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1 detective
[-tiv]noun (a person who tries to find criminals or watches suspected persons: She was questioned by detectives.) leyni-/rannsóknarlögreglumaður -
2 plain clothes
ordinary clothes, not a uniform: Detectives usually wear plain clothes; (also adjective) (a plain-clothes job.) óeinkennisklæddur -
3 spot
[spot] 1. noun1) (a small mark or stain (made by mud, paint etc): She was trying to remove a spot of grease from her skirt.) blettur2) (a small, round mark of a different colour from its background: His tie was blue with white spots.) doppa3) (a pimple or red mark on the skin caused by an illness etc: She had measles and was covered in spots.) bóla, blettur4) (a place or small area, especially the exact place (where something happened etc): There was a large number of detectives gathered at the spot where the body had been found.) staður, vettvangur5) (a small amount: Can I borrow a spot of sugar?) smáskammtur2. verb1) (to catch sight of: She spotted him eventually at the very back of the crowd.) koma auga á2) (to recognize or pick out: No-one watching the play was able to spot the murderer.) þekkja, finna út•- spotless- spotlessly
- spotlessness
- spotted
- spotty
- spottiness
- spot check
- spotlight 3. verb1) (to light with a spotlight: The stage was spotlit.) lÿsa með kastljósi2) (to show up clearly or draw attention to: The incident spotlighted the difficulties with which we were faced.) beina sviðsljósinu að, draga athygli að•- on the spot
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4 tail
[teil] 1. noun1) (the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail.) rófa, skott, hali, tagl, stertur, stél, sporður2) (anything which has a similar function or position: the tail of an aeroplane/comet.) stél; hali2. verb(to follow closely: The detectives tailed the thief to the station.) fylgja (e-m) fast eftir- - tailed- tails 3. interjection(a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc.) bakhlið, krónuna!- tail-end- tail-light
- tail wind
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5 thriller
noun (an exciting novel or play, usually about crime, detectives etc: I always take a thriller to read on the train.) hrollvekja, spennu-
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