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1 rule
[ru:l] 1. noun1) (government: under foreign rule.) stjórn2) (a regulation or order: school rules.) regla3) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) regla, lögmál4) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) regla, venja5) (a marked strip of wood, metal etc for measuring: He measured the windows with a rule.) reglustika, tommustokkur2. verb1) (to govern: The king ruled (the people) wisely.) stjórna2) (to decide officially: The judge ruled that the witness should be heard.) úrskurða3) (to draw (a straight line): He ruled a line across the page.) strika•- ruled- ruler
- ruling 3. noun(an official decision: The judge gave his ruling.) úrskurður- rule off
- rule out -
2 democracy
[di'mokrəsi]plural - democracies; noun((a country having) a form of government in which the people freely elect representatives to govern them: Which is the world's largest democracy?; He believes in democracy.) lÿðræði, lÿðræðisríki- democrat- democratic
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3 governor
1) (in the United States, the head of a state: the Governor of Ohio.) ríkisstjóri2) (a member of the committee of people who govern a school, hospital etc: He is on the board of governors.) stjórnandi; stjórnarmeðlimur3) (a person who governs a province or colony.) landstjóri, nÿlendustjóri -
4 oppress
[ə'pres]1) (to govern cruelly: The king oppressed his people.) kúga, undiroka2) (to worry or depress: The thought of leaving her oppressed me.) þjaka•- oppressive
- oppressively
- oppressiveness
- oppressor
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