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21 homestead
[-sted]noun (a house, especially a farm, with the land and other buildings (eg barns) which belong to it, especially in the United States, Australia etc.) bústaður, bÿli; bóndabær -
22 mayor
[meə, ]( American[) 'meiər]((especially in England, Ireland and the United States) the chief public official of a city, town or borough.) borgar-/bæjarstjóri- mayoress- lord mayor -
23 mediate
['mi:dieit](to try to settle a dispute between people who are disagreeing: The United States is trying to mediate (in the dispute) between these two countries.) miðla málum- mediator -
24 sheriff
['ʃerif](in the United States, the chief law officer of a county, concerned with maintaining peace and order.) lögreglustjóri -
25 slave
[sleiv] 1. noun1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) þræll2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) vinnuþræll2. verb(to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) þræla- slavery -
26 Thanksgiving
noun ((also Thanksgiving Day) in the United States, a special day (the fourth Thursday in November) for giving thanks to God.) ìakkargjörðardagur -
27 congress
['koŋɡres, ]( American[) -ɡris]1) (a formal meeting, especially an assembly of delegates etc.) ráðstefna; þing2) (a law-making body or parliament, especially that of the United States: He has been elected to Congress.) þjóðþing•- congressman
- congresswoman -
28 convention
[kən'venʃən]1) (a way of behaving that has become usual; (an) established custom: Shaking hands when meeting people is a normal convention in many countries; He does not care about convention.) siðvenja; viðtekin regla2) (in the United States a meeting of delegates from a political party for nominating a presidential candidate.) ráðstefna3) (an assembly of people of a particular profession etc.) ráðstefna•- conventionality -
29 county
plural - counties; noun(a large administrative unit of local government in England and Wales and in the United States.) hérað -
30 cowboy
noun (in the United States, a man who looks after cattle on a ranch.) kúreki -
31 gallon
['ɡælən](a measure for liquids, eight pints (in Britain, 4.546 litres; in the United States, 3.785 litres).) gallon- gallons of- gallons -
32 game warden
(a person who looks after a game reserve or, in the United States, game.) veiðieftirlitsmaður, umsjónarmaður -
33 grand jury
(in the United States, a jury which decides whether there is enough evidence for a person to be brought to trial.) ákærukviðdómur -
34 melting pot
noun (a place where different peoples, races, cultures etc blend: The United States is often described as a melting pot.) -
35 pint
(a unit for measuring liquids, one-eighth of a gallon (in Britain, 0.57 litre; in the United States, 0.47 litre): a pint of milk/beer.) hálfpottur -
36 rodeo
['rəudiou]plural - rodeos; noun(especially in the United States, a show or contest of riding, lassoing etc.) ródeó, kúrekasÿning/-keppni -
37 turkey
['tə:ki]1) (a kind of large farmyard bird.) kalkúnn2) (its flesh used as food, eaten especially at Christmas or (in the United States) Thanksgiving: We had turkey for dinner.) kalkúnn -
38 Yank
[jæŋk](an impolite word for a person from the United States of America.) Bandaríkjamaður, Kani- Yankee
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