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21 cosmetic
[koz'metik] 1. adjective(designed to increase the beauty and hide the defects of something, especially the face: She had cosmetic surgery to improve the shape of her nose.) fegrunar-2. noun(a preparation for this purpose: She's quite pretty - she does not need to wear so many cosmetics (= lipstick, eye-shadow etc).) snyrtivara -
22 crescendo
[kri'ʃendəu]plural - crescendos; noun((especially in music) a gradual and continuous increase in loudness.) stigmögnun -
23 crime
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24 deepen
1) (to make or become deeper: He deepened the hole.) dÿpka2) (to increase: His troubles were deepening.) aukast -
25 draught
1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!) súgur, trekkur2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.) sopi, teygur3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.) djúprista•- draughts- draughty -
26 embellish
[im'beliʃ]1) (to increase the interest of (a story etc) by adding (untrue) details: The soldier embellished the story of his escape.) skreyta, ÿkja2) (to make beautiful with ornaments etc: uniform embellished with gold braid.) skreyta• -
27 escalate
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28 expectation
[ekspek-]1) (the state of expecting: In expectation of a wage increase, he bought a washing-machine.) eftirvænting2) (what is expected: He failed his exam, contrary to expectation(s); Did the concert come up to your expectations?) von, vænting -
29 explosion
[-ʒən]1) (a blowing up, or the noise caused by this: a gas explosion; The explosion could be heard a long way off.) sprenging; sprengjudrunur2) (the action of exploding: the explosion of the atom bomb.) sprenging3) (a sudden showing of strong feelings etc: an explosion of laughter.) kast4) (a sudden great increase: an explosion in food prices.) skyndileg útþensla, aukning, sprenging -
30 fan
I 1. [fæn] noun1) (a flat instrument held in the hand and waved to direct a current of air across the face in hot weather: Ladies used to carry fans to keep themselves cool.)2) (a mechanical instrument causing a current of air: He has had a fan fitted in the kitchen for extracting smells.)2. verb1) (to cool (as if) with a fan: She sat in the corner, fanning herself.)2) (to increase or strengthen (a fire) by directing air towards it with a fan etc: They fanned the fire until it burst into flames.)II [fæn] noun(an enthusiastic admirer of a sport, hobby or well-known person: I'm a great fan of his; football fans; ( also adjective) fan mail/letters (= letters etc sent by admirers).) aðdáandi -
31 get up
1) (to (cause to) get out of bed: I got up at seven o'clock; Get John up at seven o'clock.) fara á fætur2) (to stand up.) standa upp, rísa á fætur3) (to increase (usually speed).) aukast4) (to arrange, organize or prepare (something): We must get up some sort of celebration for him when he leaves.) skipuleggja, undirbúa -
32 go up
1) (to increase in size, value etc: The temperature/price has gone up.) hækka, stíga2) (to be built: There are office blocks going up all over town.) rísa -
33 heighten
1) (to make or become higher: to heighten the garden wall.) hækka2) (to increase (an effect etc).) auka -
34 hors d'oeuvre
[o:'də:vr, ]( American[) o:r'də:rv]plural - hors d'oeuvre(s); noun(food eg olives, sardines etc served before or at the beginning of a meal in order to increase the appetite.) forréttur, smáréttur -
35 hot up
past tense, past participle - hotted; verb (to increase; to become more exciting etc.) hita (upp), hitna -
36 in the interest(s) of
(in order to get, achieve, increase etc: The political march was banned in the interests of public safety.) vegna hagsmuna -
37 in the interest(s) of
(in order to get, achieve, increase etc: The political march was banned in the interests of public safety.) vegna hagsmuna -
38 increment
['iŋkrəmənt](an increase especially in salary.) (launa)hækkun -
39 inflation
1) (the process of inflating or being inflated.) uppblástur2) (a situation in country's economy where prices and wages keep forcing each other to increase.) verðbólga -
40 measure
['meʒə] 1. noun1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) mál; málband; mæliglas; vog2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) mælieining3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) mælikerfi4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) aðgerð, ráðstöfun5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) e-ð að vissu marki6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.)2. verb1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.) mæla2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.) mæla3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.) bera saman við4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.) mælast, vera (á stærð)•- beyond measure
- for good measure
- full measure
- made to measure
- measure out
- measure up
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