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  • 1 quarter

    ['kwo:tə] 1. noun
    1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) fjórðungur, fjórði hluti, fjórði; kortér
    2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) fjórðungur úr dollara/dal
    3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) (borgar)hverfi
    4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) átt
    5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grið
    6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) kjötlæri; lærstykki
    7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) kvartil, tunglfjórðungur
    8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) leikfjórðungur
    9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) önn
    2. verb
    1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) skipta í fernt
    2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) deila með fjórum
    3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) hÿsa
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    3. adverb
    (once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ársfjórðungslega
    4. noun
    (a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ársfjórðungsrit
    - quarter-deck
    - quarter-final
    - quarter-finalist
    - quartermaster
    - at close quarters

    English-Icelandic dictionary > quarter

  • 2 pioneer

    1. noun
    1) (a person who goes to a new, often uninhabited or uncivilized (part of a) country to live and work there: The American pioneers; ( also adjective) a pioneer family.) landnemi
    2) (a person who is the first to study some new subject, or use or develop a new technique etc: Joseph Lister was one of the pioneers of modern medicine; The Wright brothers were the pioneers of aeroplane flight.) frumherji
    2. verb
    (to be the first to do or make: Who pioneered the use of vaccine for preventing polio?) vera brautryðjandi

    English-Icelandic dictionary > pioneer

  • 3 go over

    1) (to study or examine carefully: I want to go over the work you have done before you do any more.) fara yfir
    2) (to repeat (a story etc): I'll go over the whole lesson again.) endurtaka
    3) (to list: He went over all her faults.) telja upp
    4) ((of plays, behaviour etc) to be received (well or badly): The play didn't go over at all well the first night.) vera tekið

    English-Icelandic dictionary > go over

  • 4 prize

    I 1. noun
    1) (a reward for good work etc: He was awarded a lot of prizes at school.) verðlaun, viðurkenning
    2) (something won in a competition etc: I've won first prize!; ( also adjective) a prize (= having won, or worthy of, a prize) bull.) verðlaun
    2. verb
    (to value highly: He prized my friendship above everything else.) meta
    II see prise

    English-Icelandic dictionary > prize

  • 5 ride

    1. past tense - rode; verb
    1) (to travel or be carried (in a car, train etc or on a bicycle, horse etc): He rides to work every day on an old bicycle; The horsemen rode past.) ríða; hjóla; ferðast með mótorhjóli/bíl
    2) (to (be able to) ride on and control (a horse, bicycle etc): Can you ride a bicycle?) ríða; hjóla
    3) (to take part (in a horse-race etc): He's riding in the first race.) taka þátt í
    4) (to go out regularly on horseback (eg as a hobby): My daughter rides every Saturday morning.) ríða út
    2. noun
    1) (a journey on horseback, on a bicycle etc: He likes to go for a long ride on a Sunday afternoon.) útreiðatúr; hjólreiðatúr; bíltúr
    2) (a usually short period of riding on or in something: Can I have a ride on your bike?) fara túr
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    - riding-school

    English-Icelandic dictionary > ride

  • 6 round

    1. adjective
    1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) kringlóttur, hringlaga, hnöttóttur
    2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) bústinn, þybbinn
    2. adverb
    1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) snúa (sér) við
    2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) í hring; árið um kring
    3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) frá einum til annars
    4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) hingað og þangað
    5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) ummál
    6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) fara til (e-s)
    3. preposition
    1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) umhverfis, í kringum
    2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) í kringum
    3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) fara/beygja fyrir
    4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) út um allan
    4. noun
    1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) umferð/-gangur, hringur
    2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) hringur, yfirferðarsvæði
    3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) hrina, kviða
    4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) skot
    5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) umferð
    6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) keðjusöngur
    5. verb
    (to go round: The car rounded the corner.) fara/beygja fyrir
    - roundly
    - roundness
    - rounds
    - all-round
    - all-rounder
    - roundabout     6. adjective
    (not direct: a roundabout route.) sem er ekki beinn
    - round-shouldered
    - round trip
    - all round
    - round about
    - round off
    - round on
    - round up

    English-Icelandic dictionary > round

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