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to+be+quick+to+act

  • 1 fast

    I 1. adjective
    1) (quick-moving: a fast car.) hraður; hraðskreiður
    2) (quick: a fast worker.) hraður, fljótur
    3) ((of a clock, watch etc) showing a time in advance of the correct time: My watch is five minutes fast.) of fljótur, á undan
    2. adverb
    (quickly: She speaks so fast I can't understand her.) hratt
    - fast foods
    - fast food
    II 1. verb
    (to go without food, especially for religious or medical reasons: Muslims fast during the festival of Ramadan.) fasta
    2. noun
    (a time or act of fasting: She has just finished two days' fast.) fasta
    III adjective
    1) ((of a dye) fixed; that will not come out of a fabric when it is washed.) litekta, sem rennur hvorki né upplitast
    2) (firm; fixed: She made her end of the rope fast to a tree.) kirfilega festur

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  • 2 draw

    [dro:] 1. past tense - drew; verb
    1) (to make a picture or pictures (of), usually with a pencil, crayons etc: During his stay in hospital he drew a great deal; Shall I draw a cow?) teikna
    2) (to pull along, out or towards oneself: She drew the child towards her; He drew a gun suddenly and fired; All water had to be drawn from a well; The cart was drawn by a pony.) draga (upp)
    3) (to move (towards or away from someone or something): The car drew away from the kerb; Christmas is drawing closer.) nálgast; fjarlægjast
    4) (to play (a game) in which neither side wins: The match was drawn / We drew at 1-1.) gera jafntefli
    5) (to obtain (money) from a fund, bank etc: to draw a pension / an allowance.) fá, hljóta
    6) (to open or close (curtains).) draga fyrir/frá
    7) (to attract: She was trying to draw my attention to something.) draga athygli
    2. noun
    1) (a drawn game: The match ended in a draw.) jafntefli
    2) (an attraction: The acrobats' act should be a real draw.) e-ð sem trekkir
    3) (the selecting of winning tickets in a raffle, lottery etc: a prize draw.) dráttur (í happdrætti)
    4) (an act of drawing, especially a gun: He's quick on the draw.) það að draga upp byssu, bregða vopni
    - drawn
    - drawback
    - drawbridge
    - drawing-pin
    - drawstring
    - draw a blank
    - draw a conclusion from
    - draw in
    - draw the line
    - draw/cast lots
    - draw off
    - draw on1
    - draw on2
    - draw out
    - draw up
    - long drawn out

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  • 3 hustle

    1. verb
    1) (to push quickly and roughly: The man was hustled out of the office.) hrekja; hrinda
    2) (to make (someone) act quickly: Don't try to hustle me into making a sudden decision.) þröngva
    3) ((American) to swindle; to obtain something dishonestly or illegally: to hustle money from old ladies; the car dealer tried to hustle us.)
    4) ((American) to sell or earn one's living by illegal means: hustling on the streets; hustle drugs.)
    5) ((American) (slang) to work as a prostitute; to solicit clients.)
    2. noun
    (quick and busy activity.) asi

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  • 4 mop

    [mop] 1. noun
    1) (a pad of sponge, or a bunch of pieces of coarse string or yarn etc, fixed on a handle, for washing floors, dishes etc.) þvegill
    2) (a thick mass of hair: a mop of dark hair.) hárlubbi
    3) (an act of mopping: He gave the floor a quick mop.) þvo/þurrka með þvegli
    2. verb
    1) (to rub or wipe with a mop: She mopped the kitchen floor.) þurrka/hreinsa með þvegli
    2) (to wipe or clean (eg a face covered with sweat): He mopped his brow.) þurrka/hreinsa

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  • 5 nip

    [nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb
    1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) klípa, bíta
    2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) klippa
    3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) stinga, svíða
    4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) skjótast
    5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) kæfa, hefta
    2. noun
    1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) bit
    2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) nepja
    3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) tár, snafs
    - nip something in the bud
    - nip in the bud

