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1 billion
['biljən] 1. plurals billion (1, 3), billions (2, 3) - noun1) (often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000: a billion; several billion.)2) (often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000.)3) (a billion pounds or dollars: The sum involved amounts to several billion(s).)2. adjective(often in the United Kingdom, 1,000,000,000,000 in number; in the United States and often in the United Kingdom, 1,000,000,000 in number: a few billion stars.) biljón; miljarður- billionth -
2 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) svartur2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) svartur; dimmur3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) svartur (af skít)4) (without milk: black coffee.) svartur (kaffi)5) (evil: black magic.) svartur (galdur)6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) svartur7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) svartur2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) svartur2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) svartur3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) svertingi3. verb(to make black.) sverta- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) setja á svartan lista5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) fjárkúgun- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
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3 federal
['fedərəl]((of a government or group of states) joined together, usually for national and external affairs only: the federal government of the United States of America.) sambands-, bandalags-- federation -
4 Yankee
['jæŋki]noun, adjective1) (a more affectionate word for (an) American.) Bandaríkjamaður, Kani2) ((used by Americans from the southern states of the USA) an American from the northern states.) -
5 coalition
[kəuə'liʃən](a usually temporary union or alliance, especially of states or political parties.) bandalag -
6 commonwealth
['komənwelƟ](an association of states who have joined together for their common good: the Commonwealth of Australia.) samveldi -
7 confederacy
[-rəsi]- plural confederacies - noun (a league or alliance (of states etc).) bandalag -
8 confederation
noun ((the forming of) a league or alliance, especially of states etc.) sambandsmyndun; bandalag -
9 congress
['koŋɡres, ]( American[) -ɡris]1) (a formal meeting, especially an assembly of delegates etc.) ráðstefna; þing2) (a law-making body or parliament, especially that of the United States: He has been elected to Congress.) þjóðþing•- congressman
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10 convention
[kən'venʃən]1) (a way of behaving that has become usual; (an) established custom: Shaking hands when meeting people is a normal convention in many countries; He does not care about convention.) siðvenja; viðtekin regla2) (in the United States a meeting of delegates from a political party for nominating a presidential candidate.) ráðstefna3) (an assembly of people of a particular profession etc.) ráðstefna•- conventionality -
11 county
plural - counties; noun(a large administrative unit of local government in England and Wales and in the United States.) hérað -
12 cowboy
noun (in the United States, a man who looks after cattle on a ranch.) kúreki -
13 dollar
['dolə]((usually abbreviated to $ when written) the standard unit of currency in several countries, eg the United States, Australia, Singapore: It costs ten dollars / $10.) dollari -
14 empire
1) (a group of states etc under a single ruler or ruling power: the Roman empire.) stórveldi, heimsveldi2) (a large industrial organization controlling many firms: He owns a washing-machine empire.) stórveldi á viðskiptasviðinu -
15 federation
noun (people, societies, unions, states etc joined together for a common purpose: the International Federation of Actors.) (ríkja)samband -
16 founding father
1) (the first or one of the first founders of an organization, a school of thought etc: the founding father of psychoanalysis.)2) (The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were the people who drew up its constitution.) -
17 gallon
['ɡælən](a measure for liquids, eight pints (in Britain, 4.546 litres; in the United States, 3.785 litres).) gallon- gallons of- gallons -
18 game warden
(a person who looks after a game reserve or, in the United States, game.) veiðieftirlitsmaður, umsjónarmaður -
19 governor
1) (in the United States, the head of a state: the Governor of Ohio.) ríkisstjóri2) (a member of the committee of people who govern a school, hospital etc: He is on the board of governors.) stjórnandi; stjórnarmeðlimur3) (a person who governs a province or colony.) landstjóri, nÿlendustjóri -
20 grand jury
(in the United States, a jury which decides whether there is enough evidence for a person to be brought to trial.) ákærukviðdómur
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