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occupy

  • 1 occupy

    1) (to be in or fill (time, space etc): A table occupied the centre of the room.) taka, ná yfir
    2) (to live in: The family occupied a small flat.) búa (í)
    3) (to capture: The soldiers occupied the town.) hernema
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    - occupation
    - occupational
    - occupier

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  • 2 beguile

    [bi'ɡæil]
    1) (to occupy (time) pleasantly: He beguiled the time with gardening.) drepa tímann, stytta sér stundir
    2) (to charm or amuse (a person): She beguiled the children with stories.) skemmta
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    - beguilingly

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  • 3 busy

    ['bizi] 1. adjective
    1) (having a lot (of work etc) to do: I am very busy.) upptekinn, önnum kafinn
    2) (full of traffic, people, activity etc: The roads are busy; a busy time of year.) iðandi; annasamur
    3) ((especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged: All the lines to New York are busy.) upptekinn
    2. verb
    ((sometimes with with) to occupy (oneself) with: She busied herself preparing the meal.) láta sig varða, snúa sér að, annast

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  • 4 coincide

    1) (to occupy (often by accident) the same space or time: Her arrival coincided with his departure.) falla saman
    2) (to agree: This coincides with what he told us; Their tastes in music coincide.) samsvara
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    - coincidental

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  • 5 employ

    [im'ploi]
    1) (to give (especially paid) work to: He employs three typists; She is employed as a teacher.) ráða til starfa
    2) (to occupy the time or attention of: She was busily employed (in) writing letters.) vera upptekinn
    3) (to make use of: You should employ your time better.) nota
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    - employee
    - employee
    - employer
    - employment

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  • 6 engage

    [in'ɡei‹]
    1) (to begin to employ (a workman etc): He engaged him as his assistant.) ráða
    2) (to book; to reserve: He has engaged an entertainer for the children's party.) panta
    3) (to take hold of or hold fast; to occupy: to engage someone's attention.) taka upp tíma/athygli
    4) (to join battle with: The two armies were fiercely engaged.) í bardaga
    5) (to (cause part of a machine etc to) fit into and lock with another part: The driver engaged second gear.) setja í gír
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    - engagement
    - engaging

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  • 7 fill in

    1) (to add or put in (whatever is needed to make something complete): to fill in the details.) fylla upp í
    2) (to complete (forms, application etc) by putting in the information required: Have you filled in your tax form yet?) útfylla
    3) (to give (someone) all the necessary information: I've been away - can you fill me in on what has happened?) fylla upp í
    4) (to occupy (time): She had several cups of coffee at the cafeteria to fill in the time until the train left.) drepa tímann
    5) (to do another person's job temporarily: I'm filling in for her secretary.) leysa af

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  • 8 move in

    (to go into and occupy a house etc: We can move in on Saturday.) flytja inn

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  • 9 obsess

    [əb'ses]
    (to occupy (someone's mind) too much: He is obsessed by the fear of death.) heltaka
    - obsessional
    - obsessive
    - obsessively
    - obsessiveness

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  • 10 overrun

    present participle - overrunning; verb
    1) (to fill, occupy or take possession of: The house was overrun with mice.) leggja undir sig, yfirtaka
    2) (to continue longer than intended: The programme overran by five minutes.) fara fram yfir

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  • 11 preoccupy

    (to engage or occupy (a person's mind etc) or the attention of (someone) completely: His mind was preoccupied with plans for his holiday.) gagntaka

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  • 12 pursue

    [pə'sju:]
    1) (to follow especially in order to catch or capture; to chase: They pursued the thief through the town.) veita eftirför
    2) (to occupy oneself with (studies, enquiries etc); to continue: He is pursuing his studies at the University.) leggja stund á, ástunda
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    - pursuit

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  • 13 take up

    1) (to use or occupy (space, time etc): I won't take up much of your time.) taka (rÿmi/tíma)
    2) (to begin doing, playing etc: He has taken up the violin/teaching.) byrja (að gera e-ð/á e-u)
    3) (to shorten (clothes): My skirts were too long, so I had them taken up.) stytta
    4) (to lift or raise; to pick up: He took up the book.) taka/lyfta upp

    English-Icelandic dictionary > take up

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