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1 search
[sə: ] 1. verb1) ((often with for) to look for something by careful examination: Have you searched through your pockets thoroughly?; I've been searching for that book for weeks.) leita2) ((of the police etc) to examine, looking for eg stolen goods: He was taken to the police station, searched and questioned.) leita á (e-m)2. noun(an act of searching: His search did not take long.) leit- searcher- searching
- searchingly
- searchlight
- search party
- search warrant
- in search of -
2 search party
(a group of people looking for a missing person: When the climbers failed to return, a search party was sent out.) leitarflokkur -
3 search warrant
(a warrant giving legal permission to the police to search a house etc.) húsleitarheimild -
4 in search of
(searching for: We went in search of a restaurant.) í leit að -
5 rummage
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6 after
1. preposition1) (later in time or place than: After the car came a bus.) á eftir2) (following (often indicating repetition): one thing after another; night after night.) eftir3) (behind: Shut the door after you!) á eftir (sér)4) (in search or pursuit of: He ran after the bus.) á eftir5) (considering: After all I've done you'd think he'd thank me; It's sad to fail after all that work.) eftir6) ((American: in telling the time) past: It's a quarter after ten.) yfir2. adverb(later in time or place: They arrived soon after.) síðar, á eftir3. conjunction(later than the time when: After she died we moved house twice.) eftir (að)- afterthought
- afterwards
- after all
- be after -
7 aid
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8 brain drain
(the loss of experts to another country (usually in search of better salaries etc): As a result of the brain drain Britain does not have enough doctors.) vitsmunaflótti; brottflutningar menntamanna -
9 browse
1. verb1) ((of animals) to feed (on shoots or leaves of plants).)2) ((of people) to glance through a book etc casually: I don't want to buy a book - I'm just browsing.)3) (to search computer material, especially on a worldwide network.)2. noun1) (shoots, twigs or leaves as food for cattle.)2) (an act of browsing.) -
10 careful
1) (taking care; being cautious: Be careful when you cross the street; a careful driver.) varfærinn, gætinn2) (thorough: a careful search.) vandvirkur, nákvæmur, vandlega unninn -
11 disappear
[disə'piə]1) (to vanish from sight: The sun disappeared slowly below the horizon.) hverfa úr augsÿn2) (to fade out of existence: This custom had disappeared by the end of the century.) hverfa, glatast3) (to go away so that other people do not know where one is: A search is being carried out for the boy who disappeared from his home on Monday.) láta sig hverfa• -
12 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) draga, toga2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) draga, mjaka3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) dragast eftir jörðu4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) slæða5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) silast áfram; líða hægt2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) hindrun, dragbítur2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) draga að sér3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) leiðindapúki, leiðinlegur starfi/staður4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) klæðnaður klæðskiptinga -
13 draw a blank
(to be unsuccessful in a search, inquiry etc.) misheppnast, fá ekkert út úr -
14 exhaustive
[-tiv]adjective (complete; very thorough: an exhaustive search.) tæmandi -
15 explore
[ik'splo:]1) (to search or travel through (a place) for the purpose of discovery: The oceans have not yet been fully explored; Let's go exploring in the caves.) kanna2) (to examine carefully: I'll explore the possibilities of getting a job here.) kanna, athuga gaumgæfilega•- exploratory
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16 ferret (about)
verb (to search busily and persistently: He ferreted about in the cupboard.) gramsa, róta -
17 forage
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18 give up
1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) hætta við2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) hætta að nota3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) afhenda4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) helga sig, nota/eyða tíma í5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) átlíta/telja e-n vera -
19 go on
1) (to continue: Go on reading - I won't disturb you.) halda áfram2) (to talk a great deal, usually too much: She goes on and on about her health.) orðlengja um, láta dæluna ganga3) (to happen: What is going on here?) gerast, vera á seyði4) (to base one's investigations etc on: The police had very few clues to go on in their search for the murderer.) byggja á -
20 go through
1) (to search in: I've gone through all my pockets but I still can't find my key.) fara í gegnum, leita2) (to suffer: You have no idea what I went through to get this finished in time.) ganga í gegnum, reyna3) (to use up: We went through a lot of money on holiday.) eyða, klára4) (to complete: to go through certain formalities.) fara í gegnum, klára5) (to be completed: After long hours of negotiations, the deal went through.) komast í gegn, hljóta samþykki
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