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  • 1 help

    [help] 1. verb
    1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) hjálpa
    2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) eiga þátt í
    3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) lækna, slá á
    4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) aðstoða
    5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) komast ekki hjá, geta ekki annað
    2. noun
    1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) aðstoð, hjálp
    2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) hjálp; hjálparhella
    3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) aðstoðarmaður
    4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) engin leið að (hindra e-ð)
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    - helpful
    - helpfully
    - helpfulness
    - helping
    - helpless
    - helplessly
    - helplessness
    - help oneself
    - help out

    English-Icelandic dictionary > help

  • 2 feel

    [fi:l]
    past tense, past participle - felt; verb
    1) (to become aware of (something) by the sense of touch: She felt his hand on her shoulder.) finna
    2) (to find out the shape, size, texture etc of something by touching, usually with the hands: She felt the parcel carefully.) þreifa, snerta
    3) (to experience or be aware of (an emotion, sensation etc): He felt a sudden anger.) finna, upplifa
    4) (to think (oneself) to be: She feels sick; How does she feel about her work?) líða; finnast
    5) (to believe or consider: She feels that the firm treated her badly.) finnast
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    - feeling
    - feel as if / as though
    - feel like
    - feel one's way
    - get the feel of

    English-Icelandic dictionary > feel

  • 3 impose

    [im'pouz]
    1) (to place (a tax, fine, task etc) on someone or something: The government have imposed a new tax on cigarettes.) leggja á
    2) (to force (oneself, one's opinions etc) on a person: The headmaster liked to impose his authority on the teachers.) þröngva upp á
    3) ((often with on) to ask someone to do something which he should not be asked to do or which he will find difficult to do: I hope I'm not imposing (on you) by asking you to help.) notfæra sér, misnota
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    English-Icelandic dictionary > impose

  • 4 pick up

    1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) læra (án formlegrar kennslu)
    2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) taka upp í, sækja
    3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) næla sér í
    4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) rísa á fætur
    5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) sækja, ná í
    6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) ná
    7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) finna, handsama

    English-Icelandic dictionary > pick up

  • 5 orientate

    ['o:riənteit]
    1) (to get (oneself) used to unfamiliar surroundings, conditions etc.) átta sig
    2) (to find out one's position in relation to something else: The hikers tried to orientate themselves before continuing their walk.) átta sig
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    English-Icelandic dictionary > orientate

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  • find — findable, adj. /fuynd/, v., found, finding, n. v.t. 1. to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street. 2. to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find an apartment; to find happiness. 3. to locate or recover… …   Universalium

  • find — verb (past and past participle found) 1》 discover by chance or deliberately.     ↘(find something out or find out about something) discover information or a fact.     ↘succeed in obtaining: he s struggling to find the money for the trip.… …   English new terms dictionary

  • find — [[t]faɪnd[/t]] v. found, find•ing, n. 1) to come upon by chance; meet with: to find a dime in the street[/ex] 2) to locate, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find an apartment[/ex] 3) to recover (something lost) 4) to discover or perceive …   From formal English to slang

  • find — [c]/faɪnd / (say fuynd) verb (found, finding) –verb (t) 1. to come upon by chance; meet: to find a dollar in the street. 2. to learn, attain, or obtain by search or effort: to find wisdom. 3. to discover: to find gold. 4. to recover (something… …  

  • find — I. verb (found; finding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English findan; akin to Old High German findan to find, Latin pont , pons bridge, Greek pontos sea, Sanskrit patha way, course Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to come… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • find it in one's heart to do something — allow or force oneself to do something I ask you to find it in your heart to forgive me …   Useful english dictionary

  • wet oneself — Verb. To laugh heartily, to find something particularly amuzing. A shortening of wet oneself laughing. E.g. I wet myself when I saw how ridiculous she looked in that hat. Cf. piss oneself laughing …   English slang and colloquialisms

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