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61 persist
[pə'sist](to keep doing, thinking etc in spite of opposition or difficulty; to continue asking, persuading etc: It will not be easy but you will succeed if you persist; He didn't want to tell her, but she persisted (in asking).) halda fast við- persistently
- persistence -
62 pick out
1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) velja2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) koma auga á; bera kennsl á3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) fikra sig áfram -
63 plain sailing
(progress without difficulty.) einfalt mál -
64 plough
1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) plógur2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) plægja2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) sigla áfram með erfiðismunum; plægja (í gegnum)3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) klessa -
65 problem
['probləm]1) (a difficulty; a matter about which it is difficult to decide what to do: Life is full of problems; ( also adjective) a problem child.) vandamál2) (a question to be answered or solved: mathematical problems.) dæmi•- problematical- problematic -
66 pronunciation
noun (the act, or a way, of saying a word etc: She had difficulty with the pronunciation of his name.) framburður -
67 rally round
(to come together for a joint action or effort, especially of support: When John's business was in difficulty, his friends all rallied round (to help) him.) fylkja sér um -
68 resolve
[rə'zolv]1) (to make a firm decision (to do something): I've resolved to stop smoking.) ákveða2) (to pass (a resolution): It was resolved that women should be allowed to join the society.) úrskurða3) (to take away (a doubt, fear etc) or produce an answer to (a problem, difficulty etc).) leysa, ráða (fram úr) -
69 restrain
[rə'strein](to prevent from doing something; to control: He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty.) halda aftur af -
70 scrape together/up
(to manage (with difficulty) to find (enough): I'll try to scrape a team together for tomorrow's game.) skrapa saman -
71 slightest
adjective ((often in negative sentences, questions etc) least possible; any at all: I haven't the slightest idea where he is; The slightest difficulty seems to upset her.) minnsta -
72 slog
[sloɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) slá2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) ösla3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) hamast2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) púl2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) högg -
73 snag
[snæɡ]1) (a difficulty or drawback: We did not realize at first how many snags there were in our plan.) snurða2) (a place on a garment where a thread has been torn or pulled out of place.) rifa -
74 soluble
['soljubl]1) (able to be dissolved or made liquid: This dye is soluble in water.) uppleysanlegur2) ((of a problem, difficulty etc) able to be solved.) leysanlegur•- solution -
75 solution
[sə'lu:ʃən]1) (an answer to a problem, difficulty or puzzle: the solution to a crossword.) úrlausn2) (the act of finding such an answer.) ráðning3) (a liquid with something dissolved in it: a solution of salt and water.) upplausn -
76 stiff
[stif]1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) stífur2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) stífur3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) þykkur4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) erfiður5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) allmikill, stífur6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) ópersónulegur, ólipur•- stiffly- stiffness
- stiffen
- stiffening
- bore
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77 strait
[streit]1) ((often in plural) a narrow strip of sea between two pieces of land: the straits of Gibraltar; the Bering Strait.) (mjótt) sund2) ((in plural) difficulty; (financial) need.) kröggur•- strait-laced -
78 struggle
1. verb1) (to twist violently when trying to free oneself: The child struggled in his arms.) brjótast um2) (to make great efforts or try hard: All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.) stríða, berjast við3) (to move with difficulty: He struggled out of the hole.) brjótast (um/út úr)2. noun(an act of struggling, or a fight: The struggle for independence was long and hard.) barátta -
79 stumbling-block
noun (a difficulty that prevents progress.) ásteytingarsteinn; hindrun -
80 toil
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