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1 inhospitable
[inhə'spitəbl](not welcoming guests; not friendly towards strangers: She could not refuse to invite them in without seeming inhospitable.) ógestrisinn -
2 distant
1) (far away or far apart, in place or time: the distant past; a distant country; Our house is quite distant from the school.) í tiltekinni fjarlægð; fjarlægur2) (not close: a distant relation.) fjarskyldur3) (not friendly: Her manner was rather distant.) óvingjarnlegur, kuldalegur -
3 meeting
1) (an act of meeting: The meeting between my mother and my husband was not friendly.) fundur2) (a gathering of people for discussion or another purpose: to attend a committee meeting.) fundur -
4 informal
[in'fo:ml]1) (not formal or official; friendly and relaxed: The two prime ministers will meet for informal discussions today; Will the party be formal or informal?; friendly, informal manners.) óformlegur; óhátíðlegur2) ((of speech or vocabulary) used in conversation but not usually when writing formally, speaking in public etc: `Won't' and `can't' are informal forms of `will not' and `cannot'.) óformlegur; talmáls-•- informally -
5 argue
1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) deila, rífast2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) rökræða3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) telja (á/af)4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) rökræða•- arguable- argument
- argumentative -
6 friend
[frend]1) (someone who knows and likes another person very well: He is my best friend.) vinur2) (a person who acts in a friendly and generous way to people etc he or she does not know: a friend to animals.) vinur•- friendly
- friendship
- make friends with
- make friends -
7 kind
I noun(a sort or type: What kind of car is it?; He is not the kind of man who would be cruel to children.) tegund, gerðII 1. adjective(ready or anxious to do good to others; friendly: He's such a kind man; It was very kind of you to look after the children yesterday.) góður, vingjarnlegur- kindly2. adjective(having or showing a gentle and friendly nature: a kindly smile; a kindly old lady.) vinalegur- kindness
- kind-hearted -
8 agree
[ə'ɡri:]past tense, past participle - agreed; verb1) ((often with with) to think or say the same (as): I agreed with them that we should try again; The newspaper report does not agree with what he told us.) vera sammála/í samræmi við2) (to say that one will do or allow something: He agreed to go; He agreed to our request.) samþykkja3) ((with with) to be good for (usually one's health): Cheese does not agree with me.) eiga við, fara (illa) í (e-n)4) (to be happy and friendly together: John and his wife don't agree.) eiga (vel) saman•- agreeably
- agreement -
9 cool
[ku:l] 1. adjective1) (slightly cold: cool weather.) svalur2) (calm or not excitable: He's very cool in a crisis.) rólegur, kaldur3) (not very friendly: He was very cool towards me.) fálegur, kuldalegur4) ((slang) great; terrific; fantastic: Wow, that's really cool!; You look cool in those jeans!)2. verb1) (to make or become less warm: The jelly will cool better in the refrigerator; She cooled her hands in the stream.) kæla2) (to become less strong: His affection for her has cooled; Her anger cooled.) minnka3. noun(cool air or atmosphere: the cool of the evening.) svali- coolly- coolness
- cool-headed
- cool down
- keep one's cool
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10 formal
['fo:məl]1) (done etc according to a fixed and accepted way: a formal letter.) formlegur2) (suitable or correct for occasions when things are done according to a fixed and accepted way: You must wear formal dress.) formlegur, hátíðlegur; samkvæmis-3) ((of behaviour, attitude etc) not relaxed and friendly: formal behaviour.) formlegur, stífur4) ((of language) exactly correct by grammatical etc rules but not conversational: Her English was very formal.) formlegur, háttfastur5) ((of designs etc) precise and following a fixed pattern rather than occuring naturally: formal gardens.) reglulegur•- formally- formality -
11 aloof
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12 approachable
1) (friendly.) viðmótsgóður2) (that can be reached: The village is not approachable by road.) sem hægt er að komast að -
13 bluff
I adjective(rough, hearty and frank: a bluff and friendly manner.) hispurslaus, hreinn og beinnII 1. verb(to try to deceive by pretending to have something that one does not have: He bluffed his way through the exam without actually knowing anything.) blekkja, plata2. noun(an act of bluffing.) blekking, plat -
14 easy
1) (not difficult: This is an easy job (to do).) auðveldur2) (free from pain, trouble, anxiety etc: He had an easy day at the office.) sársaukalaus3) (friendly: an easy manner/smile.) viðfelldinn4) (relaxed; leisurely: The farmer walked with an easy stride.) óþvingaður, afslappaður -
15 familiarity
[-li'æ-]1) (the state of being familiar: I was surprised by her familiarity with our way of life.) það að þekkja vel til2) (an act of (too) friendly behaviour: You must not allow such familiarities.) kumpánlegheit, óformlegheit -
16 keep oneself to oneself
(to tell others very little about oneself, and not to be very friendly or sociable.) fara einförum -
17 patronise
['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) sÿna (e-m) yfirlætislega góðvild2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) vera fastur viðskiptavinur -
18 patronize
['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) sÿna (e-m) yfirlætislega góðvild2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) vera fastur viðskiptavinur -
19 rough-and-ready
1) (not carefully made or finished, but good enough: a rough-and-ready meal.) frumstæður en nothæfur2) ((of people) friendly enough but without politeness etc.) vinsamlegur en óheflaður -
20 use
I [ju:z] verb1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) nota2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) nota, neyta, eyða•- usable- used
- user
- user-friendly
- user guide
- be used to something
- be used to
- used to II [ju:s]1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) notkun2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) notagildi3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) gagn, nytsemi4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) not5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) afnot•- useful- usefulness
- usefully
- useless
- be in use
- out of use
- come in useful
- have no use for
- it's no use
- make good use of
- make use of
- put to good use
- put to use
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