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I adjective1) (right and fair: not favouring one more than another: a fair and just decision.) réttmætur2) (reasonable; based on one's rights: He certainly has a just claim to the money.) réttmætur, lögmætur3) (deserved: He got his just reward when he crashed the stolen car and broke his leg.) verðskuldaður•- justly- justness II adverb1) ((often with as) exactly or precisely: This penknife is just what I needed; He was behaving just as if nothing had happened; The house was just as I'd remembered it.) einmitt, rétt eins og, nákvæmlega2) ((with as) quite: This dress is just as nice as that one.) rétt eins, alveg jafn3) (very lately or recently: He has just gone out of the house.) rétt í þessu4) (on the point of; in the process of: She is just coming through the door.) í þann mund að, rétt í þessu5) (at the particular moment: The telephone rang just as I was leaving.) nákvæmlega á þeirri stundu6) ((often with only) barely: We have only just enough milk to last till Friday; I just managed to escape; You came just in time.) varla; aðeins7) (only; merely: They waited for six hours just to get a glimpse of the Queen; `Where are you going?' `Just to the post office'; Could you wait just a minute?) aðeins; bara8) (used for emphasis, eg with commands: Just look at that mess!; That just isn't true!; I just don't know what to do.) sjáðu bara!9) (absolutely: The weather is just marvellous.) öldungis•- just now
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1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) sjón2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) sjónmál, augsÿn3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) e-ð sem vert er að sjá4) (a view or glimpse.) sÿn, nasasjón5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) e-ð sem er sjón að sjá6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) sigti, mið2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) sjá, eygja2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) miða, sigta út•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of
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