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1 year
[jiə] 1. noun1) (the period of time the earth takes to go once round the sun, about 365 days: We lived here for five years, from November 1968 to November 1973; a two-year delay.) ár2) (the period from January 1 to December 31, being 365 days, except in a leap year, when it is 366 days: in the year 1945.) ár•- yearly2. adverb(every year: The festival is held yearly.) árlega- all the year round
- all year round
- long -
2 busy
['bizi] 1. adjective1) (having a lot (of work etc) to do: I am very busy.) upptekinn, önnum kafinn2) (full of traffic, people, activity etc: The roads are busy; a busy time of year.) iðandi; annasamur3) ((especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged: All the lines to New York are busy.) upptekinn2. verb((sometimes with with) to occupy (oneself) with: She busied herself preparing the meal.) láta sig varða, snúa sér að, annast- busily -
3 hence
[hens]1) (for this reason: Hence, I shall have to stay.) þess vegna2) (from this time: a year hence.) héðan í frá3) (away from this place.) héðan• -
4 seasonable
adjective ((negative unseasonable) (of weather) of the kind that is to be expected for a particular time of year.) einkennandi fyrir ákveðið tímabil/árstíð -
5 solstice
['solstis](the time of year when there is the greatest length of daylight (summer solstice) or the shortest (winter solstice).) sólstöður/-hvörf -
6 since
1. conjunction1) ((often with ever) from a certain time onwards: I have been at home (ever) since I returned from Italy.) síðan2) (at a time after: Since he agreed to come, he has become ill.) síðan3) (because: Since you are going, I will go too.) þar sem2. adverb1) ((usually with ever) from that time onwards: We fought and I have avoided him ever since.) frá þeim tíma2) (at a later time: We have since become friends.) síðan þá3. preposition1) (from the time of (something in the past) until the present time: She has been very unhappy ever since her quarrel with her boyfriend.) allar götur síðan2) (at a time between (something in the past) and the present time: I've changed my address since last year.) frá því í3) (from the time of (the invention, discovery etc of): the greatest invention since the wheel.) frá því að -
7 date
I 1. [deit] noun1) ((a statement on a letter etc giving) the day of the month, the month and year: I can't read the date on this letter.) dagsetning2) (the day and month and/or the year in which something happened or is going to happen: What is your date of birth?) dagsetning3) (an appointment or engagement, especially a social one with a member of the opposite sex: He asked her for a date.) stefnumót2. verb1) (to have or put a date on: This letter isn't dated.) dagsetja2) ((with from or back) to belong to; to have been made, written etc at (a certain time): Their quarrel dates back to last year.) vera frá tilteknum tíma3) (to become obviously old-fashioned: His books haven't dated much.) úreldast•- dated- dateline
- out of date
- to date
- up to date II [deit] noun(the brown, sticky fruit of the date palm, a kind of tree growing in the tropics.) daðla -
8 lose
[lu:z]past tense, past participle - lost; verb1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) missa2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.) missa, glata, tapa3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) glata, tÿna4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) tapa, bíða ósigur5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) sóa tíma•- loser- loss
- lost
- at a loss
- a bad
- good loser
- lose oneself in
- lose one's memory
- lose out
- lost in
- lost on -
9 of
[əv]1) (belonging to: a friend of mine.) af, meðal2) (away from (a place etc); after (a given time): within five miles of London; within a year of his death.) frá, af3) (written etc by: the plays of Shakespeare.) eftir, gerður/ritaður af4) (belonging to or forming a group: He is one of my friends.) af, meðal5) (showing: a picture of my father.) af6) (made from; consisting of: a dress of silk; a collection of pictures.) úr7) (used to show an amount, measurement of something: a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal.) af8) (about: an account of his work.) um9) (containing: a box of chocolates.) af, með10) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) úr11) (used to show a loss or removal: She was robbed of her jewels.) af12) (used to show the connection between an action and its object: the smoking of a cigarette.) á, af13) (used to show character, qualities etc: a man of courage.) með, af14) ((American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour): It's ten minutes of three.) fyrir, í -
10 past
1. adjective1) (just finished: the past year.) liðinn2) (over, finished or ended, of an earlier time than the present: The time for discussion is past.) liðinn3) ((of the tense of a verb) indicating action in the past: In `He did it', the verb is in the past tense.) þátíð2. preposition1) (up to and beyond; by: He ran past me.) framhjá2) (after: It's past six o'clock.) (fram) yfir3. adverb(up to and beyond (a particular place, person etc): The soldiers marched past.) (fram)hjá4. noun1) (a person's earlier life or career, especially if secret or not respectable: He never spoke about his past.) fortíð2) (the past tense: a verb in the past.) þátíð•- the past -
11 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) fjórðungur, fjórði hluti, fjórði; kortér2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) fjórðungur úr dollara/dal3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) (borgar)hverfi4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) átt5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grið6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) kjötlæri; lærstykki7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) kvartil, tunglfjórðungur8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) leikfjórðungur9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) önn2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) skipta í fernt2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) deila með fjórum3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) hÿsa•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ársfjórðungslega4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ársfjórðungsrit- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters -
12 second
