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1 becoming
adjective (attractive: a very becoming dress.) klæðilegur -
2 on the increase
(becoming more frequent or becoming greater: Acts of violence are on the increase.) í vexti, sem fer vaxandi -
3 on the wane
(becoming less: His power is on the wane.) minnkandi -
4 the worse for wear
(becoming worn out: These chairs are the worse for wear.) slitinn -
5 affluent
['æfluənt](wealthy: He is becoming more and more affluent.) auðugur, velmegandi -
6 bald
[bo:ld]1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) sköllóttur2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) hárlaus3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) umbúðalaus•- baldness- balding
- baldly -
7 balding
adjective (becoming bald.) að verða sköllóttur -
8 become
past tense - became; verb1) (to come or grow to be: Her coat has become badly torn; She has become even more beautiful.) verða2) (to qualify or take a job as: She became a doctor.) verða3) ((with of) to happen to: What became of her son?) verða (um)4) (to suit: That dress really becomes her.) fara vel•- becoming- becomingly -
9 bottle up
(to prevent (eg one's feelings) from becoming obvious: Don't bottle up your anger.) byrgja inni -
10 change
[ ein‹] 1. verb1) (to make or become different: They have changed the time of the train; He has changed since I saw him last.) breyta2) (to give or leave (one thing etc for another): She changed my library books for me.) skipta3) ((sometimes with into) to remove (clothes etc) and replace them by clean or different ones: I'm just going to change (my shirt); I'll change into an old pair of trousers.) skipta (um)4) ((with into) to make into or become (something different): The prince was changed into a frog.) breyta í5) (to give or receive (one kind of money for another): Could you change this bank-note for cash?) skipta2. noun1) (the process of becoming or making different: The town is undergoing change.) breyting2) (an instance of this: a change in the programme.) breyting3) (a substitution of one thing for another: a change of clothes.) skipti4) (coins rather than paper money: I'll have to give you a note - I have no change.) skiptimynt5) (money left over or given back from the amount given in payment: He paid with a dollar and got 20 cents change.) afgangur, skiptimynt6) (a holiday, rest etc: He has been ill - the change will do him good.) hvíld; tilbreyting•- change hands
- a change of heart
- the change of life
- change one's mind
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11 cumulative
['kju:mjulətiv](becoming greater by stages or additions: This drug has a cumulative effect.) smávaxandi -
12 divorce
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13 endangered species
noun (a type of animal or plant that is in danger of becoming extinct.) -
14 excitable
adjective (easily becoming excited or upset.) bráður, uppstökkur -
15 extinction
[ik'stiŋkʃən]1) (making or becoming extinct: the extinction of the species.) aldauði, útrÿming2) (the act of putting out or extinguishing (fire, hope etc).) slokknun -
16 fantasy
['fæntəsi]plural - fantasies; noun(an imaginary (especially not realistic) scene, story etc: He was always having fantasies about becoming rich and famous; ( also adjective) He lived in a fantasy world.) draumórar; ímyndun, hugarburður- fantastically -
17 grow
[ɡrəu]past tense - grew; verb1) ((of plants) to develop: Carrots grow well in this soil.) vaxa, spretta2) (to become bigger, longer etc: My hair has grown too long; Our friendship grew as time went on.) vaxa, aukast3) (to cause or allow to grow: He has grown a beard.) láta (sér) vaxa4) ((with into) to change into, in becoming mature: Your daughter has grown into a beautiful woman.) breytast í5) (to become: It's growing dark.) verða•- grower- grown
- growth
- grown-up
- grown-up
- grow on
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18 have the makings of
(to have the clear ability for becoming: Your son has the makings of an engineer.) vera efni/efniviður í -
19 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) vona2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) von2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) von, vonarglæta, möguleiki3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) von•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
- raise someone's hopes -
20 hush up
(to prevent from becoming known to the general public: The affair was hushed up.) þagga (e-ð) niður
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