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  • 1 give away

    1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) gefa frá sér
    2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).) óviljandi uppljóstrun

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  • 2 give rise to

    (to cause: This gives rise to a large number of problems.) valda

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  • 3 produce

    1. [prə'dju:s] verb
    1) (to bring out: She produced a letter from her pocket.) leggja fram, sÿna
    2) (to give birth to: A cow produces one or two calves a year.) geta af sér
    3) (to cause: His joke produced a shriek of laughter from the children.) leiða af sér
    4) (to make or manufacture: The factory produces furniture.) framleiða
    5) (to give or yield: The country produces enough food for the population.) framleiða
    6) (to arrange and prepare (a theatre performance, film, television programme etc): The play was produced by Henry Dobson.) setja upp
    2. ['prodju:s] noun
    (something that is produced, especially crops, eggs, milk etc from farms: agricultural/farm produce.) framleiðsla
    - product
    - production
    - productive
    - productivity

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  • 4 shine

    1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb
    1) (to (cause to) give out light; to direct such light towards someone or something: The light shone from the window; The policeman shone his torch; He shone a torch on the body.) skína, lÿsa
    2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) gljá
    3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) pússa, bursta; (gljá)fægja
    4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) skara fram úr
    2. noun
    1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) skin, ljómi, gljái
    2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) skóburstun
    - shiny
    - shininess

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  • 5 show

    [ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb
    1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) sÿna
    2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) sjást, vera sÿnilegur
    3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) sÿna, vera sÿndur
    4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) vísa á, sÿna
    5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) vísa, fylgja
    6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) sÿna
    7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) sÿna fram á, sanna
    8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) (auð)sÿna
    2. noun
    1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) sÿning; skemmtiþáttur
    2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) sÿning; það að sÿna e-ð
    3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) sÿnd, yfirskin; það að þykjast
    4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) e-ð sem er gert til að vekja á sér athygli
    5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) frammistaða
    - showiness
    - show-business
    - showcase
    - showdown
    - showground
    - show-jumping
    - showman
    - showroom
    - give the show away
    - good show!
    - on show
    - show off
    - show up

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  • 6 support

    [sə'po:t] 1. verb
    1) (to bear the weight of, or hold upright, in place etc: That chair won't support him / his weight; He limped home, supported by a friend on either side of him.) halda upp; styðja (við)
    2) (to give help, or approval to: He has always supported our cause; His family supported him in his decision.) styðja, aðstoða
    3) (to provide evidence for the truth of: New discoveries have been made that support his theory; The second witness supported the statement of the first one.) styðja, styrkja
    4) (to supply with the means of living: He has a wife and four children to support.) sjá fyrir, framfleyta
    2. noun
    1) (the act of supporting or state of being supported: That type of shoe doesn't give the foot much support; The plan was cancelled because of lack of support; Her job is the family's only means of support; I would like to say a word or two in support of his proposal.) stuðningur; framfærsla
    2) (something that supports: One of the supports of the bridge collapsed.) stoð, undirstaða
    - supporting

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  • 7 make

    [meik] 1. past tense, past participle - made; verb
    1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) gera, búa til
    2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) láta gera, fá til að gera
    3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) vekja tilteknar tilfinningar hjá e-m, valda, orsaka
    4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) þéna
    5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) gera, vera
    6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) verða, vera efni í
    7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) áætla
    8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) gera að
    9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?) gera (...)
    2. noun
    (a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) gerð
    - making
    - make-believe
    - make-over
    - makeshift
    - make-up
    - have the makings of
    - in the making
    - make a/one's bed
    - make believe
    - make do
    - make for
    - make it
    - make it up
    - make something of something
    - make of something
    - make something of
    - make of
    - make out
    - make over
    - make up
    - make up for
    - make up one's mind
    - make up to

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  • 8 raise

    [reiz] 1. verb
    1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) lyfta
    2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) hækka
    3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) rækta
    4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) ala upp
    5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) bera upp, leggja fram
    6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) safna (saman)
    7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) valda
    8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) þyrla upp
    9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) reisa, byggja
    10) (to give (a shout etc).) reka upp
    11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) ná sambandi
    2. noun
    (an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) (launa)hækkun
    - raise hell/Cain / the roof
    - raise someone's spirits

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  • 9 arouse

    (to cause or give rise to (something): His actions aroused my suspicions.) vekja

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  • 10 chase

    [ eis] 1. verb
    1) (to run after; to pursue: He chased after them but did not catch them; We chased them by car.) elta
    2) ((with away, off etc) to cause to run away: I often have to chase the boys away from my fruit trees.) reka (í burtu)
    2. noun
    1) (an act of chasing: We caught him after a 120 kph chase.) eftirför
    2) (hunting (of animals): the pleasures of the chase.) dÿraveiðar

