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1 hurry
1. verb1) (to (cause to) move or act quickly, often too quickly: You'd better hurry if you want to catch that bus; If you hurry me, I'll make mistakes.) flÿta (sér), hraða (sér)2) (to convey quickly: After the accident, the injured man was hurried to the hospital.) senda/flytja í skyndingu2. noun1) (the act of doing something quickly, often too quickly: In his hurry to leave, he fell and broke his arm.) flÿtir; óðagot2) (the need to do something quickly: Is there any hurry for this job?) sem liggur á•- hurried- hurriedly
- in a hurry
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2 shortcut
noun (a quicker way between two places: I'm in a hurry - I'll take a shortcut across the field.) styttri leið -
3 rush
I 1. verb(to (make someone or something) hurry or go quickly: He rushed into the room; She rushed him to the doctor.) þjóta, hraða (sér/e-m)2. noun1) (a sudden quick movement: They made a rush for the door.) sprettur2) (a hurry: I'm in a dreadful rush.) flÿtir•II noun(a tall grass-like plant growing in or near water: They hid their boat in the rushes.) sef -
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5 dress
[dres] 1. verb1) (to put clothes or a covering on: We dressed in a hurry and my wife dressed the children.) klæðast2) (to prepare (food etc) to be eaten: She dressed a salad.) útbúa mat3) (to treat and bandage (wounds): He was sent home from hospital after his burns had been dressed.) binda um2. noun1) (what one is wearing or dressed in: He has strange tastes in dress.) klæðnaður, fatnaður2) (a piece of women's clothing with a top and skirt in one piece: Shall I wear a dress or a blouse and skirt?) kjóll•- dressed- dresser
- dressing
- dressing-gown
- dressing-room
- dressing-table
- dressmaker
- dress rehearsal
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7 press
[pres] 1. verb1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) þrÿsta á2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) kreista3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) hvetja; reka á eftir4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) þrÿsta á, halda fast fram5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) pressa2. noun1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) þrÿstingur2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) prentvél3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) pressan, blöðin4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) blaðamenn5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) -pressa•- pressing- press conference
- press-cutting
- be hard pressed
- be pressed for
- press for
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9 speed
[spi:d] 1. noun1) (rate of moving: a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.) hraði2) (quickness of moving.) hraði2. verb1) ((past tense, past participles sped [sped] speeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry: The car sped/speeded along the motorway.) flÿta; þjóta2) ((past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law: The policeman said that I had been speeding.) fara of hratt•- speeding- speedy
- speedily
- speediness
- speed bump
- speed trap
- speedometer
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10 stroll
См. также в других словарях:
hurry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, real, tearing (esp. BrE), terrible (esp. BrE) ▪ I was late for work and in a big hurry. PREPOSITION ▪ … Collocations dictionary
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hurry — ► VERB (hurries, hurried) ▪ move or act quickly or more quickly. ► NOUN ▪ great haste; urgency. ● in a hurry Cf. ↑in a hurry DERIVATIVES hurried … English terms dictionary
hurry-skurry — noun see hurry scurry … New Collegiate Dictionary
hurry-skurry — noun To hurry; act hurriedly … Wiktionary
hurry call — noun : an emergency summons * * * hurry call, a call for immediate help in an emergency … Useful english dictionary
hurry — hur|ry1 [ hʌri ] verb intransitive ** to do something or move somewhere very quickly: We must hurry or we shall be late back. Alec had to hurry home, but I stayed on. hurry along/through/into: She hurried along the corridor toward his office. He… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hurry — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to do something or go somewhere more quickly than usual, especially because there is not much time: The movie begins as six we ll have to hurry. | hurry through/along/down etc: She hurried down the corridor as fast as she could. | … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hurry — I UK [ˈhʌrɪ] / US verb Word forms hurry : present tense I/you/we/they hurry he/she/it hurries present participle hurrying past tense hurried past participle hurried ** [intransitive] to do something or to move somewhere very quickly We must hurry … English dictionary
hurry*/ — [ˈhʌri] verb [I/T] I to do something or to move somewhere very quickly, or to make someone do this We must hurry or we ll be late.[/ex] Alex had to hurry home, but I decided to stay.[/ex] She hurried along the corridor towards his office.[/ex]… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
hurry — I. verb (hurried; hurrying) Etymology: perhaps from Middle English horyen Date: 1592 transitive verb 1. a. to carry or cause to go with haste < hurry them to the hospital > b. to impel to rash or precipitate action … New Collegiate Dictionary
