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1 becoming
adjective (attractive: a very becoming dress.) klæðilegur -
2 serious
['siəriəs]1) (grave or solemn: a quiet, serious boy; You're looking very serious.) alvarlegur2) ((often with about) in earnest; sincere: Is he serious about wanting to be a doctor?) einlægur3) (intended to make people think: He reads very serious books.) alvarlegur4) (causing worry; dangerous: a serious head injury; The situation is becoming serious.) alvarlegur, hættulegur•- seriously
- take someone or something seriously
- take seriously -
3 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) vona2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) von2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) von, vonarglæta, möguleiki3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) von•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
- raise someone's hopes -
4 involved
adjective (complicated: My time-table for Friday is becoming very involved.) flókinn -
5 live
I 1. [liv] verb1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) lifa2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) lifa (af)3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) búa, dvelja4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) lifa, búa við5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) lifa á, hafa lífsviðurværi af•- - lived- living 2. noun(the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) lifibrauð, lífsviðurværi- live-in
- live and let live
- live down
- live in
- out
- live on
- live up to
- within living memory
- in living memory II 1. adjective1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) lifandi2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) í beinni útsendingu3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) virkur4) (burning: a live coal.) glóandi2. adverb((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.) í beinni útsendingu- lively- liveliness
- livestock
- live wire -
6 uncommon
(rare; unusual: This type of animal is becoming very uncommon.) sjaldgæfur, óvenjulegur
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