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21 on the contrary
(the very opposite (is true): `Are you busy?' `No, on the contrary, I'm not doing anything at the moment.') þvert á móti -
22 pure
['pjuə]1) (not mixed with anything especially dirty or less valuable: pure gold.) ómengaður, ekta2) (clean, especially morally: pure thoughts.) hreinn, flekklaus3) (complete; absolute: a pure accident.) alger4) ((of sounds) clear; keeping in tune: She sang in a high pure tone.) hreinn•- purely- pureness
- purity
- purify
- purification
- pure-blooded
- pure-bred
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23 reach
[ri: ] 1. verb1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) komast til/á/að2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) teygjast/ná í/til3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) ná í, teygja sig (eftir)4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) ná sambandi við5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) ná2. noun1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) þægileg fjarlægð; steinsnar2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) seilingarfjarlægð3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) beinn kafli fljóts -
24 relentless
adjective (without pity; not allowing anything to keep one from what one is doing or trying to do: The police fight a relentless battle against crime.) vægðarlaus -
25 seed
[si:d] 1. noun1) (the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown: sunflower seeds; grass seed.) fræ2) (the beginning from which anything grows: There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.) (efasemdar)fræ3) ((in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player.) bestu leikmönnum dreift í riðla2. verb1) ((of a plant) to produce seed: A plant seeds after it has flowered.) bera fræ2) (in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds.) dreifa/sá bestu leikmönnum í riðla•- seeded- seedling
- seedy
- seediness
- seedbed
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26 trigger
['triɡə] 1. noun1) (a small lever on a gun, which is pulled to make the gun fire: He aimed the rifle at her but did not pull the trigger.) gikkur2) (anything which starts a series of actions or reactions.) undirrót, upptök2. verb((often with off) to start (a series of events): The attack triggered (off) a full-scale war.) koma/hrinda af stað -
27 unadulterated
(pure, or not mixed with anything else: a feeling of unadulterated hatred.) hreinn, ómengaður -
28 unconscious
1. adjective1) (senseless or stunned, eg because of an accident: She was unconscious for three days after the crash.) meðvitundarlaus2) (not aware: He was unconscious of having said anything rude.) óvitandi3) (unintentional: Her prejudice is quite unconscious.) ómeðvitaður, óviljandi2. noun(the deepest level of the mind, the processes of which are revealed only through eg psychoanalysis: the secrets of the unconscious.) dulvitund, undirmeðvitund- unconsciousness -
29 uninterrupted
1) (continuing without pause: four hours of uninterrupted rain.) órofinn, samfelldur2) ((of a view) not blocked by anything: We have an uninterrupted view of the sea.) óhindraður -
30 window-shopping
noun (looking at things in shop windows, but not actually buying anything.) búðaráp, það að skoða í búðarglugga
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