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21 gloat
[ɡləut](to look at or think about with wicked pleasure: He gloated over his rival's failure.) hlakka yfir -
22 guarantee
1. noun1) (a statement by the maker that something will work for a certain period of time: This guarantee is valid for one year.) ábyrgð, ábyrgðarsamningur2) (a thing that makes something likely or certain: It is no guarantee against failure.) trygging2. verb1) (to act as, or give, a guarantee: This watch is guaranteed for six months.) vera í ábyrgð2) (to state that something is true, definite etc: I can't guarantee that what he told me is correct.) ábyrgjast, tryggja -
23 heart
1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) hjarta2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) hjarta, miðja3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) mannlegar tilfinningar4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) kjarkur; barráttuþrek5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) hjarta6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) hjarta•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.) einlægar samræður- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart -
24 heart attack
(a sudden failure of the heart to function correctly, sometimes causing death: My father has had a slight heart attack.) hjartaslag/-áfall -
25 humble
1. adjective1) (not having a high opinion of oneself etc: You have plenty of ability but you're too humble.) lítillátur, hógvær, auðmjúkur2) (unimportant; having a low position in society etc: a man of humble origins.) lágur2. verb(to make (someone) humble: He was humbled by his failure.) auðmÿkja- humbly- humbleness See also:- humility -
26 in a spot
(in trouble: His failure to return the papers on time put her in a spot.) í vandræðum -
27 interruption
[-ʃən]1) (the act of interrupting or state of being interrupted: His failure to complete the job was due to constant interruption.) truflun, ónæði2) (something that interrupts: I get too many interruptions in my work.) truflun, ónæði -
28 landing-gear
noun (the parts of an aircraft that carry the load when it lands: The accident was caused by the failure of the plane's landing-gear.) hjóla-/lendingarbúnaður -
29 lapse
[læps] 1. verb1) (to cease to exist, often because of lack of effort: His insurance policy had lapsed and was not renewed.) falla niður2) (to slip, fall, be reduced: As he could think of nothing more to say, he lapsed into silence; I'm afraid our standards of tidiness have lapsed.) hrasa; hrörna; fara aftur2. noun1) (a mistake or failure (in behaviour, memory etc): a lapse of memory.) glappaskot, mistök; misminni2) (a passing away (of time): I saw him again after a lapse of five years.) eftir visst langan tíma; hlé -
30 make the best of it
(to do all one can to turn a failure etc into something successful: She is disappointed at not getting into university but she'll just have to make the best of it and find a job.) gera eins gott út og hægt er -
31 meltdown
noun (the melting of the radioactive material in a nuclear reactor as a result of the failure of the cooling system.) -
32 miscarriage
['miskæri‹]1) (in pregnancy, the loss of the baby from the womb before it is able to survive.) fósturlát2) (a failure: a miscarriage of justice) mistök; réttarmorð -
33 miss
[mis] 1. verb1) (to fail to hit, catch etc: The arrow missed the target.) hitta ekki2) (to fail to arrive in time for: He missed the 8 o'clock train.) missa af3) (to fail to take advantage of: You've missed your opportunity.) láta fram hjá sér fara4) (to feel sad because of the absence of: You'll miss your friends when you go to live abroad.) sakna5) (to notice the absence of: I didn't miss my purse till several hours after I'd dropped it.) sakna, taka eftir6) (to fail to hear or see: He missed what you said because he wasn't listening.) taka ekki eftir7) (to fail to go to: I'll have to miss my lesson next week, as I'm going to the dentist.) sleppa, missa úr8) (to fail to meet: We missed you in the crowd.) fara á mis við9) (to avoid: The thief only just missed being caught by the police.) forðast, komast hjá10) ((of an engine) to misfire.) slá á móti í ræsingu/starti2. noun(a failure to hit, catch etc: two hits and two misses.) feilskot, vindhögg- missing- go missing
- miss out
- miss the boat -
34 on hand
(near; present; ready for use etc: We always keep some candles on hand in case there's a power failure.) við höndina, til reiðu -
35 outage
(blackout; a period of a general power failure.) -
36 oversight
(a failure to notice: Due to an oversight, we have not paid the bill.) yfirsjón -
37 power
1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) kraftur, afl, eiginleiki2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) afl3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) vald4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) vald5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) valda-/áhrifamikill maður6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) veldi7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) veldi•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
- be in power -
38 rate
[reit] 1. noun1) (the number of occasions within a given period of time when something happens or is done: a high (monthly) accident rate in a factory.) tíðni, hlutfall, prósenta2) (the number or amount of something (in relation to something else); a ratio: There was a failure rate of one pupil in ten in the exam.) hlutfall, prósenta3) (the speed with which something happens or is done: He works at a tremendous rate; the rate of increase/expansion.) hraði4) (the level (of pay), cost etc (of or for something): What is the rate of pay for this job?) taxti5) ((usually in plural) a tax, especially, in United Kingdom, paid by house-owners etc to help with the running of their town etc.) skattur2. verb(to estimate or be estimated, with regard to worth, merit, value etc: I don't rate this book very highly; He doesn't rate very highly as a dramatist in my estimation.) meta- rating- at this
- at that rate
- rate of exchange -
39 rife
((especially of bad or dangerous things) very widespread: After the failure of the harvest, disease and starvation were rife.) útbreiddur -
40 risk
[risk] 1. noun((a person, thing etc which causes or could cause) danger or possible loss or injury: He thinks we shouldn't go ahead with the plan because of the risks involved / because of the risk of failure.) áhætta2. verb1) (to expose to danger; to lay open to the possibility of loss: He would risk his life for his friend; He risked all his money on betting on that horse.) stofna (e-u) í hættu2) (to take the chance of (something bad happening): He was willing to risk death to save his friend; I'd better leave early as I don't want to risk being late for the play.) hætta á (e-ð)•- risky- at a person's own risk
- at own risk
- at risk
- at the risk of
- run/take the risk of
- run/take the risk
- take risks / take a risk
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