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1 keep
[ki:p] 1. past tense, past participle - kept; verb1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) geyma, varðveita; fá til eignar2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) geyma, varðveita; þegja yfir3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) halda, hafa4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) halda áfram5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) eiga, vera með6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) rækta, halda við7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) geymast8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) halda, færa, skrifa9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) tefja10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) framfæra, sjá um11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) standa við, halda12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) halda upp á2. noun(food and lodging: She gives her mother money every week for her keep; Our cat really earns her keep - she kills all the mice in the house.) uppihald, fæði og húsnæði- keeper- keeping
- keep-fit
- keepsake
- for keeps
- in keeping with
- keep away
- keep back
- keep one's distance
- keep down
- keep one's end up
- keep from
- keep going
- keep hold of
- keep house for
- keep house
- keep in
- keep in mind
- keep it up
- keep off
- keep on
- keep oneself to oneself
- keep out
- keep out of
- keep time
- keep to
- keep something to oneself
- keep to oneself
- keep up
- keep up with the Joneses
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2 front
1) (the part of anything (intended to be) nearest the person who sees it; usually the most important part of anything: the front of the house; the front of the picture; ( also adjective) the front page.) andlit; framhlið2) (the foremost part of anything in the direction in which it moves: the front of the ship; ( also adjective) the front seat of the bus.) framendi, fremri eða fremsti hluti3) (the part of a city or town that faces the sea: We walked along the (sea) front.) sjávarsíða; strandgata4) ((in war) the line of soliers nearest the enemy: They are sending more soldiers to the front.) víglína5) (a boundary separating two masses of air of different temperatures: A cold front is approaching from the Atlantic.) skil6) (an outward appearance: He put on a brave front.) framkoma; láta ekki á neinu bera7) (a name sometimes given to a political movement: the Popular Front for Liberation.) fylking•- frontage- frontal
- at the front of
- in front of
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3 initial
[i'niʃəl] 1. adjective(of, or at, the beginning: There were difficulties during the initial stages of building the house.) fyrstur, byrjunar-2. noun(the letter that begins a word, especially a name: The picture was signed with the initials JJB, standing for John James Brown.) upphafsstafur3. verb(to mark or sign with initials of one's name: Any alteration on a cheque should be initialled.) merkja upphafsstöfum[-ʃieit]
1) (to start (eg a plan, scheme, changes, reforms etc): He initiated a scheme for helping old people with their shopping.)
2) (to take (a person) into a society etc, especially with secret ceremonies: No-one who had been initiated into the society ever revealed the details of the ceremony.)
[-ʃiət]
- initiation(a person who has been initiated (into a society etc).)
- initiative -
4 offer
['ofə] 1. past tense, past participle - offered; verb1) (to put forward (a gift, suggestion etc) for acceptance or refusal: She offered the man a cup of tea; He offered her $20 for the picture.) bjóða2) (to say that one is willing: He offered to help.) bjóðast (til)2. noun1) (an act of offering: an offer of help.) boð2) (an offering of money as the price of something: They made an offer of $50,000 for the house.) tilboð•- offering- on offer -
5 study
1. verb1) (to give time and attention to gaining knowledge of a subject: What subject is he studying?; He is studying French; He is studying for a degree in mathematics; She's studying to be a teacher.) læra, stunda nám, stúdera2) (to look at or examine carefully: He studied the railway timetable; Give yourself time to study the problem in detail.) rannsaka, skoða2. noun1) (the act of devoting time and attention to gaining knowledge: He spends all his evenings in study; She has made a study of the habits of bees.) lærdómur; rannsókn2) (a musical or artistic composition: a book of studies for the piano; The picture was entitled `Study in Grey'.) etÿða, æfing3) (a room in a house etc, in which to study, read, write etc: The headmaster wants to speak to the senior pupils in his study.) lesstofa, bókaherbergi -
6 view
[vju:] 1. noun1) ((an outlook on to, or picture of) a scene: Your house has a fine view of the hills; He painted a view of the harbour.) sÿn, sjón; útsÿni; (landslags)mynd2) (an opinion: Tell me your view/views on the subject.) skoðun3) (an act of seeing or inspecting: We were given a private view of the exhibition before it was opened to the public.) skoðun2. verb(to look at, or regard (something): She viewed the scene with astonishment.) horfa á, virða fyrir sér, skoða- viewer- viewpoint
- in view of
- on view
- point of view
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