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1. verb(to answer: `I don't know,' he replied; Should I reply to his letter?; She replied that she had never seen the man before; She replied by shrugging her shoulders.) svara2. noun1) (an answer: `I don't know,' was his reply; I'll write a reply to his letter.) svar2) (the act of answering: What did he say in reply (to your question)?) svar -
2 retort
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3 affirmative
[-tiv]adjective, noun (saying or indicating yes to a question, suggestion etc: He gave an affirmative nod; a reply in the affirmative.) jákvæður; játandi -
4 bark
I 1. noun(the short, sharp cry of a dog, fox etc.) gelt2. verb1) (to make this sound: The dog barked at the stranger.) gelta2) (to utter abruptly: She barked a reply.) gelta, tala höstuglegaII 1. noun(the covering of the trunk and branches of a tree: He stripped the bark off the branch.) trjábörkur2. verb(to take the skin off (part of the body) by accident: I barked my shin on the table.) skráma, hrufla -
5 brusque
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6 by return (of post)
(by the very next post: Please send me your reply by return (of post).) með næsta pósti; um hæl -
7 by return (of post)
(by the very next post: Please send me your reply by return (of post).) með næsta pósti; um hæl -
8 couch
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9 counter-attack
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10 curt
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11 early
['ə:li] 1. adverb1) (near the beginning (of a period of time etc): early in my life; early in the afternoon.) snemma2) (sooner than others; sooner than usual; sooner than expected or than the appointed time: He arrived early; She came an hour early.) (of) snemma; á undan öðrum2. adjective1) (belonging to, or happening, near the beginning of a period of time etc: early morning; in the early part of the century.) snemm-; fyrri; fyrsti; í byrjun2) (belonging to the first stages of development: early musical instruments.) eldri/fyrsta/fyrri gerð3) (happening etc sooner than usual or than expected: the baby's early arrival; It's too early to get up yet.) fyrir tímann; of snemma4) (prompt: I hope for an early reply to my letter.) skjótur•- early bird -
12 exactly
1) (just; quite; absolutely: He's exactly the right man for the job.) nákvæmlega2) (in accurate detail; precisely: Work out the prices exactly; What exactly did you say?) nákvæmlega3) (used as a reply meaning `I quite agree'.) einmitt, hárrétt -
13 failure
[-jə]1) (the state or act of failing: She was upset by her failure in the exam; failure of the electricity supply.) það að e-ð bregst2) (an unsuccessful person or thing: He felt he was a failure.) mislukkaður maður3) (inability, refusal etc to do something: his failure to reply.) vanræksla; það að láta e-ð ógert -
14 flippant
['flipənt](not serious enough about important matters: a flippant reply.) kærulaus, óskammfeilinn- flippancy -
15 frank
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16 glib
[ɡlib]1) (speaking persuasively but usually without sincerity: The salesman was a very glib talker.) tungulipur2) ((of a reply etc) quick and ready, but showing little thought: glib excuses.) vanhugsað, kærulaust (svar)•- glibly -
17 per cent
[pə'sent]adverb (, noun (often written % with figures) (of numbers, amounts etc) stated as a fraction of one hundred: Twenty-five per cent of one hundred and twenty is thirty; 25% of the people did not reply to our letters.) prósent, hundraðstala -
18 prompt
I [prompt] adjective(acting, or happening, without delay or punctually: a prompt reply; I'm surprised that she's late. She's usually so prompt.) skjótur; stundvís- promptly- promptness
- at one/two o'clock prompt II [prompt] verb1) (to persuade to do something: What prompted you to say that?) knÿja til2) (to remind (especially an actor) of the words that he is to say: Several actors forgot their words and had to be prompted.) hvísla, gefa stikkorð•- prompter -
19 response
[-s]1) (a reply or reaction: Our letters have never met with any response; My suggestions met with little response.) svar, viðbragð2) ((usually in plural) in church services, a part spoken by the congregation rather than the priest.) svar (safnaðar/kórs) -
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