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1 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) draga niður2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) svíkja, bregðast3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) hleypa lofti úr4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) síkka -
2 stream
[stri:m] 1. noun1) (a small river or brook: He managed to jump across the stream.) á, lækur2) (a flow of eg water, air etc: A stream of water was pouring down the gutter; A stream of people was coming out of the cinema; He got into the wrong stream of traffic and uttered a stream of curses.) straumur, flaumur, flóð3) (the current of a river etc: He was swimming against the stream.) straumur4) (in schools, one of the classes into which children of the same age are divided according to ability.) bekkur (sem raðað er í skv. námsgetu)2. verb1) (to flow: Tears streamed down her face; Workers streamed out of the factory gates; Her hair streamed out in the wind.) streyma; blakta2) (to divide schoolchildren into classes according to ability: Many people disapprove of streaming (children) in schools.) raða eftir námsgetu•- streamer- streamlined -
3 smother
1) (to kill or die from lack of air, caused especially by a thick covering over the mouth and nose; to suffocate: He smothered his victim by holding a pillow over her face.) kæfa2) (to prevent (a fire) from burning by covering it thickly: He threw sand on the fire to smother it.) kæfa3) (to cover (too) thickly; to overwhelm: When he got home his children smothered him with kisses.) þekja
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