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1 have one's back to the wall
(to be in a very difficult or desperate situation: He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.) vera upp við vegg -
2 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 -
3 back and forth
(first in one direction and then in the other; backwards and forwards: We had to go back and forth many times before we moved all our furniture to the new house.) fram og aftur -
4 back down
(to give up one's opinion, claim etc: She backed down in the face of strong opposition.) draga í land -
5 turn on one's heel
(to turn one's back (and walk off).) snúast á hæli -
6 pay back
1) (to give back (to someone something that one has borrowed): I'll pay you back as soon as I can.) borga til baka2) (to punish: I'll pay you back for that!) borga til baka, hegna fyrir -
7 double back
(to turn and go back the way one came: The fox doubled back and went down a hole.) snúa við og fara sömu leið til baka -
8 take back
1) (to make (someone) remember or think about (something): Meeting my old friends took me back to my childhood.) láta hverfa aftur í tíma2) (to admit that what one has said is not true: Take back what you said about my sister!) draga tilbaka -
9 at/in the back of one's mind
(being vaguely aware of something; deep inside: In the back of her mind she knew she couldn't trust him.) -
10 get one's own back
(to revenge oneself: He has beaten me this time, but I'll get my own back (on him).) ná fram hefndum -
11 go back on
(to fail to do (something one has promised to do): I never go back on my promises.) svíkja -
12 hit back
(to hit (someone by whom one has been hit): He hit me, so I hit him back.) svara í sömu mynt, slá til baka -
13 shake one's fist at
(to hold up one's fist as though threatening to punch: He shook his fist at me when I drove into the back of his car.) steyta hnefa framan í -
14 hold one's ground
(to refuse to move back or retreat when attacked: Although many were killed, the soldiers held their ground.) halda velli, láta ekki undan síga -
15 go back to square one
(to start all over again.) fara aftur á byrjunarreit -
16 backwards
1) (towards the back: He glanced backwards.) aftur (á bak), til baka2) (with one's back facing the direction one is going in: The child walked backwards into a lamp-post.) aftur á bak3) (in the opposite way to that which is usual: Can you count from 1 to 10 backwards? (= starting at 10 and counting to 1).) aftur á bak -
17 pack
[pæk] 1. noun1) (things tied up together or put in a container, especially to be carried on one's back: He carried his luggage in a pack on his back.) föggur, baggi; pakki2) (a set of (fifty-two) playing-cards: a pack of cards.) spilastokkur3) (a number or group of certain animals: a pack of wolves / a wolf-pack.) flokkur4) (a packet: a pack of cigarettes.) pakki2. verb1) (to put (clothes etc) into a bag, suitcase or trunk for a journey: I've packed all I need and I'm ready to go.) pakka2) (to come together in large numbers in a small space: They packed into the hall to hear his speech.) hópast, troðast; pakka saman•- packing- packing-case
- packed out
- packed
- pack off
- pack up -
18 wall
[wo:l] 1. noun1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) veggur, (varnar)múr2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) veggur2. verb((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) girða af (með vegg)- walled- - walled
- wallpaper 3. verb(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) veggfóðra- have one's back to the wall
- up the wall -
19 backstroke
noun (in swimming, a stroke made when lying on one's back in the water: The child is good at backstroke.) baksund -
20 hunchbacked
adjective (having a hump on one's back.) með herðakistil/kryppu
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