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  • 1 force

    [fo:s] 1. noun
    1) (strength or power that can be felt: the force of the wind.) afl, kraftur
    2) (a person or thing that has great power: the forces of Nature.) afl, kraftur
    3) ((sometimes with capital) a group of men prepared for action: the police force; the Royal Air Force.) mannafli, liðsafli
    2. verb
    1) (to make (someone or something) do something, go somewhere etc, often against his etc will: He forced me to give him money.) þvinga, neyða
    2) (to achieve by strength or effort: He forced a smile despite his grief.) ná/gera með erfiðismunum
    - forceful
    - forcefully
    - forces
    - in
    - into force

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  • 2 force someone's hand

    (to force someone to do something either which he does not want to do or sooner than he wants to do it.) knÿja e-n til e-s

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  • 3 gale force

    the speed or strength of a gale: The winds reached gale force; (also adjective) (gale-force winds.) stormur

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  • 4 air force

    (the part of the armed services which uses aircraft: the army, navy and air force.) flugher

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  • 5 from force of habit

    (because one is used to doing (something): I took the cigarette from force of habit.) af (gömlum) vana

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  • 6 into force

    (in or into operation; working or effective: The new law is now in force.) í gildi

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  • 7 task force

    (a force selected from the armed services for a special task.) sérþjálfuð hersveit

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  • 8 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) brjóta
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) brjóta af
    3) (to make or become unusable.) brjóta, skemma
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) brjóta gegn; svíkjast um
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) brjóta/setja met
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) gera hlé á
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) rjúfa
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) fréttast; segja fréttir
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) bresta
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) draga úr
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) skella á
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) hlé
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) breyting; sloti
    3) (an opening.) op; skarð
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) tækifæri
    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) brothættur
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it

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  • 9 eject

    [i'‹ekt]
    1) (to throw out with force; to force to leave: They were ejected from their house for not paying the rent.) reka/henda/bera út
    2) (to leave an aircraft in an emergency by causing one's seat to be ejected: The pilot had to eject when his plane caught fire.) skjóta sér út

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  • 10 emphasis

    ['emfəsis]
    plural - emphases; noun
    1) (stress put on certain words in speaking etc; greater force of voice used in words or parts of words to make them more noticeable: In writing we sometimes underline words to show emphasis.) áhersla
    2) (force; firmness: `I do not intend to go,' he said with emphasis.) áhersla
    3) (importance given to something: He placed great emphasis on this point.) áhersla
    - emphasise
    - emphatic
    - emphatically

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  • 11 meet

    [mi:t] 1. past tense, past participle - met; verb
    1) (to come face to face with (eg a person whom one knows), by chance: She met a man on the train.) mæta
    2) ((sometimes, especially American, with with) to come together with (a person etc), by arrangement: The committee meets every Monday.) hittast, koma saman
    3) (to be introduced to (someone) for the first time: Come and meet my wife.) kynnast, vera kynntur fyrir
    4) (to join: Where do the two roads meet?) mætast, skerast
    5) (to be equal to or satisfy (eg a person's needs, requirements etc): Will there be sufficient stocks to meet the public demand?) uppfylla
    6) (to come into the view, experience or presence of: A terrible sight met him / his eyes when he opened the door.) slá; vekja athygli/undrun/hrylling
    7) (to come to or be faced with: He met his death in a car accident.) verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta
    8) ((with with) to experience or suffer; to receive a particular response: She met with an accident; The scheme met with their approval.) verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta
    9) (to answer or oppose: We will meet force with greater force.) svara
    2. noun
    (a gathering, especially of sportsmen: The local huntsmen are holding a meet this week.) mót
    - meet someone halfway
    - meet halfway

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  • 12 pressure

    ['preʃə]
    1) ((the amount of force exerted by) the action of pressing: to apply pressure to a cut to stop bleeding; A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.) þrÿstingur
    2) ((a) strain or stress: The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.) álag
    3) (strong persuasion; compulsion or force: He agreed under pressure.) þrÿstingur, álag
    - pressurise
    - pressure cooker

