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1 break
[breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) brjóta2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) brjóta af3) (to make or become unusable.) brjóta, skemma4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) brjóta gegn; svíkjast um5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) brjóta/setja met6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) gera hlé á7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) rjúfa8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) fréttast; segja fréttir9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) bresta10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) draga úr11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) skella á2. noun1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) hlé2) (a change: a break in the weather.) breyting; sloti3) (an opening.) op; skarð4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) tækifæri•3. noun((usually in plural) something likely to break.) brothættur- breakage- breaker
- breakdown
- break-in
- breakneck
- breakout
- breakthrough
- breakwater
- break away
- break down
- break into
- break in
- break loose
- break off
- break out
- break out in
- break the ice
- break up
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2 break in(to)
1) (to enter (a house etc) by force or unexpectedly (noun break-in: The Smiths have had two break-ins recently).) brjótast inn2) (to interrupt (someone's conversation etc).) grípa fram í -
3 break in(to)
1) (to enter (a house etc) by force or unexpectedly (noun break-in: The Smiths have had two break-ins recently).) brjótast inn2) (to interrupt (someone's conversation etc).) grípa fram í -
4 break out
1) (to appear or happen suddenly: War has broken out.) brjótast út, bresta á2) (to escape (from prison, restrictions etc): A prisoner has broken out (noun breakout).) brjótast út -
5 breakdown
1) ((often nervous breakdown) a mental collapse.) taugaáfall2) (a mechanical failure causing a stop: The car has had another breakdown. See also break down.) bilun -
6 breakwater
noun (a barrier to break the force of the waves.) brimbrjótur, hafnargarður -
7 breather
noun (a short rest or break from work etc: I must have a breather before I do any more.) stundarhlé, pása -
8 continuation
1) (the act of continuing, often after a break or pause: the continuation of his studies.) áframhald2) (something which carries on, especially a further part of a story etc: This is a continuation of what he said last week.) framhald -
9 decomposer
noun (something that causes a substance to rot or break up into simpler parts.) sem veldur rotnun -
10 time out
1) ((in basketball etc) a short break requested by the coach to give instructions etc.)2) (a short period of rest from an activity: to take time out to relax.) -
11 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) brotna2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) brjóta3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) brotna; smella4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) segja brandara5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) brjóta upp6) (to solve (a code).) ráða, lesa úr7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) brotna niður2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) sprunga2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) rifa3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smellur4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) högg5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) skens, háð, brandari6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) úrvals-- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
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12 breach
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13 dash
[dæʃ] 1. verb1) (to move with speed and violence: A man dashed into a shop.) brjóta2) (to knock, throw etc violently, especially so as to break: He dashed the bottle to pieces against the wall.) kasta í, slá við3) (to bring down suddenly and violently or to make very depressed: Our hopes were dashed.) gera að engu2. noun1) (a sudden rush or movement: The child made a dash for the door.) þjóta2) (a small amount of something, especially liquid: whisky with a dash of soda.) skvetta, sletta3) ((in writing) a short line (-) to show a break in a sentence etc.) þankastrik4) (energy and enthusiasm: All his activities showed the same dash and spirit.) snerpa, hvatleiki•- dashing- dash off -
14 fracture
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15 split
[split] 1. verbpresent participle splitting: past tense, past participle split)1) (to cut or (cause to) break lengthwise: to split firewood; The skirt split all the way down the back seam.) kljúfa; klofna2) (to divide or (cause to) disagree: The dispute split the workers into two opposing groups.) kljúfa2. noun(a crack or break: There was a split in one of the sides of the box.) rifa, sprunga- split second
- splitting headache
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16 fuse
I 1. [fju:z] verb1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) bræða (saman)2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) fara, springa, detta út2. noun(a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.) rafmagnsöryggi- fusionII [fju:z] noun(a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) sprengiþráður -
17 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) hjarta2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) hjarta, miðja3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) mannlegar tilfinningar4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) kjarkur; barráttuþrek5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) hjarta6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) hjarta•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) einlægar samræður- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart -
18 pound
I noun1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) (sterlings)pund2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) pundII noun(an enclosure or pen into which stray animals are put: a dog-pound.) kví, réttIII verb1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) lemja, hamra2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) hlunkast, hlaupa þunglega3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) mylja -
19 crisp
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20 digest
1. verb1) (to break up (food) in the stomach etc and turn it into a form which the body can use: The invalid had to have food that was easy to digest.) melta2) (to take in and think over (information etc): It took me some minutes to digest what he had said.) melta (andlega), velta fyrir sér2. noun(summary; brief account: a digest of the week's news.)- digestion
- digestive
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