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  • 1 trunk

    1) (the main stem (of a tree): The trunk of this tree is five metres thick.) trjábolur
    2) (a large box or chest for packing or keeping clothes etc in: He packed his trunk and sent it to Canada by sea.) koffort, kista
    3) (an elephant's long nose: The elephant sucked up water into its trunk.) fílsrani
    4) (the body (not including the head, arms and legs) of a person (and certain animals): He had a powerful trunk, but thin arms.) bolur, búkur
    5) ((American) a boot (of a car): Put your baggage in the trunk.) skott, farangursgeymsla
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  • 2 trumpet

    1. noun
    1) (a brass musical wind instrument with a high, clear tone: He plays the trumpet; He played a tune on his trumpet.) trompet
    2) (the cry of an elephant: The elephant gave a loud trumpet.) fílsöskur
    2. verb
    (to play the trumpet.) gjalla
    - blow one's own trumpet

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  • 3 cow

    I noun
    1) (the female of cattle used for giving milk: He has ten cows and a bull.) kÿr
    2) (the female of certain other animals eg the elephant, whale.) kÿr, kvendÿr
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    - cowherd
    - cowhide     II verb
    (to subdue or control through fear: The pupil was cowed by the headmaster's harsh words.) hræða til undirgefni

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  • 4 joke

    [‹əuk] 1. noun
    1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) brandari
    2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) spaug, brandari
    2. verb
    1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) segja brandara, grínast með
    2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) gera að gamni sínu
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    - jokingly
    - it's no joke
    - joking apart/aside
    - take a joke

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  • 5 savage

    ['sævi‹] 1. adjective
    1) (uncivilized: savage tribes.) villtur
    2) (fierce and cruel: The elephant can be quite savage; bitter and savage remarks.) grimmur
    2. verb
    (to attack: He was savaged by wild animals.) ráðast grimmilega á
    3. noun
    1) (a person in an uncivilized state: tribes of savages.) villimaður
    2) (a person who behaves in a cruel, uncivilized way: I hope the police catch the savages who attacked the old lady.) ruddi, villimaður
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    - savageness
    - savagery

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  • 6 squirt

    [skwə:t]
    (to (make a liquid etc) shoot out in a narrow jet: The elephant squirted water over itself; Water squirted from the hose.) sprauta(st), spÿtast

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  • 7 tusk

    (one of a pair of large curved teeth which project from the mouth of certain animals eg the elephant, walrus, wild boar etc.) högg-/skögultönn

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  • 8 waterhole

    noun (a spring or other place where water can be found in a desert or other dry country: The elephant drank from the waterhole.) vatnsból

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  • 9 white

    1. adjective
    1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) hvítur
    2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) hvítur
    3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) náfölur
    4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) mjólkurbættur
    2. noun
    1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) hvítur litur
    2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) hvítur maður
    3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) (eggja)hvíta
    4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) (augn)hvíta
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    - whiteness
    - whitening
    - whitish
    - white-collar
    - white elephant
    - white horse
    - white-hot
    - white lie
    - whitewash     3. verb
    (to cover with whitewash.) kalka
    - white wine

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  • 10 calf

    I plural - calves; noun
    1) (the young of a cow, elephant, whale etc.) kálfur
    2) ((also calfskin) leather made from the skin of the young of a cow.) kálfshúð, kálfskinn
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    II plural - calves; noun
    (the thick fleshy back part of the leg below the knee: She has slim ankles but fat calves.) kálfi

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  • 11 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).) hjörð
    2. 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

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  • 12 bull

    [bul]
    1) (the male of the ox family and of the whale, walrus, elephant etc.)
    2) (a bull's-eye.)
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    - bullfight
    - bullfighter
    - bullring
    - bull's-eye

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  • 13 ever

    ['evə] 1. adverb
    1) (at any time: Nobody ever visits us; She hardly ever writes; Have you ever ridden on an elephant?; If I ever / If ever I see him again I shall get my revenge; better than ever; the brightest star they had ever seen.) nokkurn tíma
    2) (always; continually: They lived happily ever after; I've known her ever since she was a baby.) alltaf, ætíð
    3) (used for emphasis: The new doctor is ever so gentle; What ever shall I do?) mjög, ákaflega
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    - evergreen 2. noun
    (an evergreen tree: Firs and pines are evergreens.) sígrænt tré
    - everlastingly
    - evermore
    - for ever / forever

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  • 14 ivory

    noun, adjective
    ((of) the hard white substance forming the tusks of an elephant, walrus etc: Ivory was formerly used to make piano keys; ivory chessmen.) fílabein

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  • 15 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)

    (to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vera í ósamræmi/hlutfallslega rangur

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  • 16 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)

    (to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vera í ósamræmi/hlutfallslega rangur

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  • 17 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)

    (to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vera í ósamræmi/hlutfallslega rangur

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  • 18 get etc out of (all) proportion (to)

    (to (cause to) have an incorrect relationship (to each other or something else): An elephant's tail seems out of (all) proportion to the rest of its body.) vera í ósamræmi/hlutfallslega rangur

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