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1 found
past tense, past participle; = find -
2 find
1. past tense, past participle - found; verb1) (to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching: Look what I've found!) finna2) (to discover: I found that I couldn't do the work.) uppgötva3) (to consider; to think (something) to be: I found the British weather very cold.) finnast, þykja2. noun(something found, especially something of value or interest: That old book is quite a find!) fundur; uppgötvun- find out -
3 fall into the hands (of someone)
(to be caught, found, captured etc by someone: He fell into the hands of bandits; The documents fell into the wrong hands (= were found, captured etc by someone who was not supposed to see them).) lenda í höndunum á (e-m)English-Icelandic dictionary > fall into the hands (of someone)
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4 fall into the hands (of someone)
(to be caught, found, captured etc by someone: He fell into the hands of bandits; The documents fell into the wrong hands (= were found, captured etc by someone who was not supposed to see them).) lenda í höndunum á (e-m)English-Icelandic dictionary > fall into the hands (of someone)
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5 find one's feet
(to become able to cope with a new situation: She found the new job difficult at first but she soon found her feet.) átta sig, aðlaga sig -
6 find out
1) (to discover: I found out what was troubling her.) finna út, komast að2) (to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong: He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out.) fletta ofan af e-m, koma upp um -
7 fossil
['fosl](the hardened remains of an animal or vegetable found in rock: Fossils have been found here which may be a million years old.) steingervingur- fossilise -
8 missing
adjective (not in the usual place or not able to be found: The child has been missing since Tuesday; I've found those missing papers.) sem vantar; sem er saknað -
9 reclaim
[ri'kleim]1) (to ask for (something one owns which has been lost, stolen etc and found by someone else): A wallet has been found and can be reclaimed at the manager's office.) endurheimta2) (to make (wasteland) fit for use; to get back (land) from under the sea etc by draining etc.) gera nÿtanlegan• -
10 abandoned
1) (shameless: an abandoned young woman.) ofurseldur (gjörspilltur)2) (having been left without any intention of returning to or reclaiming: The police found the abandoned car.) yfirgefinn -
11 adverb
['ædvə:b](a word used before or after a verb, before an adjective or preposition, or with another adverb to show time, manner, place, degree etc: Yesterday he looked more carefully in the box, and there he found a very small key with a hole right through it.) atviksorð- adverbially -
12 affair
[ə'feə]1) (happenings etc which are connected with a particular person or thing: the Suez affair.) mál, málefni2) (a thing: The new machine is a weird-looking affair.) hlutur3) ((often in plural) business; concern(s): financial affairs; Where I go is entirely my own affair.) mál4) (a love relationship: His wife found out about his affair with another woman.) ástarsamband -
13 alligator
['æliɡeitə](a kind of large reptile closely related to the crocodile, found mainly in the rivers of the warmer parts of America.) krókódíll -
14 answer
1. noun1) (something said, written or done that is caused by a question etc from another person: She refused to give an answer to his questions.) svar2) (the solution to a problem: The answer to your transport difficulties is to buy a car.) lausn2. verb1) (to make an answer to a question, problem, action etc: Answer my questions, please; Why don't you answer the letter?) svara2) (to open (the door), pick up (the telephone) etc in reponse to a knock, ring etc: He answered the telephone as soon as it rang; Could you answer the door, please?) svara3) (to be suitable or all that is necessary (for): This will answer my requirements.) fullnægja4) ((often with to) to be the same as or correspond to (a description etc): The police have found a man answering (to) that description.) samsvara•- answering machine
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15 archaeology
(the study of objects belonging to ancient times (eg buildings, tools etc found in the earth).) fornleifafræði- archaeological -
16 as for
(with regard to; concerning: The thief was caught by the police almost immediately: As for the stolen jewels, they were found in a dustbin.) hvað varðar, með tilliti til -
17 attractive
[-tiv]1) (pleasant and good- looking: an attractive girl; young and attractive.) aðlaðandi2) (likeable; tempting: an attractive personality; He found the proposition attractive.) aðlaðandi -
18 bacteria
singular - bacterium; noun plural(organisms not able to be seen except under a microscope, found in rotting matter, in air, in soil and in living bodies, some being the germs of disease: a throat infection caused by bacteria.) gerlar, bakteríur- bacteriological
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19 black box
(a built-in machine for automatic recording of the details of a plane's flight: They found the black box two miles away from the wreckage of the crashed plane.) flugriti, svartur kassi -
20 caffeine
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