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1 let alone
(not to mention; without taking into consideration: There's no room for all the adults, let alone the children.) hvað þá heldur -
2 let
I [let] present participle - letting; verb1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) láta2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) láta, fá til að3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) leyfa•- let someone or something alone/be
- let alone/be
- let down
- let fall
- let go of
- let go
- let in
- out
- let in for
- let in on
- let off
- let up
- let well alone II [let] present participle - letting; verb(to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) leigja- to let -
3 let (someone or something) alone/be
(to leave alone; not to disturb or worry: Why don't you let him be when he's not feeling well!; Do let your father alone.) láta í friðiEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > let (someone or something) alone/be
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4 let (someone or something) alone/be
(to leave alone; not to disturb or worry: Why don't you let him be when he's not feeling well!; Do let your father alone.) láta í friðiEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > let (someone or something) alone/be
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5 let well alone
(to allow things to remain as they are, in order not to make them worse.) láta kyrrt liggja -
6 leave
I [li:v] past tense, past participle - left; verb1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) fara, yfirgefa2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) skilja eftir3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) fara frá4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) fara frá e-u, skilja einan eftir5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) láta (e-m e-ð) eftir6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) láta eftir sig, erfa•- leave out
- left over II [li:v] noun1) (permission to do something, eg to be absent: Have I your leave to go?) leyfi2) ((especially of soldiers, sailors etc) a holiday: He is home on leave at the moment.) frí•- take one's leave of- take one's leave
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Let-alone — Let a*lone (l[e^]t [.a]*l[=o]n ), a. Letting alone. [1913 Webster] {The let alone principle}, {The let alone doctrine}, or {The let alone policy}. (Polit. Econ.) See {Laissez faire}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
let-alone — letˈ alone noun (Shakespeare) Absence of restraint, freedom adjective 1. Refraining from interference 2. Leaving things to themselves • • • Main Entry: ↑let * * * let alone, n. and attrib. see let v.1 18 … Useful english dictionary
let alone — (do something) and to an even greater degree do something. We were trapped in a situation you can barely imagine, let alone understand. Usage notes: used to emphasize the extreme character of something Related vocabulary: not to mention… … New idioms dictionary
let alone — This is used to emphasise how extreme something could be: We hadn t got the money to phone home, let alone stay in a hotel. This emphasises the utter impossibility of staying in a hotel … The small dictionary of idiomes
let alone — index forswear, shun Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
let alone — adverb much less (Freq. 3) she can t boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal • Syn: ↑not to mention * * * phrasal 1. : to say nothing of : not to mention … Useful english dictionary
let alone — {conj. phr.} 1. Even less; certainly not. Used after a negative clause. * /I can t add two and two, let alone do fractions./ * /Jim can t drive a car, let alone a truck./ Compare: MUCH LESS, NOT TO MENTION. 2.[let alone] or[leave alone] {v.} To… … Dictionary of American idioms
let alone — {conj. phr.} 1. Even less; certainly not. Used after a negative clause. * /I can t add two and two, let alone do fractions./ * /Jim can t drive a car, let alone a truck./ Compare: MUCH LESS, NOT TO MENTION. 2.[let alone] or[leave alone] {v.} To… … Dictionary of American idioms
let\ alone — conj. phr. 1. Even less; certainly not. Used after a negative clause. I can t add two and two, let alone do fractions. Jim can t drive a car, let alone a truck. Compare: much less, not to mention 2. let alone or leave alone v To stay away from;… … Словарь американских идиом
let alone — I. phrasal to leave undisturbed < let the flowers alone >; also to leave to oneself < wanted to be let alone > II. conjunction Date: 1765 to say nothing of ; not to mention used especially to emphasize the improbability of a contrasting example … New Collegiate Dictionary
let alone — 1. conjunction a) Much less; to say nothing of; I didnt even notice it, let alone mind it. [I didnt even notice it, so certainly I didnt mind it.] b) not to mention, as well as; 2. verb To lea … Wiktionary
