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1 place
[pleis] 1. noun1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) staður2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) pláss3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) -staður, -hús, svæði4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) sæti5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) sæti, staða6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) staða, stétt7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) staður8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) skylda; réttur9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) sæti, staða10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) hús; heimili11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) staður; notað í heitum gatna/torga12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) sæti2. verb1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) setja (á)2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) koma (e-m) fyrir sig•- go places
- in the first
- second place
- in place
- in place of
- out of place
- put oneself in someone else's place
- put someone in his place
- put in his place
- take place
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2 house
1. plural - houses; noun1) (a building in which people, especially a single family, live: Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.) hús, bygging2) (a place or building used for a particular purpose: a hen-house; a public house.) hús, bygging3) (a theatre, or the audience in a theatre: There was a full house for the first night of the play.) leikhús, fullt hús4) (a family, usually important or noble, including its ancestors and descendants: the house of David.) ætt, kynkvísl2. verb1) (to provide with a house, accommodation or shelter: All these people will have to be housed; The animals are housed in the barn.) hÿsa2) (to store or keep somewhere: The electric generator is housed in the garage.) geyma, hÿsa•- housing- housing benefit
- house agent
- house arrest
- houseboat
- housebreaker
- housebreaking
- house-fly
- household
- householder
- household word
- housekeeper
- housekeeping
- houseman
- housetrain
- house-warming 3. adjectivea house-warming party.) innflutningsteiti- housework
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3 site
1) (a place where a building, town etc is, was, or is to be, built: He's got a job on a building-site; The site for the new factory has not been decided.) vettvangur; byggingarlóð/-svæði2) ((also Web site) a site on the Internet that gives information about a particular subject or person.) -
4 carry
['kæri]1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) bera2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) berast3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) bera, halda uppi4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) hafa, bera með sér5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) ná í gegn, samþykkja6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) bera sig•((slang) a fuss; excited behaviour.)
- carry-cot((of bags or cases) that passengers can carry with them on board a plane.)
- be/get carried away
- carry forward
- carry off
- carry on
- carry out
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5 gasworks
noun singular (a place where gas is made: The gasworks is rather an ugly building.) gasveita -
6 height
[hæit]1) (the distance from the bottom to the top of something: What is the height of this building?; He is 1.75 metres in height.) hæð2) (the highest, greatest, strongest etc point: He is at the height of his career; The storm was at its height.) hátindur3) (the peak or extreme: dressed in the height of fashion; His actions were the height of folly.) hámark4) (a high place: We looked down from the heights at the valley beneath us.) tindur, hæð•- heighten -
7 hive
1) (a box etc where bees live and store up honey: He's building a hive so that he can keep bees.) bÿflugnabú2) (the bees that live in such a place: The whole hive flew after the queen bee.) bÿflugnabú, bÿflugur -
8 hoarding
['ho:diŋ]1) (a temporary fence of boards, eg round a place where a building is being knocked down or built.) timburþil/-girðing2) (a usually large wooden board on which advertisements, posters etc are stuck.) auglÿsingaskilti -
9 inaugurate
[i'no:ɡjureit]1) (to place (a person) in an official position with great ceremony: to inaugurate a president.) setja í embætti2) (to make a ceremonial start to: This meeting is to inaugurate our new Social Work scheme.) koma á; marka upphaf3) (to open (a building, exhibition etc) formally to the public: The Queen inaugurated the new university buildings.) vígja, taka í notkun, opna•- inaugural -
10 inundate
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11 mortar
I ['mo:tə] noun(a mixture of cement, sand and water, used in building eg to hold bricks in place.) hræra, steypublandaII ['mo:tə] noun(a type of short gun for firing shells upwards, in close-range attacks.) sprengjuvarpaIII ['mo:tə] noun(a dish in which to grind substances, especially with a pestle.) mortél, steytill -
12 nest
[nest] 1. noun(a structure or place in which birds (and some animals and insects) hatch or give birth to and look after their young: The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house; a wasp's nest.) hreiður2. verb(to build a nest and live in it: A pair of robins are nesting in that bush.) byggja hreiður- nestling- nest-egg
- feather one's own nest
- feather one's nest -
13 pigsty
plural - pigsties, pigstyes; noun1) (a building in which pigs are kept.) svínastía2) (a dirty, untidy place: This room is a pigsty!) svínastía -
14 quarry
I 1. ['kwori] plural - quarries; noun(a place, usually a very large hole in the ground, from which stone is got for building etc.) grjótnáma2. verb(to dig (stone) in a quarry.) vinna (grjót) úr námuII ['kwori] plural - quarries; noun1) (a hunted animal or bird.) veiðibráð2) (someone or something that is hunted, chased or eagerly looked for.) bráð, e-ð sem er elt eða ofsótt -
15 shelter
['ʃeltə] 1. noun1) (protection against wind, rain, enemies etc: We gave the old man shelter for the night.) húsaskjól, skÿli2) (a building etc designed to give such protection: a bus-shelter.) skÿli2. verb1) (to be in, or go into, a place of shelter: He sheltered from the storm.) leita skjóls, vera í skjóli2) (to give protection: That line of trees shelters my garden.) skÿla, vernda• -
16 shopping centre
(a place, often a very large building, where there is a large number of different shops.) verslunarmiðstöð -
17 shut
1. present participle - shutting; verb1) (to move (a door, window, lid etc) so that it covers or fills an opening; to move (a drawer, book etc) so that it is no longer open: Shut that door, please!; Shut your eyes and don't look.) loka2) (to become closed: The window shut with a bang.) lokast, skella aftur3) (to close and usually lock (a building etc) eg at the end of the day or when people no longer work there: The shops all shut at half past five; There's a rumour that the factory is going to be shut.) loka4) (to keep in or out of some place or keep away from someone by shutting something: The dog was shut inside the house.) loka inni/úti2. adjective(closed.) lokaður- shut off
- shut up -
18 squat
[skwot] 1. past tense, past participle - squatted; verb(to sit down on the heels or in a crouching position: The beggar squatted all day in the market place.) sitja á hækjum sér2. adjective(short and fat; dumpy: a squat little man; an ugly, squat building.) kubbslegur -
19 take up residence
(to go and live (in a place, building etc): He has taken up residence in France.) setjast að -
20 upper
1. adjective(higher in position, rank etc: the upper floors of the building; He has a scar on his upper lip.) efri, hærri, æðri2. noun((usually in plural) the part of a shoe above the sole: There's a crack in the upper.) yfirleður3. adverb(in the highest place or position: Thoughts of him were upper-most in her mind.) efst- get/have the upper hand of/over someone
- get/have the upper hand
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