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1 evening
[i:vniŋ]1) (the part of the day between the afternoon and the night: He leaves the house in the morning and returns in the evening; summer evenings; tomorrow evening; on Tuesday evening; early evening; ( also adjective) the evening performance.) kvöld2) (the last part (of one's life etc): in the evening of her life.) ævikvöld; lokaskeið• -
2 evening dress
1) (clothes worn for formal occasions in the evening.) kvöldklæðnaður2) (a formal dress worn by a woman in the evening.) kvöldkjóll -
3 the first/last post
(in the army, the morning/evening bugle-call.) morgun-/kvöld lúðurkall -
4 on the hour
(at exactly one, two, three etc o'clock: Buses leave here for London on the hour until 10 o'clock in the evening.) á heila tímanum -
5 star turn
(the most successful or spectacular performance or item (in a show etc): The acrobats were the star turn of the evening.) stjörnuatriði, stjarna -
6 dinner
['dinə]1) (the main meal of the day eaten usually in the evening: Is it time for dinner yet?) kvöldverður (eða miðdegisverður)2) (a formal party in the evening, when such a meal is eaten: They asked me to dinner; He was the guest of honour at the dinner; ( also adjective) a dinner party.) kvöldverðarboð• -
7 still
I 1. [stil] adjective1) (without movement or noise: The city seems very still in the early morning; Please stand/sit/keep/hold still while I brush your hair!; still (= calm) water/weather.) kyrr2) ((of drinks) not fizzy: still orange juice.) goslaus2. noun(a photograph selected from a cinema film: The magazine contained some stills from the new film.) mynd, stakur rammi úr kvikmynd- stillborn II [stil] adverb1) (up to and including the present time, or the time mentioned previously: Are you still working for the same firm?; By Saturday he had still not / still hadn't replied to my letter.) enn, ennþá2) (nevertheless; in spite of that: Although the doctor told him to rest, he still went on working; This picture is not valuable - still, I like it.) þrátt fyrir það3) (even: He seemed very ill in the afternoon and in the evening looked still worse.) jafnvel -
8 against
[ə'ɡenst]1) (in opposition to: They fought against the enemy; Dropping litter is against the law (= illegal).) á móti, gegn2) (in contrast to: The trees were black against the evening sky.) móti, með e-ð að bakgrunni, bera við e-ð3) (touching or in contact with: He stood with his back against the wall; The rain beat against the window.) upp (við), (upp) að4) (in order to protect against: vaccination against tuberculosis.) gegn, móti -
9 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 -
10 cool
[ku:l] 1. adjective1) (slightly cold: cool weather.) svalur2) (calm or not excitable: He's very cool in a crisis.) rólegur, kaldur3) (not very friendly: He was very cool towards me.) fálegur, kuldalegur4) ((slang) great; terrific; fantastic: Wow, that's really cool!; You look cool in those jeans!)2. verb1) (to make or become less warm: The jelly will cool better in the refrigerator; She cooled her hands in the stream.) kæla2) (to become less strong: His affection for her has cooled; Her anger cooled.) minnka3. noun(cool air or atmosphere: the cool of the evening.) svali- coolly- coolness
- cool-headed
- cool down
- keep one's cool
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11 edition
[i'diʃn]noun (a number of copies of a book etc printed at a time, or the form in which they are produced: the third edition of the book; a paperback edition; the evening edition of the newspaper.) útgáfa -
12 p.m.
[,pi: 'em](also P.M.) (abbreviation)(after midday: at 1 pm (= at one o'clock in the afternoon); at 6.00 pm (= at six o'clock in the evening); the 2pm train.) -
13 pm
[,pi: 'em](also P.M.) (abbreviation)(after midday: at 1 pm (= at one o'clock in the afternoon); at 6.00 pm (= at six o'clock in the evening); the 2pm train.) -
14 prime time
noun (the evening hours, the time when most viewers are watching television: The programme will be broadcast during prime time.) -
15 as opposed to
(separate or distinct from; in contrast with: I would prefer it if we met in the morning, as opposed to the evening.) andstætt -
16 camp-fire
noun (the fire on which campers cook, and round which they sit in the evening etc.) varðeldur -
17 supper-time
noun (the time in the evening when people eat supper: I'll be back at supper-time.) kvöldverðartími -
18 as a rule
(usually: I don't go out in the evening as a rule.) venjulega, yfirleitt -
19 crony
['krəuni]plural - cronies; noun(a close companion: He spent the evening drinking with his cronies.) virktarvinur -
20 dinner-jacket
noun (a man's formal jacket for wear in the evening.) smókingjakki
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