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1 stopping
noun (a filling in a tooth: One of my stoppings has come out.) fylling -
2 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) stöðva(st)2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) stöðva3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) stoppa, hætta4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) loka5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) loka; styðja á6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) dvelja2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) stans2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) stöð3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) punktur4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) loka, loftop5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) fleygur, klossi•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
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3 armistice
((an agreement) stopping fighting (in a war, battle etc): An armistice was declared.) vopnahlé -
4 arrest
[ə'rest] 1. verb1) (to capture or take hold of (a person) because he or she has broken the law: The police arrested the thief.) handtaka2) (to stop: Economic difficulties arrested the growth of industry.) stöðva2. noun1) (the act of arresting; being arrested: The police made several arrests; He was questioned after his arrest.) handtaka2) (a stopping of action: Cardiac arrest is another term for heart failure.) stöðvun; (hjarta)bilun• -
5 at random
(without any particular plan or system: The police were stopping cars at random and checking their brakes; Choose a number at random.) af handahófi -
6 bottleneck
noun (a place where slowing down or stopping of traffic, progress etc occurs: a bottleneck caused by roadworks.) flöskustútur, umferðastífla -
7 by fits and starts
(irregularly; often stopping and starting again: He did his work by fits and starts.) slitrótt -
8 cessation
[se'seiʃən](stopping or ceasing: the cessation of activities.) stöðvun, hlé -
9 constant
['konstənt]1) (never stopping: a constant noise.) stöðugur2) (unchanging: It must be kept at a constant temperature.) stöðugur3) (faithful: He remained constant.) tryggur•- constancy -
10 dilly-dally
[dili'dæli](to waste time especially by stopping often: She's always dilly-dallying on the way to school.) hangsa, slæpast -
11 draught
1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!) súgur, trekkur2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.) sopi, teygur3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.) djúprista•- draughts- draughty -
12 heart failure
(the sudden stopping of the heart's beating: the old man died of heart failure.) hjartabilun -
13 hiccough
1. noun1) ((the sound caused by) a sudden brief stopping of the breath caused by eg eating or drinking too much, too quickly.) hiksti2) ((in plural) the frequent repetition of this, at intervals of a few seconds: an attack of hiccoughs; I've got the hiccups.) hikstakast2. verb(to make a hiccup or hiccups.) hiksta -
14 hiccup
1. noun1) ((the sound caused by) a sudden brief stopping of the breath caused by eg eating or drinking too much, too quickly.) hiksti2) ((in plural) the frequent repetition of this, at intervals of a few seconds: an attack of hiccoughs; I've got the hiccups.) hikstakast2. verb(to make a hiccup or hiccups.) hiksta -
15 hit-and-run
1) ((of a driver) causing injury to a person and driving away without stopping or reporting the accident.) sem stingur af eftir slys eða árekstur2) ((of an accident) caused by such a driver.) slys eða árekstur þar sem bílstjóri stingur af -
16 incessant
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17 intermittent
[intə'mitənt](happening occasionally; stopping for a while and then starting again: an intermittent pain.) slitróttur, ósamfelldur; sem kemur í kviðum/köstum -
18 keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
(to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping.) láta e-n vinna baki brotnuEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
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19 keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
(to (force someone to) work hard, without stopping.) láta e-n vinna baki brotnuEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > keep (some)one's nose to the grindstone
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20 peace
[pi:s]1) ((sometimes with a) (a time of) freedom from war; (a treaty or agreement which brings about) the end or stopping of a war: Does our country want peace or war?; ( also adjective) a peace treaty.) friður2) (freedom from disturbance; quietness: I need some peace and quiet.) friður, ró, næði•- peaceably
- peaceful
- peacefully
- peacefulness
- peacemaker
- peace-offering
- peacetime
- at peace
- in peace
- make peace
- peace of mind
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