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1 the North Pole
(the northern end of the imaginary line through the earth, round which it turns.) norðurpóllinn -
2 the South Pole
(the southern end of the imaginary line through the earth, round which it turns.) suðurpóllinn -
3 pole
I [pəul] noun1) (the north or south end of the Earth's axis: the North/South Pole.) póll, (heim)skaut2) (the points in the heavens opposite the Earth's North and South Poles, around which stars seem to turn.) póll, skaut3) (either of the opposite ends of a magnet: The opposite poles of magnets attract each other.) póll, skaut4) (either of the opposite terminals of an electric battery: the positive/negative pole.) póll, skaut•- polar- polar bear
- the pole star
- be poles apart II [pəul](a long, thin, rounded piece of wood, metal etc: a telegraph pole; a tent pole.) staur -
4 period
['piəriəd] 1. noun1) (any length of time: a period of three days; a period of waiting.) tími, skeið, tímabil2) (a stage in the Earth's development, an artist's development, in history etc: the Pleistocene period; the modern period.) tímabil3) (the punctuation mark (.), put at the end of a sentence; a full stop.) punktur2. adjective(of furniture, costumes etc) of or from the same or appropriate time in history; antique or very old: period costumes; His house is full of period furniture (=antique furniture). frá tilteknu tímabili- periodic- periodically
- periodical 3. adjective(see periodic.) -
5 pile up
(to make or become a pile; to accumulate: He piled up the earth at the end of the garden; The rubbish piled up in the kitchen.) hrúga; hlaðast upp -
6 rake
[reik] 1. noun1) (a tool which consists of a usually metal bar with teeth at the end of a long handle, used for smoothing earth, gathering eg leaves together etc.) hrífa2) (any similar tool: a croupier's rake in a casino.) hrífa, skafa3) (the act of raking: to give the soil a rake.) raka2. verb1) (to smooth or gather with a rake: I'll rake these grass-cuttings up later.) raka (saman)2) ((often with out) to remove the ashes from (a fire) with a poker etc.) skara3) (to fire guns at (a target) from one end of it to the other: The soldiers raked the entire village with machine-gun fire.) láta dynja á•- rake up
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