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  • 121 stilts

    [stil ]
    1) (a pair of poles with supports for the feet, on which a person may stand and so walk raised off the ground.) stultur
    2) (tall poles fixed under a house etc to support it eg if it is built on a steep hillside.) stólpar

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  • 122 stress

    [stres] 1. noun
    1) (the worry experienced by a person in particular circumstances, or the state of anxiety caused by this: the stresses of modern life; Her headaches may be caused by stress.) spenna, stress
    2) (force exerted by (parts of) bodies on each other: Bridge-designers have to know about stress.) spenna
    3) (force or emphasis placed, in speaking, on particular syllables or words: In the word `widow' we put stress on the first syllable.) áhersla
    2. verb
    (to emphasize (a syllable etc, or a fact etc): Should you stress the last syllable in `violin'?; He stressed the necessity of being punctual.) leggja áherslu á; bera fram með áherslu
    - lay/put stress on

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  • 123 strike

    1. past tense - struck; verb
    1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) slá; hitta; ljósta
    2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) gera árás
    3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) kveikja á
    4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fara í verkfall
    5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) finna, lenda á
    6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) slá (nótu)
    7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) það fyrsta sem ég tók eftir; koma skyndilega í hug
    8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) slá, móta
    9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) halda, leggja leið sína
    10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) taka niður, fella
    2. noun
    1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) verkfall
    2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) happ; fundur
    - striking
    - strikingly
    - be out on strike
    - be on strike
    - call a strike
    - come out on strike
    - come
    - be within striking distance of
    - strike at
    - strike an attitude/pose
    - strike a balance
    - strike a bargain/agreement
    - strike a blow for
    - strike down
    - strike dumb
    - strike fear/terror into
    - strike home
    - strike it rich
    - strike lucky
    - strike out
    - strike up

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  • 124 stunt

    I verb
    (to prevent or check the full growth or development of: It is thought that smoking by a pregnant mother may stunt the baby's growth.) hindra/draga úr vexti/þroska
    II
    (something (daring or spectacular) done to attract attention etc: One of his stunts was to cross the Niagara Falls blindfolded on a tight rope.) glæfrabragð

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  • 125 superstition

    [su:pə'stiʃən]
    1) ((the state of fear and ignorance resulting from) the belief in magic, witchcraft and other things that cannot he explained by reason.) hjátrú
    2) (an example of this type of belief: There is an old superstition that those who marry in May will have bad luck.) hjátrú
    - superstitiously

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  • 126 surely

    1) (used in questions, exclamations etc to indicate what the speaker considers probable: Surely she's finished her work by now!; You don't believe what she said, surely?) vissulega (það hlÿtur að vera); eða hvað?
    2) (without doubt, hesitation, mistake or failure: Slowly but surely we're achieving our aim.) örugglega
    3) ((in answers) certainly; of course: `May I come with you?' `Surely!') auðvitað

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  • 127 sweeper

    noun (a person or thing that sweeps: a road-sweeper; May I borrow your carpet-sweeper?) sópari; sópur, kústur

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  • 128 the sky's the limit

    (there is no upper limit eg to the amount of money that may be spent: Choose any present you like - the sky's the limit!) það eru engin takmörk

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