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  • 1 word

    [wə:d] 1. noun
    1) (the smallest unit of language (whether written, spoken or read).) orð
    2) (a (brief) conversation: I'd like a (quick) word with you in my office.) orð, (stutt) samtal
    3) (news: When you get there, send word that you've arrived safely.) fréttir
    4) (a solemn promise: He gave her his word that it would never happen again.) loforð, heit
    2. verb
    (to express in written or spoken language: How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude?) orða
    - word processor
    - word processing
    - word-perfect
    - by word of mouth
    - get a word in edgeways
    - in a word
    - keep
    - break one's word
    - take someone at his word
    - take at his word
    - take someone's word for it
    - word for word

    English-Icelandic dictionary > word

  • 2 post

    I [pəust] noun
    (a long piece of wood, metal etc, usually fixed upright in the ground: The notice was nailed to a post; a gate-post; the winning-post.) stólpi, póstur, staur
    - keep somebody posted
    - keep posted
    II 1. [pəust] noun
    ((the system of collecting, transporting and delivering) letters, parcels etc: I sent the book by post; Has the post arrived yet?; Is there any post for me?) póstur
    2. verb
    (to send (a letter etc) by post: He posted the parcel yesterday.) póstsenda
    - postal
    - postage stamp
    - postal order
    - postbox
    - postcard
    - postcode
    - post-free
    - post-haste
    - posthaste
    - postman
    - postmark
    - postmaster
    - post office
    III 1. [pəust] noun
    1) (a job: He has a post in the government; a teaching post.) staða, starf
    2) (a place of duty: The soldier remained at his post.) (varð)staða
    3) (a settlement, camp etc especially in a distant or unpopulated area: a trading-post.) verslunarstöð á strjálbÿlu svæði
    2. verb
    (to send somewhere on duty: He was posted abroad.) senda (til starfa)
    IV [pəust]

    English-Icelandic dictionary > post

  • 3 save

    I 1. [seiv] verb
    1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) bjarga
    2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) spara
    3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) spara (sér) vinnu/vandræði
    4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) koma í veg fyrir mark, verja(st)
    5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) frelsa
    6) (to keep data in the computer.)
    2. noun
    ((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) björgun, vörn
    - saving
    - savings
    - saviour
    - saving grace
    - savings account
    - savings bank
    - save up
    II [seiv] preposition, conjunction
    (except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) nema

    English-Icelandic dictionary > save

  • 4 sign

    1. noun
    1) (a mark used to mean something; a symbol: is the sign for addition.) tákn
    2) (a notice set up to give information (a shopkeeper's name, the direction of a town etc) to the public: road-sign.) merki
    3) (a movement (eg a nod, wave of the hand) used to mean or represent something: He made a sign to me to keep still.) merki
    4) (a piece of evidence suggesting that something is present or about to come: There were no signs of life at the house and he was afraid they were away; Clouds are often a sign of rain.) merki (um)
    2. verb
    1) (to write one's name (on): Sign at the bottom, please.) undirrita
    2) (to write (one's name) on a letter, document etc: He signed his name on the document.) undirrita
    3) (to make a movement of the head, hand etc in order to show one's meaning: She signed to me to say nothing.) gefa merki um
    - signpost
    - sign in/out
    - sign up

    English-Icelandic dictionary > sign

  • 5 still

    I 1. [stil] adjective
    1) (without movement or noise: The city seems very still in the early morning; Please stand/sit/keep/hold still while I brush your hair!; still (= calm) water/weather.) kyrr
    2) ((of drinks) not fizzy: still orange juice.) goslaus
    2. noun
    (a photograph selected from a cinema film: The magazine contained some stills from the new film.) mynd, stakur rammi úr kvikmynd
    - stillborn II [stil] adverb
    1) (up to and including the present time, or the time mentioned previously: Are you still working for the same firm?; By Saturday he had still not / still hadn't replied to my letter.) enn, ennþá
    2) (nevertheless; in spite of that: Although the doctor told him to rest, he still went on working; This picture is not valuable - still, I like it.) þrátt fyrir það
    3) (even: He seemed very ill in the afternoon and in the evening looked still worse.) jafnvel

    English-Icelandic dictionary > still

  • 6 secretary

    ['sekrətəri]
    plural - secretaries; noun
    1) (a person employed to write letters, keep records and make business arrangements etc for another person: He dictated a letter to his secretary.) ritari
    2) (a (sometimes unpaid) person who deals with the official business of an organization etc: The secretary read out the minutes of the society's last meeting.) ritari

    English-Icelandic dictionary > secretary

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