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  • 41 deluge

    ['delju:‹] 1. noun
    (a great quantity of water: Few people survived the deluge.) flóð
    2. verb
    (to fill or overwhelm with a great quantity: We've been deluged with orders for our new book.) yfirþyrma

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  • 42 duty

    ['dju:ti]
    plural - duties; noun
    1) (what one ought morally or legally to do: He acted out of duty; I do my duty as a responsible citizen.) skylda
    2) (an action or task requiring to be done, especially one attached to a job: I had a few duties to perform in connection with my job.) skylduverk
    3) ((a) tax on goods: You must pay duty when you bring wine into the country.) gjald, tollur
    - dutiful
    - duty-free
    - off duty
    - on duty

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  • 43 home truth

    (a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person: It's time someone told him a few home truths.) óþægileg staðreynd

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  • 44 introductory

    adjective (giving an introduction: He made a few introductory remarks about the film before showing it.) inngangs-

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  • 45 mumble

    (to speak (words) in such a way that they are difficult to hear: The old man mumbled (a few words) quietly to himself.) muldra, tuldra

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  • 46 savanna(h)

    [sə'vænə]
    (a grassy plain with few trees: the savanna(h)s of Central America.) (hitabeltis)gresja; trjálaus slétta

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  • 47 savanna(h)

    [sə'vænə]
    (a grassy plain with few trees: the savanna(h)s of Central America.) (hitabeltis)gresja; trjálaus slétta

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  • 48 scuffle

    (a confused fight usually between a few people using their fists, feet etc: The two men quarrelled and there was a scuffle.) ryskingar

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  • 49 several

    ['sevrəl] 1. adjective
    (more than one or two, but not a great many: Several weeks passed before he got a reply to his letter.) nokkrir, fáeinir
    2. pronoun
    (some or a few: Several of them are ill; Of the eggs, several were broken.) nokkrir

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  • 50 slack

    [slæk]
    1) (loose; not firmly stretched: Leave the rope slack.) slakur
    2) (not firmly in position: He tightened a few slack screws.) slakur, ekki hertur
    3) (not strict; careless: He is very slack about getting things done.) kærulaus
    4) (in industry etc, not busy; inactive: Business has been rather slack lately.) dauður, í lægð
    - slackly
    - slackness
    - slacks

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  • 51 sprinkling

    noun (a small amount or a few: There were mostly women at the meeting but there was a sprinkling of men.) reytingur

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  • 52 sunbathe

    verb (to lie or sit in the sun, especially wearing few clothes, in order to get a suntan.) vera í sólbaði

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  • 53 vaudeville

    ['vo:dəvil]
    (the type of theatre show in which there is a variety of short acts; music-hall: There are very few theatres now where vaudeville is performed.) (farsakennd) gamansÿning

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  • 54 womanhood

    noun (the state of being a woman: She will reach womanhood in a few years' time.) kvendómur, það að vera kona

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