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1 the people
(the ordinary people of a country as opposed to the aristocracy etc: government for the people by the people.) alþÿðan, almúginn -
2 the Establishment
(the people and institutions that control power or are dominant in a society and stick to traditions; one of these institutions: The hippies rebelled against the Establishment; the political/literary establishment.) -
3 the general public
(the people of a town, country etc, considered as a group.) almenningur -
4 people
['pi:pl]1) (persons: There were three people in the room.) fólk, manneskjur2) (men and women in general: People often say such things.) manneskjur, fólk3) (( noun singular) a nation or race: all the peoples of this world.) þjóð, þjóðflokkur• -
5 the elderly
(people who are (rather) old: It is important for the elderly to take some exercise.) aldraðir -
6 the public
(people in general: This swimming pool is open to the public every day.) almenningur -
7 the story goes
(people say: He has been in jail or so the story goes.) sagan segir, sagt er -
8 the rest
1) (what is left when part of something is taken away, finished etc: the rest of the meal.) afgangur2) (all the other people, things etc: Jack went home, but the rest of us went to the cinema.) þeir sem eftir eru -
9 the salt of the earth
(a very good or worthy person: People like her are the salt of the earth.) salt jarðar, úrvalsfólk -
10 the Black Death
noun (the plague that killed large numbers of people in Europe in the 14th to 18th centuries) -
11 the generation gap
noun (the difference in views and the lack of understanding between younger and older people.) -
12 the aged
['ei‹id] (old people: care for the aged.) aldraðir -
13 the old
(old people: hospitals for the old.) aldraðir -
14 the sick
(ill people: He visits the sick.) veikt fólk -
15 the mass media
(those channels of communication (TV, radio, newspapers etc) that reach large numbers of people.) fjölmiðlar -
16 the rank and file
1) (ordinary people.) óbreyttir, venjulegt fólk2) (ordinary soldiers, not officers.) óbreyttir hermenn -
17 the young
(young people in general.) unga fólkið -
18 in the know
(having information possessed only by a small group of people: People in the know tell me that she is the most likely person to get the job.) sem þekkir til -
19 in the midst of
1) (among or in the centre of: in the midst of a crowd of people.) miðja; í miðju2) (at the same time as: in the midst of all these troubles.) á meðan (á e-u stendur) -
20 play the fool
(to act in a foolish manner, especially with the intention of amusing other people: He always played the fool when the teacher left the classroom.) leika trúðinn, vera með trúðslæti
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