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  • 21 savage

    ['sævi‹] 1. adjective
    1) (uncivilized: savage tribes.) villtur
    2) (fierce and cruel: The elephant can be quite savage; bitter and savage remarks.) grimmur
    2. verb
    (to attack: He was savaged by wild animals.) ráðast grimmilega á
    3. noun
    1) (a person in an uncivilized state: tribes of savages.) villimaður
    2) (a person who behaves in a cruel, uncivilized way: I hope the police catch the savages who attacked the old lady.) ruddi, villimaður
    •
    - savageness
    - savagery

    English-Icelandic dictionary > savage

  • 22 show

    [ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb
    1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) sÿna
    2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) sjást, vera sÿnilegur
    3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) sÿna, vera sÿndur
    4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) vísa á, sÿna
    5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) vísa, fylgja
    6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) sÿna
    7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) sÿna fram á, sanna
    8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) (auð)sÿna
    2. noun
    1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) sÿning; skemmtiþáttur
    2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) sÿning; það að sÿna e-ð
    3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) sÿnd, yfirskin; það að þykjast
    4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) e-ð sem er gert til að vekja á sér athygli
    5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) frammistaða
    •
    - showiness
    - show-business
    - showcase
    - showdown
    - showground
    - show-jumping
    - showman
    - showroom
    - give the show away
    - good show!
    - on show
    - show off
    - show up

    English-Icelandic dictionary > show

  • 23 suit

    [su:t] 1. noun
    1) (a set of clothes usually all of the same cloth etc, made to be worn together, eg a jacket, trousers (and waistcoat) for a man, or a jacket and skirt or trousers for a woman.) jakkaföt; dragt
    2) (a piece of clothing for a particular purpose: a bathing-suit / diving-suit.) -klæði, -búningur, -föt
    3) (a case in a law court: He won/lost his suit.) (dóms)mál
    4) (an old word for a formal request, eg a proposal of marriage to a lady.) bón(orð), beiðni
    5) (one of the four sets of playing-cards - spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs.) litur, sort
    2. verb
    1) (to satisfy the needs of, or be convenient for: The arrangements did not suit us; The climate suits me very well.) henta, hæfa
    2) ((of clothes, styles, fashions etc) to be right or appropriate for: Long hair suits her; That dress doen't suit her.) klæða/fara vel
    3) (to adjust or make appropriate or suitable: He suited his speech to his audience.) laga að
    •
    - suitor
    - suitcase
    - follow suit
    - suit down to the ground
    - suit oneself

    English-Icelandic dictionary > suit

  • 24 waddle

    ['wodl] 1. verb
    (to take short steps and move from side to side in walking (as a duck does): The ducks waddled across the road; The fat old lady waddled down the street.) vappa, kjaga
    2. noun
    (a clumsy, rocking way of walking.) kjag

    English-Icelandic dictionary > waddle

  • 25 witness

    ['witnəs] 1. noun
    1) (a person who has seen or was present at an event etc and so has direct knowledge of it: Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no witnesses.) sjónarvottur, vitni
    2) (a person who gives evidence, especially in a law court.) vitni
    3) (a person who adds his signature to a document to show that he considers another signature on the document to be genuine: You cannot sign your will without witnesses.) (vitundar)vottur
    2. verb
    1) (to see and be present at: This lady witnessed an accident at three o'clock this afternoon.) vera vitni að
    2) (to sign one's name to show that one knows that (something) is genuine: He witnessed my signature on the new agreement.) votta, staðfesta
    •
    - bear witness

    English-Icelandic dictionary > witness

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