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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 fail
[feil] 1. verb1) (to be unsuccessful (in); not to manage (to do something): They failed in their attempt; I failed my exam; I failed to post the letter.) mistakast; falla2) (to break down or cease to work: The brakes failed.) bila3) (to be insufficient or not enough: His courage failed (him).) bregðast4) ((in a test, examination etc) to reject (a candidate): The examiner failed half the class.) fella5) (to disappoint: They did not fail him in their support.) bregðast•- failing2. preposition(if (something) fails or is lacking: Failing his help, we shall have to try something else.) ef (e-ð) bregst- failure- without fail -
3 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 -
4 hammer
['hæmə] 1. noun1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) hamar2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) hamar3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) sleggja2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) negla2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) hamra á, troða í•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
- hammer home
- hammer out -
5 interrupt
1) (to stop a person while he is saying or doing something, especially by saying etc something oneself: He interrupted her while she was speaking; He interrupted her speech; Listen to me and don't interrupt!) trufla, grípa fram í2) (to stop or make a break in (an activity etc): He interrupted his work to eat his lunch; You interrupted my thoughts.) trufla, stöðva í bili3) (to cut off (a view etc): A block of flats interrupted their view of the sea.) rjúfa, koma í veg fyrir• -
6 come
1. past tense - came; verb1) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) koma2) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) koma, nálgast3) (to happen or be situated: The letter `d' comes between `c' and è' in the alphabet.) koma, vera4) ((often with to) to happen (by accident): How did you come to break your leg?) fara að5) (to arrive at (a certain state etc): What are things coming to? We have come to an agreement.) komast að6) ((with to) (of numbers, prices etc) to amount (to): The total comes to 51.) verður samanlagt2. interjection(expressing disapproval, drawing attention etc: Come, come! That was very rude of you!) láttu ekki svona! heyrðu nú!- comer- coming
- comeback
- comedown
- come about
- come across
- come along
- come by
- come down
- come into one's own
- come off
- come on
- come out
- come round
- come to
- come to light
- come upon
- come up with
- come what may
- to come -
7 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 -
8 decomposer
noun (something that causes a substance to rot or break up into simpler parts.) sem veldur rotnun -
9 fragment
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10 get a word in edgeways
(to break into a conversation etc and say something.) komast inn í samtal -
11 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) hálfur2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) hálfleikur2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) hálfur2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) að hálfu, hálf-3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) hálf-3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) hálf-2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) hálfpartinn•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
- not half -
12 hatch
I [hæ ] noun((the door or cover of) an opening in a wall, floor, ship's deck etc: There are two hatches between the kitchen and dining-room for serving food.) op, lúga, dyr- hatchwayII [hæ ] verb1) (to produce (young birds etc) from eggs: My hens have hatched ten chicks.) klekja; unga út2) (to break out of the egg: These chicks hatched this morning.) klekjast; skríða úr eggi3) (to become young birds: Four of the eggs have hatched.) klekjast4) (to plan (something, usually bad) in secret: to hatch a plot.) brugga, undirbúa -
13 pause
[po:z] 1. noun1) (a short stop, break or interval (while doing something): There was a pause in the conversation.) hlé2) (the act of making a musical note or rest slightly longer than normal, or a mark showing that this is to be done.) (heilnótu)þögn; þagnarmerki2. verb(to stop talking, working etc for a short time: They paused for a cup of tea.) gera hlé -
14 slot
[slot] 1. noun1) (a small narrow opening, especially one to receive coins: I put the correct money in the slot, but the machine didn't start.) rifa, rauf2) (a (usually regular) position (in eg the schedule of television/radio programmes): The early-evening comedy slot.) dagskrártími2. verb((with in or into) to fit (something) into a small space: He slotted the last piece of the puzzle into place; I managed to slot in my tea-break between two jobs.) finna (e-u) stað -
15 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
- to spare
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