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21 survive
1) (to remain alive in spite of (a disaster etc): Few birds managed to survive the bad winter; He didn't survive long after the accident.) lifa/komast af2) (to live longer than: He died in 1940 but his wife survived him by another twenty years; He is survived by his wife and two sons.) lifa e-n•- survival- surviving
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22 survivor
noun (a person who survives a disaster etc: There were no survivors of the air crash.) e-r sem kemst lífs af -
23 terrible
['terəbl]1) (very bad: a terrible singer; That music is terrible!) hræðilegur2) (causing great pain, suffering, hardship etc: War is terrible; It was a terrible disaster.) hræðilegur3) (causing great fear or horror: The noise of the guns was terrible.) skelfilegur•- terribly -
24 toll
I [təul] verb(to ring (a bell) slowly: The church bell tolled solemnly.) hringja (klukku/bjöllu) hægt og hátíðlegaII [təul] noun1) (a tax charged for crossing a bridge, driving on certain roads etc: All cars pay a toll of $1; ( also adjective) a toll bridge.) tollur, gjald, skattur2) (an amount of loss or damage suffered, eg as a result of disaster: Every year there is a heavy toll of human lives on the roads.) fórn, missir, blóðtaka• -
25 train
I [trein] noun1) (a railway engine with its carriages and/or trucks: I caught the train to London.) lest2) (a part of a long dress or robe that trails behind the wearer: The bride wore a dress with a train.) slóði3) (a connected series: Then began a train of events which ended in disaster.) atburðarás4) (a line of animals carrying people or baggage: a mule train; a baggage train.) -lestII [trein] verb1) (to prepare, be prepared, or prepare oneself, through instruction, practice, exercise etc, for a sport, job, profession etc: I was trained as a teacher; The race-horse was trained by my uncle.) æfa, þjálfa2) (to point or aim (a gun, telescope etc) in a particular direction: He trained the gun on/at the soldiers.) miða, beina3) (to make (a tree, plant etc) grow in a particular direction.) láta plöntu vaxa á sérstakan hátt•- trained- trainee
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26 trial
1) (an act of testing or trying; a test: Give the new car a trial; The disaster was a trial of his courage.) reynsla, prófun2) (a legal process by which a person is judged in a court of law: Their trial will be held next week.) réttarhald3) (a (source of) trouble or anxiety: My son is a great trial (to me).) (skap)raun, mæða•- on trial
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27 undoing
noun ((the cause of) ruin or disaster: Gambling was his undoing.) eyðilegging, fall -
28 victim
['viktim](a person who receives ill-treatment, injury etc: a murder victim; Food is being sent to the victims of the disaster.) fórnarlamb
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