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draw the line

  • 1 draw the line

    (to fix a limit especially for what one is prepared to do.) setja sér takmörk

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  • 2 draw

    [dro:] 1. past tense - drew; verb
    1) (to make a picture or pictures (of), usually with a pencil, crayons etc: During his stay in hospital he drew a great deal; Shall I draw a cow?) teikna
    2) (to pull along, out or towards oneself: She drew the child towards her; He drew a gun suddenly and fired; All water had to be drawn from a well; The cart was drawn by a pony.) draga (upp)
    3) (to move (towards or away from someone or something): The car drew away from the kerb; Christmas is drawing closer.) nálgast; fjarlægjast
    4) (to play (a game) in which neither side wins: The match was drawn / We drew at 1-1.) gera jafntefli
    5) (to obtain (money) from a fund, bank etc: to draw a pension / an allowance.) fá, hljóta
    6) (to open or close (curtains).) draga fyrir/frá
    7) (to attract: She was trying to draw my attention to something.) draga athygli
    2. noun
    1) (a drawn game: The match ended in a draw.) jafntefli
    2) (an attraction: The acrobats' act should be a real draw.) e-ð sem trekkir
    3) (the selecting of winning tickets in a raffle, lottery etc: a prize draw.) dráttur (í happdrætti)
    4) (an act of drawing, especially a gun: He's quick on the draw.) það að draga upp byssu, bregða vopni
    - drawn
    - drawback
    - drawbridge
    - drawing-pin
    - drawstring
    - draw a blank
    - draw a conclusion from
    - draw in
    - draw the line
    - draw/cast lots
    - draw off
    - draw on1
    - draw on2
    - draw out
    - draw up
    - long drawn out

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  • 3 draw up

    1) ((of a car etc) to stop: We drew up outside their house.) nema staðar
    2) (to arrange in an acceptable form or order: They drew up the soldiers in line; The solicitor drew up a contract for them to sign.) setja saman, útbúa
    3) (to move closer: Draw up a chair!) flytja nær
    4) (to extend (oneself) into an upright position: He drew himself up to his full height.) rétta úr sér

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  • 4 outline

    1. noun
    1) (the line forming, or showing, the outer edge of something: He drew the outline of the face first, then added the features.) útlína
    2) (a short description of the main details of a plan etc: Don't tell me the whole story, just give me an outline.) lÿsing í aðalatriðum
    2. verb
    (to draw or give the outline of.) teikna/lÿsa í grófum dráttum

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  • 5 rule off

    (to draw a line in order to separate: He ruled off the rest of the page.) draga línu (til að afmarka)

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  • 6 underline

    1) (to draw a line under: He wrote down the title of his essay and underlined it.) strika undir
    2) (to emphasize or stress: In his speech he underlined several points.) undirstrika, árétta

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  • 7 parallel

    ['pærəlel] 1. adjective
    1) ((of straight lines) going in the same direction and always staying the same distance apart: The road is parallel to/with the river.) samhliða/-síða
    2) (alike (in some way): There are parallel passages in the two books.) hliðstæður
    2. adverb
    (in the same direction but always about the same distance away: We sailed parallel to the coast for several days.) samsíða lína
    3. noun
    1) (a line parallel to another: Draw a parallel to this line.) samsíða lína/flötur
    2) (a likeness or state of being alike: Is there a parallel between the British Empire and the Roman Empire?) samsvörun, hliðstæða
    3) (a line drawn from east to west across a map etc at a fixed distance from the equator: The border between Canada and the United States follows the forty-ninth parallel.) breiddarbaugur
    4. verb
    (to be equal to: His stupidity can't be paralleled.) jafna við e-ð

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  • 8 rule

    [ru:l] 1. noun
    1) (government: under foreign rule.) stjórn
    2) (a regulation or order: school rules.) regla
    3) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) regla, lögmál
    4) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) regla, venja
    5) (a marked strip of wood, metal etc for measuring: He measured the windows with a rule.) reglustika, tommustokkur
    2. verb
    1) (to govern: The king ruled (the people) wisely.) stjórna
    2) (to decide officially: The judge ruled that the witness should be heard.) úrskurða
    3) (to draw (a straight line): He ruled a line across the page.) strika
    - ruler
    - ruling
    3. noun
    (an official decision: The judge gave his ruling.) úrskurður
    - rule off
    - rule out

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  • 9 circle

    ['sə:kl] 1. noun
    1) (a figure (O) bounded by one line, every point on which is equally distant from the centre.) hringur
    2) (something in the form of a circle: She was surrounded by a circle of admirers.) hópur
    3) (a group of people: a circle of close friends; wealthy circles.) klíka, hópur
    4) (a balcony in a theatre etc: We sat in the circle at the opera.) svalir
    2. verb
    1) (to move in a circle round something: The chickens circled round the farmer who was bringing their food.) mynda hring
    2) (to draw a circle round: Please circle the word you think is wrong.) teikna/gera hring

    English-Icelandic dictionary > circle

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