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1 miss
[mis] 1. verb1) (to fail to hit, catch etc: The arrow missed the target.) hitta ekki2) (to fail to arrive in time for: He missed the 8 o'clock train.) missa af3) (to fail to take advantage of: You've missed your opportunity.) láta fram hjá sér fara4) (to feel sad because of the absence of: You'll miss your friends when you go to live abroad.) sakna5) (to notice the absence of: I didn't miss my purse till several hours after I'd dropped it.) sakna, taka eftir6) (to fail to hear or see: He missed what you said because he wasn't listening.) taka ekki eftir7) (to fail to go to: I'll have to miss my lesson next week, as I'm going to the dentist.) sleppa, missa úr8) (to fail to meet: We missed you in the crowd.) fara á mis við9) (to avoid: The thief only just missed being caught by the police.) forðast, komast hjá10) ((of an engine) to misfire.) slá á móti í ræsingu/starti2. noun(a failure to hit, catch etc: two hits and two misses.) feilskot, vindhögg- missing- go missing
- miss out
- miss the boat -
2 Miss
[mis]1) (a polite title given to an unmarried female, either in writing or in speech: Miss Wilson; the Misses Wilson; Could you ask Miss Smith to type this letter?; Excuse me, miss. Could you tell me how to get to Princess Road?) ungfrú2) (a girl or young woman: She's a cheeky little miss!) stúlka, ung kona -
3 miss etc by a whisker
(to manage only barely to miss etc.) -
4 miss the boat
(to be left behind, miss an opportunity etc: I meant to send her a birthday card but I missed the boat - her birthday was last week.) missa af góðu tækifæri -
5 miss out
1) (to omit or fail to include: I missed her out (of the list).) sleppa2) ((often with on) to be left out of something: George missed out (on all the fun) because of his broken leg.) missa af -
6 hit-or-miss
adjective (without any system or planning; careless: hit-or-miss methods.) af handahófi -
7 a near miss
(something that is almost a hit, success etc.) e-ð sem heppnast næstum því -
8 chorus
['ko:rəs] 1. plural - choruses; noun1) (a group of singers: the festival chorus.) kór, söngflokkur2) (a group of singers and dancers in a musical show.) söngflokkur3) (part of a song repeated after each verse: The audience joined in the chorus.) viðlag4) (something said or shouted by a number of people together: He was greeted by a chorus of cheers.) samtaka hróp2. verb(to sing or say together: The children chorused `Goodbye, Miss Smith'.) láta til sín heyra í einum kór -
9 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) slá, kÿla; rekast á, skella á; hæfa2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) slá, kÿla3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) verða (illa) fyrir e-u, valda skaða4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) hitta í mark, hæfa; ná2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) skot2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) stig, skot3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) sem slær í gegn•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with -
10 jump to it
(to hurry up: If you don't jump to it you'll miss the train.) flÿta sér -
11 let slip
1) (to miss (an opportunity etc): I let the chance slip, unfortunately.) missa af2) (to say (something) unintentionally: She let slip some remark about my daughter.) glopra út úr sér -
12 near
[niə] 1. adjective1) (not far away in place or time: The station is quite near; Christmas is getting near.) nálægur2) (not far away in relationship: He is a near relation.) náinn, nákominn2. adverb1) (to or at a short distance from here or the place mentioned: He lives quite near.) nálægt2) ((with to) close to: Don't sit too near to the window.) nálægt, nærri3. preposition(at a very small distance from (in place, time etc): She lives near the church; It was near midnight when they arrived.) nærri, nálægt4. verb(to come near (to): The roads became busier as they neared the town; as evening was nearing.) nálgast- nearly- nearness
- nearby
- nearside
- near-sighted
- a near miss -
13 on balance
(having taken everything into consideration: On balance I think Miss Smith is a better tennis player than my sister.) þegar alls er gætt -
14 skip
[skip] 1. past tense, past participle - skipped; verb1) (to go along with a hop on each foot in turn: The little girl skipped up the path.) hoppa2) (to jump over a rope that is being turned under the feet and over the head (as a children's game).) sippa3) (to miss out (a meal, part of a book etc): I skipped lunch and went shopping instead; Skip chapter two.) sleppa (úr)2. noun(a hop on one foot in skipping.) valhopp -
15 surname
['sə:neim](a person's family name: The common way of addressing people is by their surnames, preceded by Mr, Mrs, Miss, Dr etc; Smith is a common British surname.) eftirnafn -
16 whisker
['wiskə]1) (in plural a man's moustache, beard and/or sideburns.) (yfir-/vanga)skegg, bartar2) ((usually in plural) one of the long hairs between the nose and the mouth of a cat etc.) veiðihár•- whiskery
- miss by a whisker
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