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  • 41 guard

    1. verb
    1) (to protect from danger or attack: The soldiers were guarding the king/palace.) vörður
    2) (to prevent (a person) escaping, (something) happening: The soldiers guarded their prisoners; to guard against mistakes.) gæta, halda vörð um
    2. noun
    1) (someone who or something which protects: a guard round the king; a guard in front of the fire.) vörður; vörn
    2) (someone whose job is to prevent (a person) escaping: There was a guard with the prisoner every hour of the day.) (fanga)vörður
    3) ((American conductor) a person in charge of a train.) lestarvörður
    4) (the act or duty of guarding.) vakt, vernd, gæsla
    - guardedly
    - guard of honour
    - keep guard on
    - keep guard
    - off guard
    - on guard
    - stand guard

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  • 42 hang about/around

    1) (to stand around, doing nothing: I don't like to see all these youths hanging about (street-corners).) slæpast
    2) (to be close to (a person) frequently: I don't want you hanging around my daughter.) vera utan í, umgangast

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  • 43 heavy-duty

    adjective (made to stand up to very hard wear or use: heavy-duty tyres.) slitþolinn, sterkur

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  • 44 island

    1) (a piece of land surrounded by water: The island lay a mile off the coast.) eyja
    2) ((also traffic island) a traffic-free area, built in the middle of a street, for pedestrians to stand on.) umferðareyja

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  • 45 jig

    [‹iɡ] 1. noun
    ((a piece of music for) a type of lively dance.) alþÿðudans; alþÿðutónlist
    2. verb
    (to jump (about): Stop jigging about and stand still!) hreyfast til (og frá)

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  • 46 lady

    ['leidi]
    1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) dama, kona
    2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) dama, háttvís kona
    3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) lafði
    - Ladyship
    - ladybird

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  • 47 lectern

    ['lektən]
    (a stand for holding a book etc to be read from, especially for a lecture or in a church.) lektari, lesborð

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  • 48 loiter

    ['loitə]
    (to proceed, work etc slowly or to stand doing nothing in particular: They were loitering outside the ship.) hanga, sniglast

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  • 49 make way (for)

    (to stand aside and leave room (for): The crowd parted to make way for the ambulance.) víkja til hliðar

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  • 50 make way (for)

    (to stand aside and leave room (for): The crowd parted to make way for the ambulance.) víkja til hliðar

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  • 51 mount

    1. verb
    1) (to get or climb up (on or on to): He mounted the platform; She mounted (the horse) and rode off.) ganga/stíga upp á; fara/stíga á bak
    2) (to rise in level: Prices are mounting steeply.) hækka
    3) (to put (a picture etc) into a frame, or stick it on to card etc.) koma fyrir, ramma inn
    4) (to hang or put up on a stand, support etc: He mounted the tiger's head on the wall.) hengja upp
    5) (to organize: The army mounted an attack; to mount an exhibition.) setja upp
    2. noun
    1) (a thing or animal that one rides, especially a horse.) reiðskjóti
    2) (a support or backing on which anything is placed for display: Would this picture look better on a red mount or a black one?) umgjörð
    - Mountie

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  • 52 on end

    1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) upp á endann
    2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) samfleytt, linnulaust

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  • 53 one

    1. noun
    1) (the number or figure 1: One and one is two (1 + 1 = 2).) einn
    2) (the age of 1: Babies start to talk at one.) eins árs
    2. pronoun
    1) (a single person or thing: She's the one I like the best; I'll buy the red one.) sá, þessi, annar, hinn
    2) (anyone; any person: One can see the city from here.) maður
    3. adjective
    1) (1 in number: one person; He took one book.) einn
    2) (aged 1: The baby will be one tomorrow.) eins árs gamall
    3) (of the same opinion etc: We are one in our love of freedom.) sammála, á einu máli
    - oneself
    - one-night stand
    - one-off
    - one-parent family
    - one-sided
    - one-way
    - one-year-old
    4. adjective
    ((of a person, animal or thing) that is one year old.) eins árs
    - be one up on a person
    - be one up on
    - not be oneself
    - one and all
    - one another
    - one by one
    - one or two

