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1 at the expense of
1) (being paid for by; at the cost of: He equipped the expedition at his own expense; At the expense of his health he finally completed the work.) á kostnað2) (making (a person) appear ridiculous: He told a joke at his wife's expense.) á kostnað e-s -
2 expense
[-s]1) (the spending of money etc; cost: I've gone to a lot of expense to educate you well.) kostnaður2) (a cause of spending: What an expense clothes are!) kostnaður -
3 expend
[ik'spend](to use or spend (supplies etc).) eyða, nota- expense
- expenses
- expensive
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4 in style
(in a luxurious, elegant way without worrying about the expense: The bride arrived at the church in style, in a horse-drawn carriage.) á glæsilegan hátt, með viðhöfn -
5 except for
1) (apart from: We enjoyed the holiday except for the expense.) að undanskildum, fyrir utan2) (except: Except for John, they all arrived punctually.) nema -
6 spare
[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) sjá af2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) hafa (ekki) efni á3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) þyrma, sÿna miskunn4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) hlífa5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) vera spar á6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) hlífa við2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) auka-2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) umfram-, frí-3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) varahlutur2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) varadekk•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
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7 go to town
(to do something very thoroughly or with great enthusiasm or expense: He really went to town on (preparing) the meal.) leggja sig fram
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