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  • 6 roll

    I 1. [rəul] noun
    1) (anything flat (eg a piece of paper, a carpet) rolled into the shape of a tube, wound round a tube etc: a roll of kitchen foil; a toilet-roll.) rúlla; strangi; spóla
    2) (a small piece of baked bread dough, used eg for sandwiches: a cheese roll.) rúnstykki, bolla
    3) (an act of rolling: Our dog loves a roll on the grass.) það að velta sér
    4) (a ship's action of rocking from side to side: She said that the roll of the ship made her feel ill.) veltingur
    5) (a long low sound: the roll of thunder.) druna
    6) (a thick mass of flesh: I'd like to get rid of these rolls of fat round my waist.) húðfelling, (fitu)keppur
    7) (a series of quick beats (on a drum).) léttur, hraður trumbusláttur
    2. verb
    1) (to move by turning over like a wheel or ball: The coin/pencil rolled under the table; He rolled the ball towards the puppy; The ball rolled away.) rúlla, velta
    2) (to move on wheels, rollers etc: The children rolled the cart up the hill, then let it roll back down again.) rúlla, velta
    3) (to form (a piece of paper, a carpet) into the shape of a tube by winding: to roll the carpet back.) vefja, vinda
    4) ((of a person or animal in a lying position) to turn over: The doctor rolled the patient (over) on to his side; The dog rolled on to its back.) velta (sér), snúa (sér) við
    5) (to shape (clay etc) into a ball or cylinder by turning it about between the hands: He rolled the clay into a ball.) hnoða, rúlla
    6) (to cover with something by rolling: When the little girl's dress caught fire, they rolled her in a blanket.) vefja inn í
    7) (to make (something) flat or flatter by rolling something heavy over it: to roll a lawn; to roll pastry (out).) fletja út
    8) ((of a ship) to rock from side to side while travelling forwards: The storm made the ship roll.) velta
    9) (to make a series of low sounds: The thunder rolled; The drums rolled.) drynja
    10) (to move (one's eyes) round in a circle to express fear, surprise etc.) ranghvolfa
    11) (to travel in a car etc: We were rolling along merrily when a tyre burst.) aka, keyra
    12) ((of waves, rivers etc) to move gently and steadily: The waves rolled in to the shore.) líða, berast mjúklega
    13) ((of time) to pass: Months rolled by.) líða
    - rolling
    - roller-skate
    3. verb
    (to move on roller-skates: You shouldn't roller-skate on the pavement.) renna sér á rúlluskautum
    - roll in
    - roll up
    II
    (a list of names, eg of pupils in a school etc: There are nine hundred pupils on the roll.) (nafna)listi

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  • 7 scurry

    1. verb
    ((usually with away, off etc) to run with short, quick steps: It began to rain and we scurried home.) skjótast, þjóta
    2. noun
    (an act or a noise of hurrying: a scurry of feet.) þeytingur, þys

    English-Icelandic dictionary > scurry

  • 8 slip

    I 1. [slip] past tense, past participle - slipped; verb
    1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) renna, hrasa, skrika
    2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) smjúga, renna
    3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) hraka
    4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) laumast, smeygja sér
    5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) sleppa, losna
    6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) renna, smeygja
    2. noun
    1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) hrösun
    2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) mistök
    3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) undirkjóll/-pils
    4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) dráttarbraut, slippur
    - slippery
    - slipperiness
    - slip road
    - slipshod
    - give someone the slip
    - give the slip
    - let slip
    - slip into
    - slip off
    - slip on
    - slip up
    II [slip] noun
    (a strip or narrow piece of paper: She wrote down his telephone number on a slip of paper.) strimill, miði

    English-Icelandic dictionary > slip

  • 9 sponge

    1. noun
    1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) svampur
    2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) svampur
    3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) svampkaka
    4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) þurrka af með svampi
    2. verb
    1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) þurrka/hreinsa með svampi
    2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) lifa á kostnað annarra
    - spongy
    - spongily
    - sponginess
    - sponge cake
    - sponge pudding

    English-Icelandic dictionary > sponge

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