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1 old
[əuld]1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) gamall2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) gamall3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) gamall4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) gamall, notaður5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) forn•- old age- old boy/girl
- old-fashioned
- old hand
- old maid
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2 shabby
['ʃæbi]1) (looking old and worn: shabby curtains; shabby clothes.) snjáður, þvældur2) (wearing old or dirty clothes: a shabby old man; He used to be so smart but he looks shabby now.) druslulegur, illa til fara3) ((of behaviour) unworthy or mean: That was a shabby thing to do.) skammarlegur•- shabbily- shabbiness -
3 huddle
1. verb1) ((often with together) to crowd closely together: The cows (were) huddled together in the corner of the field.) hjúfra sig saman2) (to curl up in a sitting position: The old man (was) huddled near the fire to keep warm.) hnipra sig saman2. noun(a number of people, things etc crowded together: a huddle of people round the injured man.) þyrping, þvaga -
4 at a snail's pace
(very slowly: The old man walked along at a snail's pace.) löturhægt -
5 attack
[ə'tæk] 1. verb1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) ráðast á2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) ráðast á3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) sækja4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) takast á við2. noun1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) árás2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) kast, áfall -
6 batty
adjective (crazy: a batty old man.) klikkaður -
7 beat off
(to succeed in overcoming or preventing: The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily.) berja af sér, verjast -
8 befriend
[bi'frend](to take as a friend: The old man befriended her when she was lonely.) vingast við -
9 beg
[beɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) betla2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) biðja, sárbæna•- beggar2. verb(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) gera öreiga, setja á hausinn- beg to differ -
10 bother
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11 cantankerous
[kæn'tæŋkərəs](quarrelsome: a cantankerous old man.) þrasgjarn -
12 caprice
[kə'pri:s]1) (an especially unreasonable sudden change of mind etc; a whim: I'm tired of the old man and his caprices.) duttlungur2) (a fanciful and lively piece of music etc.) gletta, fjörlegt tónverk•- capriciously
- capriciousness -
13 corpulent
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14 crabby
adjective (bad-tempered; complaining: a crabby old man.) -
15 cry
1. verb1) (to let tears come from the eyes; to weep: She cried when she heard of the old man's death.) gráta2) ((often with out) to shout out (a loud sound): She cried out for help.) hrópa2. noun1) (a shout: a cry of triumph.) öskur2) (a time of weeping: The baby had a little cry before he went to sleep.) grátur3) (the sound made by some animals: the cry of a wolf.) öskur•- cry off -
16 effort
['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) átak, erfiði2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) tilraun, viðleitni3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) tilraun, viðleitni•- effortlessly -
17 fall on/upon
(to attack: The robbers fell on the old man and beat him; They fell hungrily upon the food.) ráðast á -
18 fireside
noun (a place beside a fireplace: The old man slept by the fireside; ( also adjective) a fireside chair.) arinhella; svæði umhverfis arinn -
19 gait
[ɡeit]((plural rare) the way in which a person or animal walks: the old man's shuffling gait.) göngulag -
20 garrulous
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