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  • 11 contribute

    [kən'tribjut]
    1) (to give (money, help etc) along with others: Have you contributed (any money) to this charity?; I've been contributing (articles) to this paper for many years.) gefa, taka þátt (í kostnaði); skrifa
    2) ((with to) to help to cause to happen: His gambling contributed to his downfall.) stuðla (að)
    - contributor

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  • 12 crack

    [kræk] 1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) brotna
    2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) brjóta
    3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) brotna; smella
    4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) segja brandara
    5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) brjóta upp
    6) (to solve (a code).) ráða, lesa úr
    7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) brotna niður
    2. noun
    1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) sprunga
    2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) rifa
    3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smellur
    4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) högg
    5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) skens, háð, brandari
    6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)
    3. adjective
    (expert: a crack racing-driver.) úrvals-
    - crackdown
    - cracker
    - crackers
    - crack a book
    - crack down on
    - crack down
    - get cracking
    - have a crack at
    - have a crack

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  • 13 create

    [kri'eit]
    1) (to cause to exist; to make: How was the earth created?; The circus created great excitement.) skapa, búa til
    2) (to give (a rank etc to): Sir John was created a knight in 1958.) gera að
    - creative
    - creatively
    - creativeness
    - creativity
    - creator
    - the Creator

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  • 14 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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  • 15 do

    [du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
    1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)
    2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])
    3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)
    4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)
    5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) gera
    6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) gera, ljúka
    7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) þvo upp; laga; hreinsa
    8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) nægja, ganga
    9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) vinna að, stúdera
    10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) farnast, standa sig
    11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) laga, snyrta, hirða
    12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) gera, haga sér
    13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) veita eða sÿna
    14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) valda
    15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) skoða
    2. noun
    (an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) veisla, samkvæmi
    - doings
    - done
    - do-it-yourself
    - to-do
    - I
    - he could be doing with / could do with
    - do away with
    - do for
    - done for
    - done in
    - do out
    - do out of
    - do's and don'ts
    - do without
    - to do with
    - what are you doing with

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  • 16 infect

    [in'fekt]
    (to fill with germs that cause disease; to give a disease to: You must wash that cut on your knee in case it becomes infected; She had a bad cold last week and has infected the rest of the class.) smita
    - infectious
    - infectiously

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  • 17 jangle

    ['‹æŋɡl]
    (to (cause to) give a harsh (ringing) sound: The bell jangled noisily.) glamra

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  • 18 keep

    [ki:p] 1. past tense, past participle - kept; verb
    1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) geyma, varðveita; fá til eignar
    2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) geyma, varðveita; þegja yfir
    3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) halda, hafa
    4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) halda áfram
    5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) eiga, vera með
    6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) rækta, halda við
    7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) geymast
    8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) halda, færa, skrifa
    9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) tefja
    10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) framfæra, sjá um
    11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) standa við, halda
    12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) halda upp á
    2. noun
    (food and lodging: She gives her mother money every week for her keep; Our cat really earns her keep - she kills all the mice in the house.) uppihald, fæði og húsnæði
    - keeping
    - keep-fit
    - keepsake
    - for keeps
    - in keeping with
    - keep away
    - keep back
    - keep one's distance
    - keep down
    - keep one's end up
    - keep from
    - keep going
    - keep hold of
    - keep house for
    - keep house
    - keep in
    - keep in mind
    - keep it up
    - keep off
    - keep on
    - keep oneself to oneself
    - keep out
    - keep out of
    - keep time
    - keep to
    - keep something to oneself
    - keep to oneself
    - keep up
    - keep up with the Joneses
    - keep watch

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  • 19 lay down

    1) (to give up: They laid down their arms; The soldiers laid down their lives in the cause of peace.) leggja niður
    2) (to order or instruct: The rule book lays down what should be done in such a case.) fyrirskipa
    3) (to store: My father laid down a good stock of wine which I am now drinking.) setja í geymslu

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  • 20 let

    I [let] present participle - letting; verb
    1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) láta
    2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) láta, fá til að
    3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!) leyfa
    - let someone or something alone/be
    - let alone/be
    - let down
    - let fall
    - let go of
    - let go
    - let in
    - out
    - let in for
    - let in on
    - let off
    - let up
    - let well alone
    II [let] present participle - letting; verb
    (to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) leigja

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