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  • 1 put up

    1) (to raise (a hand etc).) lyfta
    2) (to build; to erect: They're putting up some new houses.) byggja, reisa
    3) (to fix on a wall etc: He put the poster up.) festa á vegg
    4) (to increase (a price etc): They're putting up the fees again.) hækka
    5) (to offer or show (resistance etc): He's putting up a brave fight.) veita/halda uppi (mótþróa)
    6) (to provide (money) for a purpose: He promised to put up the money for the scheme.) leggja fram
    7) (to provide a bed etc for (a person) in one's home: Can you put us up next Thursday night?) hÿsa

    English-Icelandic dictionary > put up

  • 2 front

    1) (the part of anything (intended to be) nearest the person who sees it; usually the most important part of anything: the front of the house; the front of the picture; ( also adjective) the front page.) andlit; framhlið
    2) (the foremost part of anything in the direction in which it moves: the front of the ship; ( also adjective) the front seat of the bus.) framendi, fremri eða fremsti hluti
    3) (the part of a city or town that faces the sea: We walked along the (sea) front.) sjávarsíða; strandgata
    4) ((in war) the line of soliers nearest the enemy: They are sending more soldiers to the front.) víglína
    5) (a boundary separating two masses of air of different temperatures: A cold front is approaching from the Atlantic.) skil
    6) (an outward appearance: He put on a brave front.) framkoma; láta ekki á neinu bera
    7) (a name sometimes given to a political movement: the Popular Front for Liberation.) fylking
    •
    - frontal
    - at the front of
    - in front of
    - in front

    English-Icelandic dictionary > front

См. также в других словарях:

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  • put a brave front on (something) — put a brave face/front on (something) to behave in a way that makes people think you are happy when you are not. They ve had some bad luck, but they ve put a brave face on their problems. She s very ill but she s putting a brave front on it. (=… …   New idioms dictionary

  • put a brave front on something — put a brave face/front/on something phrase to try to hide the fact that you are feeling upset or disappointed Employees are putting a brave face on yesterday’s news. Thesaurus: to stop, control or not show emotionssynonym Main entry: brav …   Useful english dictionary

  • put on a brave face — put on a brave ˈface | put a brave ˈface on sth idiom to pretend that you feel confident and happy when you do not • I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I wasn t worried. • She put a brave face on her illness. Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • put on a brave face — If you put on a brave face, or put a brave face on something, you behave confidently or cheerfully even though things are difficult. ( Brave front is also used.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • put on a brave face — put on a brave face/front put a brave face/front on (something) to behave in a way that makes people think you are happy when you are not. He doesn t seem upset about losing. Do you think he s just putting on a brave face? …   New idioms dictionary

  • put on a brave front — put on a brave face/front put a brave face/front on (something) to behave in a way that makes people think you are happy when you are not. He doesn t seem upset about losing. Do you think he s just putting on a brave face? …   New idioms dictionary

  • brave — [[t]bre͟ɪv[/t]] ♦♦♦ braver, bravest, braves, braving, braved 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations. He was not brave enough to report the loss… …   English dictionary

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  • brave — brave1 [ breıv ] adjective ** 1. ) capable of dealing with danger or pain, without seeming to be frightened: COURAGEOUS: the brave soldiers who fought and died for their country a ) used about someone s behavior: a brave attempt to rescue the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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