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1 else
[els]adjective, adverb(besides; other than that already mentioned: What else can I do? Can we go anywhere else?; He took someone else's pencil.) annar; öðru vísi; annars- or else -
2 or else
(otherwise: He must have missed the train - or else he's ill.) annars; að öðrum kosti; eða þá að -
3 put oneself in someone else's place
(to imagine what it would be like to be someone else: If you put yourself in his place, you can understand why he is so careful.) setja sig í spor annarsEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > put oneself in someone else's place
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4 rival
1. noun(a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) keppinautur2. verb(to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) keppa við- rivalry -
5 act on behalf of / act for
(to do something for (someone else); to act as the representative of (someone): My lawyer is acting on my behalf; He is also acting on behalf of my mother; She is acting for the headmaster in his absence.) gegna starfi fyrir; koma fram fyrir hönd (e-s) -
6 actually
1) (really: She actually saw the accident happen.) raunverulega2) (in fact: Actually, I'm doing something else this evening.) raunar -
7 afterwards
adverb (later or after something else has happened or happens: He told me afterwards that he had not enjoyed the film.) eftir á, seinna -
8 alibi
(the fact or a statement that a person accused of a crime was somewhere else when it was committed: Has he an alibi for the night of the murder?) fjarvistarsönnun -
9 alone
[ə'ləun]1) (with no-one else; by oneself: He lived alone; She is alone in believing that he is innocent.) aleinn2) (only: He alone can remember.) einn (aðeins hann)• -
10 apply
1) ((with to) to put (something) on or against something else: to apply ointment to a cut.) bera á; leggja við2) ((with to) to use (something) for some purpose: He applied his wits to planning their escape.) beita3) ((with for) to ask for (something) formally: You could apply (to the manager) for a job.) sækja um4) ((with to) to concern: This rule does not apply to him.) eiga við5) (to be in force: The rule doesn't apply at weekends.) gilda•- applicable
- applicability
- applicant
- application
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11 avenge
[ə'ven‹](to take revenge for a wrong on behalf of someone else: He avenged his brother / his brother's death.) hefna- avenger -
12 beforehand
adverb (before the time when something else is done: If you're coming, let me know beforehand.) fyrir fram -
13 beg someone's pardon
(to say one is sorry (usually for having offended someone else etc): I've come to beg (your) pardon for being so rude this morning.) biðjast fyrirgefningar/afsökunar -
14 board
[bo:d] 1. noun1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) borð, fjöl2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) tafla, borð3) (meals: board and lodging.) kostur, fæði4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) (stjórnar)nefnd, stjórn2. verb1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) ganga um borð, fara upp í2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) vera kostgangari; leigja og vera í fæði•- boarder- boarding-house
- boarding-school
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15 boarder
noun (a person who temporarily lives, and takes his meals, in someone else's house.) maður sem leigir og er í föstu fæði; leigjandi og kostgangari -
16 by oneself
1) (alone: He was standing by himself at the bus-stop.) aleinn2) (without anyone else's help: He did the job (all) by himself.) aleinn, hjálparlaust -
17 by-product
noun (something obtained or formed during the making of something else: Coal tar is a by-product of the process of obtaining gas from coal.) aukaframleiðsla -
18 circumstance
['sə:kəmstæns](a condition (time, place etc) connected with an event: In the circumstances, I don't see what else I could have done.) kringumstæður -
19 commission
[kə'miʃən] 1.1) (money earned by a person who sells things for someone else.) umboðslaun2) (an order for a work of art: a commission to paint the president's portrait.) pöntun3) (an official paper giving authority, especially to an army officer etc: My son got his commission last year.) skipunarbréf4) (an official group appointed to report on a specific matter: a commission of enquiry.) (stjórnskipuð) nefnd2. verb1) (to give an order (especially for a work of art) to: He was commissioned to paint the Lord Mayor's portrait.) skipa; fela á hendur2) (to give a military commission to.) láta fá skipunarbréf•- commissioner
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20 compensate
['kompənseit]1) (to give money to (someone) or to do something else to make up for loss or wrong they have experienced: This payment will compensate (her) for the loss of her job.) bæta, greiða bætur2) (to undo the effect of a disadvantage etc: The love the child received from his grandmother compensated for the cruelty of his parents.) bæta upp•- compensation
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else — O.E. elles other, otherwise, different, from P.Gmc. *aljaz (Cf. Goth. aljis other, O.H.G. eli lenti, O.E. el lende, both meaning in a foreign land; see also ALSACE (Cf. Alsace)), an adverbial genitive of the neuter of PIE root *al beyond (Cf. Gk … Etymology dictionary
else — else·where; else; else·wheres; … English syllables
