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21 guard of honour
(soldiers or other people who are lined up as an honour to someone important: A guard of honour greeted the President at the airport.) heiðursvörður -
22 heads
noun, adverb ((on) the side of a coin with the head of a king, president etc on it: He tossed the penny and it came down heads.) framhlið á peningi -
23 hope
[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) vona2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) von2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) von, vonarglæta, möguleiki3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) von•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
- raise someone's hopes -
24 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 -
25 install
[in'sto:l]1) (to put in place ready for use: When was the telephone/electricity installed (in this house)?) koma fyrir, setja upp2) (to put (a thing, oneself or another person) in a place or position: He was installed as president yesterday; They soon installed themselves in the new house.) setja í embætti; koma (sér) fyrir•- instalment -
26 intercede
[intə'si:d]1) (to try to put an end to a fight, argument etc between two people, countries etc: All attempts to intercede between the two nations failed.) ganga á milli2) (to try to persuade someone not to do something to someone else: The condemned murderer's family interceded (with the President) on his behalf.) beiðast vægðar• -
27 intrigue
1. [in'tri:ɡ, 'intri:ɡ] noun(the activity of plotting or scheming; a plot or scheme: He became president as a result of (a) political intrigue.) ráðabrugg2. [in'tri:ɡ] verb1) (to fascinate, arouse the curiosity of or amuse: The book intrigued me.) vekja forvitni2) (to plot or scheme.) standa í ráðabruggi• -
28 nomination
1) (the act of nominating: the nomination of a president.) útnefning; tilnefning2) (a suggestion of a particular person for a post etc: We've had four nominations for the job.) útnefning -
29 outgoing
1) (friendly: a very outgoing personality.) opinn, félagslyndur2) (going out; leaving: the outgoing president.) fráfarandi; sem er á útleið -
30 ovation
[ə'veiʃən, ]( American[) ou-](cheering or applause etc to express approval, welcome etc: They gave the president a standing ovation) hylling; lófaklapp -
31 plot
[plot] 1. noun1) (a plan, especially for doing something evil; a conspiracy: a plot to assassinate the President.) ráðabrugg2) (the story of a play, novel etc: The play has a very complicated plot.) söguþráður, flétta3) (a small piece of land eg for use as a gardening area or for building a house on.) reitur, skiki, blettur, lóð2. verb1) (to plan to bring about (something evil): They were plotting the death of the king.) brugga launráð2) (to make a plan, map, graph etc of: The navigator plotted the course of the ship.) kortleggja -
32 poll
[pəul] 1. noun1) (an election: They organized a poll to elect a president.) kosningar2) (the number of votes: There has been a heavy poll (= a large number of votes).) kosningaþátttaka3) ((also opinion poll) a test of public opinion by asking people questions.) skoðanakönnun2. verb(to receive a number of votes: He polled fifty per cent of the votes.) hljóta atkvæði- polling-station
- go to the polls -
33 predicate
['predikət](what is said about the subject of a sentence: We live in London; The president of the republic died.) umsögn, umsagnarliður -
34 preside
(to be the chairman of a meeting etc: The prime minister presided at/over the meeting.) stjórna; vera í forsæti- president
- presidential -
35 republic
((a country with) a form of government in which there is no king or queen, the power of government, law-making etc being given to one or more elected representatives (eg a president, members of a parliament etc): The United States is a republic - the United Kingdom is not.) lÿðveldi -
36 round off
1) (to make something smooth etc: He rounded off the sharp corners with a file.) gera ávalann, rúnna2) (to complete successfully: He rounded off his career by becoming president.) ljúka, ganga frá -
37 run for
(to stand for election for: He is running for president.) bjóða sig fram -
38 scheme
[ski:m] 1. noun1) (a plan or arrangement; a way of doing something: a colour scheme for the room; There are various schemes for improving the roads.) áætlun2) (a (usually secret) dishonest plan: His schemes to steal the money were discovered.) ráðabrugg2. verb(to make (especially dishonest) schemes: He was punished for scheming against the President; They have all been scheming for my dismissal.) brugga ráð- schemer- scheming -
39 the military
noun (the armed forces: The military is still loyal to the president.) -
40 throng
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