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1 passing
1) (going past: a passing car.) sem fer hjá/fram úr2) (lasting only a short time: a passing interest.) skammvinnur3) ((of something said) casual and not made as part of a serious talk about the subject: a passing reference.) í framhjáhlaupi -
2 in passing
(while doing or talking about something else; without explaining fully what one means: He told her the story, and said in passing that he did not completely believe it.) í framhjáhlaupi -
3 pass
1. verb1) (to move towards and then beyond (something, by going past, through, by, over etc): I pass the shops on my way to work; The procession passed along the corridor.) fara framhjá2) (to move, give etc from one person, state etc to another: They passed the photographs around; The tradition is passed (on/down) from father to son.) láta e-ð ganga3) (to go or be beyond: This passes my understanding.) fara yfir (tiltekin mörk); vera ofar (skilningi)4) ((of vehicles etc on a road) to overtake: The sports car passed me at a dangerous bend in the road.) fara fram úr5) (to spend (time): They passed several weeks in the country.) eyða (tíma), dvelja6) ((of an official group, government etc) to accept or approve: The government has passed a resolution.) samþykkja7) (to give or announce (a judgement or sentence): The magistrate passed judgement on the prisoner.) úrskurða, dæma8) (to end or go away: His sickness soon passed.) líða hjá, ganga yfir9) (to (judge to) be successful in (an examination etc): I passed my driving test.) standast2. noun1) (a narrow path between mountains: a mountain pass.) (fjalla)skarð2) (a ticket or card allowing a person to do something, eg to travel free or to get in to a building: You must show your pass before entering.) passi, ferðaheimild; aðgönguheimild3) (a successful result in an examination, especially when below a distinction, honours etc: There were ten passes and no fails.) það að standast próf4) ((in ball games) a throw, kick, hit etc of the ball from one player to another: The centre-forward made a pass towards the goal.) sending•- passable- passing
- passer-by
- password
- in passing
- let something pass
- let pass
- pass as/for
- pass away
- pass the buck
- pass by
- pass off
- pass something or someone off as
- pass off as
- pass on
- pass out
- pass over
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4 border
['bo:də] 1. noun1) (the edge of a particular thing: the border of a picture/handkerchief.) brún, jaðar2) (the boundary of a country: They'll ask for your passport at the border.) landamæri3) (a flower bed round the edge of a lawn etc: a flower border.) blómabeð/-rein2. verb((with on) to come near to or lie on the border of: Germany borders on France.) liggja að3. noun(the border between one thing and another: He was on the borderline between passing and failing.) á mörkunum -
5 brush
1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.)2) (an act of brushing.)3) (a bushy tail of a fox.)4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.)2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.)2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.)3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!)4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.)•- brush away
- brush up
- give
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6 chain
[ ein] 1. noun1) (a series of (especially metal) links or rings passing through one another: The dog was fastened by a chain; She wore a silver chain round her neck.) keðja2) (a series: a chain of events.) röð2. verb(to fasten or bind with chains: The prisoner was chained to the wall.) hlekkja- chain store -
7 cocksure
adjective (very or too confident: He was cocksure about passing the exam.) handviss; of viss -
8 congratulate
[kən'ɡrætjuleit]((often with on) to express pleasure and joy to (a person) at a happy event, a success etc: She congratulated him on passing his driving test.) óska til hamingju- congratulation -
9 constipated
['konstipeitid](having difficulty in passing waste matter (as regularly as normal) from the bowels.) með hægðatregðu -
10 convection
[kən'vekʃən](the passing of heat through liquids or gases by means of currents.) varmaburður -
11 conviction
[-ʃən]1) (the passing of a sentence on a guilty person: She has had two convictions for drunken driving.) sakfelling, dómur2) ((a) strong belief: It's my conviction that he's right.) sannfæring -
12 diameter
((the length of) a straight line drawn from side to side of a circle, passing through its centre: Could you measure the diameter of that circle?) þvermál -
13 drip
[drip] 1. past tense, past participle - dripped; verb(to (cause to) fall in single drops: Rain dripped off the roof; His hand was dripping blood.) drjúpa, falla í dropum2. noun1) (a small quantity (of liquid) falling in drops: A drip of water ran down the tap.) dropi2) (the noise made by dripping: I can hear a drip somewhere.) dripp, dropahávaði3) (an apparatus for passing a liquid slowly and continuously into a vein of the body.) blóð- eða vökvagjöf; dripp, dropateljari•- dripping- drip-dry 3. verb(to dry in this manner.) hengja blautan þvott upp til þerris -
14 drop in
(to arrive informally to visit someone: Do drop in (on me) if you happen to be passing!) koma í heimsókn (óboðinn) -
15 equator
[i'kweitə]((with the) an imaginary line (or one drawn on a map etc) passing round the globe, at an equal distance from the North and South poles: Singapore is almost on the equator.) miðbaugur -
16 filter
['filtə] 1. noun1) (a strainer or other device through which liquid, gas, smoke etc can pass, but not solid material: A filter is used to make sure that the oil is clean and does not contain any dirt; ( also adjective) filter paper.) sía, filter2) (a kind of screening plate used to change or correct certain colours: If you are taking photographs in sun and snow, you should use a blue filter.) filter; ljóssía, litsía2. verb1) ((of liquids) to (become) clean by passing through a filter: The rain-water filtered into a tank.) sía (út)2) (to come bit by bit or gradually: The news filtered out.) síast út• -
17 fluke
[flu:k](a chance success: Passing the exam was a fluke - I had done no work.) heppni -
18 focus
['foukəs] 1. plurals - focuses, foci; noun1) (the point at which rays of light meet after passing through a lens.) brennipunktur, fókus2) (a point to which light, a look, attention etc is directed: She was the focus of everyone's attention.) miðdepill, athygli2. verb1) (to adjust (a camera, binoculars etc) in order to get a clear picture: Remember to focus the camera / the picture before taking the photograph.) stilla linsu/fókus2) (to direct (attention etc) to one point: The accident focussed public attention on the danger.) beina athygli•- focal- in
- out of focus -
19 grapevine
1) (an informal means of passing news from person to person: I hear through the grapevine that he is leaving.) lausafregnir, slúðursaga2) (a vine.) vínviður -
20 graze
[ɡreiz] I verb((of animals) to eat grass etc which is growing.)II 1. verb1) (to scrape the skin from (a part of the body): I've grazed my knee on that stone wall.) skráma, hrufla2) (to touch lightly in passing: The bullet grazed the car.) snerta, strjúkast við2. noun(the slight wound caused by grazing a part of the body: a graze on one's knee.) skráma, fleiður
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