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21 curtain call
(an appearance by actors, singers etc after a performance for the purpose of receiving applause: After the play the actors took ten curtain calls.) framkall -
22 degree
[di'ɡri:]1) ((an) amount or extent: There is still a degree of uncertainty; The degree of skill varies considerably from person to person.) talsvert, þó nokkuð2) (a unit of temperature: 20° (= 20 degrees) Celsius.) gráða3) (a unit by which angles are measured: at an angle of 90° (= 90 degrees).) gráða4) (a title or certificate given by a university etc: He took a degree in chemistry.) gráða•- to a degree -
23 dice with death
(to do something very risky (and dangerous): He diced with death every time he took a short cut across the main railway line.) hætta lífi sínu -
24 digest
1. verb1) (to break up (food) in the stomach etc and turn it into a form which the body can use: The invalid had to have food that was easy to digest.) melta2) (to take in and think over (information etc): It took me some minutes to digest what he had said.) melta (andlega), velta fyrir sér2. noun(summary; brief account: a digest of the week's news.)- digestion
- digestive -
25 discussion
[-ʃən]noun ((an act of) talking about something: I think there has been too much discussion of this subject; Discussions between the heads of state took place in strict security.) umræður -
26 doom
[du:m] 1. noun(fate, especially something terrible and final which is about to happen (to one): The whole place had an atmosphere of doom; His doom was inevitable.) ömurleg endalok, dauðadómur2. verb(to condemn; to make certain to come to harm, fail etc: His crippled leg doomed him to long periods of unemployment; The project was doomed to failure; He was doomed from the moment he first took drugs.) dæma -
27 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) draga, toga2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) draga, mjaka3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) dragast eftir jörðu4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) slæða5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) silast áfram; líða hægt2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) hindrun, dragbítur2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) draga að sér3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) leiðindapúki, leiðinlegur starfi/staður4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) klæðnaður klæðskiptinga -
28 draught
1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!) súgur, trekkur2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.) sopi, teygur3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.) djúprista•- draughts- draughty -
29 drink
[driŋk] 1. past tense - drank; verb1) (to swallow (a liquid): She drank a pint of water; He drank from a bottle.) drekka2) (to take alcoholic liquids, especially in too great a quantity.) drekka2. noun1) ((an act of drinking) a liquid suitable for swallowing: He had/took a drink of water; Lemonade is a refreshing drink.) drykkur2) ((a glassful etc of) alcoholic liquor: He likes a drink when he returns home from work; Have we any drink in the house?) drykkur; glas af áfengi•- drink in- drink to / drink to the health of
- drink to / drink the health of
- drink up -
30 east
[i:st] 1. noun1) (the direction from which the sun rises, or any part of the earth lying in that direction: The wind is blowing from the east; The village is to the east of Canton; in the east of England.) austur, austurátt2) ((also E) one of the four main points of the compass: He took a direction 10° E of N / east of north.) austur2. adjective1) (in the east: the east coast.) austur-2) (from the direction of the east: an east wind.) að austan, austanstæður3. adverb(towards the east: The house faces east.) í austur- easterly- eastern
- easternmost
- eastward
- eastwards
- eastward
- the East -
31 edge
[e‹] 1. noun1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) barmur, rönd, brún2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) egg; bit3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) snarpleikur; skerpa; sárasta hungur2. verb1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) brydda; afmarka2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) mjaka•- edging- edgy
- edgily
- edginess
- have the edge on/over
- on edge -
32 else
[els]adjective, adverb(besides; other than that already mentioned: What else can I do? Can we go anywhere else?; He took someone else's pencil.) annar; öðru vísi; annars- or else -
33 examination
1) ((a) close inspection: Make a thorough examination of the area where the crime took place; On examination the patient was discovered to have appendicitis.) athugun, skoðun2) ((also exam) a test of knowledge or ability: school examinations; She is to take a French/dancing exam; ( also adjective) examination/exam papers; He failed/passed the English exam.) próf3) ((a) formal questioning (eg of a witness).) yfirheyrsla, prófun -
34 exchange
[iks' ein‹] 1. verb1) (to give, or give up, in return for something else: Can you exchange a dollar note for two 50-cent pieces?) skipta á2) (to give and receive in return: They exchanged amused glances.) skiptast á2. noun1) (the giving and taking of one thing for another: He gave me a pencil in exchange for the marble; An exchange of opinions is helpful.) skipti2) (a conversation or dispute: An angry exchange took place between the two brothers when their father's will was read.) orðaskipti, rifrildi3) (the act of exchanging the money of one country for that of another.) gjaldeyrisviðskipti4) (the difference between the value of money in different countries: What is the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and the yen?) gengi5) (a place where business shares are bought and sold or international financial dealings carried on.) kauphöll, verðbréfamarkaður6) ((also telephone exchange) a central telephone system where lines are connected.) símstöð• -
35 ferry
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36 founding
noun The founding of the organization took place a long time ago.) stofnun -
37 from force of habit
(because one is used to doing (something): I took the cigarette from force of habit.) af (gömlum) vana -
38 gallop
['ɡæləp] 1. noun((a period of riding at) the fastest pace of a horse: He took the horse out for a gallop; The horse went off at a gallop.) stökk2. verb1) ((of a horse) to move at a gallop: The horse galloped round the field.) fara á stökki2) ((with through) to do, say etc (something) very quickly: He galloped through the work.) flÿta sér• -
39 give up
1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) hætta við2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) hætta að nota3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) afhenda4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) helga sig, nota/eyða tíma í5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) átlíta/telja e-n vera -
40 glory
['ɡlo:ri] 1. plural - glories; noun1) (fame or honour: glory on the field of battle; He took part in the competition for the glory of the school.) heiður, sæmd2) (a source of pride, fame etc: This building is one of the many glories of Venice.) stolt3) (the quality of being magnificent: The sun rose in all its glory.) dÿrð2. verb(to take great pleasure in: He glories in his work as an architect.) vera alsæll yfir- glorify- glorification
- glorious
- gloriously
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