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  • 13 pull

    [pul] 1. verb
    1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) toga
    2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) sjúga
    3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) róa
    4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) beygja (útaf); renna af stað
    2. noun
    1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) kippur; teygur; sog
    2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) tog-/aðdráttarkraftur
    3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) áhrif, ítök
    - pull down
    - pull a face / faces at
    - pull a face / faces
    - pull a gun on
    - pull off
    - pull on
    - pull oneself together
    - pull through
    - pull up
    - pull one's weight
    - pull someone's leg

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  • 14 rage

    [rei‹] 1. noun
    1) ((a fit of) violent anger: He flew into a rage; He shouted with rage.) bræði
    2) (violence; great force: the rage of the sea.) ofsi
    2. verb
    1) (to act or shout in great anger: He raged at his secretary.) vera fokillur
    2) ((of wind, storms etc) to be violent; to blow with great force: The storm raged all night.) geisa, æða
    3) ((of battles, arguments etc) to be carried on with great violence: The battle raged for two whole days.) geisa
    4) ((of diseases etc) to spread quickly and affect many people: Fever was raging through the town.) geisa
    - all the rage
    - the rage

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  • 15 resistance

    1) (the act of resisting: The army offered strong resistance to the enemy; ( also adjective) a resistance force.) viðnám, andspyrna
    2) (the ability or power to be unaffected or undamaged by something: resistance to disease.) viðnámsþróttur, mótstöðuafl
    3) (the force that one object, substance etc exerts against the movement of another object etc.) viðnám, mótstaða

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  • 16 seize

    [si:z]
    1) (to take or grasp suddenly, especially by force: She seized the gun from him; He seized her by the arm; He seized the opportunity of leaving.) þrífa, hrifsa
    2) (to take, especially by force or by law: The police seized the stolen property.) taka með valdi
    - seize on
    - seize up

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  • 17 squeeze

    [skwi:z] 1. verb
    1) (to press (something) together or from all sides tightly: He squeezed her hand affectionately; He squeezed the clay into a ball.) kreista
    2) (to force (eg oneself) eg into or through a narrow space: The dog squeezed himself / his body into the hole; We were all squeezed into the back seat of the car.) troða(st)
    3) (to force something, eg liquid, out of something by pressing: She squeezed the oranges (into a jug); We might be able to squeeze some more money/information out of him.) kreista
    2. noun
    1) (an act of squeezing: He gave his sister an affectionate squeeze.) kreisting; knús
    2) (a condition of being squeezed: We all got into the car, but it was a squeeze.) þrengsli
    3) (a few drops produced by squeezing.) nokkrir dropar af
    4) (a time of financial restriction: an economic squeeze.) kreppa, samdráttur
    - squeeze up

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  • 18 strain

    I 1. [strein] verb
    1) (to exert oneself or a part of the body to the greatest possible extent: They strained at the door, trying to pull it open; He strained to reach the rope.) leggja sig allan fram, streitast við
    2) (to injure (a muscle etc) through too much use, exertion etc: He has strained a muscle in his leg; You'll strain your eyes by reading in such a poor light.) ofreyna/-gera; togna
    3) (to force or stretch (too far): The constant interruptions were straining his patience.) ganga fram af
    4) (to put (eg a mixture) through a sieve etc in order to separate solid matter from liquid: She strained the coffee.) sía
    2. noun
    1) (force exerted; Can nylon ropes take more strain than the old kind of rope?) álag
    2) ((something, eg too much work etc, that causes) a state of anxiety and fatigue: The strain of nursing her dying husband was too much for her; to suffer from strain.) álag
    3) ((an) injury especially to a muscle caused by too much exertion: muscular strain.) tognun
    4) (too great a demand: These constant delays are a strain on our patience.) álag
    - strainer
    - strain off
    II [strein] noun
    1) (a kind or breed (of animals, plants etc): a new strain of cattle.) afbrigði, kynbættur stofn
    2) (a tendency in a person's character: I'm sure there's a strain of madness in her.) hneigð, tilhneiging
    3) ((often in plural) (the sound of) a tune: I heard the strains of a hymn coming from the church.) ómur, tónar

