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21 lady
['leidi]1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) dama, kona2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) dama, háttvís kona3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) lafði•- ladylike- Ladyship
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22 mount
1. verb1) (to get or climb up (on or on to): He mounted the platform; She mounted (the horse) and rode off.) ganga/stíga upp á; fara/stíga á bak2) (to rise in level: Prices are mounting steeply.) hækka3) (to put (a picture etc) into a frame, or stick it on to card etc.) koma fyrir, ramma inn4) (to hang or put up on a stand, support etc: He mounted the tiger's head on the wall.) hengja upp5) (to organize: The army mounted an attack; to mount an exhibition.) setja upp2. noun1) (a thing or animal that one rides, especially a horse.) reiðskjóti2) (a support or backing on which anything is placed for display: Would this picture look better on a red mount or a black one?) umgjörð•- mounted- Mountie -
23 on end
1) (upright; erect: Stand the table on end; The cat's fur stood on end.) upp á endann2) (continuously; without a pause: For days on end we had hardly anything to eat.) samfleytt, linnulaust -
24 order
['o:də] 1. noun1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) skipun2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) pöntun3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) pöntun4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) röð og regla5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) röð og regla, skipulag6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) röð7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) lög og regla8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) ávísun9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) skipan, skipulag10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) trúarregla; bræðralag2. verb1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) skipa2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) panta3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) koma lagi á, raða•- orderly3. noun1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) hjúkrunarmaður2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) óbreyttur hermaður•- order-form
- in order
- in order that
- in order
- in order to
- made to order
- on order
- order about
- out of order
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25 queue up
(to form, or stand in, a queue: We queued up for tickets.) fara í biðröð -
26 rise
1. past tense - rose; verb1) (to become greater, larger, higher etc; to increase: Food prices are still rising; His temperature rose; If the river rises much more, there will be a flood; Her voice rose to a scream; Bread rises when it is baked; His spirits rose at the good news.) rísa, hækka, stíga, lyftast2) (to move upwards: Smoke was rising from the chimney; The birds rose into the air; The curtain rose to reveal an empty stage.) stíga, lyftast; hefja sig til flugs3) (to get up from bed: He rises every morning at six o'clock.) fara á fætur4) (to stand up: The children all rose when the headmaster came in.) standa upp5) ((of the sun etc) to appear above the horizon: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.) rísa6) (to slope upwards: Hills rose in the distance; The ground rises at this point.) rísa, hækka7) (to rebel: The people rose (up) in revolt against the dictator.) rísa upp gegn8) (to move to a higher rank, a more important position etc: He rose to the rank of colonel.) hækka í tign9) ((of a river) to begin or appear: The Rhône rises in the Alps.) eiga upptök sín10) ((of wind) to begin; to become stronger: Don't go out in the boat - the wind has risen.) magnast, aukast11) (to be built: Office blocks are rising all over the town.) rísa/byggjast upp12) (to come back to life: Jesus has risen.) rísa upp frá dauðum2. noun1) ((the) act of rising: He had a rapid rise to fame; a rise in prices.) hækkun, aukning2) (an increase in salary or wages: She asked her boss for a rise.) hækkun3) (a slope or hill: The house is just beyond the next rise.) hæð, hóll4) (the beginning and early development of something: the rise of the Roman Empire.) uppgangur•- rising3. adjectivethe rising sun; rising prices; the rising generation; a rising young politician.) rísandi, upprennandi- early- late riser
- give rise to
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27 show up
1) (to make obvious: This light shows up the places where I've mended this coat.) sÿna í réttu ljósi, leiða í ljós2) (to reveal the faults of: Mary was so neat that she really showed me up.) leiða í ljós galla (með samanburði)3) (to stand out clearly: The scratches showed up on the photograph.) koma berlega í ljós4) (to appear or arrive: I waited for her, but she never showed up.) láta sjá sig -
28 snowboard
noun (a board on which a person can stand and glide over snow for sport.) -
29 still
I 1. [stil] adjective1) (without movement or noise: The city seems very still in the early morning; Please stand/sit/keep/hold still while I brush your hair!; still (= calm) water/weather.) kyrr2) ((of drinks) not fizzy: still orange juice.) goslaus2. noun(a photograph selected from a cinema film: The magazine contained some stills from the new film.) mynd, stakur rammi úr kvikmynd- stillborn II [stil] adverb1) (up to and including the present time, or the time mentioned previously: Are you still working for the same firm?; By Saturday he had still not / still hadn't replied to my letter.) enn, ennþá2) (nevertheless; in spite of that: Although the doctor told him to rest, he still went on working; This picture is not valuable - still, I like it.) þrátt fyrir það3) (even: He seemed very ill in the afternoon and in the evening looked still worse.) jafnvel -
30 stilts
[stil ]1) (a pair of poles with supports for the feet, on which a person may stand and so walk raised off the ground.) stultur2) (tall poles fixed under a house etc to support it eg if it is built on a steep hillside.) stólpar -
31 traffic island
(a small pavement in the middle of a road, for pedestrians to stand on on their way across.) umferðareyja -
32 tripod
(a stand with three legs, especially for a camera.) þrífótur
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