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1 housewife
plural - housewives; noun (a woman who looks after her house, her husband and her family, and who usually does not have a job outside the home.) húsmóðir -
2 romantic
[-tik]1) ((negative unromantic) (of a story) about people who are in love: a romantic novel.) rómantískur2) (causing or feeling love, especially the beautiful love described in a romance: Her husband is very romantic - he brings her flowers every day; romantic music.) rómantískur3) (too concerned with love and excitement: Her head is full of romantic notions.) rómantískur -
3 adultery
(sexual intercourse between a husband and a woman who is not his wife or between a wife and a man who is not her husband.) framhjáhald, hjúskaparbrot -
4 baffle
['bæfl](to puzzle (a person): I was baffled by her attitude towards her husband.) vera/gera ráðþrota/hlessa- baffling -
5 bewilder
[bi'wildə](to amaze or puzzle: She was bewildered when her husband suddenly left her; bewildered by the instructions.) koma úr jafnvægi -
6 cling
[kliŋ]past tense, past participle - clung; verb((usually with to) to stick (to); to grip tightly: The mud clung to her shoes; She clung to her husband as he said goodbye; He clings to an impossible hope; The boat clung to (= stayed close to) the coastline.) halda sér í/í námunda við -
7 high and dry
1) ((of boats) on the shore; out of the water: The boat was left high and dry of the beach.) á þurru2) (in difficulties: Her husband has left her high and dry without any money.) í vandræðum -
8 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) slá, kÿla; rekast á, skella á; hæfa2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) slá, kÿla3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) verða (illa) fyrir e-u, valda skaða4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) hitta í mark, hæfa; ná2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) skot2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) stig, skot3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) sem slær í gegn•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
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9 knock about/around
1) (to treat in a rough and unkind manner, especially to hit repeatedly: I've heard that her husband knocks her about.) misþyrma, lemja2) (to move about (in) in a casual manner without a definite destination or purpose: He spent six months knocking around before getting a job.) þvælast um3) ((with with) to be friendly with: I don't like the boys he knocks about with.) umgangast -
10 over
['əuvə] 1. preposition1) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) yfir; fyrir ofan2) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) yfir, á, ofan á, um3) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) yfir, fyrir4) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) út um allt5) (about: a quarrel over money.) út af, um6) (by means of: He spoke to her over the telephone.) í (gegnum), símleiðis7) (during: Over the years, she grew to hate her husband.) í gegnum, með árunum8) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) yfir, meðan á e-u stendur2. adverb1) (higher, moving etc above: The plane flew over about an hour ago.)2) (used to show movement, change of position: He rolled over on his back; He turned over the page.)3) (across: He went over and spoke to them.)4) (downwards: He fell over.)5) (higher in number etc: for people aged twenty and over.)6) (remaining: There are two cakes for each of us, and two over.)7) (through from beginning to end, carefully: Read it over; Talk it over between you.)3. adjective(finished: The affair is over now.) yfir4. noun((in cricket) a certain number of balls bowled from one end of the wicket: He bowled thirty overs in the match.) röð (af sex köstum)5. as part of a word1) (too (much), as in overdo.)2) (in a higher position, as in overhead.)3) (covering, as in overcoat.)4) (down from an upright position, as in overturn.)5) (completely, as in overcome.)•- over all
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11 point
[point] 1. noun1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) oddur2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) nes, oddi3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) punktur4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) staður5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) nákvæmt augnablik6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) stig, mark7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) áttastrik8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) stig, punktur9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) (aðal)atriði, punktur, kjarni10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) tilgangur11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) eiginleiki, hlið12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) innstunga2. verb1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) miða, beina2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) benda á3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) spartla/múra í•- pointed- pointer
- pointless
- pointlessly
- points
- be on the point of
- come to the point
- make a point of
- make one's point
- point out
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12 reconciliation
[-sili-]noun There has been a reconciliation between her and her husband; an act of reconciliation.) sættir -
13 rough
1. adjective1) (not smooth: Her skin felt rough.) grófur, hrjúfur2) (uneven: a rough path.) grófur, ójafn3) (harsh; unpleasant: a rough voice; She's had a rough time since her husband died.) erfiður; hrjúfur4) (noisy and violent: rough behaviour.) ruddalegur5) (stormy: The sea was rough; rough weather.) úfinn; rysjóttur6) (not complete or exact; approximate: a rough drawing; a rough idea/estimate.) grófur, ómótaður2. noun1) (a violent bully: a gang of roughs.) ruddi, hrotti2) (uneven or uncultivated ground on a golf course: I lost my ball in the rough.) röff, kargi•- roughly- roughness
- roughage
- roughen
- rough diamond
- rough-and-ready
- rough-and-tumble
- rough it
- rough out -
14 thrift
[Ɵrift](careful spending of money, or using of food or other resources, so that one can save or have some left in reserve; economy: She is noted for her thrift but her husband is very extravagant.) sparsemi- thrifty- thriftily
- thriftiness -
15 void
[void] 1. adjective1) (not valid or binding: The treaty has been declared void.) ógildur2) ((with of) lacking entirely: a statement void of meaning.) gersneyddur2. noun(a huge empty space, especially (with the) outer space: The rocket shot up into the void; Her death left a void in her husband's life.) tóm, tómarúm -
16 battered
adjective battered wives/children; She ran away from her husband to a shelter for battered women.) -
17 betroth
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18 blow
I [bləu] noun1) (a stroke or knock: a blow on the head.) högg2) (a sudden misfortune: Her husband's death was a real blow.) áfallII [bləu] past tense - blew; verb1) ((of a current of air) to be moving: The wind blew more strongly.) blása2) ((of eg wind) to cause (something) to move in a given way: The explosion blew off the lid.) feykja3) (to be moved by the wind etc: The door must have blown shut.) fjúka4) (to drive air (upon or into): Please blow into this tube!) blása5) (to make a sound by means of (a musical instrument etc): He blew the horn loudly.) blása•- blowhole- blow-lamp
- blow-torch
- blowout
- blowpipe
- blow one's top
- blow out
- blow over
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19 breadwinner
noun (a person who earns money to keep a family: When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.) fyrirvinna -
20 contempt
[kən'tempt]1) (very low opinion; scorn: She spoke with utter contempt of her husband's behaviour.) fyrirlitning2) (disregard for the law.) óvirðing•- contemptibly
- contemptuous
- contemptuously
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