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  • 1 plain

    [plein] 1. adjective
    1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) einfaldur, látlaus
    2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) augljós, greinilegur, auðskilinn
    3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) hreinskilinn
    4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) greinilegur
    5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) ófríður
    2. noun
    1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) slétta
    2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) slétt prjón
    •
    - plainness
    - plain chocolate
    - plain clothes
    - plain sailing
    - plain-spoken
    - in plain English

    English-Icelandic dictionary > plain

  • 2 stretch

    [stre ] 1. verb
    1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) teygja(st)
    2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) ná; teygja/breiða (úr sér)
    2. noun
    1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) teyging
    2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) samfelldur kafli; samfelld lota
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    - stretchy
    - at a stretch
    - be at full stretch
    - stretch one's legs
    - stretch out

    English-Icelandic dictionary > stretch

  • 3 level out

    (to make or become level: The road levels out as it comes down to the plain.) verða flatur/sléttur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > level out

  • 4 fancy

    ['fænsi] 1. plural - fancies; noun
    1) (a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire: The child had many peculiar fancies.) stundarhrifning; duttlungar
    2) (the power of the mind to imagine things: She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy.) ímyndun, hugarflug
    3) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.) ímyndun, hugarburður
    2. adjective
    (decorated; not plain: fancy cakes.) skreyttur; fínn og dÿr
    3. verb
    1) (to like the idea of having or doing something: I fancy a cup of tea.) langa í e-ð, geta hugsað sér
    2) (to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that): I fancied (that) you were angry.) hugsa, halda
    3) (to have strong sexual interest in (a person): He fancies her a lot.) vera skotinn í, langa í, þrá
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    - fancifully
    - fancy dress
    - take a fancy to
    - take one's fancy

    English-Icelandic dictionary > fancy

  • 5 bald

    [bo:ld]
    1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) sköllóttur
    2) ((of birds, animals) without feathers, fur etc: a bald patch on the dog's back.) hárlaus
    3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) umbúðalaus
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    - balding
    - baldly

    English-Icelandic dictionary > bald

  • 6 simple

    ['simpl]
    1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) einfaldur, auðskilinn
    2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) einfaldur
    3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) látlaus
    4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) umbúðalaus
    5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) einfaldur, auðtrúa
    6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) einfaldur, vitgrannur
    •
    - simplicity
    - simplification
    - simplified
    - simplify
    - simply
    - simple-minded
    - simple-mindedness

    English-Icelandic dictionary > simple

  • 7 home truth

    (a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person: It's time someone told him a few home truths.) óþægileg staðreynd

    English-Icelandic dictionary > home truth

  • 8 savanna(h)

    [sə'vænə]
    (a grassy plain with few trees: the savanna(h)s of Central America.) (hitabeltis)gresja; trjálaus slétta

    English-Icelandic dictionary > savanna(h)

  • 9 savanna(h)

    [sə'vænə]
    (a grassy plain with few trees: the savanna(h)s of Central America.) (hitabeltis)gresja; trjálaus slétta

    English-Icelandic dictionary > savanna(h)

  • 10 steppe

    [step]
    (a dry, grassy plain, as in the south-east of Europe and in Asia.) gresja, steppa

    English-Icelandic dictionary > steppe

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