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1 fall
[fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) falla, detta2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) detta um koll3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) lækka, falla4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) bera upp á5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) verða, lenda í tilteknu ástandi6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) koma í hlut (e-s)2. noun1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) fall2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) fall, (snjó-/úr)koma3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) fall4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) haust•- falls- fallout
- his
- her face fell
- fall away
- fall back
- fall back on
- fall behind
- fall down
- fall flat
- fall for
- fall in with
- fall off
- fall on/upon
- fall out
- fall short
- fall through -
2 fall away
1) (to become less in number: The crowd began to fall away.) fækka, minnka2) (to slope downwards: The ground fell away steeply.) halla (niður á við) -
3 fall back on
(to use, or to go to for help, finally when everything else has been tried: Whatever happens you have your father's money to fall back on.) hverfa að, grípa til -
4 fall behind
1) (to be slower than (someone else): Hurry up! You're falling behind (the others); He is falling behind in his schoolwork.) dragast aftur úr2) ((with with) to become late in regular payment, letter-writing etc: Don't fall behind with the rent!) verða á eftir -
5 fall for
1) (to be deceived by (something): I made up a story to explain why I had not been at work and he fell for it.) láta blekkjast af2) (to fall in love with (someone): He has fallen for your sister.) verða ástfanginn af, falla fyrir -
6 fall off
(to become smaller in number or amount: Audiences often fall off during the summer.) minnka -
7 fall asleep
He fell asleep eventually.) sofna -
8 fall back
(to move back or stop moving forward.) hopa; hika; víkja -
9 fall between two stools
(to lose both of two possibilities by hesitating between them or trying for both.) hika og glata báðum tækifærum -
10 fall by the wayside
((of projects, ideas etc) to be abandoned; to fail.) misheppnast -
11 fall down
( sometimes with on) (to fail (in): He's falling down on his job.) bregðast; duga ekki -
12 fall flat
((especially of jokes etc) to fail completely or to have no effect: Her joke fell flat.) mistakast, missa marks -
13 fall in love (with)
(to develop feelings of love and sexual attraction (for): He fell in love with her straightaway.) verða ástfanginn af -
14 fall in love (with)
(to develop feelings of love and sexual attraction (for): He fell in love with her straightaway.) verða ástfanginn af -
15 fall in with
1) (to join with (someone) for company: On the way home we fell in with some friends.) vera samferða2) (to agree with (a plan, idea etc): They fell in with our suggestion.) vera sammála -
16 fall into the hands (of someone)
(to be caught, found, captured etc by someone: He fell into the hands of bandits; The documents fell into the wrong hands (= were found, captured etc by someone who was not supposed to see them).) lenda í höndunum á (e-m)English-Icelandic dictionary > fall into the hands (of someone)
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17 fall into the hands (of someone)
(to be caught, found, captured etc by someone: He fell into the hands of bandits; The documents fell into the wrong hands (= were found, captured etc by someone who was not supposed to see them).) lenda í höndunum á (e-m)English-Icelandic dictionary > fall into the hands (of someone)
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18 fall on deaf ears
((of a warning etc) to be ignored.) tala fyrir daufum eyrum -
19 fall on/upon
(to attack: The robbers fell on the old man and beat him; They fell hungrily upon the food.) ráðast á -
20 fall out
( sometimes with with) (to quarrel: I have fallen out with my sister.) verða ósáttur, rífast við
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