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1 day-dream
noun (a dreaming or imagining of pleasant events; the making of unreal plans etc while awake.) dagdraumur -
2 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 -
3 school-day
noun (a day on which children go to school: On a school-day I get up at seven o'clock.) skóladagur -
4 Ascension Day
noun ((also Holy Thursday) the day commemorating Christ's Ascension, ten days before Whitsunday.) -
5 Midsummer Day
noun (the 24th of June when the saint's day of St. John the Baptist is celebrated.) -
6 close down
1) ((of a business) to close permanently: High levels of taxation have caused many firms to close down.) hætta2) ((of a TV or radio station etc) to stop broadcasting for the day (noun closedown).) hætta útsendingu -
7 Friday
(the sixth day of the week, the day following Thursday: She arrived on Friday; ( also adjective) Friday evening.) föstudagur -
8 midsummer
(the middle of summer: It happened in midsummer; ( also adjective) a midsummer day.) mið-/hásumar; tíminn í kringum sumarsólstöður (21. júní)- Midsummer Eve -
9 Monday
(the second day of the week, the day following Sunday.) mánudagur -
10 Sunday
(the first day of the week, the day following Saturday, kept for rest and worship among Christians.) sunnudagur- Sunday school
- a month of Sundays -
11 Thanksgiving
noun ((also Thanksgiving Day) in the United States, a special day (the fourth Thursday in November) for giving thanks to God.) ìakkargjörðardagur -
12 Ash Wednesday
(the first day of Lent.) -
13 backside
noun (the bottom or buttocks: He sits on his backside all day long and does no work.) rass, sitjandi -
14 birthday
noun (the anniversary of the day on which a person was born: Today is his birthday; ( also adjective) a birthday party.) afmælisdagur -
15 dawning
noun (the act of beginning: the dawning of a new day / a new age.) upphaf -
16 daytime
noun (the time when it is day.) dagtími; að degi til -
17 escapism
noun (the tendency to escape from unpleasant reality into day-dreams etc.) veruleikaflótti -
18 half-holiday
noun (a part of a day (usually the afternoon) during which no work is done: the school-children were given a half-holiday to celebrate the football team's success.) frí hluta úr degi -
19 Holy Thursday
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20 hour
1) (sixty minutes, the twenty-fourth part of a day: He spent an hour trying to start the car this morning; She'll be home in half an hour; a five-hour delay.) klukkustund2) (the time at which a particular thing happens: when the hour for action arrives; He helped me in my hour of need; You can consult him during business hours.) tiltekin stund; tími dags; afgreiðslutími•- hourly- hour-glass
- hour hand
- at all hours
- for hours
- on the hour
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