated.) hegða sér; bregðast við•- well-
- badly- behaved -
6 late
[leit] 1. adjective1) (coming etc after the expected or usual time: The train is late tonight; I try to be punctual but I am always late.) seinn2) (far on in the day or night: late in the day; late at night; It was very late when I got to bed.) seint, síðla; áliðinn3) (dead, especially recently: the late king.) heitinn4) (recently, but no longer, holding an office or position: Mr Allan, the late chairman, made a speech.) fyrrverandi2. adverb1) (after the expected or usual time: He arrived late for his interview.) seint2) (far on in the day or night: They always go to bed late.) seint•- lateness- lately
- later on
- of late -
7 on the move
1) (moving from place to place: With his kind of job, he's always on the move.) á ferð; á faraldsfæti2) (advancing: The frontiers of scientific knowledge are always on the move.) í framþróun -
8 parallel
['pærəlel] 1. adjective1) ((of straight lines) going in the same direction and always staying the same distance apart: The road is parallel to/with the river.) samhliða/-síða2) (alike (in some way): There are parallel passages in the two books.) hliðstæður2. adverb(in the same direction but always about the same distance away: We sailed parallel to the coast for several days.) samsíða lína3. noun1) (a line parallel to another: Draw a parallel to this line.) samsíða lína/flötur2) (a likeness or state of being alike: Is there a parallel between the British Empire and the Roman Empire?) samsvörun, hliðstæða3) (a line drawn from east to west across a map etc at a fixed distance from the equator: The border between Canada and the United States follows the forty-ninth parallel.) breiddarbaugur4. verb(to be equal to: His stupidity can't be paralleled.) jafna við e-ð -
9 ready
['redi]1) ((negative unready) prepared; able to be used etc immediately or when needed; able to do (something) immediately or when necessary: I've packed our cases, so we're ready to leave; Is tea ready yet?; Your coat has been cleaned and is ready (to be collected).) tilbúinn2) ((negative unready) willing: I'm always ready to help.) reiðubúinn, fús3) (quick: You're too ready to find faults in other people; He always has a ready answer.) snar, fljótur til4) (likely, about (to do something): My head feels as if it's ready to burst.) að því kominn að•- readily
- ready cash
- ready-made
- ready money
- ready-to-wear
- in readiness -
10 a pain in the neck
(a person who is constantly annoying: People who are always complaining are a pain in the neck.) algjör plága -
11 adapt
[ə'dæpt](to change or alter (so as to fit a different situation etc): She always adapted easily to new circumstances; He has adapted the play for television.) aðlaga- adaptable
- adaptability
- adaptor -
12 aggressive
[ə'ɡresiv](ready to attack or oppose; quarrelsome: He's a most aggressive boy - he is always fighting at school.) árásargjarn- aggressiveness
- aggression
- aggressor -
13 associate
1. [ə'səusieit] verb1) (to connect in the mind: He always associated the smell of tobacco with his father.) tengja2) ((usually with with) to join (with someone) in friendship or work: They don't usually associate (with each other) after office hours.) umgangast2. [-et] adjective1) (having a lower position or rank: an associate professor.) aðstoðar-2) (joined or connected: associate organizations.) tengdur, auka-3. noun(a colleague or partner; a companion.) félagi; samstarfsmaður- in association with -
14 at loggerheads
(quarrelling: They're always at loggerheads with their neighbours.) vera upp á kant -
15 at one's elbow
(close to one: The journalist always works with a dictionary at his elbow.) við höndina -
16 background
1) (the space behind the principal or most important figures or objects of a picture etc: He always paints ships against a background of stormy skies; trees in the background of the picture.) bakgrunnur2) (happenings that go before, and help to explain, an event etc: the background to a situation.) forsaga3) (a person's origins, education etc: She was ashamed of her humble background.) uppruni -
17 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 -
18 be on the prowl
(to be prowling: Pickpockets are always on the prowl.) í leit að bráð/ránsfeng -
19 be/feel at home
(to feel as relaxed as one does in one's own home or in a place or situation one knows well: I always feel at home in France; He's quite at home with cows - he used to live on a farm.) afslappaður; kunna vel við -
20 blind spot
1) (any matter about which one always shows lack of understanding: She seems to have a blind spot about physics.) blindur blettur; vera blindur fyrir e-u, neita að skilja/sjá2) (an area which is impossible or difficult to see due to an obstruction.) blindur blettur, staður sem sést ekki
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