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1 country
plural - countries; noun1) (any of the nations of the world; the land occupied by a nation: Canada is a larger country than Spain.) (þjóð)land2) (the people of a country: The whole country is in agreement with your views.) landsmenn3) ((usually with the) districts where there are fields, moors etc as opposed to towns and areas with many buildings: a quiet holiday in the country; ( also adjective) country districts.) sveit4) (an area or stretch of land: hilly country.) land, svæði•- countryman
- countryside -
2 sultan
(a ruler in certain Muslim countries.) soldán(the mother, wife, sister or daughter of a sultan.)
kona/systir/dóttir soldáns -
3 amah
1) (in Eastern Countries, a native female servant.) þjónustustúlka2) (a baby's nurse, especially a wet-nurse.) barnfóstra -
4 firearm
noun (any type of gun: In most countries you need a licence to keep firearms.) skotvopn -
5 frontier
1) (a boundary between countries: We crossed the frontier; ( also adjective) a frontier town.) landamæri2) (the farthest area of land on which people live and work, before the country becomes wild and deserted: Many families went to make a new life on the frontier.) útmörk byggðar3) (the limits or boundaries (of knowledge etc): the frontiers of scientific knowledge.) útmörk þekkingar -
6 highlands
noun plural (a mountainous part of certain countries, especially (with capital) of Scotland.) hálendi -
7 marihuana
(a type of drug (illegal in many countries) made from the dried flowers and leaves of the hemp plant.) maríúana, gras -
8 marijuana
(a type of drug (illegal in many countries) made from the dried flowers and leaves of the hemp plant.) maríúana, gras -
9 railway
1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) járnbraut2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) járnbraut -
10 relation
1) (a person who belongs to the same family as oneself either by birth or because of marriage: uncles, aunts, cousins and other relations.) skyldmenni2) (a relationship (between facts, events etc).) tengsl3) ((in plural) contact and communications between people, countries etc: to establish friendly relations.) tengsl, samskipti -
11 rice
(a plant, grown in well-watered ground in tropical countries, whose seeds are used as food.) hrísgrjón -
12 the Supreme Court
noun (the highest court of law in (a state of) the USA and many other countries.) -
13 travels
noun plural (the visiting of foreign countries etc: She's off on her travels again.) ferðalag, heimshornaflakk -
14 vagrancy
noun (the state of being a vagrant: Vagrancy is a crime in some countries.) flækingur, flækingslíf -
15 ally
1. verb(to join by political agreement, marriage, friendship etc: Small countries must ally themselves with larger countries in order to survive.) sameina, tengja2. noun(a state, person etc allied with another: The two countries were allies at that time.) bandamaður; bandalagsaðili- alliance- allied -
16 aid
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17 count
I noun(nobleman in certain countries, equal in rank to a British earl.) greifi- countessII 1. verb1) (to name the numbers up to: Count (up to) ten.) telja2) (to calculate using numbers: Count (up) the number of pages; Count how many people there are; There were six people present, not counting the chairman.) telja3) (to be important or have an effect or value: What he says doesn't count; All these essays count towards my final mark.) skipta máli4) (to consider: Count yourself lucky to be here.) telja, álíta2. noun1) (an act of numbering: They took a count of how many people attended.) telja2) (a charge brought against a prisoner etc: She faces three counts of theft.) kæruatriði3. adjective(see countable.)- counter- countdown
- count on
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18 palm
I noun(the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers: She held the mouse in the palm of her hand.) lófi- palm something off on someone- palm off on someone
- palm something off on
- palm off on II noun((also palm tree) a kind of tall tree, with broad, spreading leaves, which grows in hot countries: a coconut palm.) pálmi -
19 aristocracy
[ærə'stokrəsi](in some countries, the nobility and others of the highest social class, who usually own land.) aðall- aristocratic
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20 bigamy
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