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1 divide
1) (to separate into parts or groups: The wall divided the garden in two; The group divided into three when we got off the bus; We are divided (= We do not agree) as to where to spend our holidays.) skiptast; skipta í hópa2) ((with between or among) to share: We divided the sweets between us.) skipta með sér3) (to find out how many times one number contains another: 6 divided by 2 equals 3.) deila•- dividers- divisible
- division
- divisional -
2 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) skera, klippa2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) skera3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) sneiða, klippa4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) slá; klippa5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) minnka6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) klippa í burt, fjarlægja7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) skera í8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) gera við, draga9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') klippa á atriði10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) fara þvert fyrir11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) skera12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) skrópa13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) sniðganga2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) skurður; rafmagnsbilun; hárklipping; verðlækkun2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) snið3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) sneið•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) særandi- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) miskunnarlaus- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short -
3 among
1) (in the middle of: a house among the trees.) á milli, innan um2) (in shares or parts to each person (in a group etc): Divide the chocolate amongst you.) á meðal -
4 amongst
1) (in the middle of: a house among the trees.) á milli, innan um2) (in shares or parts to each person (in a group etc): Divide the chocolate amongst you.) á meðal -
5 between
[bi'twi:n]1) (in, to, through or across the space dividing two people, places, times etc: between the car and the pavement; between 2 o'clock and 2.30; between meals.) milli2) (concerning the relationship of two things or people: the difference between right and wrong.) (skipta) á milli3) (by the combined action of; working together: They managed it between them.) sameiginlega4) (part to one (person or thing), part to (the other): Divide the chocolate between you.) á milli• -
6 break
[breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) brjóta2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) brjóta af3) (to make or become unusable.) brjóta, skemma4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) brjóta gegn; svíkjast um5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) brjóta/setja met6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) gera hlé á7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) rjúfa8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) fréttast; segja fréttir9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) bresta10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) draga úr11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) skella á2. noun1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) hlé2) (a change: a break in the weather.) breyting; sloti3) (an opening.) op; skarð4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) tækifæri•3. noun((usually in plural) something likely to break.) brothættur- breakage- breaker
- breakdown
- break-in
- breakneck
- breakout
- breakthrough
- breakwater
- break away
- break down
- break into
- break in
- break loose
- break off
- break out
- break out in
- break the ice
- break up
- make a break for it -
7 break up
1) (to divide, separate or break into pieces: He broke up the old furniture and burnt it; John and Mary broke up (= separated from each other) last week.) skipta upp; skilja; brjóta (í sundur)2) (to finish or end: The meeting broke up at 4.40.) slíta (fundi) -
8 cleave
I [kli:v] past tense - cleft; verb(to split or divide.) kljúfa; skipta- cleavage- cleaver
- cloven hoof
- cleft hoof II [kli:v] past tense, past participle - cleaved(to stick to.) loða við; halda fast við -
9 distribute
[di'stribjut]1) (to divide (something) among several (people); to deal out: He distributed sweets to all the children in the class.) úthluta2) (to spread out widely: Our shops are distributed all over the city.) dreifa• -
10 fifty-fifty
adverb (half and half: We'll divide the money fifty-fifty.) til helminga, jafnt -
11 fork
[fo:k] 1. noun1) (an instrument with two or more pointed pieces for piercing and lifting things: We usually eat with a knife, fork and spoon.) gaffall2) (the point at which a road, river etc divides into two or more branches or divisions: a fork in the river.) vegamót, afleggjari, þar sem vegur kvíslast3) (one of the branches or divisions of a road, river etc into which the road, river etc divides: Take the left fork (of the road).) afleggjari2. verb1) ((of a road, river etc) to divide into (usually two) branches or divisions: The main road forks here.) kvíslast2) ((of a person or vehicle) to follow one of the branches or divisions into which a road has divided: The car forked left.) beygja inn afleggjara3) (to lift or move with a fork: The farmer forked the hay.) moka með gafli eða heykvísl•- forked- fork-lift truck
- fork out -
12 halve
1) (to divide (something) into two equal parts: He halved the apple.) helminga, skipta til helminga/í tvennt2) (to make half as great as before; to reduce by half: By going away early in the year, we nearly halved the cost of our holiday.) minnka um helming, helminga -
13 intersect
[intə'sekt](to divide (eg lines or roads) by cutting or crossing: The line AB intersects the line CD at X; Where do the two roads intersect?) skera -
14 joint
[‹oint] 1. noun1) (the place where two or more things join: The plumber tightened up all the joints in the pipes.) samskeyti2) (a part of the body where two bones meet but are able to move in the manner of eg a hinge: The shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles are joints.) liðamót3) (a piece of meat for cooking containing a bone: A leg of mutton is a fairly large joint.) kjötstykki2. adjective1) (united; done together: the joint efforts of the whole team.) sameinaður2) (shared by, or belonging to, two or more: She and her husband have a joint bank account.) sameiginlegur3. verb(to divide (an animal etc for cooking) at the, or into, joints: Joint the chicken before cooking it.) búta- jointed- jointly
- out of joint See also:- join -
15 part
1. noun1) (something which, together with other things, makes a whole; a piece: We spent part of the time at home and part at the seaside.) hluti, partur2) (an equal division: He divided the cake into three parts.) hluti, partur3) (a character in a play etc: She played the part of the queen.) hlutverk4) (the words, actions etc of a character in a play etc: He learned his part quickly.) hlutverk5) (in music, the notes to be played or sung by a particular instrument or voice: the violin part.) rödd, hlutverk6) (a person's share, responsibility etc in doing something: He played a great part in the government's decision.) hlutverk2. verb(to separate; to divide: They parted (from each other) at the gate.) skilja- parting- partly
- part-time
- in part
- part company
- part of speech
- part with
- take in good part
- take someone's part
- take part in -
16 partition
[pə'tiʃən] 1. noun1) (something that divides, eg a light, often temporary, wall between rooms: The office was divided in two by a wooden partition.) skipting, skilveggjur, þil2) (the act of dividing; the state of being divided: the partition of India.) skipting2. verb(to divide: They partitioned the room (off) with a curtain.) skipta, deila; stúka niður -
17 portion out
(to divide into portions or shares: The money was portioned out among the three children.) úthluta, deila niður -
18 punctuate
(to divide up sentences etc by commas, full stops, colons etc.) nota greinarmerki- punctuation mark -
19 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) fjórðungur, fjórði hluti, fjórði; kortér2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) fjórðungur úr dollara/dal3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) (borgar)hverfi4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) átt5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grið6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) kjötlæri; lærstykki7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) kvartil, tunglfjórðungur8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) leikfjórðungur9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) önn2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) skipta í fernt2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) deila með fjórum3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) hÿsa•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ársfjórðungslega4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ársfjórðungsrit- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters -
20 separate up
( often with into) (to divide: The house has been separated up into different flats.) skipta
- 1
- 2
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