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1 day
[dei] 1. noun1) (the period from sunrise to sunset: She worked all day; The days are warm but the nights are cold.) dagur2) (a part of this period eg that part spent at work: How long is your working day?; The school day ends at 3 o'clock; I see him every day.) vinnudagur3) (the period of twenty-four hours from one midnight to the next: How many days are in the month of September?) sólarhringur4) ((often in plural) the period of, or of the greatest activity, influence, strength etc of (something or someone): in my grandfather's day; in the days of steam-power.) blómaskeið•- daybreak- day-dream 2. verbShe often day-dreams.) dagdreyma- daylight- day school
- daytime
- call it a day
- day by day
- day in
- day out
- make someone's day
- one day
- some day
- the other day -
2 day by day
(every day: He's getting better day by day.) dag eftir dag; með hverjum deginum -
3 day school
(a school whose pupils attend only during the day and live at home.) dagskóli -
4 day in
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5 day of reckoning
(the time when one has to pay for, or be punished for, one's mistakes, crimes etc.) skuldadagar; dómsdagur -
6 day out
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7 day-dream
noun (a dreaming or imagining of pleasant events; the making of unreal plans etc while awake.) dagdraumur -
8 one day
1) (at some time in the future: He hopes to go to America one day.) einhvern daginn, einhvern tíma2) (on a day in the past: I saw him one day last week.) um daginn -
9 work-day
1) (a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.) virkur dagur, vinnudagur2) (the period of actual labour in a normal day at work: My working day is eight hours long.) vinnudagur -
10 working day
1) (a day on which one goes to work, and is not on holiday.) virkur dagur, vinnudagur2) (the period of actual labour in a normal day at work: My working day is eight hours long.) vinnudagur -
11 Boxing day
(December 26, the day after Christmas day.) annar dagur jóla -
12 school-day
noun (a day on which children go to school: On a school-day I get up at seven o'clock.) skóladagur -
13 Ascension Day
noun ((also Holy Thursday) the day commemorating Christ's Ascension, ten days before Whitsunday.) -
14 call it a day
(to bring (something) to an end; to stop (eg working): I'm so tired that I'll have to call it a day.) hætta, segja það gott í dag -
15 make someone's day
(to make someone very happy: That baby's smile made my day.) gleðja -
16 May Day
(the first day of May, an especially socialist holiday or festival in many countries.) 1. maí -
17 Midsummer Day
noun (the 24th of June when the saint's day of St. John the Baptist is celebrated.) -
18 red-letter day
(a day which will always be remembered because of something especially good that happened on it.) eftirminnilegur dagur -
19 some day
(at some time in the future: She hopes to get married some day.) einhvern tíma -
20 the other day
(not long ago: I saw Mr Smith the other day.) um daginn
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