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61 at any rate
(at least: It's a pity it has started to rain, but at any rate we can still enjoy ourselves at the cinema; The Queen is coming to see us - at any rate, that's what John says.) að minnsta kosti -
62 desert
I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) yfirgefa, fara frá2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) gerast liðhlaupi•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) eyðimörk -
63 drought
((a period of) lack of rain: The reservoir dried up completely during the drought.) langvarandi þurrviðri -
64 easily
1) (without difficulty: She won the race easily.) auðveldlega2) (by far: This is easily the best book I've read this year.) tvímælalaust3) (very probably: It may easily rain tomorrow.) mjög sennilega -
65 flood
1. noun1) (a great overflow of water: If it continues to rain like this, we shall have floods.) flóð2) (any great quantity: a flood of fan mail.) flaumur2. verb(to (cause something to) overflow with water: She left the water running and flooded the kitchen.) (láta) flæða yfir3. [-lit] verb(to light with floodlights.) flóðlÿsa- floodlit
- flood-tide -
66 heavy
['hevi]1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) þungur2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) þungur3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) mikill, þungur,4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) stórtækur, stór-5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) þungbúinn6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) erfiður7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) þungur8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) þunglamalegur, hávær•- heavily- heaviness
- heavy-duty
- heavy industry
- heavyweight
- heavy going
- a heavy heart
- make heavy weather of -
67 make a mess of
1) (to make dirty, untidy or confused: The heavy rain has made a real mess of the garden.) setja á annan endann; sóða (út)2) (to do badly: He made a mess of his essay.) klúðra3) (to spoil or ruin (eg one's life): He made a mess of his life by drinking too much.) klúðra -
68 pelt
[pelt]1) (to throw (things) at: The children pelted each other with snowballs.) láta dynja á, kasta (e-u) að2) (to run very fast: He pelted down the road.) skjótast3) ((of rain; sometimes also of hailstones) to fall very heavily: You can't leave now - it's pelting (down).) dynja, steypast yfir; hellirigna• -
69 precipitation
noun (the amount of rain or snow that falls on the ground.) -
70 rainfall
noun (the amount of rain that falls in a certain place in a certain time: We haven't had much rainfall this year; the annual rainfall.) úrkoma -
71 angry
1) (feeling or showing anger: He was so angry that he was unable to speak; angry words; She is angry with him; The sky looks angry - it is going to rain.) reiður2) (red and sore-looking: He has an angry cut over his left eye.) rauðþrútinn -
72 barometer
[bə'romitə](an instrument which indicates changes of weather: The barometer is falling - it is going to rain.) loftvog -
73 fair
I [feə] adjective1) (light-coloured; with light-coloured hair and skin: fair hair; Scandinavian people are often fair.) ljós2) (just; not favouring one side: a fair test.) sanngjarn3) ((of weather) fine; without rain: a fair afternoon.) bjartur, heiðskír4) (quite good; neither bad nor good: Her work is only fair.) sæmilegur, þokkalegur5) (quite big, long etc: a fair size.) nokkuð stór/langur6) (beautiful: a fair maiden.) fallegur•- fairness- fairly
- fair play II [feə] noun1) (a collection of entertainments that travels from town to town: She won a large doll at the fair.) (farand)markaðshátíð/tívolí/sirkus2) (a large market held at fixed times: A fair is held here every spring.) markaður3) (an exhibition of goods from different countries, firms etc: a trade fair.) kaupstefna, vörusÿning -
74 look like
1) (to appear similar to: She looks very like her mother.) líkjast2) (to show the effects, signs or possibility of: It looks like rain.) lítur út fyrir -
75 mercy
['mə:si]plural - mercies; noun1) (kindness towards a person, especially an enemy, who is in one's power: He showed his enemies no mercy.) miskunn2) (a piece of good luck or something for which one should be grateful: It was a mercy that it didn't rain.) mildi, lán•- merciful- mercifully
- merciless
- mercilessly
- at the mercy of
- have mercy on -
76 rainy
adjective (having (many) showers of rain: a rainy day; the rainy season; rainy weather.) rigningar- -
77 squall
[skwo:l](a sudden violent wind, eg bringing rain: The ship was struck by a squall.) hryðja, vindsveipur -
78 uninterrupted
1) (continuing without pause: four hours of uninterrupted rain.) órofinn, samfelldur2) ((of a view) not blocked by anything: We have an uninterrupted view of the sea.) óhindraður
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