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1 Easter
['i:stə](a Christian festival held in the spring, to celebrate Christ's coming back to life after the Crucifixion.) páskar -
2 Easter egg
(a decorated egg, especially one made of chocolate, eaten at Easter.) páskaegg -
3 fall
[fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) falla, detta2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) detta um koll3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) lækka, falla4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) bera upp á5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) verða, lenda í tilteknu ástandi6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) koma í hlut (e-s)2. noun1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) fall2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) fall, (snjó-/úr)koma3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) fall4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) haust•- falls- fallout
- his
- her face fell
- fall away
- fall back
- fall back on
- fall behind
- fall down
- fall flat
- fall for
- fall in with
- fall off
- fall on/upon
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- fall short
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4 Good Friday
noun (the Friday before Easter commemorating the crucifixion of Christ.) föstudagurinn langi -
5 Lent
[lent](the time from Ash Wednesday to Easter (40 weekdays) observed as a time of fasting in commemoration of Christ's fast in the wilderness.) -
6 Maundy Thursday
[,mo:ndi 'Ɵə:zdi](the Thursday before Easter commemorating Christ's commands to his disciples at the Last Supper.) -
7 Pentecost
['pentəkoust, ]( American[) -ko:st](the Christian festival of Whitsuntide celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter.) -
8 Whitsun
['wi ən]1) ((also Whit Sunday) a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter.)2) ((also Whitsuntide) the days close to Whit Sunday.)
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