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1 chance
1. noun1) (luck or fortune: It was by chance that I found out the truth.) hending, heppni2) (an opportunity: Now you have a chance to do well.) tækifæri3) (a possibility: He has no chance of winning.) möguleiki4) ((a) risk: There's an element of chance in this business deal.) áhætta2. verb1) (to risk: I may be too late but I'll just have to chance it.) taka áhættu2) (to happen accidentally or unexpectedly: I chanced to see him last week.) sem gerist óvænt3. adjective(happening unexpectedly: a chance meeting.) óvæntur- chancy- chance on
- upon
- by any chance
- by chance
- an even chance
- the chances are -
2 luck
1) (the state of happening by chance: Whether you win or not is just luck - there's no skill involved.) heppni2) (something good which happens by chance: She has all the luck!) heppni•- luckless- lucky
- luckily
- luckiness
- lucky dip
- bad luck!
- good luck!
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3 accident
['æksidənt]1) (an unexpected happening, often harmful, causing injury etc: There has been a road accident.) slys2) (chance: I met her by accident.) tilviljun•- accidentally -
4 meet
[mi:t] 1. past tense, past participle - met; verb1) (to come face to face with (eg a person whom one knows), by chance: She met a man on the train.) mæta2) ((sometimes, especially American, with with) to come together with (a person etc), by arrangement: The committee meets every Monday.) hittast, koma saman3) (to be introduced to (someone) for the first time: Come and meet my wife.) kynnast, vera kynntur fyrir4) (to join: Where do the two roads meet?) mætast, skerast5) (to be equal to or satisfy (eg a person's needs, requirements etc): Will there be sufficient stocks to meet the public demand?) uppfylla6) (to come into the view, experience or presence of: A terrible sight met him / his eyes when he opened the door.) slá; vekja athygli/undrun/hrylling7) (to come to or be faced with: He met his death in a car accident.) verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta8) ((with with) to experience or suffer; to receive a particular response: She met with an accident; The scheme met with their approval.) verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta9) (to answer or oppose: We will meet force with greater force.) svara2. noun(a gathering, especially of sportsmen: The local huntsmen are holding a meet this week.) mót- meeting- meet someone halfway
- meet halfway -
5 scope
[skəup]1) ((often with for) the opportunity or chance to do, use or develop: There's no scope for originality in this job.) svigrúm2) (the area or extent of an activity etc: Few things are beyond the scope of a child's imagination.) svið -
6 slim
[slim] 1. adjective1) (not thick or fat; thin: She has a slim, graceful figure; Taking exercise is one way of keeping slim.) grannur2) (not good; slight: There's still a slim chance that we'll find the child alive.) naumur, lítill2. verb(to use means (such as eating less) in order to become slimmer: I mustn't eat cakes - I'm trying to slim.) grenna sig- slimming- slimness -
7 turn
[tə:n] 1. verb1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) snúa(st)2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) snúa sér við/að3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) beygja4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) beina5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) fara/beygja fyrir6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) breyta(st)7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) verða, breyta2. noun1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) snúningur2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) vafningur, snúningur3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) beygja4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) tækifæri, skipti5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) atriði•- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
- turn up
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