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1 leave
I [li:v] past tense, past participle - left; verb1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) fara, yfirgefa2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) skilja eftir3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) fara frá4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) fara frá e-u, skilja einan eftir5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) láta (e-m e-ð) eftir6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) láta eftir sig, erfa•- leave out
- left over II [li:v] noun1) (permission to do something, eg to be absent: Have I your leave to go?) leyfi2) ((especially of soldiers, sailors etc) a holiday: He is home on leave at the moment.) frí•- take one's leave of- take one's leave -
2 leave home
1) (to leave one's house: I usually leave home at 7.30 a.m.) fara út (úr húsi), fara að heiman2) (to leave one's home to go and live somewhere else: He left home at the age of fifteen to get a job in Australia.) fara að heiman -
3 leave alone
(not to disturb, upset or tease: Why can't you leave your little brother alone?) láta í friði -
4 leave in the lurch
(to leave (a person etc) in a difficult situation and without help.) skilja eftir bjargarlausan -
5 leave no stone unturned
(to try every possible means: The police left no stone unturned to (try to) find the child.) leita allra leiða -
6 leave out
(not to include or put in: You've left out a word in that sentence.) sleppa úr, sjást yfir -
7 leave/make one's mark
(to make a permanent or strong impression: The horrors of the war have left their mark on the children.) hafa varanleg áhrif, setja mark sitt á -
8 sick-leave
noun (time taken off from work etc because of sickness: He has been on sick-leave for the last three days.) veikindafrí -
9 take one's leave (of)
(to say goodbye (to): I took my leave (of the others) and went out.) kveðja -
10 take one's leave (of)
(to say goodbye (to): I took my leave (of the others) and went out.) kveðja -
11 abdicate
['æbdikeit]1) (to leave or give up the position and authority of a king or queen: The king abdicated (the throne) in favour of his son.) afsala sér (völdum)2) (to leave or give up (responsibility, power etc): He abdicated all responsibility for the work to his elder son.) segja af sér• -
12 desert
I [di'zə:t] verb1) (to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon: Why did you desert us?) yfirgefa, fara frá2) (to run away, usually from the army: He was shot for trying to desert.) gerast liðhlaupi•- deserted- deserter
- desertion II ['dezət] noun(an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain: Parts of the country are like a desert; ( also adjective) desert plants.) eyðimörk -
13 eject
[i'‹ekt]1) (to throw out with force; to force to leave: They were ejected from their house for not paying the rent.) reka/henda/bera út2) (to leave an aircraft in an emergency by causing one's seat to be ejected: The pilot had to eject when his plane caught fire.) skjóta sér út•- ejection -
14 evacuate
[i'vækjueit]1) (to leave or withdraw from (a place), especially because of danger: The troops evacuated their position because of the enemy's advance.) tæma, flytja á brott; yfirgefa2) (to cause (inhabitants etc) to leave a place, especially because of danger: Children were evacuated from the city to the country during the war.) flytja á brott• -
15 abandon
[ə'bændən]1) (to leave, not intending to return to: They abandoned the stolen car.) yfirgefa2) (to give (oneself) completely to: He abandoned himself to despair.) gefa sig á vald•- abandonment -
16 ago
[ə'ɡəu](at a certain time in the past: two years ago; Long ago, men lived in caves; How long ago did he leave?) fyrir (löngu/skömmu) -
17 all set
( often with to) (ready or prepared (to do something); just on the point of (doing something): We were all set to leave when the phone rang.) tilbúinn -
18 alternative
[o:l'tə:nətiv] 1. adjective(offering a choice of a second possibility: An alternative arrangement can be made if my plans don't suit you.) sem um er að velja, annar (kostur)2. noun(a choice between two (or sometimes more) things or possibilities: You leave me no alternative but to dismiss you; I don't like fish. Is there an alternative on the menu?) valkostur -
19 answering machine
noun ((also machine) a machine that take messages for you when you cannot answer the phone: to leave a message on the answering machine.) -
20 barracks
['bærəks](a building or buildings for housing soldiers: confined to barracks (= not allowed to leave the barracks).) hermannaskáli
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