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1 pleasure-boat / pleasure-craft
nouns (a boat used for pleasure.) lystibátur/-snekkjaEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > pleasure-boat / pleasure-craft
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2 pleasure
['pleʒə](something that gives one enjoyment; joy or delight: the pleasures of country life; I get a lot of pleasure from listening to music.) ánægja- pleasurably
- pleasure-boat / pleasure-craft
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3 boat
[bəut] 1. noun1) (a small vessel for travelling over water: We'll cross the stream by boat.) bátur2) (a larger vessel for the same purpose; a ship: to cross the Atlantic in a passenger boat.) skip3) (a serving-dish shaped like a boat: a gravy-boat.) (sósu)skál2. verb(to sail about in a small boat for pleasure: They are boating on the river.) sigla, róa- boatman- in the same boat
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4 launch
I 1. [lo:n ] verb1) (to make (a boat or ship) slide into the water or (a rocket) leave the ground: As soon as the alarm was sounded, the lifeboat was launched; The Russians have launched a rocket.) hleypa af stokkunum; skjóta á loft2) (to start (a person, project etc) off on a course: His success launched him on a brilliant career.) fleyta áleiðis, koma af stað3) (to throw.) þeyta, kasta2. noun((an) act of launching.) sjósetning; flugtak- launch into
- launch out II [lo:n ] noun(a large, power-driven boat, usually used for short trips or for pleasure: We cruised round the bay in a motor launch.) lystisnekkja
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