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41 be floored
1) (be completely surprised or shocked: We were completely floored by his behavior.)2) (to have a floor of: Our bathroom is floored with ceramic tiles.) -
42 be going strong
(to be successful, healthy etc: Our business/grandfather is still going strong.) enn í fullu fjöri -
43 be one up on (a person)
(to have an advantage over (someone): We brought out a book on this before our rivals so we're one up on them.) hafa forskot á -
44 be one up on (a person)
(to have an advantage over (someone): We brought out a book on this before our rivals so we're one up on them.) hafa forskot á -
45 bell
[bel]1) (a hollow object, usually of metal, which gives a ringing sound when struck by the clapper inside: church bells.) klukka, bjalla2) (any other mechanism for giving a ringing sound: Our doorbell is broken.) bjalla -
46 bellyache
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47 beyond expectation
(much more or much better than expected: The plan succeeded beyond all expectations; The hotel was beyond our expectations.) -
48 boost
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49 break the ice
(to overcome the first shyness etc: Let's break the ice by inviting our new neighbours for a meal.) brjóta ísinn; ríða á vaðið -
50 builder
noun (a person who builds houses etc: The builder who built our house has gone bankrupt.) -
51 burgle
verb Our house has been burgled.) brjótast inn -
52 by the skin of one's teeth
(very narrowly; only just: We escaped by the skin of our teeth.) með naumindum -
53 cable
['keibl] 1. noun1) ((a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.) kaðall, keðja, festar2) ((a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals: They are laying (a) new cable.) kapall, leiðsla3) ((a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc.) vírkaðall4) ((also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable.) símskeyti5) (cable television.)2. verb(to telegraph by cable: I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.) senda símskeyti- cable television
- cable TV -
54 cancel out
(to undo the effect of: We don't want our profits to be cancelled out by extra expenses.) verða/gera að engu -
55 chart
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56 civic
['sivik](of or belonging to a city or citizen: Our offices are in the new civic centre; civic duties.) borgaralegur -
57 clock
[klok] 1. noun1) (an instrument for measuring time, but not worn on the wrist like a watch: We have five clocks in our house; an alarm clock (= a clock with a ringing device for waking one up in the morning).) klukka2) (an instrument for measuring speed of a vehicle or distance travelled by a vehicle: My car has 120,000 miles on the clock.) (hraða)mælir2. verb(to register (a time) on a stopwatch etc.) taka tímann- clockwork
- clock in
- out/on
- off
- clock up
- like clockwork
- round the clock -
58 come unstuck
1) (to stop sticking: The label has come unstuck.) losna2) (to fail: Our plans have come unstuck.) misheppnast -
59 compact
I 1. [kəm'pækt] adjective(fitted neatly together in a small space: Our new house is very compact.) samanþjappaður2. ['kompækt] noun(a small container for women's face-powder: a powder-compact with a mirror.) púðurdósII ['kompækt](an agreement: The management and trade union leaders finally signed a compact.) samningur -
60 consideration
1) ((the act of) thinking about something, especially the needs or feelings of other people: He stayed at home out of consideration for his mother.) tillitssemi2) (a fact to be taken into account in making a decision etc: The cost of the journey is our main consideration.) atriði sem hafa ber í huga
См. также в других словарях:
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our — our, ours 1. A difficulty arises when our is used in conjunction with another qualifying word as in The Italian and our troops or Our and the Italian troops. Here a better alternative is The Italian troops and ours, but not ☒ Ours and the Italian … Modern English usage
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Our — may refer to: Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany Our, Jura, a commune in France See also Ours (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
our — O.E. ure of us, genitive plural of the first person pronoun, from P.Gmc. *ons (Cf. O.S. usa, O.Fris. use, O.H.G. unsar, Ger. unser, Goth. unsar our ). Ours, formed c.1300, is a double possessive, originating in northern England, and has taken… … Etymology dictionary
our — [our] possessive pronominal adj. [ME ure < OE ure, earlier user, gen. of us (see US), akin to Ger unser] of, belonging to, made by, or done by us … English World dictionary
