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1 average
['ævəri‹] 1. noun(the result of adding several amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts: The average of 3, 7, 9 and 13 is 8 (= 32:4).) meðaltal2. adjective1) (obtained by finding the average of amounts etc: average price; the average temperature for the week.) meðal-, meðaltals-2) (ordinary; not exceptional: The average person is not wealthy; His work is average.) venjulegur, meðal-3. verb(to form an average: His expenses averaged (out at) 15 dollars a day.) ná að meðaltali -
2 great
[ɡreit]1) (of a better quality than average; important: a great writer; Churchill was a great man.) mikill, stórkostlegur2) (very large, larger etc than average: a great crowd of people at the football match.) stór, mikill3) (of a high degree: Take great care of that book.) mikill4) (very pleasant: We had a great time at the party.) frábær, stórkostlegur5) (clever and expert: John's great at football.) klár, flinkur•- greatly- greatness -
3 a cut above
((obviously) better than: He's a cut above the average engineer.) betri en, gæðaflokki ofar en -
4 above
1. preposition1) (in a higher position than: a picture above the fireplace.) fyrir ofan2) (greater than: The child's intelligence is above average.) yfir3) (too good for: The police must be above suspicion.) hafinn yfir2. adverb1) (higher up: seen from above.) að ofan2) ((in a book etc) earlier or higher up on the page: See above.) að ofan, að framansögðu•- above all -
5 consumer
noun (a person who eats, uses, buys things etc: The average consumer spends 12 dollars per year on toothpaste.) neytandi -
6 life expectancy
(the (average) length of time a person can expect to live.) lífslíkur -
7 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) nískur2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) kvikindislegur3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) illskeyttur4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) lélegur•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) meðal-, meðaltals-2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) meðal-, meðaltals-2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) meðaltal, meðalgildi; milli-III 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) merkja, þÿða; eiga við, meina2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) ætla (sér)•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) þÿðingarmikill- meaningless
- be meant to
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8 medium
['mi:diəm] 1. plurals - media; noun1) (something by or through which an effect is produced: Air is the medium through which sound is carried.) miðill2) ((especially in plural) a means (especially radio, television and newspapers) by which news etc is made known: the news media.) fjölmiðill3) (a person through whom spirits of dead people are said to speak: I know a medium who says she can communicate with Napoleon.) miðill4) (a substance in which specimens are preserved, bacteria grown etc.) ræktunarvökvi, ætihlaup/-vökvi2. adjective(middle or average in size, quality etc: Would you like the small, medium or large packet?) millistærð -
9 middling
adjective (average: He's neither tall nor short, but of middling height.) meðal-, miðlungs -
10 moderate
1. ['modəreit] verb(to make or become less extreme: He was forced to moderate his demands; Gradually the pain moderated.) draga úr2. [-rət] adjective1) (keeping within reasonable limits; not extreme: The prices were moderate; moderate opinions.) hóflegur2) (medium or average; not particularly good: workmanship of moderate quality.) sæmilegur, þokkalegur3. noun(a person whose views are not extreme: Politically, she's a moderate.) öfgalaus maður- moderateness
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11 snowfall
1) (a fall or shower of snow that settles on the ground: There was a heavy snowfall last night.) snjókoma2) (the amount of snow that falls in a certain place: The snowfall last year was much higher than average.) snjókoma -
12 superior
[su'piəriə] 1. adjective1) ((often with to) higher in rank, better, or greater, than: Is a captain superior to a commander in the navy?; With his superior strength he managed to overwhelm his opponent.) hærra settur2) (high, or above the average, in quality: superior workmanship.) framúrskarandi, ágætis-3) ((of a person or his attitude) contemptuous or disdainful: a superior smile.) yfirlætislegur2. noun(a person who is better than, or higher in rank than, another or others: The servant was dismissed for being rude to her superiors.) yfirmaður -
13 the man in the street
(the ordinary, typical, average man: The man in the street often has little interest in politics.) hinn almenni borgari -
14 wide apart
(a great (or greater than average) distance away from one another: He held his hands wide apart.) útglenntur; útbreiddur
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