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1 switch
[swi ] 1. noun1) (a small lever, handle or other device eg for putting or turning an electric current on or off: The switch is down when the power is on and up when it's off; He couldn't find the light-switch.) rofi2) (an act of turning or changing: After several switches of direction they found themselves on the right road.) breyting, skipti3) (a thin stick.) pískur, keyri2. verb(to change, turn: He switched the lever to the `off' position; Let's switch over to another programme; Having considered that problem, they switched their attention to other matters.) skipta, snúa- switchboard
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2 switch on/off
(to put or turn on/off (an electric current / light etc): He switched on the light; Switch off the electricity before going on holiday.) kveikja; slökkva -
3 put off
1) (to switch off (a light etc): Please put the light off!) slökkva á2) (to delay; to postpone: He put off leaving / his departure till Thursday.) fresta3) (to cancel an arranged meeting etc with (a person): I had to put the Browns off because I had 'flu.) fresta fundi með e-m4) (to cause (a person) to feel disgust or dislike (for): The cheese looked nice but the smell put me off; The conversation about illness put me off my dinner.) fá til að missa lyst/fá ógeð á -
4 turn off
1) (to cause (water, electricity etc) to stop flowing: I've turned off the water / the electricity.) slökkva á2) (to turn (a tap, switch etc) so that something stops: I turned off the tap.) skrúfa fyrir3) (to cause (something) to stop working by switching it off: He turned off the light / the oven.) slökkva á -
5 be sure to
(don't fail to: Be sure to switch off the television.) gættu þess að -
6 fuse
I 1. [fju:z] verb1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) bræða (saman)2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) fara, springa, detta út2. noun(a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.) rafmagnsöryggi- fusionII [fju:z] noun(a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) sprengiþráður -
7 the
[ðə, ði](The form [ðə] is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union [ðə'ju:njən]; the form [ði] is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour [ði 'onə]) -(i)nn, -(i)n, -(i)ð1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.) -(i)nn, -(i)n, -(i)ð3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).) -(i)nn, -(i)n, -(i)ð4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.) (á/fyrir) -(i)nn, -(i)n, -(i)ð5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.) (fellur brott í þÿðingu)6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.) þeim mun, því•- the...- the...
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