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1 capital
I 1. ['kæpitl] noun1) (the chief town or seat of government: Paris is the capital of France.) höfuðborg2) ((also capital letter) any letter of the type found at the beginning of sentences, proper names etc: THESE ARE CAPITAL LETTERS / CAPITALS.) hástafur, upphafsstafur3) (money (for investment etc): You need capital to start a new business.) höfuðstóll, stofnfé2. adjective1) (involving punishment by death: a capital offence.) sem varðar dauðarefsingu2) (excellent: a capital idea.) fyrirtaks, ágætur3) ((of a city) being a capital: Paris and other capital cities.) höfuð-•- capitalist
- capitalist
- capitalistic II ['kæpitl] noun(in architecture, the top part of a column of a building etc.) súluhöfuð -
2 block capital/letter
(a capital letter written in imitation of printed type, eg the letters in NAME.) blokkskriftarstafur, upphafsstafur, hástafur -
3 catholic
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4 lord
[lo:d]1) (a master; a man or animal that has power over others or over an area: The lion is lord of the jungle.) herra2) ((with capital when used in titles) in the United Kingdom etc a nobleman or man of rank.) lávarður3) ((with capital) in the United Kingdom, used as part of several official titles: the Lord Mayor.) titill háttsettra•- lordly- lordliness
- Lordship
- the Lord
- lord it over -
5 small
[smo:l]1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) lítill, smár2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) lítill3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) lítill, ekki mikill4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) lítill (stafur)•- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
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6 act
[ækt] 1. verb1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) aðhafast, gera2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) hegða sér3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) leika2. noun1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) athöfn2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) lög3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) þáttur4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) leikþáttur•- acting- actor
- act as
- act on
- act on behalf of / act for
- in the act of
- in the act
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7 admiral
['ædmərəl]((with capital in titles) the commander of a navy.) flotaforingi -
8 age
[ei‹] 1. noun1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) aldur2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) tímabil, öld3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) aldur4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) óratími2. verb(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) eldast, verða gamall- aged- ageless
- age-old
- the aged
- come of age
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9 ambush
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10 apostle
[ə'posl]((often with capital) a man sent out to preach the gospel in the early Christian church, especially one of the twelve disciples of Christ: Matthew and Mark were apostles.) postuli -
11 Arctic
1) (of the area round the North Pole: the Arctic wilderness.) norðurskauts-2) ((no capital) very cold: arctic conditions.) ískaldur• -
12 artillery
1) (large guns.) fallbyssur og önnur stórskotaliðstæki2) ((often with capital) the part of an army which looks after and fires such guns.) stórskotalið -
13 arts
noun plural ((often with capital) languages, literature, history, as opposed to scientific subjects.) hugvísindi -
14 believe in
(to accept the existence or recognize the value of (something): Do you believe in ghosts?; He believes in capital punishment.) trúa á -
15 biblical
['biblikəl]adjective ((often with capital) of or like the Bible: biblical references.) biblíu-, biblíulegur -
16 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) svartur2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) svartur; dimmur3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) svartur (af skít)4) (without milk: black coffee.) svartur (kaffi)5) (evil: black magic.) svartur (galdur)6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) svartur7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) svartur2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) svartur2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) svartur3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) svertingi3. verb(to make black.) sverta- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) setja á svartan lista5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) fjárkúgun- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
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17 block
[blok] 1. noun1) (a flat-sided mass of wood or stone etc: blocks of stone.) kubbur, klossi, blökk2) (a piece of wood used for certain purposes: a chopping-block.) kjöthögg, fjalhögg3) (a connected group of houses, offices etc: a block of flats; an office block.) húsasamstæða4) (a barrier: a road block.) hindrun; vegatálmi5) ((especially American) a group of buildings bounded by four streets: a walk round the block.) húsaröð sem afmarkast af fjórum götum2. verb(to make (progress) difficult or impossible: The crashed cars blocked the road.) hindra- blockade3. verbThe ships blockaded the town.) loka, teppa; halda í kví/hafnbanni- blockage- blocked
- block capital/letter
- blockhead -
18 brownie
1) ((with capital: short for Brownie Guide) a junior Girl Guide.)2) ((American) a sweet chocolate and nut cake.) -
19 common
['komən] 1. adjective1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) algengur2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) sameiginlegur3) (publicly owned: common property.) almennings-4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) ruddalegur, ókurteis5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) óbreyttur; alþÿðan6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) samnafn2. noun((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) almenningur- commoner- common knowledge
- common law
- common-law
- commonplace
- common-room
- common sense
- the Common Market
- the House of Commons
- the Commons
- in common -
20 communism
['komjunizəm]((often with capital) a system of government under which there is no private industry and (in some forms) no private property, most things being state-owned.) kommúnismi
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