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1 school
I 1. [sku:l] noun1) (a place for teaching especially children: She goes to the school; He's not at university - he's still at school; (American) He's still in school.) (barna)skóli2) (the pupils of a school: The behaviour of this school in public is sometimes not very good.) nemendur3) (a series of meetings or a place for instruction etc: She runs a sewing school; a driving school.) (sér)skóli4) (a department of a university or college dealing with a particular subject: the School of Mathematics.) háskóladeild5) ((American) a university or college.) háskóli6) (a group of people with the same ideas etc: There are two schools of thought about the treatment of this disease.) skóli2. verb(to train through practice: We must school ourselves to be patient.) skóla; þjálfa, aga- schoolboy
- schoolgirl
- schoolchild
- school-day
- schooldays
- schoolfellow
- school-leaver
- schoolmaster
- schoolmate
- school-teacher II [sku:l] noun(a group of certain kinds of fish, whales or other water animals swimming about: a school of porpoises.) torfa, vaða -
2 school-day
noun (a day on which children go to school: On a school-day I get up at seven o'clock.) skóladagur -
3 school-leaver
noun (a school-pupil who is about to leave, or has just left, school eg because he has finished his course of education there.) útskriftarnemandi -
4 school-teacher
noun (a person who teaches in a school.) kennari -
5 preparatory school
[-'pærə-]1) (a private school which educates children in preparation for a senior school ( abbreviation prep school [prep-]).) forskóli, undirbúningsskóli2) ((American) a private secondary school preparing students for college.) -
6 grammar school
1) (a type of secondary school.) ríkisrekinn framhaldsskóli2) ((American) a primary school.) grunnskóli -
7 high school
(a secondary school: She goes to high school next year.) alm. framhaldsskóli eftir barnaskóla (12-17 ára eða 14-17 ára) -
8 secondary school
(a school where subjects are taught at a more advanced level than at primary school.) framhaldsskóli -
9 boarding-school
noun (a school which provides accommodation and food as well as instruction.) heimavistarskóli -
10 day school
(a school whose pupils attend only during the day and live at home.) dagskóli -
11 grade school
noun ((American) a primary school.) grunnskóli -
12 nursery school
(a school for very young children.) leikskóli, dagheimili -
13 Sunday school
(a school attended by children on Sundays for religious instruction.) sunnudagaskóli -
14 comprehensive school
(one that provides education for children of all abilities.) fjölbrautaskóli -
15 convent school
(one run by nuns.) klausturskóli -
16 night-school
noun ((a place providing) educational classes held in the evenings for people who are at work during the day.) kvöldskóli -
17 riding-school
noun (a place where people are taught to ride horses.) reiðskóli -
18 grade
[ɡreid] 1. noun1) (one level in a scale of qualities, sizes etc: several grades of sandpaper; a high-grade ore.) gráða, flokkur2) ((American) (the pupils in) a class or year at school: We're in the fifth grade now.) skóladeild, bekkur3) (a mark for, or level in, an examination etc: He always got good grades at school.) einkunn4) ((especially American) the slope of a railway etc; gradient.) halli, hallagráða2. verb1) (to sort into grades: to grade eggs.) flokka2) (to move through different stages: Red grades into purple as blue is added.) breytast stig af stigi•- grader
- grade school
- make the grade -
19 second
I 1. ['sekənd] adjective1) (next after, or following, the first in time, place etc: February is the second month of the year; She finished the race in second place.) annar, auka2) (additional or extra: a second house in the country.) annar3) (lesser in importance, quality etc: She's a member of the school's second swimming team.) auka-/varalið, b-lið2. adverb(next after the first: He came second in the race.) annar3. noun1) (a second person, thing etc: You're the second to arrive.) annar2) (a person who supports and helps a person who is fighting in a boxing match etc.) aðstoðarmaður4. verb(to agree with (something said by a previous speaker), especially to do so formally: He proposed the motion and I seconded it.) styðja5. noun(a secondary school.) framhaldsskóli- seconder- secondly
- secondary colours
- secondary school
- second-best
- second-class
- second-hand
- second lieutenant
- second-rate
- second sight
- second thoughts
- at second hand
- come off second best
- every second week
- month
- second to none II ['sekənd] noun1) (the sixtieth part of a minute: He ran the race in three minutes and forty-two seconds.) sekúnda2) (a short time: I'll be there in a second.) augnablik, andartak -
20 academy
[ə'kædəmi] 1. plural - academies; noun1) (a higher school for special study: Academy of Music.) háskóli; æðri menntastofnun2) (a society to encourage science, art etc: The Royal Academy.) heiðurstofnun vísinda- og listamanna3) (a type of senior school.) framhaldsskóli (einkaskóli)•- academic2. noun(a university or college teacher.) háskólakennari- academically
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