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1 burden
['bə:dn] 1. noun1) (something to be carried: He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).) byrði2) (something difficult to carry or withstand: the burden of taxation.) byrði2. verb(to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) íþyngja -
2 commuter
noun (a person who travels to work daily.) maður sem bÿr langt frá vinnustað -
3 infliction
[-ʃən]noun íþynging; byrði -
4 load
[ləud] 1. noun1) (something which is being carried: The lorry had to stop because its load had fallen off; She was carrying a load of groceries.) byrði; hlass2) (as much as can be carried at one time: two lorry-loads of earth.) hlass3) (a large amount: He talked a load of rubbish; We ate loads of ice-cream.) fullt af4) (the power carried by an electric circuit: The wires were designed for a load of 15 amps.) álag2. verb1) (to take or put on what is to be carried (especially if heavy): They loaded the luggage into the car; The lorry was loading when they arrived.) hlaða, ferma2) (to put ammunition into (a gun): He loaded the revolver and fired.) hlaða3) (to put film into (a camera).) hlaða, setja filmu í•- loaded -
5 lowlander
noun (a person who lives in the lowlands.) maður sem bÿr á láglendi -
6 millstone
1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) myllu-/kvarnarsteinn2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) þung byrði -
7 show one's paces
(to show what one can do: They made the horse show its paces.) sÿna hvað í manni/e-m bÿr -
8 speak one's mind
(to say frankly what one means or thinks: You must allow me to speak my mind.) segja það sem manni bÿr í brjósti -
9 tail wind
(a wind coming from behind: We sailed home with a tail wind.) meðvindur/-byr -
10 weight
[weit]1) (the amount which a person or thing weighs: He's put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.) þyngd2) (a piece of metal etc of a standard weight: seven-pound weight.) lóð3) (a heavy object, especially one for lifting as a sport: He lifts weights to develop his muscles.) byrði4) (burden; load: You have taken a weight off my mind.) mikilvægi5) (importance: Her opinion carries a lot of weight.)
См. также в других словарях:
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Byr — Byr, Robert, Pseudonym von K. R. E. von Bayer … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
BYR — internationaler Währungscode für: Belarus Rubel … Universal-Lexikon
BYR — (Währungscode für Belarus Rubel) … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
BYR — Rubel Land: Weißrussland Unterteilung: 100 Kapejek ISO 4217 Code: BYR Abkürzung: Br Wechselkurs: (17. März 2009) 1 … Deutsch Wikipedia
BYR — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sigles d’une seule lettre Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres Sigles de quatre lettres … Wikipédia en Français
Byr-a'nbar — (Byr el Bar), Ort in der Provinz Kannach (Said, Oberägypten); in der Nähe eine schwefelhaltige Mineralquelle … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
byr|nie — «BUR nee», noun. a coat or shirt of mail; hauberk. ╂[variant of Middle English brynie] … Useful english dictionary
byrðenstrang — adj strong at carrying burdens; cmp byrðenstrangstrengra; spl byrðenstrangstrengest … Old to modern English dictionary
