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  • 1 way

    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) leið
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) leið, vegur, braut
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) vegur, braut
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) vegalengd, leið
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) aðferð, leið
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) háttur, máti, vísa
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) venja
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) leið; í gegnum
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) langt (á)
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means

    English-Icelandic dictionary > way

  • 2 drop

    [drop] 1. noun
    1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) dropi
    2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) dropi; smálögg
    3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) fall
    4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) falllengd
    2. verb
    1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) falla; fella; missa
    2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) falla, detta
    3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) hætta við, sleppa
    4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) hleypa úr
    5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) skrifa miða/skilaboð
    - droppings
    - drop-out
    - drop a brick / drop a clanger
    - drop back
    - drop by
    - drop in
    - drop off
    - drop out

    English-Icelandic dictionary > drop

  • 3 general

    ['‹enərəl] 1. adjective
    1) (of, involving etc all, most or very many people, things etc: The general feeling is that he is stupid; His general knowledge is good although he is not good at mathematics.) almennur
    2) (covering a large number of cases: a general rule.) almennur
    3) (without details: I'll just give you a general idea of the plan.) almennur
    4) ((as part of an official title) chief: the Postmaster General.) yfir-, aðal-
    2. noun
    (in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below field marshal: General Smith.) herforingi
    - generalise
    - generalization
    - generalisation
    - generally
    - General Certificate of Education
    - general election
    - general practitioner
    - general store
    - as a general rule
    - in general
    - the general public

    English-Icelandic dictionary > general

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  • give sb the push — ► UK INFORMAL WORKPLACE, HR to tell someone that they no longer have a job, especially because they have done something wrong: »I have no idea why they gave me the push. Main Entry: ↑push …   Financial and business terms

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  • To give one the head — Head Head (h[e^]d), n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[ a]fod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[ o]fu[eth], Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubi[thorn]. The word does not correspond regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To give up the ghost — Ghost Ghost (g[=o]st), n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. g[=a]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g[=e]st spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.] [1913 Webster] 1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • give up — phrasal verb Word forms give up : present tense I/you/we/they give up he/she/it gives up present participle giving up past tense gave up past participle given up 1) [transitive] to stop doing something that you do regularly His wife finally… …   English dictionary

  • give — I UK [ɡɪv] / US verb Word forms give : present tense I/you/we/they give he/she/it gives present participle giving past tense gave UK [ɡeɪv] / US past participle given UK [ˈɡɪv(ə)n] / US *** 1) [transitive] to put something in someone s hand, or… …   English dictionary

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