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1 reduce
[rə'dju:s]1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) minnka, lækka2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) grennast3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) koma/setja í slæmt ástand•- reduction -
2 axe
[æks] 1. noun(a tool with a (long) handle and a metal blade for cutting down trees and cutting wood etc into pieces.) öxi2. verb1) (to get rid of; to dismiss: They've axed 50% of their staff.) segja upp2) (to reduce (costs, services etc): Government spending in education has been axed.) skera niður -
3 concentrate
['konsəntreit]1) (to give all one's energies, attention etc to one thing: I wish you'd concentrate (on what I'm saying).) einbeita sér2) (to bring together in one place: He concentrated his soldiers at the gateway.) safna eða beina á einn stað3) (to make (a liquid) stronger by boiling to reduce its volume.) þétta•- concentration -
4 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) skera, klippa2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) skera3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) sneiða, klippa4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) slá; klippa5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) minnka6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) klippa í burt, fjarlægja7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) skera í8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) gera við, draga9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') klippa á atriði10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) fara þvert fyrir11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) skera12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) skrópa13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) sniðganga2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) skurður; rafmagnsbilun; hárklipping; verðlækkun2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) snið3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) sneið•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) særandi- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) miskunnarlaus- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
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5 cut back
to reduce considerably: The government cut back (on) public spending (noun cutback) niðurskurður -
6 cut down
1) (to cause to fall by cutting: He has cut down the apple tree.) fella2) (to reduce (an amount taken etc): I haven't given up smoking but I'm cutting down.) minnka, draga úr -
7 damp down
1) (to make (a fire) burn more slowly.) draga niður í, draga úr2) (to reduce, make less strong: He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm.) draga úr -
8 decimate
['desimeit]((of disease, battle etc) to reduce greatly in number: The population was decimated by the plague.) fækka stórlega -
9 deflate
[di'fleit]1) (to let gas out of (a tyre etc).) hleypa lofti úr2) (to reduce (a person's) importance, self-confidence etc: He was completely deflated by his failure.) draga úr• -
10 demote
[di'məut](to reduce to a lower rank: He was demoted for misconduct.) lækka (e-n) í tign- demotion -
11 devalue
[di:'vælju:](to reduce the value of (especially a currency): The government devalued the dollar.) fella eða lækka gengi -
12 disable
[dis'eibl](to reduce the ability or strength of; to cripple: He was disabled during the war.) gera óhæfan- disability payment
- disabled
- disablement -
13 downgrade
verb (to reduce to a lower level, especially of importance: His job was downgraded.) lækka í tign -
14 halve
1) (to divide (something) into two equal parts: He halved the apple.) helminga, skipta til helminga/í tvennt2) (to make half as great as before; to reduce by half: By going away early in the year, we nearly halved the cost of our holiday.) minnka um helming, helminga -
15 imperative
[im'perətiv] 1. noun, adjective1) (used of verbs that are expressing a command: In the sentence `Come here!', `come' is an imperative (verb).) boðháttur2) (absolutely necessary: It is imperative that we take immediate action to reduce pollution.)2. nounIn `Sit down!' the verb is in the imperative.) -
16 knock down
1) (to cause to fall by striking: He was so angry with the man that he knocked him down; The old lady was knocked down by a van as she crossed the street.) slá/keyra niður2) (to reduce the price of (goods): She bought a coat that had been knocked down to half-price.) lækkaður í verði -
17 slash
[slæʃ] 1. verb1) (to make long cuts in (cloth etc): He slashed his victim's face with a razor.) rista2) ((with at) to strike out violently at (something): He slashed at the bush angrily with a stick.) höggva3) (to reduce greatly: A notice in the shop window read `Prices slashed!') lækka stórlega2. noun1) (a long cut or slit.) skurður2) (a sweeping blow.) högg -
18 tighten one's belt
(to make sacrifices and reduce one's standard of living: If the economy gets worse, we shall just have to tighten our belts.) herða sultarólina -
19 turn down
1) (to say `no' to; to refuse: He turned down her offer/request.) hafna2) (to reduce (the level of light, noise etc) produced by (something): Please turn down (the volume on) the radio - it's far too loud!) lækka
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