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81 scraggy
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82 scrawny
['skro:ni](thin, bony and wrinkled: a scrawny neck.) horaður, beinaber og hrukkóttur -
83 seam
[si:m] 1. noun1) (the line formed by the sewing together of two pieces of cloth etc.) saumur2) (the line where two things meet or join: Water was coming in through the seams of the boat.) samskeyti3) (a thin line or layer of coal etc in the earth: a coal seam.) jarðlag2. verb(to sew a seam in: I've pinned the skirt together but I haven't seamed it yet.) sauma saman- the seamy side of life
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84 seem
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85 shave
[ʃeiv] 1. verb1) (to cut away (hair) from (usually oneself) with a razor: He only shaves once a week.) raka (sig)2) ((sometimes with off) to scrape or cut away (the surface of wood etc): The joiner shaved a thin strip off the edge of the door.) skafa3) (to touch lightly in passing: The car shaved the wall.) strjúkast við2. noun((the result of) an act of shaving.) rakstur- shaven- shavings -
86 shavings
noun plural (very thin strips especially of wood: The glasses were packed in wood shavings.) spænir -
87 sheer
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88 sheet
[ʃi:t]1) (a broad piece of cloth eg for a bed: She put clean sheets on all the beds.) lak2) (a large, thin, usually flat, piece: a sheet of paper/glass.) þynna, plata• -
89 skinny
['skini](very thin: Most fat girls long to be skinny.) magur, grindhoraður- skinny-dipping -
90 slat
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91 slender
['slendə]1) (thin, slim or narrow.) grannur2) (slight or small: His chances of winning are extremely slender.) lítill -
92 slice
1. noun1) (a thin broad piece (of something): How many slices of meat would you like?) sneið2) (a part or share: Who got the largest slice of the profits?) hlutur2. verb1) (to cut into slices: He sliced the sausage/cucumber.) sneiða2) (to cut (as) with a sharp blade or knife: The blade slipped and sliced off the tip of his forefinger.) skera3) (in golf etc, to hit (a ball) in such a way that it curves away to the right (or in the case of a left-handed player, to the left).) sneiða•- sliced- slicer -
93 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 -
94 slime
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95 spike
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96 spindle
['spindl](a thin pin on which something turns: I can't turn on the radio any more, because the spindle of the control knob has broken.) snúður, teinn- spindly -
97 spindly
adjective (very long and thin.) renglulegur -
98 spine
1) (the line of linked bones running down the back of humans and many animals; the backbone: She damaged her spine when she fell.) hryggur2) (something like a backbone in shape or function: the spine of a book.) kjölur3) (a thin, stiff, pointed part growing on an animal or a plant.) broddur, þyrnir•- spinal- spineless
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99 stencil
['stensl] 1. noun1) (a thin piece of metal or card in which a design etc has been cut which can be reproduced on another surface, eg paper, by printing or inking over the metal etc.) stensill2) (a piece of waxed paper into which words have been cut by a typewriter, to be reproduced by a similar process.) stensill2. verb(to produce (a design, pattern etc) by using a stencil.) prenta með stensli -
100 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) stinga, reka2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) stinga(st)3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) festa, líma4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) festast•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) spÿta, kvistur, sprek2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) (göngu)stafur; kylfa3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) stöngull•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick
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