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  • 1 flatter

    ['flætə]
    1) (to praise too much or insincerely: Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.) skjalla, lofa um of
    2) (to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is: The photograph flatters him.) fegra
    3) (to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something): I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.) þykjast geta
    - flattery

    English-Icelandic dictionary > flatter

  • 2 live

    I 1. [liv] verb
    1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) lifa
    2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) lifa (af)
    3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) búa, dvelja
    4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) lifa, búa við
    5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) lifa á, hafa lífsviðurværi af
    - - lived
    - living 2. noun
    (the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) lifibrauð, lífsviðurværi
    - live-in
    - live and let live
    - live down
    - live in
    - out
    - live on
    - live up to
    - within living memory
    - in living memory
    II 1. adjective
    1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) lifandi
    2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) í beinni útsendingu
    3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) virkur
    4) (burning: a live coal.) glóandi
    2. adverb
    ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.) í beinni útsendingu
    - liveliness
    - livestock
    - live wire

    English-Icelandic dictionary > live

  • 3 repeat

    [rə'pi:t] 1. verb
    1) (to say or do again: Would you repeat those instructions, please?) endurtaka
    2) (to say (something one has heard) to someone else, sometimes when one ought not to: Please do not repeat what I've just told you.) hafa eftir
    3) (to say (something) one has learned by heart: to repeat a poem.) fara með
    2. noun
    (something which is repeated: I'm tired of seeing all these repeats on television; ( also adjective) a repeat performance.) endurtekning; endurtekinn þáttur/sÿning
    - repeatedly
    - repetition
    - repetitive
    - repetitively
    - repetitiveness
    - repeat oneself

    English-Icelandic dictionary > repeat

  • 4 assert

    [ə'sə:t]
    1) (to say definitely: She asserted that she had not borrowed his book.) staðhæfa
    2) (to insist on: He should assert his independence.) standa fast á, halda fast fram
    - assertive
    - assert oneself

    English-Icelandic dictionary > assert

См. также в других словарях:

  • say for oneself — apologize, justify oneself …   English contemporary dictionary

  • say for oneself — phrasal : to offer as an excuse or justification what have you got to say for yourself …   Useful english dictionary

  • nothing to say for oneself — 1. No defence of oneself to offer 2. No small talk • • • Main Entry: ↑say …   Useful english dictionary

  • have something to say for oneself — contribute to a conversation or discussion, esp. as an explanation for one s behavior or actions haven t you anything to say for yourself? …   Useful english dictionary

  • say — v. & n. v. (3rd sing. present says; past and past part. said) 1 tr. (often foll. by that + clause) a utter (specified words) in a speaking voice; remark (said Damn! ; said that he was satisfied). b put into words; express (that was well said;… …   Useful english dictionary

  • say — I. verb (said; saying; says) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English secgan; akin to Old High German sagēn to say, Lithuanian sakyti, Greek ennepein to speak, tell Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to express in words ; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • say — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. speak, tell, declare, state, aver, affirm, mention, allege, recite; decide. See speech, affirmation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. tell, speak, relate, state, announce, remark, pronounce, declare, state… …   English dictionary for students

  • oneself — /wʌnˈsɛlf / (say wun self) pronoun 1. a person s self (often used for emphasis or reflexively): one hurts oneself by such methods. 2. one s proper or normal self; one s normal state of mind (used after be, become, or come to). Also, one s self …  

  • take the leave to say — allow oneself to say, give oneself the permission to say …   English contemporary dictionary

  • excuse oneself — say politely that one is leaving. → excuse …   English new terms dictionary

  • repeat oneself — say or do the same thing again. → repeat …   English new terms dictionary

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