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101 step-
[step](showing a relationship not by blood but by another marriage.) stjúp-- step-mother
- step-sister
- step-brother
- step-son
- step-daughter
- step-child -
102 step-brother
nouns (a daughter or son of a person's step-father or step-mother.) stjúpsystir/-dóttir/-barn -
103 step-sister
nouns (a daughter or son of a person's step-father or step-mother.) stjúpsystir/-dóttir/-barn -
104 stick up for
(to speak in defence of (a person etc): When my father is angry with me, my mother always sticks up for me.) tala máli (e-s) -
105 stingy
['stin‹i](mean or ungenerous: My father's very stingy with his money; stingy portions of food.) nískur- stingily- stinginess -
106 succeed
[sək'si:d]1) (to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose: He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.) heppnast, takast2) (to follow next in order, and take the place of someone or something else: He succeeded his father as manager of the firm / as king; The cold summer was succeeded by a stormy autumn; If the duke has no children, who will succeed to (= inherit) his property?) taka við af•- success- successful
- successfully
- succession
- successive
- successively
- successor
- in succession -
107 tablet
['tæblit]1) (a pill: Take these tablets for your headache; a sleeping-tablet (= a tablet to make one sleep).) tafla, pilla2) (a flat piece or bar (of soap etc): I bought a tablet of soap.) sápustykki3) (a piece of usually stone with a flat surface on which words are engraved etc: They put up a marble tablet in memory of his father.) áletruð tafla; minningarskjöldur -
108 take after
(to be like (someone, especially a parent or relation) in appearance or character: She takes after her father.) líkjast -
109 take notice of
(to pay attention to: He never takes any notice of what his father says; Take no notice of gossip.) taka eftir, veita athygli -
110 take one's ease
(to make oneself comfortable; to relax: There he was - taking his ease in his father's chair!) láta fara vel um sig -
111 the apple of someone's eye
(a person or thing (that) is greatly loved: She is the apple of her father's eye.) eftirlæti -
112 think nothing of
(not to consider difficult, unusual etc: My father thought nothing of walking 8 kilometres to school when he was a boy.) finnast ekki tiltökumál að -
113 thy
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114 to the letter
(precisely; according to every detail: He followed his father's instructions to the letter.) bókstaflega -
115 unaffected
1) (of (a person, his feelings etc) not moved or affected: The child seemed unaffected by his father's death.) ósnortinn2) ((of an arrangement etc) not altered: It has been raining heavily, but this evening's football arrangements are unaffected.) óbreyttur -
116 uncle
(the brother of a person's father or mother, or the husband of an aunt: He's my uncle; Hallo, Uncle Jim!) föðurbróðir; móðurbróðir; frændi -
117 unworthy
1) (shameful or disgraceful: That was an unworthy act/thought.) ósæmilegur, skammarlegur2) (not deserving: Such a remark is unworthy of notice; He's unworthy to have the same name as his father.) óverðugur3) (less good than should be expected from (eg a person): Such bad behaviour is unworthy of him.) ósamboðinn•- unworthiness -
118 which
[wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) hver, hvor, hvaða2. relative pronoun((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) sem, er3. relative adjective, relative pronoun(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) sem, er- which is which? - which is which -
119 whose
[hu:z] 1. adjective, pronoun(belonging to which person(?): Whose is this jacket?; Whose (jacket) is this?; Whose car did you come back in?; In whose house did this incident happen?; Tell me whose (pens) these are.) hvers2. relative adjective, relative pronoun(of whom or which (the): Show me the boy whose father is a policeman; What is the name of the man whose this book is?) hvers, sem -
120 wink
[wiŋk] 1. verb1) (to shut and open an eye quickly in friendly greeting, or to show that something is a secret etc: He winks at all the girls who pass; Her father winked at her and said: `Don't tell your mother about the present I bought her.') depla augunum2) ((of eg lights) to flicker and twinkle.) blika, leiftra2. noun(an act of winking: `Don't tell anyone I'm here', he said with a wink.) depl, blikk
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