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1 brochure
['brəuʃuə](a short booklet giving information about holidays, products etc: Get some brochures from the travel agent.) -
2 circular
['sə:kjulə] 1. adjective1) (having the form of a circle: a circular piece of paper.) hringlaga2) (leading back to the point from which it started: a circular road.) sem myndar hring2. noun(a notice etc, especially advertising something, sent to a number of persons: We often get circulars advertising holidays.) dreifibréf -
3 continent
I ['kontinənt] noun1) (one of the great divisions of the land surface of the world - Europe, America, Australia, Asia or Africa.) heimsálfa2) (Europe excluding Britain: We are going to the continent for our holidays.) meginland•- continental breakfast
- continental shelf II ['kontinənt] adjective(able to control especially the bladder and/or bowel.) sem getur haldið í sér -
4 design
1. verb(to invent and prepare a plan of (something) before it is built or made: A famous architect designed this building.) teikna, hanna2. noun1) (a sketch or plan produced before something is made: a design for a dress.) teikning, hönnun2) (style; the way in which something has been made or put together: It is very modern in design; I don't like the design of that building.) hönnun3) (a pattern etc: The curtains have a flower design on them.) mynstur4) (a plan formed in the mind; (an) intention: Our holidays coincided by design and not by accident.) ásetningur•- designer- designing -
5 divide
1) (to separate into parts or groups: The wall divided the garden in two; The group divided into three when we got off the bus; We are divided (= We do not agree) as to where to spend our holidays.) skiptast; skipta í hópa2) ((with between or among) to share: We divided the sweets between us.) skipta með sér3) (to find out how many times one number contains another: 6 divided by 2 equals 3.) deila•- dividers- divisible
- division
- divisional -
6 feature
['fi: ə] 1. noun1) (a mark by which anything is known; a quality: The use of bright colours is one of the features of her painting.) sérkenni2) (one of the parts of one's face (eyes, nose etc): She has very regular features.) andlitsfall3) (a special article in a newspaper: `The Times' is doing a feature on holidays.) uppsláttargrein; greinaflokkur4) (the main film in a cinema programme etc: The feature begins at 7.30; ( also adjective) a feature film.) aðalkvikmyndin2. verb(to give or have a part (especially an important one): That film features the best of the British actresses.) sÿna, hafa (til að bera), flagga -
7 have (half) a mind to
(to feel (slightly) inclined to (do something): I've half a mind to take my holidays in winter this year.) vera skapi næst að -
8 have (half) a mind to
(to feel (slightly) inclined to (do something): I've half a mind to take my holidays in winter this year.) vera skapi næst að -
9 holiday
['holədi]1) (a day when one does not have to work: Next Monday is a holiday.) frídagur2) ((often in plural) a period of time when one does not have to work: The summer holidays will soon be here; We're going to Sweden for our holiday(s); I'm taking two weeks' holiday in June; ( also adjective) holiday clothes.) frí•- on holiday -
10 look forward to
(to wait with pleasure for: I am looking forward to seeing you / to the holidays.) hlakka til -
11 observance
1) (the act of obeying rules etc: the observance of the law.) það að virða reglur2) (the act of observing (a tradition etc): the observance of religious holidays.) það að virða (hefðir) -
12 pigs might fly
(said of something very unlikely to happen: `We might have fine weather for our holidays.' `Yes, and pigs might fly!') líklegt eða hitt þó heldur -
13 resort
[rə'zo:t] 1. verb((with to) to begin to use, do etc as a way of solving a problem etc when other methods have failed: He couldn't persuade people to do what he wanted, so he resorted to threats of violence.) grípa til2. noun(a place visited by many people (especially for holidays): Brighton is a popular (holiday) resort.) ferðamannastaður -
14 ski resort
noun (a place that has the facilities for skiing, where people go to ski especially on holidays.) -
15 stagger
['stæɡə]1) (to sway, move or walk unsteadily: The drunk man staggered along the road.) skjögra2) (to astonish: I was staggered to hear he had died.) slá út af laginu3) (to arrange (people's hours of work, holidays etc) so that they do not begin and end at the same times.) víxlraða; hagræða• -
16 summer
(the warmest season of the year: I went to Italy last summer; ( also adjective) summer holidays.) sumar- summery- summer camp
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17 team up
(to join with another person in order to do something together: They teamed up with another family to rent a house for the holidays.) ganga til liðs við -
18 travel agency
(a place where one can arrange journeys, book tickets etc: We went to the travel agency to book our holidays.) ferðaskrifstofa -
19 travel bureau
(a place where one can arrange journeys, book tickets etc: We went to the travel agency to book our holidays.) ferðaskrifstofa -
20 villa
['vilə](a type of detached or semi-detached (usually luxury) house, in the country or suburbs, or used for holidays at the seaside: They have a villa at the seaside.) einbÿlishús, villa; (sveita)setur
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