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1 boring
adjective a boring job; This book is boring.) leiðinlegur -
2 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) draga, toga2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) draga, mjaka3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) dragast eftir jörðu4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) slæða5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) silast áfram; líða hægt2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) hindrun, dragbítur2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) draga að sér3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) leiðindapúki, leiðinlegur starfi/staður4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) klæðnaður klæðskiptinga -
3 address
1. [ə'dres] verb1) (to put a name and address on (an envelope etc): Address the parcel clearly.) merkja heimilisfangi2) (to speak or write to: I shall address my remarks to you only.) ávarpa; beina (máli/skrifum til)2. ( American[) 'ædres] noun1) (the name of the house, street, town etc where a person lives: His address is 30 Main St, Edinburgh.) heimilisfang2) (a speech: He made a long and boring address.) ræða, ávarp• -
4 borehole
noun (a hole made by boring, especially to find oil etc.) borhola -
5 chestnut
1.1) (a reddish-brown nut (one type being edible).) kastaníuhneta2) (a reddish-brown horse.) jarpur hestur3) (a boring old joke or story.) gömul lumma2. adjective(of the colour of ripe chestnuts: chestnut hair.) kastaníubrúnn, rauðbrúnn -
6 drone
[drəun] 1. noun1) (the male of the bee.) karlbÿfluga2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) letingi, iðjuleysingi3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) drunur; suð2. verb1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) suða; drynja2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) tala tilbreytingarlaust -
7 fag
[fæɡ]1) (hard or boring work: It was a real fag to clean the whole house.) strit, puð2) (a slang word for a cigarette: I'm dying for a fag.) (síga)retta•- fag-end- fagged out -
8 grind
1. past tense, past participle - ground; verb1) (to crush into powder or small pieces: This machine grinds coffee.) mala2) (to rub together, usually producing an unpleasant noise: He grinds his teeth.) gnísta, nísta3) (to rub into or against something else: He ground his heel into the earth.) kremja, merja2. noun(boring hard work: Learning vocabulary is a bit of a grind.) streð, púl- grinder- grinding
- grindstone
- grind down
- grind up
- keep someone's nose to the grindstone
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9 introduce
[intrə'dju:s]1) ((often with to) to make (people) known by name to each other: He introduced the guests (to each other); Let me introduce you to my mother; May I introduce myself? I'm John Brown.) kynna2) ((often with into) to bring in (something new): Grey squirrels were introduced into Britain from Canada; Why did you introduce such a boring subject (into the conversation)?) koma e-u inn, koma með e-ð inn í e-ð3) (to propose or put forward: He introduced a bill in Parliament for the abolition of income tax.) leggja fram4) ((with to) to cause (a person) to get to know (a subject etc): Children are introduced to algebra at about the age of eleven.) kynna fyrir•- introductory -
10 lecture
['lek ə] 1. noun1) (a formal talk given to students or other audiences: a history lecture.) fyrirlestur2) (a long and boring or irritating speech, warning or scolding: The teacher gave the children a lecture for running in the corridor.) skammarræða2. verb(to give a lecture: He lectures on Roman Art; She lectured him on good behaviour.) halda fyrirlestur, predika yfir- lecturer -
11 pall
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12 pedestrian
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13 relish
['reliʃ] 1. verb(to enjoy greatly: He relishes his food; I relished the thought of telling my husband about my promotion.) njóta2. noun1) (pleasure; enjoyment: He ate the food with great relish; I have no relish for such a boring task.) lyst, ánægja2) (a strong flavour, or a sauce etc for adding flavour.) bragðbætir, kryddsósa -
14 saving grace
(a good quality that makes up for a fault: His speeches are boring but they have the saving grace of being short.) bót í máli -
15 soul-destroying
adjective ((of a task etc) very dull, boring, repetitive etc.) andlaus, niðurdrepandi -
16 suck
1. verb1) (to draw liquid etc into the mouth: As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.) sjúga2) (to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it: I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.) sjúga3) (to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action: The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.) soga, sjúga4) ((American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc: Her singing sucks; This job sucks.)2. noun(an act of sucking: I gave him a suck of my lollipop.) sog; tott- sucker- suck up to -
17 tedious
['ti:diəs](boring and continuing for a long time: a tedious speech/speaker.) leiðinlegur- tediousness
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18 vegetate
['ve‹iteit]verb (to live an idle, boring and pointless life: I would like to get a job - I don't want to vegetate.) lifa tilþrifalausu lífi -
19 wade
[weid]1) (to go or walk (through water, mud etc) with some difficulty: He waded across the river towards me; I've finally managed to wade through that boring book I had to read.) vaða, ösla; brjótast í gegnum2) (to cross (a river etc) by wading: We'll wade the stream at its shallowest point.) vaða•- wader
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