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1 leave
I [li:v] past tense, past participle - left; verb1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) fara, yfirgefa2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) skilja eftir3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) fara frá4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) fara frá e-u, skilja einan eftir5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) láta (e-m e-ð) eftir6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) láta eftir sig, erfa•- leave out
- left over II [li:v] noun1) (permission to do something, eg to be absent: Have I your leave to go?) leyfi2) ((especially of soldiers, sailors etc) a holiday: He is home on leave at the moment.) frí•- take one's leave of- take one's leave -
2 take off
1) (to remove (clothes etc): He took off his coat.) fara úr2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) hefja sig til flugs3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) taka frí4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) herma eftir, skopstæla -
3 take one's leave (of)
(to say goodbye (to): I took my leave (of the others) and went out.) kveðja -
4 take one's leave (of)
(to say goodbye (to): I took my leave (of the others) and went out.) kveðja -
5 risk
[risk] 1. noun((a person, thing etc which causes or could cause) danger or possible loss or injury: He thinks we shouldn't go ahead with the plan because of the risks involved / because of the risk of failure.) áhætta2. verb1) (to expose to danger; to lay open to the possibility of loss: He would risk his life for his friend; He risked all his money on betting on that horse.) stofna (e-u) í hættu2) (to take the chance of (something bad happening): He was willing to risk death to save his friend; I'd better leave early as I don't want to risk being late for the play.) hætta á (e-ð)•- risky- at a person's own risk
- at own risk
- at risk
- at the risk of
- run/take the risk of
- run/take the risk
- take risks / take a risk -
6 answering machine
noun ((also machine) a machine that take messages for you when you cannot answer the phone: to leave a message on the answering machine.) -
7 except
[ik'sept] 1. preposition(leaving out; not including: They're all here except him; Your essay was good except that it was too long.) að undanskildum; nema2. verb(to leave out or exclude.) nema- excepted- excepting
- exception
- exceptional
- exceptionally
- except for
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8 fuel
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9 grab at
(to try to grasp, seize or take, not necessarily successfully: He grabbed at the boy; He grabbed at the chance to leave.) þrífa til -
10 grant
1. verb1) (to agree to, to give: Would you grant me one favour; He granted the man permission to leave.) veita, gefa; heimila2) (to agree or admit: I grant (you) that it was a stupid thing to do.) samþykkja, viðurkenna2. noun(money given for a particular purpose: He was awarded a grant for studying abroad.) styrkur- granted- granting
- take for granted -
11 notice
['nəutis] 1. noun1) (a written or printed statement to announce something publicly: He stuck a notice on the door, saying that he had gone home; They put a notice in the paper announcing the birth of their daughter.) tilkynning2) (attention: His skill attracted their notice; I'll bring the problem to his notice as soon as possible.) athygli3) (warning given especially before leaving a job or dismissing someone: Her employer gave her a month's notice; The cook gave in her notice; Please give notice of your intentions.) uppsögn; uppsagnarfrestur2. verb(to see, observe, or keep in one's mind: I noticed a book on the table; He noticed her leave the room; Did he say that? I didn't notice.) taka eftir- noticeably
- noticed
- notice-board
- at short notice
- take notice of
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