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  • 1 feel bad (about something)

    (to feel upset or ashamed about something: I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you.) líða illa út af, þykja leitt

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  • 2 feel bad (about something)

    (to feel upset or ashamed about something: I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you.) líða illa út af, þykja leitt

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  • 3 bad

    [bæd]
    comparative - worse; adjective
    1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) vondur, slæmur, lélegur
    2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) vondur
    3) (unpleasant: bad news.) slæmur
    4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) skemmdur, úldinn
    5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) skaðlegur
    6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) slæmur, lasinn, bilaður
    7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) lasinn
    8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) (mjög) slæmur, alvarlegur
    9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) vafasamur
    - badness
    - badly off
    - feel bad about something
    - feel bad
    - go from bad to worse
    - not bad
    - too bad

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  • 4 give up as a bad job

    (to decide that (something) is not worth doing, or impossible to do, and so stop doing it.) gefa (e-ð) upp á bátinn

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  • 5 taint

    [teint] 1. verb
    1) (to spoil (something) by touching it or bringing it into contact with something bad or rotten: The meat has been tainted.) spilla(st), menga(st)
    2) (to affect (someone or something) with something evil or immoral; to corrupt: He has been tainted by his contact with criminals.) spilla(st)
    2. noun
    (a mark or trace of something bad, rotten or evil: the taint of decay.) blettur; veila; skemmd

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  • 6 blame

    [bleim] 1. verb
    1) (to consider someone or something responsible for something bad: I blame the wet road for the accident.) kenna um
    2) (to find fault with (a person): I don't blame you for wanting to leave.) ásaka
    2. noun
    (the responsibility (for something bad): He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong.) sök, ábyrgð

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  • 7 help

    [help] 1. verb
    1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) hjálpa
    2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) eiga þátt í
    3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) lækna, slá á
    4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) aðstoða
    5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) komast ekki hjá, geta ekki annað
    2. noun
    1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) aðstoð, hjálp
    2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) hjálp; hjálparhella
    3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) aðstoðarmaður
    4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) engin leið að (hindra e-ð)
    - helpful
    - helpfully
    - helpfulness
    - helping
    - helpless
    - helplessly
    - helplessness
    - help oneself
    - help out

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  • 8 reprisal

    (something bad done to someone in return for something bad he has done to one; an act of revenge.) refsiaðgerð

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  • 9 test

    [test] 1. noun
    1) (a set of questions or exercises intended to find out a person's ability, knowledge etc; a short examination: an arithmetic/driving test.) próf
    2) (something done to find out whether a thing is good, strong, efficient etc: a blood test.) prófun, rannsókn
    3) (an event, situation etc that shows how good or bad something is: a test of his courage.) prófsteinn
    4) (a way to find out if something exists or is present: a test for radioactivity.) prófun, könnun, tilraun
    5) (a test match.) landsleikur
    2. verb
    (to carry out a test or tests on (someone or something): The students were tested on their French; They tested the new aircraft.) prófa; reynslufljúga
    - test pilot
    - test-tube

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  • 10 way

    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) leið
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) leið, vegur, braut
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) vegur, braut
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) vegalengd, leið
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) aðferð, leið
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) háttur, máti, vísa
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) venja
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) leið; í gegnum
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) langt (á)
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means

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  • 11 blunder

    1. verb
    1) (to stumble (about or into something): He blundered into the door.) glappaskot, mistök
    2) (to make a (bad) mistake: He really blundered when he insulted the boss's wife.) hlaupa á sig
    2. noun
    (a (bad) mistake.) afglöp

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  • 12 in for

    (likely to experience (especially something bad): We're in for some bad weather; You're in for it if you broke that window!) eiga yfir höfði sér

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  • 13 repair

    [ri'peə] 1. verb
    1) (to mend; to make (something) that is damaged or has broken down work again; to restore to good condition: to repair a broken lock / torn jacket.) gera við, lagfæra
    2) (to put right or make up for: Nothing can repair the harm done by your foolish remarks.) bæta fyrir
    2. noun
    1) ((often in plural) the act of repairing something damaged or broken down: I put my car into the garage for repairs; The bridge is under repair.) viðgerð
    2) (a condition or state: The road is in bad repair; The house is in a good state of repair.) nothæft ástand
    - reparable
    - reparation
    - repairman

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  • 14 run

    1. present participle - running; verb
    1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) hlaupa
    2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) renna, rúlla
    3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) renna, streyma
    4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) (láta) ganga, vera í gangi
    5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) reka, stÿra
    6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) láta hlaupa í kapphlaupi; hlaupa, keppa
    7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) ganga reglulega
    8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) ganga, halda áfram
    9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) keyra, eiga
    10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) renna til, upplitast
    11) (to drive (someone); to give (someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) keyra, gefa (e-m) far
    12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) renna (fingrum í gegnum/augum yfir)
    13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) vera; verða
    2. noun
    1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.) hlaup
    2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.) ökutúr/-ferð
    3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.) tímabil
    4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.) lykkjufall
    5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.) frjáls afnot
    6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.) stig
    7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.) afgirt svæði; stía
    - running 3. adverb
    (one after another; continuously: We travelled for four days running.) samfellt, í einu
    - runaway
    - rundown
    - runner-up
    - runway
    - in
    - out of the running
    - on the run
    - run across
    - run after
    - run aground
    - run along
    - run away
    - run down
    - run for
    - run for it
    - run in
    - run into
    - run its course
    - run off
    - run out
    - run over
    - run a temperature
    - run through
    - run to
    - run up
    - run wild

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  • 15 allergy

    ['ælə‹i]
    plural - allergies; noun
    (an unusual sensitiveness of the body which causes certain people to be affected in a bad way by something usually harmless: The rash on her face is caused by an allergy to grass.) ofnæmi

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  • 16 be at the bottom of

    (to be the cause of (usually something bad): Who's at the bottom of these rumours?) á bak við, rótin að

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  • 17 beginner

    noun (someone who is just learning how to do something: `Does he paint well?' `He's not bad for a beginner'.) byrjandi

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  • 18 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) brjóta
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) brjóta af
    3) (to make or become unusable.) brjóta, skemma
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) brjóta gegn; svíkjast um
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) brjóta/setja met
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) gera hlé á
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) rjúfa
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) fréttast; segja fréttir
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) bresta
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) draga úr
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) skella á
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) hlé
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) breyting; sloti
    3) (an opening.) op; skarð
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) tækifæri
    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) brothættur
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it

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  • 19 cure

    [kjuə] 1. verb
    1) (to make better: That medicine cured me; That will cure him of his bad habits.) lækna
    2) (to get rid of (an illness etc): That pill cured my headache.) lækna
    3) (to preserve (bacon etc) by drying, salting etc.) verka
    2. noun
    (something which cures: They're trying to find a cure for cancer.) lækning, meðferð
    - curative

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  • 20 damn

    [dæm] 1. verb
    1) (to sentence to unending punishment in hell: His soul is damned.) fordæma
    2) (to cause to be condemned as bad, unacceptable etc: That film was damned by the critics.) fordæma
    2. interjection
    (expressing anger, irritation etc: Damn! I've forgotten my purse.) fjandinn!, helvíti!
    3. noun
    (something unimportant or of no value: It's not worth a damn; I don't give a damn! (= I don't care in the least).) vera skítsama
    - damning

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