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1 lop
[lop]past tense, past participle - lopped; verb(to cut off (parts) from eg a tree: We lopped several branches from the tree; He lopped a dollar off the price.) höggva af -
2 round
1. adjective1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) kringlóttur, hringlaga, hnöttóttur2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) bústinn, þybbinn2. adverb1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) snúa (sér) við2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) í hring; árið um kring3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) frá einum til annars4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) hingað og þangað5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) ummál6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) fara til (e-s)3. preposition1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) umhverfis, í kringum2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) í kringum3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) fara/beygja fyrir4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) út um allan4. noun1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) umferð/-gangur, hringur2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) hringur, yfirferðarsvæði3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) hrina, kviða4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) skot5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) umferð6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) keðjusöngur5. verb(to go round: The car rounded the corner.) fara/beygja fyrir- rounded- 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
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3 swing
[swiŋ] 1. past tense, past participle - swung; verb1) (to (cause to) move or sway in a curve (from side to side or forwards and backwards) from a fixed point: You swing your arms when you walk; The children were swinging on a rope hanging from a tree; The door swung open; He swung the load on to his shoulder.) sveifla(st)2) (to walk with a stride: He swung along the road.) ganga léttur í spori3) (to turn suddenly: He swung round and stared at them; He is hoping to swing the voters in his favour.) snúast á hæli; snúa2. noun1) (an act, period, or manner, of swinging: He was having a swing on the rope; Most golfers would like to improve their swing.) sveifla2) (a swinging movement: the swing of the dancers' skirts.) sveifla3) (a strong dancing rhythm: The music should be played with a swing.) sveifla, sving4) (a change in public opinion etc: a swing away from the government.) sveifla5) (a seat for swinging, hung on ropes or chains from a supporting frame etc.) róla•- swinging- swing bridge
- swing door
- be in full swing
- get into the swing of things
- get into the swing
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4 branch
1. noun1) (an arm-like part of a tree: He cut some branches off the oak tree.) trjágrein2) (an offshoot from the main part (of a business, railway etc): There isn't a branch of that store in this town; ( also adjective) That train runs on the branch line.) grein; deild; útibú2. verb((usually with out/off) to spread out like, or into, a branch or branches: The road to the coast branches off here.) greinast, skiptast -
5 chocolate
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6 fall
[fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) falla, detta2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) detta um koll3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) lækka, falla4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) bera upp á5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) verða, lenda í tilteknu ástandi6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) koma í hlut (e-s)2. noun1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) fall2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) fall, (snjó-/úr)koma3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) fall4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) haust•- falls- fallout
- his
- her face fell
- fall away
- fall back
- fall back on
- fall behind
- fall down
- fall flat
- fall for
- fall in with
- fall off
- fall on/upon
- fall out
- fall short
- fall through -
7 pick
I 1. [pik] verb1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) velja (úr)2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) tína3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) taka upp4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) opna, dírka/stinga upp (lás)2. noun1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) val2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) úrval•- pick-up
- pick and choose
- pick at
- pick someone's brains
- pick holes in
- pick off
- pick on
- pick out
- pick someone's pocket
- pick a quarrel/fight with someone
- pick a quarrel/fight with
- pick up
- pick up speed
- pick one's way II [pik] noun((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) haki -
8 cocoa
['koukou]1) ((a powder made from) the crushed seeds of the cacao tree, used in making chocolate.) kakóduft2) (a drink made from the powder: a cup of cocoa.) kakó -
