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1 back
[bæk] 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) bak, hryggur2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) bak, hryggur3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) bakatil, bakhlið, aftari eða fjarlægari hluti4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) bakvörður2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) aftur-, bak-3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) til baka, aftur2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) aftur, frá3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) aftur (í)4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) til baka, á móti5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) aftur (til)4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) bakka2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) styðja (við bakið á)3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) veðja (á)•- backer- backbite
- backbiting
- backbone
- backbreaking
- backdate
- backfire
- background
- backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) með bakhandarhöggi; með vinstrihallandi skrift- backlog- back-number
- backpack
- backpacking: go backpacking
- backpacker
- backside
- backslash
- backstroke
- backup
- backwash
- backwater
- backyard
- back down
- back of
- back on to
- back out
- back up
- have one's back to the wall
- put someone's back up
- take a back seat -
2 by
1. preposition1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) hjá, við hliðina á2) (past: going by the house.) fram hjá3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) um, eftir4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) af e-u/e-m5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) með6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) af, með7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) ekki seinna en8) (during the time of.) á meðan9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) um, en10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) sinnum11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) eftir, í... -tali12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) að2. adverb1) (near: They stood by and watched.) hjá2) (past: A dog ran by.) hjá3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) til hliðar•- bypass 3. verb(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) fara framhjá- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way -
3 make
[meik] 1. past tense, past participle - made; verb1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) gera, búa til2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) láta gera, fá til að gera3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) vekja tilteknar tilfinningar hjá e-m, valda, orsaka4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) þéna5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) gera, vera6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) verða, vera efni í7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) áætla8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) gera að9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?) gera (...)2. noun(a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) gerð- maker- making
- make-believe
- make-over
- makeshift
- make-up
- have the makings of
- in the making
- make a/one's bed
- make believe
- make do
- make for
- make it
- make it up
- make something of something
- make of something
- make something of
- make of
- make out
- make over
- make up
- make up for
- make up one's mind
- make up to -
4 lag
[læɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - lagged; verb((often with behind) to move too slowly and become left behind: We waited for the smaller children, who were lagging behind the rest.) dragast aftur úr2. noun(an act of lagging or the amount by which one thing is later than another: There is sometimes a time-lag of several seconds between our seeing the lightning and our hearing the thunder.) seinkun, töf -
5 leave
I [li:v] past tense, past participle - left; verb1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) fara, yfirgefa2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) skilja eftir3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) fara frá4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) fara frá e-u, skilja einan eftir5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) láta (e-m e-ð) eftir6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) láta eftir sig, erfa•- leave out
- left over II [li:v] noun1) (permission to do something, eg to be absent: Have I your leave to go?) leyfi2) ((especially of soldiers, sailors etc) a holiday: He is home on leave at the moment.) frí•- take one's leave of- take one's leave -
6 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) fjórðungur, fjórði hluti, fjórði; kortér2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) fjórðungur úr dollara/dal3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) (borgar)hverfi4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) átt5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grið6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) kjötlæri; lærstykki7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) kvartil, tunglfjórðungur8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) leikfjórðungur9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) önn2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) skipta í fernt2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) deila með fjórum3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) hÿsa•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ársfjórðungslega4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ársfjórðungsrit- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters -
7 after
1. preposition1) (later in time or place than: After the car came a bus.) á eftir2) (following (often indicating repetition): one thing after another; night after night.) eftir3) (behind: Shut the door after you!) á eftir (sér)4) (in search or pursuit of: He ran after the bus.) á eftir5) (considering: After all I've done you'd think he'd thank me; It's sad to fail after all that work.) eftir6) ((American: in telling the time) past: It's a quarter after ten.) yfir2. adverb(later in time or place: They arrived soon after.) síðar, á eftir3. conjunction(later than the time when: After she died we moved house twice.) eftir (að)- afterthought
- afterwards
- after all
- be after -
8 tear
I [tiə] noun(a drop of liquid coming from the eye, as a result of emotion (especially sadness) or because something (eg smoke) has irritated it: tears of joy/laughter/rage.) tár- tearful- tearfully
- tearfulness
- tear gas
- tear-stained
- in tears II 1. [teə] past tense - tore; verb1) ((sometimes with off etc) to make a split or hole in (something), intentionally or unintentionally, with a sudden or violent pulling action, or to remove (something) from its position by such an action or movement: He tore the photograph into pieces; You've torn a hole in your jacket; I tore the picture out of a magazine.) rífa, tæta2) (to become torn: Newspapers tear easily.) rifna3) (to rush: He tore along the road.) þjóta, bruna2. noun(a hole or split made by tearing: There's a tear in my dress.) rifa, gat- be torn between one thing and another- be torn between
- tear oneself away
- tear away
- tear one's hair
- tear up -
9 mistake
[mi'steik] 1. past tense - mistook; verb1) ((with for) to think that (one person or thing) is another: I mistook you for my brother in this bad light.) ruglast/villast á2) (to make an error about: They mistook the date, and arrived two days early.) villast á2. noun(a wrong act or judgement: a spelling mistake; It was a mistake to trust him; I took your umbrella by mistake - it looks like mine.) mistök; villa- mistaken- mistakenly
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