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  • 54 order

    ['o:də] 1. noun
    1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) skipun
    2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) pöntun
    3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) pöntun
    4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) röð og regla
    5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) röð og regla, skipulag
    6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) röð
    7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) lög og regla
    8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) ávísun
    9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) skipan, skipulag
    10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) trúarregla; bræðralag
    2. verb
    1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) skipa
    2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) panta
    3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) koma lagi á, raða
    3. noun
    1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) hjúkrunarmaður
    2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) óbreyttur hermaður
    - order-form
    - in order
    - in order that
    - in order
    - in order to
    - made to order
    - on order
    - order about
    - out of order
    - a tall order

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  • 55 perch

    [pə: ] 1. noun
    1) (a branch etc on which a bird sits or stands: The pigeon would not fly down from its perch.) trjágrein, silla, prik
    2) (any high seat or position: He looked down from his perch on the roof.) stallur, sjónarhóll
    2. verb
    1) ((of birds) to go to (a perch); to sit or stand on (a perch): The bird flew up and perched on the highest branch of the tree.) setjast, tylla sér
    2) (to put, or be, in a high seat or position: He perched the child on his shoulder; They perched on the fence.) tylla

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  • 56 pick up

    1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) læra (án formlegrar kennslu)
    2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) taka upp í, sækja
    3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) næla sér í
    4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) rísa á fætur
    5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) sækja, ná í
    6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.)
    7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) finna, handsama

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  • 57 queue

    [kju:] 1. noun
    (a line of people waiting for something or to do something: a queue for the bus.) biðröð
    2. verb
    (to stand in a queue: We had to queue to get into the cinema; We had to queue for the cinema.) standa í röð

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  • 58 queue up

    (to form, or stand in, a queue: We queued up for tickets.) fara í biðröð

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  • 59 rise

    1. past tense - rose; verb
    1) (to become greater, larger, higher etc; to increase: Food prices are still rising; His temperature rose; If the river rises much more, there will be a flood; Her voice rose to a scream; Bread rises when it is baked; His spirits rose at the good news.) rísa, hækka, stíga, lyftast
    2) (to move upwards: Smoke was rising from the chimney; The birds rose into the air; The curtain rose to reveal an empty stage.) stíga, lyftast; hefja sig til flugs
    3) (to get up from bed: He rises every morning at six o'clock.) fara á fætur
    4) (to stand up: The children all rose when the headmaster came in.) standa upp
    5) ((of the sun etc) to appear above the horizon: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.) rísa
    6) (to slope upwards: Hills rose in the distance; The ground rises at this point.) rísa, hækka
    7) (to rebel: The people rose (up) in revolt against the dictator.) rísa upp gegn
    8) (to move to a higher rank, a more important position etc: He rose to the rank of colonel.) hækka í tign
    9) ((of a river) to begin or appear: The Rhône rises in the Alps.) eiga upptök sín
    10) ((of wind) to begin; to become stronger: Don't go out in the boat - the wind has risen.) magnast, aukast
    11) (to be built: Office blocks are rising all over the town.) rísa/byggjast upp
    12) (to come back to life: Jesus has risen.) rísa upp frá dauðum
    2. noun
    1) ((the) act of rising: He had a rapid rise to fame; a rise in prices.) hækkun, aukning
    2) (an increase in salary or wages: She asked her boss for a rise.) hækkun
    3) (a slope or hill: The house is just beyond the next rise.) hæð, hóll
    4) (the beginning and early development of something: the rise of the Roman Empire.) uppgangur
    3. adjective
    the rising sun; rising prices; the rising generation; a rising young politician.) rísandi, upprennandi
    - late riser
    - give rise to
    - rise to the occasion

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  • 60 run for

    (to stand for election for: He is running for president.) bjóða sig fram

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