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1 colour-blind
adjective (unable to tell the difference between certain colours: As he was colour-blind he could not distinguish between red and green.) litblindur -
2 clash
[klæʃ] 1. noun1) (a loud noise, like eg swords striking together: the clash of metal on metal.) árekstur, skellur2) (a serious disagreement or difference: a clash of personalities.) ágreiningur3) (a battle: a clash between opposing armies.) átök4) ((of two or more things) an act of interfering with each other because of happening at the same time: a clash between classes.) átök2. verb1) (to strike together noisily: The cymbals clashed.) lenda saman, rekast á2) (to fight (in battle): The two armies clashed at the mouth of the valley.) takast á, berjast3) (to disagree violently: They clashed over wages.) lenda saman, rífast4) (to interfere (with something or each other) because of happening at the same time: The two lectures clash.) rekast á5) ((of colours) to appear unpleasant when placed together: The (colour of the) jacket clashes with the (colour of the) skirt.) eiga ekki saman -
3 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) skuggi2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) skuggi3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) skermur, hlíf4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) lit-/blæbrigði5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) örlítið2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) skÿla2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) dekkja, skyggja3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) leysast upp í; breytast smám saman yfir í•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade -
4 tell
[tel]1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) segja/greina (frá)2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) skipa3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) segja4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) greina (sundur), segja til um5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) segja frá6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) segja til sín, hafa áhrif•- teller- telling
- tellingly
- telltale
- I told you so
- tell off
- tell on
- tell tales
- tell the time
- there's no telling
- you never can tell
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