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1 saving
noun (a way of saving money etc or the amount saved in this way: It's a great saving to be able to make one's own clothes.) sparnaður -
2 saving grace
(a good quality that makes up for a fault: His speeches are boring but they have the saving grace of being short.) bót í máli -
3 face-saving
adjective (of something which helps a person not to look stupid or not to appear to be giving in: He agreed to everything we asked and as a face-saving exercise we offered to consult him occasionally.) e-ð sem forðar manni frá skömm/álitshnekki -
4 labour-saving
adjective (intended to lessen work: washing-machines and other labour-saving devices.) vinnusparandi -
5 life-saving
noun (the act or skill of rescuing people from drowning: The boy is being taught life-saving.) skyndihjálp -
6 save
I 1. [seiv] verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) bjarga2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) spara3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) spara (sér) vinnu/vandræði4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) koma í veg fyrir mark, verja(st)5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) frelsa6) (to keep data in the computer.)2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) björgun, vörn- saver- saving
- savings
- saviour
- saving grace
- savings account
- savings bank
- save up II [seiv] preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) nema -
7 salvation
[sæl'veiʃən]1) (in religion, the freeing of a person from sin or the saving of his soul.) sáluhjálp, frelsun2) (the cause, means, or act of saving: This delay was the salvation of the army.) björg, það sem bjargar -
8 face
[feis] 1. noun1) (the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) andlit2) (a surface especially the front surface: a rock face.) yfirborð3) (in mining, the end of a tunnel etc where work is being done: a coal face.) endi gangs í kolanámu2. verb1) (to be opposite to: My house faces the park.) snúa að2) (to turn, stand etc in the direction of: She faced him across the desk.) snúa að, standa andspænis3) (to meet or accept boldly: to face one's fate.) horfast í augu við•- - faced- facial
- facing
- facecloth
- facelift
- face-powder
- face-saving
- face value
- at face value
- face the music
- face to face
- face up to
- in the face of
- lose face
- make/pull a face
- on the face of it
- put a good face on it
- save one's face -
9 hero
['hiərəu] 1. plural - heroes; noun1) (a man or boy admired (by many people) for his brave deeds: The boy was regarded as a hero for saving his friend's life.) hetja2) (the chief male person in a story, play etc: The hero of this book is a young American boy called Tom Sawyer.) söguhetja•- heroic- heroically
- heroism
- hero-worship 2. verb(to show such admiration for (someone): The boy hero-worshipped the footballer.) dÿrka -
10 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) (erfiðis)vinna2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) verkamenn3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) hríðir4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Verkamannaflokkurinn2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) vinna, strita2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) erfiða, paufa•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving -
11 life
plural - lives; noun1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) líf; tilvera2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) ævi3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) líf, fjör4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) líf, lífsstíll5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) -ár, -líf, -ævi6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) lífvera7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) ævisaga8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) lífstíðarfangelsi•- lifeless- lifelike
- life-and-death
- lifebelt
- lifeboat
- lifebuoy
- life-cycle
- life expectancy
- lifeguard
- life-jacket
- lifeline
- lifelong
- life-saving
- life-sized
- life-size
- lifetime
- as large as life
- bring to life
- come to life
- for life
- the life and soul of the party
- not for the life of me
- not on your life!
- take life
- take one's life
- take one's life in one's hands
- to the life -
12 lifeboat
noun (a boat for saving shipwrecked people.) björgunarbátur -
13 money-box
noun (a box for saving money in.) peningabaukur -
14 save up
(to save: He's been saving up for a new bike.) spara
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