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let fall

  • 1 let fall

    (to drop: She was so startled she let fall everything she was carrying.) missa

    English-Icelandic dictionary > let fall

  • 2 let

    I [let] present participle - letting; verb
    1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) láta
    2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) láta, fá til að
    3) (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

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  • 3 drop

    [drop] 1. noun
    1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) dropi
    2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) dropi; smálögg
    3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) fall
    4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) falllengd
    2. verb
    1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) falla; fella; missa
    2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) falla, detta
    3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) hætta við, sleppa
    4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) hleypa úr
    5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) skrifa miða/skilaboð
    - droppings
    - drop-out
    - drop a brick / drop a clanger
    - drop back
    - drop by
    - drop in
    - drop off
    - drop out

    English-Icelandic dictionary > drop

  • 4 nod

    [nod] 1. past tense, past participle - nodded; verb
    1) (to make a quick forward and downward movement of the head to show agreement, as a greeting etc: I asked him if he agreed and he nodded (his head); He nodded to the man as he passed him in the street.) kinka kolli
    2) (to let the head fall forward and downward when sleepy: Grandmother sat nodding by the fire.) dotta
    2. noun
    (a nodding movement of the head: He answered with a nod.) höfuðhneiging

    English-Icelandic dictionary > nod

  • 5 pick up

    1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) læra (án formlegrar kennslu)
    2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) taka upp í, sækja
    3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) næla sér í
    4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) rísa á fætur
    5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) sækja, ná í
    6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.)
    7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) finna, handsama

    English-Icelandic dictionary > pick up

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  • let fall something — ˌlet ˈfall sth idiom to mention sth in a conversation, by accident or as if by accident Syn: ↑drop • She let fall a further heavy hint. Main entry: ↑letidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • let fall — See: LET DROP …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • let fall — See: LET DROP …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • let\ fall — See: let drop …   Словарь американских идиом

  • fall — fall, drop, sink, slump, subside are comparable when they mean to go or to let go downward freely. They are seldom close synonyms, however, because of various specific and essential implications that tend to separate and distinguish them. Fall,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • let slip — Synonyms and related words: abandon, babble, be bereaved of, be caught napping, be indiscreet, be neglectful, be negligent, be unguarded, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blurt, blurt out, brush aside, brush off, default, dismiss,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • let drop — Synonyms and related words: allude to, babble, be indiscreet, be unguarded, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blurt, blurt out, call attention to, comment, drop, exclaim, give away, inform, inform on, interject, leak, let fall, let slip …   Moby Thesaurus

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