9 perch
[pə: ] 1. noun1) (a branch etc on which a bird sits or stands: The pigeon would not fly down from its perch.) trjágrein, silla, prik2) (any high seat or position: He looked down from his perch on the roof.) stallur, sjónarhóll2. verb1) ((of birds) to go to (a perch); to sit or stand on (a perch): The bird flew up and perched on the highest branch of the tree.) setjast, tylla sér2) (to put, or be, in a high seat or position: He perched the child on his shoulder; They perched on the fence.) tylla -
10 seed
[si:d] 1. noun1) (the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown: sunflower seeds; grass seed.) fræ2) (the beginning from which anything grows: There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.) (efasemdar)fræ3) ((in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player.) bestu leikmönnum dreift í riðla2. verb1) ((of a plant) to produce seed: A plant seeds after it has flowered.) bera fræ2) (in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds.) dreifa/sá bestu leikmönnum í riðla•- seeded- seedling
- seedy
- seediness
- seedbed
- go to seed -
11 bonsai
(a small decorative evergreen shrub or tree grown in a pot, which has been prevented from growing to its usual size by various methods.) dvergtré -
12 cacao
(the tropical tree from whose seeds cocoa and chocolate are made.) kakótré -
13 date
I 1. [deit] noun1) ((a statement on a letter etc giving) the day of the month, the month and year: I can't read the date on this letter.) dagsetning2) (the day and month and/or the year in which something happened or is going to happen: What is your date of birth?) dagsetning3) (an appointment or engagement, especially a social one with a member of the opposite sex: He asked her for a date.) stefnumót2. verb1) (to have or put a date on: This letter isn't dated.) dagsetja2) ((with from or back) to belong to; to have been made, written etc at (a certain time): Their quarrel dates back to last year.) vera frá tilteknum tíma3) (to become obviously old-fashioned: His books haven't dated much.) úreldast•- dated- dateline
- out of date
- to date
- up to date II [deit] noun(the brown, sticky fruit of the date palm, a kind of tree growing in the tropics.) daðla -
14 family
['fæməli]plural - families; noun1) ((singular or plural) a man, his wife and their children: These houses were built for families; The (members of the) Smith family are all very athletic; ( also adjective) a family holiday.) fjölskylda2) (a group of people related to each other, including cousins, grandchildren etc: He comes from a wealthy family; ( also adjective) the family home.) ættingjar, skyldmenni3) (the children of a man and his wife: When I get married I should like a large family.) afkvæmi, börn4) (a group of plants, animals, languages etc that are connected in some way: In spite of its name, a koala bear is not a member of the bear family.) ætt•- family tree -
15 flower
1. noun(the part of a plant or tree from which fruit or seed grows, often brightly coloured and sometimes including the stem on which it grows: a bunch of flowers.) blóm2. verb((of plants etc) to produce flowers: This plant flowers in early May.) blómstra- flowered- flowery
- flower-bed
- flower-pot
- in flower -
16 hollow
['holəu] 1. adjective1) (having an empty space in it: a hollow tree; Bottles, pipes and tubes are hollow.) holur2) ((of a sound) strangely deep, as if made in something hollow: a hollow voice.) holur, djúpur2. noun1) (something hollow: hollows in her cheeks.) innfallinn, kinnfiskasoginn2) (a small valley; a dip in the ground: You can't see the farm from here because it's in a hollow.) dæld; dalur•- beat hollow
- hollow out -
17 kapok
['keipok](a very light waterproof fibre fluff obtained from a type of tropical tree and used to stuff toys etc.) kapok -
18 quinine
(a bitter-tasting drug got from the bark of a type of tree, used as a medicine, especially for malaria.) kínín -
19 race
I 1. [reis] noun(a competition to find who or which is the fastest: a horse race.) keppni, kapphlaup2. verb1) (to (cause to) run in a race: I'm racing my horse on Saturday; The horse is racing against five others.) taka þátt í hlaupi2) (to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest: I'll race you to that tree.) þreyta kapphlaup3) (to go etc quickly: He raced along the road on his bike.) þjóta•- racer- racecourse
- racehorse
- racetrack
- racing-car
- a race against time
- the races II [reis]1) (any one section of mankind, having a particular set of characteristics which make it different from other sections: the Negro race; the white races; ( also adjective) race relations.) kynþáttur/-stofn2) (the fact of belonging to any of these various sections: the problem of race.) kynþáttur/-stofn3) (a group of people who share the same culture, language etc; the Anglo-Saxon race.) kynstofn/-þáttur•- racial- racialism
- racialist
- the human race
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20 raffia
['ræfiə]((strips of) fibre from the leaves of a type of palm tree, used for making mats, baskets etc.) raffíubast (pálmatrefjar)
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