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1 bull
[bul]1) (the male of the ox family and of the whale, walrus, elephant etc.)2) (a bull's-eye.)•- bullock- bullfight
- bullfighter
- bullring
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2 bull's-eye
noun (the centre of a target, especially in archery, darts etc.) -
3 cock-and-bull story
(an absurd, unbelievable story.) ÿkjufrásögn, lygasaga -
4 bullock
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5 ox
[oks]plural - oxen; noun1) (a castrated bull used (formerly in Britain and still in some countries) to pull carts, ploughs etc: an ox-drawn cart.) uxi, geltur tarfur2) (any bull or cow.) nautgripur -
6 beef
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7 bellow
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8 bullfight
noun (in Spain etc a fight between a bull and men on horseback and on foot.) -
9 bullshit
['bulʃit]noun, interjection((also bull) (slang) nonsense; lies; exaggeration: That's bullshit!; Bullshit! Do you expect me to believe that?) -
10 castrate
[kæ'streit, ]( American[) 'kæstreit](to remove the sexual organs of (a male animal): The bull has been castrated.) vana, gelda -
11 cock
[kok] 1. noun1) (the male of birds, especially of the domestic fowl: a cock and three hens; ( also adjective) a cock sparrow.) hani2) (a kind of tap for controlling the flow of liquid, gas etc.) krani3) (a slang word for the penis.) tilli, getnaðarlimur2. verb1) (to cause to stand upright or to lift: The dog cocked its ears.) sperra2) (to draw back the hammer of (a gun).) spenna bóg3) (to tilt up or sideways (especially a hat).) halla•- cockerel- cocky
- cock-and-bull story
- cock-crow
- cock-eyed
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12 cow
I noun1) (the female of cattle used for giving milk: He has ten cows and a bull.) kÿr2) (the female of certain other animals eg the elephant, whale.) kÿr, kvendÿr•- cowboy- cowherd
- cowhide II verb(to subdue or control through fear: The pupil was cowed by the headmaster's harsh words.) hræða til undirgefni -
13 double-Dutch
noun (nonsense: You're talking double-Dutch!) bull -
14 gibberish
[-riʃ]noun (nonsense: His explanations are just gibberish to me.) þvaður, bull -
15 gore
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16 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) slá, kÿla; rekast á, skella á; hæfa2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) slá, kÿla3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) verða (illa) fyrir e-u, valda skaða4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) hitta í mark, hæfa; ná2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) skot2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) stig, skot3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) sem slær í gegn•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
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17 matador
['mætədo:](the man who kills the bull in a bullfight.) nautabani -
18 nonsense
['nons'ns, ]( American[) -sens](foolishness; foolish words, actions etc; something that is ridiculous: He's talking nonsense; The whole book is a lot of nonsense; What nonsense!) bull, vitleysa -
19 prize
I 1. noun1) (a reward for good work etc: He was awarded a lot of prizes at school.) verðlaun, viðurkenning2) (something won in a competition etc: I've won first prize!; ( also adjective) a prize (= having won, or worthy of, a prize) bull.) verðlaun2. verb(to value highly: He prized my friendship above everything else.) metaII see prise -
20 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
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