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  • 1 reach

    [ri: ] 1. verb
    1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) komast til/á/að
    2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) teygjast/ná í/til
    3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) ná í, teygja sig (eftir)
    4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) ná sambandi við
    5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) ná
    2. noun
    1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) þægileg fjarlægð; steinsnar
    2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) seilingarfjarlægð
    3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) beinn kafli fljóts

    English-Icelandic dictionary > reach

  • 2 standard

    ['stændəd] 1. noun
    1) (something used as a basis of measurement: The kilogram is the international standard of weight.) staðall
    2) (a basis for judging quality, or a level of excellence aimed at, required or achieved: You can't judge an amateur artist's work by the same standards as you would judge that of a trained artist; high standards of behaviour; His performance did not reach the required standard.) viðmiðun
    3) (a flag or carved figure etc fixed to a pole and carried eg at the front of an army going into battle.) gunnfáni, veifa
    2. adjective
    ((accepted as) normal or usual; The Post Office likes the public to use a standard size of envelope.) staðlaður
    - standardise
    - standardization
    - standardisation
    - standard-bearer
    - be up to / below standard
    - standard of living

    English-Icelandic dictionary > standard

  • 3 strain

    I 1. [strein] verb
    1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) leggja sig allan fram, streitast við
    2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) ofreyna/-gera; togna
    3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) ganga fram af
    4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) sía
    2. noun
    1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) álag
    2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) álag
    3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) tognun
    4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) álag
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    - strainer
    - strain off     II [strein] noun
    1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) afbrigði, kynbættur stofn
    2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) hneigð, tilhneiging
    3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) ómur, tónar

    English-Icelandic dictionary > strain

  • 4 telephone

    1. ['telifəun] noun
    ((often abbreviated to phone) [foun] an instrument for speaking to someone from a distance, using either an electric current which passes along a wire or radio waves: He spoke to me by telephone / on the telephone; ( also adjective) a telephone number/operator.) sími
    2. [foun] verb
    1) (to (try to) speak to (someone) by means of the telephone: I'll telephone you tomorrow.) hringja í
    2) (to send (a message) or ask for (something) by means of the telephone: I'll telephone for a taxi.) hringja í
    3) (to reach or make contact with (another place) by means of the telephone: Can one telephone England from Australia?) hringja til
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    - telephone booth
    - telephone box
    - telephone directory
    - telephone exchange

    English-Icelandic dictionary > telephone

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