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81 appreciate
[ə'pri:ʃieit]1) (to be grateful for (something): I appreciate all your hard work.)2) (to value (someone or something) highly: Mothers are very often not appreciated.)3) (understand; to be aware of: I appreciate your difficulties but I cannot help.)4) (to increase in value: My house has appreciated (in value) considerably over the last ten years.)•- appreciably
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82 arduous
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83 as long as / so long as
1) (provided only that: As/So long as you're happy, it doesn't matter what you do.) svo framarlega sem2) (while; during the time that: As long as he's here I'll have more work to do.) á meðan -
84 ashamed
[ə'ʃeimd](feeling shame: He was ashamed of his bad work, ashamed to admit his mistake, ashamed of himself.) sem skammast sín, sneypulegur -
85 associate
1. [ə'səusieit] verb1) (to connect in the mind: He always associated the smell of tobacco with his father.) tengja2) ((usually with with) to join (with someone) in friendship or work: They don't usually associate (with each other) after office hours.) umgangast2. [-et] adjective1) (having a lower position or rank: an associate professor.) aðstoðar-2) (joined or connected: associate organizations.) tengdur, auka-3. noun(a colleague or partner; a companion.) félagi; samstarfsmaður- in association with -
86 assumption
noun (something assumed: On the assumption that we can produce four pages an hour, the work will be finished tomorrow.) sem ráð er fyrir gert, ætlaður -
87 at
[æt]( showing)1) (position: They are not at home; She lives at 33 Forest Road) á, í, hjá, við2) (direction: He looked at her; She shouted at the boys.) á, að, í, við3) (time: He arrived at ten o'clock; The children came at the sound of the bell.) á, við, í4) (state or occupation: The countries are at war; She is at work.) í5) (pace or speed: He drove at 120 kilometres per hour.) á6) (cost: bread at $1.20 a loaf.) á, fyrir•- at all -
88 at a stretch
(continuously: He can't work for more than three hours at a stretch.) samfellt -
89 at the expense of
1) (being paid for by; at the cost of: He equipped the expedition at his own expense; At the expense of his health he finally completed the work.) á kostnað2) (making (a person) appear ridiculous: He told a joke at his wife's expense.) á kostnað e-s -
90 attack
[ə'tæk] 1. verb1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) ráðast á2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) ráðast á3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) sækja4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) takast á við2. noun1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) árás2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) kast, áfall -
91 automation
noun ((in factories etc) the use of machines, especially to work other machines: Automation has resulted in people losing their jobs.) það að koma á sjálfvirkni, sjálfvirkni -
92 average
['ævəri‹] 1. noun(the result of adding several amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts: The average of 3, 7, 9 and 13 is 8 (= 32:4).) meðaltal2. adjective1) (obtained by finding the average of amounts etc: average price; the average temperature for the week.) meðal-, meðaltals-2) (ordinary; not exceptional: The average person is not wealthy; His work is average.) venjulegur, meðal-3. verb(to form an average: His expenses averaged (out at) 15 dollars a day.) ná að meðaltali -
93 averse
[ə'və:s]((with to) having a dislike for: averse to hard work.) fráhverfur, frábitinn, mótfallinn- aversion -
94 backbreaking
adjective ((of a task etc) very difficult or requiring very hard work: Digging the garden is a backbreaking job.) lÿjandi, erfiður -
95 backlog
noun (a pile of uncompleted work etc which has collected: a backlog of orders because of the strike.) óafgreidd mál -
96 backside
noun (the bottom or buttocks: He sits on his backside all day long and does no work.) rass, sitjandi -
97 be a tribute to
(to be the (praiseworthy) result of: The success of the scheme is a tribute to his hard work.) vera (lofsverður) vitnisburður um -
98 be in full swing
(to be going ahead, or continuing, busily or vigorously: The work was in full swing.) vera í fullum gangi -
99 be up to
1) (to be busy or occupied with (an activity etc): What is he up to now?) vera upptekinn við2) (to be capable of: He isn't quite up to the job.) hæfur í/til3) (to reach the standard of: This work isn't up to your best.) í samræmi við4) (to be the duty or privilege of: It's up to you to decide; The final choice is up to him.) vera á valdi/í verkahring (e-s) -
100 be up to / below standard
(to (fail to) achieve the required standard: Her work is well up to standard.) standast (ekki) tilteknar kröfur
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