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21 coloured
1) (having colour: She prefers white baths to coloured baths.) litaður2) (belonging to a dark-skinned race: There are only two white families living in this street - the rest are coloured.) litaður -
22 cut off
1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) trufla; rjúfa2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) einangra3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) taka fyrir -
23 defeatism
noun (a state of mind in which one expects and accepts defeat too easily: The defeatism of the captain affects the rest of the players.) uppgjafarandi -
24 earn
[ə:n]1) (to gain (money, wages, one's living) by working: He earns $200 a week; He earns his living by cleaning shoes; You can afford a car now that you're earning.) vinna sér inn, þéna2) (to deserve: I've earned a rest.) verðskulda•- earnings -
25 English
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26 et cetera
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27 example
1) (something that represents other things of the same kind; a specimen: an example of his handwriting.) dæmi2) (something that shows clearly or illustrates a fact etc: Can you give me an example of how this word is used?) dæmi3) (a person or thing that is a pattern to be copied: She was an example to the rest of the class.) fordæmi, fyrirmynd4) (a warning to be heeded: Let this be an example to you, and never do it again!) varnaðardæmi, víti til varnaðar•- make an example of
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28 freeze
[fri:z] 1. past tense - froze; verb1) (to make into or become ice: It's so cold that the river has frozen over.) frjósa, frysta2) ((of weather) to be at or below freezing-point: If it freezes again tonight all my plants will die.) frjósa, frysta3) (to make or be very cold: If you had stayed out all night in the snow you might have frozen to death (= died of exposure to cold).) frjósa, (of)kólna4) (to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it: You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.) frysta5) (to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc): She froze when she heard the strange noise.) stirðna upp/verða agndofa af skelfingu6) (to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level: If the situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.) frysta laun/verð(lag)2. noun(a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point: How long do you think the freeze will last?) frost- freezer- freezing
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29 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vera í ósamræmi/hlutfallslega rangurEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
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30 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vera í ósamræmi/hlutfallslega rangurEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
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31 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vera í ósamræmi/hlutfallslega rangurEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
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32 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
(to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vera í ósamræmi/hlutfallslega rangurEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > get etc out of (all) proportion (to)
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33 go easy on
(to be careful with: Go easy on the wine - there won't be enough for the rest of the guests.) fara varlega með; ganga ekki um of á -
34 groin
[ɡroin](the part of the front of the body where the inner part of the thigh joins the rest of the body.) nári -
35 half-time
noun (a short rest between two halves of a game (of football etc): the players ate oranges at half-time.) hálfleikur -
36 have an/the advantage (over)
(to be in a better or more advantageous position (than): As she already knew French, she had an advantage over the rest of the class.) yfirburðir, betri staða -
37 have an/the advantage (over)
(to be in a better or more advantageous position (than): As she already knew French, she had an advantage over the rest of the class.) yfirburðir, betri staða -
38 haven
['heivn](a harbour; a place of safety or rest.) höfn; skjól, hæli -
39 hold prisoner
(to (capture and) confine (a person) against his will: Many soldiers were killed and the rest taken prisoner; She was kept prisoner in a locked room.) taka til fanga, halda í fangelsi -
40 in / out of perspective
1) ((of an object in a painting, photograph etc) having, or not having, the correct size, shape, distance etc in relation to the rest of the picture: These houses don't seem to be in perspective in your drawing.) rétt/ekki rétt fjarvídd/dÿptarsÿn2) (with, or without, a correct or sensible understanding of something's true importance: Try to get these problems in(to) perspective; Keep things in perspective.) í réttu/röngu samhengi
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