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1 ceasefire
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2 fight
1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) slást2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) berjast við/gegn3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) deila, rífast2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) átök; barátta; stríð2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) barátta3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) baráttuvilji4) (a boxing-match.) hnefaleikakeppni•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
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3 hand to hand
with one individual fighting another at close quarters: The soldiers fought the enemy hand to hand; (also adjective) (hand-to-hand fighting.) návígi; handalögmál -
4 opposition
[opə'ziʃən]1) (the act of resisting or fighting against by force or argument: There is a lot of opposition to his ideas.) andstaða2) (the people who are fighting or competing against: In war and business, one should always get to know one's opposition.) andstæðingar -
5 abhorrent
[-'ho-]adjective ((with to) hateful: Fighting was abhorrent to him.) andstyggilegur -
6 action
['ækʃən]1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) athöfn, verk2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) hreyfing3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) málshöfðun4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) atburðarás5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) orrusta•- out of action -
7 admonish
[əd'moniʃ](to scold or rebuke: The judge admonished the young man for fighting in the street.) aðvara -
8 aggressive
[ə'ɡresiv](ready to attack or oppose; quarrelsome: He's a most aggressive boy - he is always fighting at school.) árásargjarn- aggressiveness
- aggression
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9 armistice
((an agreement) stopping fighting (in a war, battle etc): An armistice was declared.) vopnahlé -
10 armour
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11 at close quarters
(close to; close together: The soldiers were fighting with the enemy at close quarters.) í návígi -
12 at peace
(not at war; not fighting: The two countries were at peace.) eiga ekki í stríði -
13 boxing
noun (the sport of fighting with the fists.) hnefaleikur, box -
14 call on
1) (to visit: I'll call on him tomorrow.) heimsækja2) (to ask someone to speak at a meeting etc.)3) (to ask someone publicly to something: We call on both sides to stop the fighting.) -
15 campaign
[kæm'pein] 1. noun1) (the operations of an army while fighting in one area or for one purpose: the Burma campaign in the Second World War.) herferð2) (a series of organized actions in support of a cause: a campaign against smoking.) herferð2. verb(to take part in a campaign: He has campaigned against smoking for years.) heyja baráttu fyrir, berjast -
16 cold war
(a major, especially political, struggle between nations which involves military threats but not fighting.) kalt stríð -
17 combat
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18 combatant
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19 fencing
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20 fight off
(to drive away by fighting: She managed to fight off her attacker; I'll fight this cold off by going to bed early.) verjast
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