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  • 19 stress

    [stres] 1. noun
    1) (the worry experienced by a person in particular circumstances, or the state of anxiety caused by this: the stresses of modern life; Her headaches may be caused by stress.) spenna, stress
    2) (force exerted by (parts of) bodies on each other: Bridge-designers have to know about stress.) spenna
    3) (force or emphasis placed, in speaking, on particular syllables or words: In the word `widow' we put stress on the first syllable.) áhersla
    2. verb
    (to emphasize (a syllable etc, or a fact etc): Should you stress the last syllable in `violin'?; He stressed the necessity of being punctual.) leggja áherslu á; bera fram með áherslu
    - lay/put stress on

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  • 20 violent

    1) (having, using, or showing, great force: There was a violent storm at sea; a violent earthquake; He has a violent temper.) ofsalegur
    2) (caused by force: a violent death.) ofbeldisfullur
    - violence

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  • force — [ fɔrs ] n. f. • 1080; bas lat. fortia, plur. neutre substantivé de fortis → 1. fort; forcer I ♦ La force de qqn. 1 ♦ Puissance d action physique (d un être, d un organe). Force physique; force musculaire. ⇒ résistance, robustesse, vigueur. Force …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • forcé — force [ fɔrs ] n. f. • 1080; bas lat. fortia, plur. neutre substantivé de fortis → 1. fort; forcer I ♦ La force de qqn. 1 ♦ Puissance d action physique (d un être, d un organe). Force physique; force musculaire. ⇒ résistance, robustesse, vigueur …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • force — Force, Vis, Neruositas, Fortitudo, Virtus. Il se prend quelquesfois pour le dessus d une entreprinse ou affaire, comme, Il combatit si vaillamment que la force fut sienne, c est à dire, que le dessus du combat et la victoire fut à luy. Item,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • force — 1 n 1: a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force: a force that acts after another s negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another: intervening cause at cause irresistible force: an unforeseeable event esp …   Law dictionary

  • force — Force. subst. fem. Vigueur, faculté naturelle d agir vigoureusement. Il se dit proprement du corps. Force naturelle. grande force. force extraordinaire. force de corps. force de bras, la force consiste dans les nerfs. frapper de toute sa force, y …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Force — Force, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, n.] 1. Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • forcé — forcé, ée (for sé, sée) part. passé de forcer. 1°   À quoi on a fait violence, qu on a tordu, brisé avec violence. Un coffre forcé. Une serrure forcée. •   Ils [les Juifs] répandirent dans le monde que le sépulcre [de Jésus] avait été forcé ;… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • force — n 1 *power, energy, strength, might, puissance Analogous words: *stress, strain, pressure, tension: *speed, velocity, momentum, impetus, headway 2 Force, violence, compulsion, coercion, duress, constraint, restraint denote the exercise or the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • force — [fôrs, fōrs] n. [ME < OFr < VL * fortia, * forcia < L fortis, strong: see FORT1] 1. strength; energy; vigor; power 2. the intensity of power; impetus [the force of a blow] 3. a) physical power or strength exerted against a person or… …   English World dictionary

  • Force — Force, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forcing}.] [OF. forcier, F. forcer, fr. LL. forciare, fortiare. See {Force}, n.] 1. To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • force — ► NOUN 1) physical strength or energy as an attribute of action or movement. 2) Physics an influence tending to change the motion of a body or produce motion or stress in a stationary body. 3) coercion backed by the use or threat of violence. 4)… …   English terms dictionary

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