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  • 1 be

    present tense am [ʌm], are [a:], is [ɪz]; past tense was [woz], were [w†:]; present participle 'being; past participle been [bi:n, (·meriцan) bɪn]; subjunctive were [w†:]; short forms I'm [aim] (I am), you're [ju†] (you are), he's [hi:z] (he is), she's [ʃi:z] (she is), it's [ɪ ] (it is), we're [wi†] (we are), they're [Ɵe†] (they are); negative short forms isn't (is not), aren't [a:nt] (are not), wasn't (was not), weren't [w†:nt] (were not)
    1) (used with a present participle to form the progressive or continuous tenses: I'm reading; I am being followed; What were you saying?.) vera
    2) (used with a present participle to form a type of future tense: I'm going to London.) ég er að fara, ég ætla að fara
    3) (used with a past participle to form the passive voice: He was shot.) vera
    4) (used with an infinitive to express several ideas, eg necessity (When am I to leave?), purpose (The letter is to tell us he's coming), a possible future happening (If he were to lose, I'd win) etc.) eiga; mun
    5) (used in giving or asking for information about something or someone: I am Mr Smith; Is he alive?; She wants to be an actress; The money will be ours; They are being silly.) vera
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    - the be-all and end-all

    English-Icelandic dictionary > be

  • 2 long

    I 1. [loŋ] adjective
    1) (measuring a great distance from one end to the other: a long journey; a long road; long legs.) langur
    2) (having a great period of time from the first moment to the last: The book took a long time to read; a long conversation; a long delay.) langur
    3) (measuring a certain amount in distance or time: The wire is two centimetres long; The television programme was just over an hour long.) langur, á lengd
    4) (away, doing or using something etc for a great period of time: Will you be long?) langur, lengi
    5) (reaching to a great distance in space or time: She has a long memory) langur
    2. adverb
    1) (a great period of time: This happened long before you were born.) löngu
    2) (for a great period of time: Have you been waiting long?) lengi
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    - long-distance
    - long-drawn-out
    - longhand
    - long house
    - long jump
    - long-playing record
    - long-range
    - long-sighted
    - long-sightedness
    - long-suffering
    - long-winded
    - as long as / so long as
    - before very long
    - before long
    - in the long run
    - the long and the short of it
    - no longer
    - so long!     II [loŋ] verb
    ((often with for) to wish very much: He longed to go home; I am longing for a drink.) þrá, dauðlanga
    - longingly

    English-Icelandic dictionary > long

  • 3 nip

    [nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb
    1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) klípa, bíta
    2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) klippa
    3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) stinga, svíða
    4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) skjótast
    5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) kæfa, hefta
    2. noun
    1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) bit
    2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) nepja
    3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) tár, snafs
    •
    - nip something in the bud
    - nip in the bud

    English-Icelandic dictionary > nip

  • 4 paddle

    ['pædl] I verb
    (to walk about in shallow water: The children went paddling in the sea.) busla, skvampa
    II 1. noun
    (a short, light oar, often with a blade at each end of the shaft, used in canoes etc.) róðraspaði, kajakár
    2. verb
    (to move with a paddle: He paddled the canoe along the river.) róa
    - paddle-wheel

    English-Icelandic dictionary > paddle

  • 5 snub

    1. past tense, past participle - snubbed; verb
    (to treat, or speak to, in a cold, scornful way; to insult: He snubbed me by not replying to my question.) hunsa
    2. noun
    (an act of snubbing; an insult.) lítilsvirðing
    3. adjective
    ((of the nose) short and slightly turned up at the end: a snub nose.) með stutt uppbrett nef

    English-Icelandic dictionary > snub

  • 6 stub

    1. noun
    1) (a stump or short remaining end of eg a cigarette, pencil etc: The ashtray contained seven cigarette stubs.) stubbur
    2) (the counterfoil or retained section of a cheque etc.) svunta
    2. verb
    (to hurt (especially a toe) by striking it against something hard: She stubbed her toe(s) against the bedpost.) reka í
    - stub out

    English-Icelandic dictionary > stub

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