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1 likeness
1) ((a) similarity or resemblance: The likeness between them is amazing.) svipur2) (a representation of a a person etc in a photographic or painted portrait etc: That photo of Mary is a good likeness.) eftirmynd -
2 image
['imi‹]1) (a likeness or copy of a person etc made of wood, stone etc: images of the saints.) (í)mynd, eftirlíking; líkneski2) (a close likeness: She's the very image of her sister.) eftirlíking, ímynd3) (reflection: She looked at her image in the mirror.) spegilmynd4) (mental picture: I have an image of the place in my mind.) mynd5) (the general opinion that people have about a person, company etc: our public image.) ímynd -
3 correspondence
1) (agreement; similarity or likeness.) samþykki; samræmi2) ((communication by) letters: I must deal with that (big pile of) correspondence.) bréfaskipti; bréf -
4 effigy
['efi‹i](a likeness of a person, animal etc (in wood, stone etc): effigies of Buddha.) eftirmynd; stytta -
5 like
I 1. adjective(the same or similar: They're as like as two peas.) eins, líkur2. preposition(the same as or similar to; in the same or a similar way as: He climbs like a cat; She is like her mother.) eins og3. noun(someone or something which is the same or as good etc as another: You won't see his like / their like again.) e-ð/e-n sem er jafngóður/eins4. conjunction((especially American) in the same or a similar way as: No-one does it like he does.) eins og- likely- likelihood
- liken
- likeness
- likewise
- like-minded
- a likely story!
- as likely as not
- be like someone
- feel like
- he is likely to
- look like
- not likely! II verb1) (to be pleased with; to find pleasant or agreeable: I like him very much; I like the way you've decorated this room.) líka2) (to enjoy: I like gardening.) njóta e-s•- likeable- likable
- liking
- should/would like
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6 parallel
['pærəlel] 1. adjective1) ((of straight lines) going in the same direction and always staying the same distance apart: The road is parallel to/with the river.) samhliða/-síða2) (alike (in some way): There are parallel passages in the two books.) hliðstæður2. adverb(in the same direction but always about the same distance away: We sailed parallel to the coast for several days.) samsíða lína3. noun1) (a line parallel to another: Draw a parallel to this line.) samsíða lína/flötur2) (a likeness or state of being alike: Is there a parallel between the British Empire and the Roman Empire?) samsvörun, hliðstæða3) (a line drawn from east to west across a map etc at a fixed distance from the equator: The border between Canada and the United States follows the forty-ninth parallel.) breiddarbaugur4. verb(to be equal to: His stupidity can't be paralleled.) jafna við e-ð -
7 semblance
['sembləns](an appearance or likeness: I have to coach them into some semblance of a football team by Saturday.) líking, svipur, mynd
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