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1 sick
[sik] 1. adjective1) (vomiting or inclined to vomit: He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.) vera óglatt, veikur2) ((especially American) ill: He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.) veikur, sjúkur, lasinn3) (very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of): I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!) hundleiður4) (affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings: I was really sick at making that bad mistake.) vera miður sín5) (in bad taste: a sick joke.) ósmekklegur, sjúklegur2. noun(vomit: The bedclothes were covered with sick.) æla- sicken- sickening
- sickeningly
- sickly
- sickness
- sick-leave
- make someone sick
- make sick
- the sick
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2 delirious
[di'liriəs]1) (wandering in the mind and talking complete nonsense (usually as a result of fever): The sick man was delirious and nothing he said made sense.) með óráði2) (wild with excitement: She was delirious with happiness at the news.) frá sér numinn• -
3 last out
(to be or have enough to survive or continue to exist (until the end of): I hope the petrol lasts out until we reach a garage; They could only last out another week on the little food they had; The sick man was not expected to last out the night.) endast -
4 satisfactory
[-'fæktəri]adjective ((negative unsatisfactory) giving satisfaction; good enough to satisfy: Your work is not satisfactory; The condition of the sick man is satisfactory.) viðunandi, fullnægjandi -
5 ambulance
['æmbjuləns](a vehicle for carrying the sick and injured to hospital etc: Call an ambulance - this man is very ill!) sjúkrabíll -
6 stretcher
noun (a light folding bed with handles for carrying the sick or wounded: The injured man was carried to the ambulance on a stretcher.) sjúkrabörur
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