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1 event
[i'vent]1) (something that happens; an incident or occurrence: That night a terrible event occurred.) atburður2) (an item in a programme of sports etc: The long-jump was to be the third event.) grein (keppni í)•- eventful- at all events / at any event
- in that event
- in the event
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2 in that event
(if that happens: In that event you must do as he says.) ef svo fer, í því tilfelli -
3 in the event
(in the end, as it happened/happens / may happen: In the event, I did not need to go to hospital.) þegar til kom -
4 in the event of
(if (something) occurs: In the event of his death, you will inherit his money.) ef, ef svo fer, fari svo -
5 at all events / at any event
(in any case: At all events, we can't make things worse than they already are.) hvernig sem fer -
6 live
I 1. [liv] verb1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) lifa2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) lifa (af)3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) búa, dvelja4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) lifa, búa við5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) lifa á, hafa lífsviðurværi af•- - lived- living 2. noun(the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) lifibrauð, lífsviðurværi- live-in
- live and let live
- live down
- live in
- out
- live on
- live up to
- within living memory
- in living memory II 1. adjective1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) lifandi2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) í beinni útsendingu3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) virkur4) (burning: a live coal.) glóandi2. adverb((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.) í beinni útsendingu- lively- liveliness
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7 aftermath
[-mæƟ]noun (the situation etc resulting from an important, especially unpleasant, event: The country is still suffering from the aftermath of the war.) eftirköst, afleiðingar -
8 annual
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9 background
1) (the space behind the principal or most important figures or objects of a picture etc: He always paints ships against a background of stormy skies; trees in the background of the picture.) bakgrunnur2) (happenings that go before, and help to explain, an event etc: the background to a situation.) forsaga3) (a person's origins, education etc: She was ashamed of her humble background.) uppruni -
10 bi-annual
(happening twice a year: a bi-annual event; The dinner is bi-annual, not annual.) sem á sér stað tvisvar á ári -
11 big
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12 calypso
[kə'lipsəu]plural - calypsos; noun(a West Indian folk-song, telling of a current event and sometimes made up as the singer goes along.) kalypsó -
13 celebrate
['seləbreit](to mark by giving a party etc in honour of (a happy or important event): I'm celebrating (my birthday) today.) halda hátíðlegan- celebration
- celebrity -
14 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 -
15 coincidence
[kou'insidəns]noun ((an) accidental happening of one event at the same time as another: By a strange coincidence we were both on the same train.) tilviljun -
16 commentary
plural - commentaries; noun ((also running commentary) a series of broadcast comments by a reporter at a ceremony, sports event etc.) lÿsing -
17 congratulate
[kən'ɡrætjuleit]((often with on) to express pleasure and joy to (a person) at a happy event, a success etc: She congratulated him on passing his driving test.) óska til hamingju- congratulation -
18 countdown
noun ((used originally of a rocket) a counting backwards to check the time remaining until the beginning of an event, regarded as zero: It's five minutes to countdown.) niðurtalning -
19 cycle
I 1. verb(to go by bicycle: He cycles to work every day.)2. noun(shortened form of bicycle: They bought the child a cycle for his birthday.)- cyclistII noun1) (a number of events happening one after the other in a certain order: the life-cycle of the butterfly.) hringur, lota; (lífs)skeið2) (a series of poems, songs etc written about one main event etc: a song cycle.) flokkur3) ((of alternating current, radio waves etc) one complete series of changes in a regularly varying supply, signal etc.)•- cyclic- cyclically -
20 disaster
(a terrible event, especially one that causes great damage, loss etc: The earthquake was the greatest disaster the country had ever experienced.) stórslys; náttúruhamfarir- disastrously
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