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81 opposition
[opə'ziʃən]1) (the act of resisting or fighting against by force or argument: There is a lot of opposition to his ideas.) andstaða2) (the people who are fighting or competing against: In war and business, one should always get to know one's opposition.) andstæðingar -
82 outbreak
(a sudden beginning (usually of something unpleasant): the outbreak of war.) það að brjótast út; upphaf -
83 pacifism
noun (the belief that all war is wrong and that one must not take part in it.) friðarstefna -
84 pacifist
noun (a person who believes in pacifism: As a pacifist he refused to fight in the war.) friðarsinni -
85 peacetime
noun (a time when there is no war: Even in peacetime, a soldier's life is hard.) friðartími -
86 pension
['penʃən](a sum of money paid regularly to a widow, a person who has retired from work, a soldier who has been seriously injured in a war etc: He lives on his pension; a retirement pension.) eftirlaun- pension off -
87 perish
['periʃ](to die, especially in war, accident etc: Many people perished in the earthquake.) farast, deyja -
88 phase
[feiz]1) (a stage in the development of something: We are entering a new phase in the war.) stig, áfangi2) (one in a series of regular changes in the shape or appearance of something (especially the moon or a planet): the phases of the moon.) kvartil; fasi -
89 possibility
plural - possibilities; noun (something that is possible; the state of being possible; (a) likelihood: There isn't much possibility of that happening; There's a possibility of war; The plan has possibilities (= looks as if it may be a good one).) möguleiki -
90 postwar
[pəust'wo:](of, or belonging to, the time after a war: postwar depression.) eftirstríðs- -
91 preparatory
[-'pærə-]adjective (acting as an introduction or in order to prepare for something: Political leaders have agreed to meet for preparatory talks about an end to the war.) undirbúnings- -
92 prison
['prizn](a building in which criminals are kept; a jail: He was sent to prison; He is in prison.) fangelsi- prisoner- prisoner of war
- take
- keep
- hold prisoner -
93 prisoner
noun (anyone who has been captured and is held against his will as a criminal, in a war etc: The prisoners escaped from jail.) fangi -
94 prophesy
verb (to foretell: He prophesied (that there would be) another war.) spá, segja fyrir um -
95 re-create
[ri:kri'eit](to describe or show realistically: In the film, they had tried to recreate the horrors of the war.) endurskapa -
96 refugee
noun (a person who seeks shelter especially in another country, from war, disaster, or persecution: Refugees were pouring across the frontier; ( also adjective) a refugee camp.) flóttamaður -
97 reserve
[rə'zə:v] 1. verb1) (to ask for or order to be kept for the use of a particular person, often oneself: The restaurant is busy on Saturdays, so I'll phone up today and reserve a table.) taka frá, panta2) (to keep for the use of a particular person or group of people, or for a particular use: These seats are reserved for the committee members.) taka frá2. noun1) (something which is kept for later use or for use when needed: The farmer kept a reserve of food in case he was cut off by floods.) varaforði2) (a piece of land used for a special purpose eg for the protection of animals: a wild-life reserve; a nature reserve.) friðland3) (the habit of not saying very much, not showing what one is feeling, thinking etc; shyness.) hlédrægni4) ((often in plural) soldiers, sailors etc who do not belong to the regular full-time army, navy etc but who are called into action when needed eg during a war.) varalið•- reserved
- have
- keep in reserve -
98 reunite
verb (to bring or come together after being separated: The family was finally reunited after the war; The children were reunited with their parents.) sameina -
99 sight
1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) sjón2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) sjónmál, augsÿn3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) e-ð sem vert er að sjá4) (a view or glimpse.) sÿn, nasasjón5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) e-ð sem er sjón að sjá6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) sigti, mið2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) sjá, eygja2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) miða, sigta út•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of -
100 spoils
noun plural (profits or rewards: the spoils of war; the spoils of success.) gróði; herfang, ránsfengur
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