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61 short
[ʃo:t] 1. adjective1) (not long: You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?) stuttur2) (not tall; smaller than usual: a short man.) lágur, lágvaxinn3) (not lasting long; brief: a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.) stuttur, skammur4) (not as much as it should be: When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.) sem vantar upp á5) ((with of) not having enough (money etc): Most of us are short of money these days.) vera peningalítill6) ((of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily.) stökkur2. adverb1) (suddenly; abruptly: He stopped short when he saw me.) snögglega2) (not as far as intended: The shot fell short.) ná ekki settu marki•- shortage
- shorten
- shortening
- shortly
- shorts
- shortbread
- short-change
- short circuit
- shortcoming
- shortcut
- shorthand
- short-handed
- short-list 3. verb(to put on a short-list: We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.) setja á úrtökulista- short-range
- short-sighted
- short-sightedly
- short-sightedness
- short-tempered
- short-term
- by a short head
- for short
- go short
- in short
- in short supply
- make short work of
- run short
- short and sweet
- short for
- short of -
62 trial
1) (an act of testing or trying; a test: Give the new car a trial; The disaster was a trial of his courage.) reynsla, prófun2) (a legal process by which a person is judged in a court of law: Their trial will be held next week.) réttarhald3) (a (source of) trouble or anxiety: My son is a great trial (to me).) (skap)raun, mæða•- on trial
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63 Yo-yo
['joujou](a type of toy, consisting of a pair of discs made of wood, metal etc with a groove between them round which a piece of string is tied, the toy being made to run up and down the string: going up and down like a yo-yo.) jójó -
64 yo-yo
['joujou](a type of toy, consisting of a pair of discs made of wood, metal etc with a groove between them round which a piece of string is tied, the toy being made to run up and down the string: going up and down like a yo-yo.) jójó -
65 -wise
1) (in respect of or as regards: This new idea may prove to be difficult costwise.) -lega2) (in a (particular) way: The stripes run crosswise.) á sama veg og fyrri hluti orðsins tiltekur -
66 amok
[ə'mok]run amok / amuck to rush about madly, attacking everybody and everything: The prisoner ran amok and killed two prison officers.) -
67 concession
[kən'seʃən](something granted: As a concession we were given a day off work to go to the wedding.) eftirgjöf, tilhliðrun -
68 copper
I 1. ['kopə] noun1) (an element, a metal of a brownish-red colour: This pipe is made of copper.) kopar2) ((a piece of) money made of copper or a substitute: Have you any coppers in your change?) koparmynt2. adjective1) (made of copper: a copper pipe.) kopar-2) ((also copper-coloured) of the colour of copper.) koparliturII ['kopə] noun(a British nickname for a policeman: Run - there's a copper after you!) lögga, lögreglumaður -
69 dignified
((negative undignified) stately, serious or showing dignity: She decided that it would not be dignified to run for the bus.) virðulegur -
70 done for
(ruined, defeated or about to be killed etc: The police are coming - run for it or we're done for!) vera búinn að vera; vera dauðans matur -
71 flee
[fli:]past tense, past participle - fled; verb(to run away (from danger): He fled the danger.) flÿja -
72 half-hourly
adjective, adverb (done etc every half-hour: at half-hourly intervals; The buses to town run half-hourly.) á hálftíma fresti -
73 keep up
1) (to continue, or cause to remain, in operation: I enjoy our friendship and try to keep it up.) halda gangandi/við2) ((often with with) to move fast enough not to be left behind (by): Even the children managed to keep up; Don't run - I can't keep up with you.) halda í við -
74 make oneself scarce
(to run away or stay away, especially in order to avoid trouble: As soon as the police arrived, he made himself scarce.) láta ekki sjá sig, láta sig hverfa -
75 monorail
['monəreil](a system of railways with trains which run hanging from, or along the top of, one rail.) einfalt járnbrautarspor -
76 scamper
['skæmpə](to run quickly and lightly: The mouse scampered away when it saw me.) skjótast, þjóta -
77 ski
1. [ski:] noun(one of a pair of long narrow strips of wood etc that are attached to the feet for gliding over snow, water etc.) skíði2. [ski:d] verb(to travel on or use skis especially as a leisure activity: He broke his leg when he was skiing.) fara á skíði, skíða- ski-- skier
- skiing
- ski jump
- ski jumper
- ski jumping
- ski lift
- ski pole
- ski resort
- ski slope
- ski run
- ski track/trail
- ski tow -
78 take to one's heels
(to run away: The thief took to his heels.) taka til fótanna -
79 tick over
(to run quietly and smoothly at a gentle pace: The car's engine is ticking over.) mala, ganga mjúkt
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