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21 duration
[dju'reiʃən](the length of time anything continues: We all had to stay indoors for the duration of the storm.) tímalengd; sá tími sem e-ð stendur yfir -
22 exile
1. noun1) (a person who lives outside his own country either from choice or because he is forced to do so: an exile from his native land.) útlegð2) (a (usually long) stay in a foreign land (eg as a punishment): He was sent into exile.) útlegð2. verb(to send away or banish (a person) from his own country.) reka í útlegð -
23 exist
[iɡ'zist]1) (to be something real or actual: Do ghosts really exist?) vera til2) (to stay alive; to continue to live: It is possible to exist on bread and water.) lifa• -
24 float
[fləut] 1. verb(to (make something) stay on the surface of a liquid: A piece of wood was floating in the stream.) fljóta2. noun1) (something that floats on a fishing-line: If the float moves, there is probably a fish on the hook.) flotholt2) (a vehicle for transporting certain things: a milk-float; a cattle-float.) (flutninga)vagn•- floating restaurant -
25 hence
[hens]1) (for this reason: Hence, I shall have to stay.) þess vegna2) (from this time: a year hence.) héðan í frá3) (away from this place.) héðan• -
26 herd
[hə:d] 1. noun(a group of animals of one kind that stay, or are kept, together: a herd of cattle; a herd of elephant(s).) hjörð2. verb(to gather together, or be brought together, in a group: The dogs herded the sheep together; The tourists were herded into a tiny room.) reka saman, safna saman- - herd- herdsman
- the herd instinct -
27 hold down
(to keep or be allowed to stay in (a job): He is incapable of holding down a job.) halda, endast í -
28 hold off
1) ((of weather) to stay away: I hope the rain holds off.) halda sig í fjarlægð2) (to keep off; to fight successfully against: The soldiers managed to hold off the enemy.) verjast -
29 home
[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) heimili2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) heimkynni3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) barnaheimili; dvalarheimili, hæli4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) heimili, vist5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) heimili2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) heima-, heimilis-2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) heima-; innanlands-3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) heimavöllur/-leikur/-lið3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) heim, heima2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) í botn, ná takmarki sínu, gera ljóst•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about -
30 indefinite
[in'definit]1) (not fixed or exact; without clearly marked outlines or limits: She invited her mother to stay for an indefinite length of time.) óákveðinn2) (vague; uncertain: His plans are indefinite at the moment.) óljós•- indefinitely
- indefinite article -
31 indoors
adverb (in or into a building: Stay indoors till you've finished your homework; He went indoors when the rain started.) inn; inni, innanhúss -
32 inside
1. noun1) (the inner side, or the part or space within: The inside of this apple is quite rotten.) innri hlið; innihald2) (the stomach and bowels: He ate too much and got a pain in his inside(s).) innyfli2. adjective(being on or in the inside: the inside pages of the newspaper; The inside traffic lane is the one nearest to the kerb.) innanverður, innri3. adverb1) (to, in, or on, the inside: The door was open and he went inside; She shut the door but left her key inside by mistake.) að innan(verðu)2) (in a house or building: You should stay inside in such bad weather.) inni4. preposition1) ((sometimes (especially American) with of) within; to or on the inside of: She is inside the house; He went inside the shop.) inni í, í2) ((sometimes with of) in less than, or within, a certain time: He finished the work inside (of) two days.) innan• -
33 keep (someone) company
(to go, stay etc with (someone): I'll come too, and keep you company.) halda félagsskap -
34 keep in
1) (not to allow to go or come out or outside: The teacher kept him in till he had finished the work.) halda eftir, loka inni2) (to stay close to the side of a road etc.) halda sig út við vegarkantinn (til hægri) -
35 keep off
1) (to stay away: There are notices round the bomb warning people to keep off; The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.) halda sig frá, forðast2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) halda frá, verja gegn -
36 keep one's distance
(to stay quite far away: The deer did not trust us and kept their distance.) halda sig í fjarlægð -
37 keep (someone) company
(to go, stay etc with (someone): I'll come too, and keep you company.) halda félagsskap -
38 lie in
(to stay in bed late in the morning: I like to lie in until nine on a Saturday.) liggja frameftir -
39 lie low
(to stay quiet or hidden: The criminal lay low until the police stopped looking for him.) vera í felum; hafa hægt um sig -
40 lodging
1) ((often in plural) a room or rooms hired in someone else's house: She lives in lodgings.) leiguherbergi2) (a place to stay: He paid the landlady for board and lodging.) húsnæði
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