I 1. ['sekənd] adjective1) (next after, or following, the first in time, place etc: February is the second month of the year; She finished the race in second place.) annar, auka2) (additional or extra: a second house in the country.) annar3) (lesser in importance, quality etc: She's a member of the school's second swimming team.) auka-/varalið, b-lið2. adverb(next after the first: He came second in the race.) annar3. noun1) (a second person, thing etc: You're the second to arrive.) annar2) (a person who supports and helps a person who is fighting in a boxing match etc.) aðstoðarmaður4. verb(to agree with (something said by a previous speaker), especially to do so formally: He proposed the motion and I seconded it.) styðja5. noun(a secondary school.) framhaldsskóli- seconder- secondly
- secondary colours
- secondary school
- second-best
- second-class
- second-hand
- second lieutenant
- second-rate
- second sight
- second thoughts
- at second hand
- come off second best
- every second week
- month
- second to none II ['sekənd] noun1) (the sixtieth part of a minute: He ran the race in three minutes and forty-two seconds.) sekúnda2) (a short time: I'll be there in a second.) augnablik, andartak -
13 catch
[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) grípa; draga til sín; veiða2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) ná3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) standa að verki4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) fá, smitast5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) festa, festast6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) hitta, lenda á7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) heyra, skilja8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) byrja að loga2. noun1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) grip2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) festing, læsing3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) fengur4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) gildra, vandamál•- catching- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up -
14 eve
[i:v]1) (the day or evening before a festival: Christmas Eve; New Year's Eve.) vaka; aðfangadagur2) (the time just before an event: on the eve of (the) battle.) rétt fyrir3) (evening.) kvöld -
15 full
[ful] 1. adjective1) (holding or containing as much as possible: My basket is full.) fullur2) (complete: a full year; a full account of what happened.) allur, heill, fullur3) ((of clothes) containing a large amount of material: a full skirt.) efnismikill, rúmur, víður2. adverb1) (completely: Fill the petrol tank full.) algjörlega; í fullri lengd2) (exactly; directly: She hit him full in the face.) beint•- fully- full-length
- full moon
- full-scale
- full stop
- full-time
- fully-fledged
- full of
- in full
- to the full -
16 guarantee
1. noun1) (a statement by the maker that something will work for a certain period of time: This guarantee is valid for one year.) ábyrgð, ábyrgðarsamningur2) (a thing that makes something likely or certain: It is no guarantee against failure.) trygging2. verb1) (to act as, or give, a guarantee: This watch is guaranteed for six months.) vera í ábyrgð2) (to state that something is true, definite etc: I can't guarantee that what he told me is correct.) ábyrgjast, tryggja -
17 light
I 1. noun1) (the brightness given by the sun, a flame, lamps etc that makes things able to be seen: It was nearly dawn and the light was getting stronger; Sunlight streamed into the room.) ljós, birta2) (something which gives light (eg a lamp): Suddenly all the lights went out.) ljós3) (something which can be used to set fire to something else; a flame: Have you got a light for my cigarette?) eldur; eldpÿta, kveikjari4) (a way of viewing or regarding: He regarded her action in a favourable light.) í (jákvæðu) ljósi2. adjective1) (having light; not dark: The studio was a large, light room.) bjartur2) ((of a colour) pale; closer to white than black: light green.) ljós-3. [lit] verb1) (to give light to: The room was lit only by candles.) lÿsa2) (to (make something) catch fire: She lit the gas; I think this match is damp, because it won't light.) kveikja•- lighten- lighter- lighting
- lighthouse
- light-year
- bring to light
- come to light
- in the light of
- light up
- see the light
- set light to II1) (easy to lift or carry; of little weight: I bought a light suitcase for plane journeys.) léttur2) (easy to bear, suffer or do: Next time the punishment will not be so light.) léttur, vægur3) ((of food) easy to digest: a light meal.) léttur, auðmeltur4) (of less weight than it should be: The load of grain was several kilos light.) of léttur5) (of little weight: Aluminium is a light metal.) léttur6) (lively or agile: She was very light on her feet.) léttur á sér7) (cheerful; not serious: light music.) léttur, líflegur8) (little in quantity; not intense, heavy, strong etc: light rain.) léttur9) ((of soil) containing a lot of sand.) gljúpur, sendinn•- lightly- lighten- light-headed
- light-hearted
- lightweight
- get off lightly
- make light of
- travel light III = light on - past tense, past participle lit [lit] - verb(to find by chance: While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant.) -
18 rainfall
noun (the amount of rain that falls in a certain place in a certain time: We haven't had much rainfall this year; the annual rainfall.) úrkoma -
19 season
['si:zn] 1. noun1) (one of the main divisions of the year according to the regular variation of the weather, length of day etc: The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter; The monsoon brings the rainy season.) árstíð2) (the usual, proper or suitable time for something: the football season.) tímabil, vertíð2. verb1) (to add salt, pepper, mustard etc to: She seasoned the meat with plenty of pepper.) krydda2) (to let (wood) be affected by rain, sun etc until it is ready for use.) láta veðrast•- seasonal
- seasoned
- seasoning
- season ticket
- in season
- out of season -
20 session
['seʃən]1) (a meeting, or period for meetings, of a court, council, parliament etc: The judge will give his summing up at tomorrow's court session.) formlegur fundur2) (a period of time spent on a particular activity: a filming session.) fundur; törn3) (a university or school year or one part of this: the summer session.) önn
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