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  • 1 judge

    1. verb
    1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) dæma
    2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) dæma, úrskurða
    3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) dæma, meta
    4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) dæma, gagnrÿna
    2. noun
    1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) dómari
    2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) dómari
    3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) sérfræðingur
    - judgement
    - judgment
    - judging from / to judge from
    - pass judgement on
    - pass judgement

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  • 2 practical

    ['præktikəl]
    1) (concerned with the doing of something: practical difficulties; His knowledge is practical rather than theoretical.) framkvæmdar-
    2) ((of a thing, idea etc) useful; effective: You must try to find a practical answer to the problem.) hagnÿtur
    3) ((negative unpractical) (of a person) able to do or deal with things well or efficiently: He can look after himself - he's a very practical child.) sem er séður, sem hefur verksvit
    - practically
    - practical joke

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  • 3 rival

    1. noun
    (a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) keppinautur
    2. verb
    (to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) keppa við

    English-Icelandic dictionary > rival

  • 4 treat

    [tri:t] 1. verb
    1) (to deal with, or behave towards (a thing or person), in a certain manner: The soldiers treated me very well; The police are treating his death as a case of murder.) meðhöndla, koma fram við; líta á
    2) (to try to cure (a person or disease, injury etc): They treated her for a broken leg.) hafa til meðferðar
    3) (to put (something) through a process: The woodwork has been treated with a new chemical.) meðhöndla, verka
    4) (to buy (a meal, present etc) for (someone): I'll treat you to lunch; She treated herself to a new hat.) gera (e-m) dagamun, bjóða upp á
    5) (to write or speak about; to discuss.) ræða, skrifa
    2. noun
    (something that gives pleasure, eg an arranged outing, or some special food: He took them to the theatre as a treat.) skemmtun, dagamunur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > treat

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  • thing */*/*/ — UK [θɪŋ] / US noun Word forms thing : singular thing plural things 1) [countable] an object, or an item. This word is used when you cannot or do not want to refer to the object or item in a more specific way What s that thing over there on the… …   English dictionary

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  • thing — n. one’s interest; one’s bag. □ This isn’t exactly my thing, but I’ll give it a try. □ This is just your thing! Enjoy it! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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