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1 coincide
1) (to occupy (often by accident) the same space or time: Her arrival coincided with his departure.) falla saman2) (to agree: This coincides with what he told us; Their tastes in music coincide.) samsvara•- coincidental -
2 satisfy
1) (to give (a person) enough of what is wanted or needed to take away hunger, curiosity etc: The apple didn't satisfy my hunger; I told him enough to satisfy his curiosity.) fullnægja, seðja2) (to please: She is very difficult to satisfy.) gera til geðs•- satisfactory
- satisfactorily
- satisfied
- satisfying -
3 slacken
1) (to make or become looser: She felt his grip on her arm slacken.) slaka á; slakna2) (to make or become less busy, less active or less fast: The doctor told him to slacken up if he wanted to avoid a heart-attack.) slaka á, draga úr -
4 tell
[tel]1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) segja/greina (frá)2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) skipa3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) segja4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) greina (sundur), segja til um5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) segja frá6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) segja til sín, hafa áhrif•- teller- telling
- tellingly
- telltale
- I told you so
- tell off
- tell on
- tell tales
- tell the time
- there's no telling
- you never can tell -
5 start
I 1. verb1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) leggja af stað2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) byrja3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) starta, fara í gang4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) koma af stað/á fót2. noun1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) byrjun; rásmark2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) forskot•- starter- starting-point
- for a start
- get off to a good
- bad start
- start off
- start out
- start up
- to start with II 1. verb(to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc: The sudden noise made me start.) hrökkva við2. noun1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) kippur, rykkur2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) áfall -
6 agree
[ə'ɡri:]past tense, past participle - agreed; verb1) ((often with with) to think or say the same (as): I agreed with them that we should try again; The newspaper report does not agree with what he told us.) vera sammála/í samræmi við2) (to say that one will do or allow something: He agreed to go; He agreed to our request.) samþykkja3) ((with with) to be good for (usually one's health): Cheese does not agree with me.) eiga við, fara (illa) í (e-n)4) (to be happy and friendly together: John and his wife don't agree.) eiga (vel) saman•- agreeably
- agreement -
7 assemble
[ə'sembl]1) ((of people) to come together: The crowd assembled in the hall.) safna(st) saman2) (to call or bring together: He assembled his family and told them of his plan.) safna saman, kalla saman3) (to put together (a machine etc): He assembled the model aeroplane.) setja saman•- assembly -
8 beware
[bi'weə]1) ((usually with of) to be careful (of): Beware of the dog.) vara sig á, varast2) (to be careful: He told them to beware.) fara varlega -
9 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) brotna2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) brjóta3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) brotna; smella4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) segja brandara5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) brjóta upp6) (to solve (a code).) ráða, lesa úr7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) brotna niður2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) sprunga2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) rifa3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) smellur4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) högg5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) skens, háð, brandari6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) úrvals-- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack -
10 guarantee
1. noun1) (a statement by the maker that something will work for a certain period of time: This guarantee is valid for one year.) ábyrgð, ábyrgðarsamningur2) (a thing that makes something likely or certain: It is no guarantee against failure.) trygging2. verb1) (to act as, or give, a guarantee: This watch is guaranteed for six months.) vera í ábyrgð2) (to state that something is true, definite etc: I can't guarantee that what he told me is correct.) ábyrgjast, tryggja -
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12 hoard
[ho:d] 1. noun(a (sometimes hidden) store (of treasure, food etc): When she was supposed to be on a diet she secretly kept a hoard of potato crisps in a cupboard.) forði2. verb(to store up or keep large quantities of (something), often in secret: His mother told him to stop hoarding old newspapers.) safna saman; hamstra- hoarder -
13 hop
I 1. [hop] past tense, past participle - hopped; verb1) ((of people) to jump on one leg: The children had a competition to see who could hop the farthest; He hopped about in pain when the hammer fell on his foot.) hoppa á öðrum fæti2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) to jump on both or all legs: The sparrow/frog hopped across the lawn.) hoppa, stökkva3) (to jump: He hopped (over) the fence and ran away; He hopped out of bed.) stökkva yfir/fram úr4) ((with in(to), out (of)) to get into or out of a car etc: The car stopped and the driver told the hikers to hop in; I'll hop out of the car at the next crossroads.) hoppa upp í2. noun1) (a short jump on one leg.) hopp, stökk2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) a short jump on both or all legs: The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops.) hopp, stökk•- catch someone on the hop
- catch on the hop
- keep someone on the hop
- keep on the hop II [hop] noun(a climbing plant, the bitter fruits of which (hops) are used in brewing beer.) humall -
14 impair
[im'peə](to damage, weaken or make less good: He was told that smoking would impair his health.) skaða, veikja -
15 joke
[‹əuk] 1. noun1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) brandari2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) spaug, brandari2. verb1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) segja brandara, grínast með2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) gera að gamni sínu•- joker- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
- take a joke -
16 listen
['lisn]1) ((often with to) to give attention so as to hear (what someone is saying etc): I told her three times, but she wasn't listening; Do listen to the music!) hlusta2) ((with to) to follow the advice of: If she'd listened to me, she wouldn't have got into trouble.) fara að ráðum• -
17 obey
[ə'bei, ]( American[) ou-](to do what one is told to do: I obeyed the order.) hlÿða- obedient
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18 refuse
I [rə'fju:z] verb1) (not to do what one has been asked, told or is expected to do: He refused to help me; She refused to believe what I said; When I asked him to leave, he refused.) neita2) (not to accept: He refused my offer of help; They refused our invitation; She refused the money.) hafna3) (not to give (permission etc): I was refused admittance to the meeting.) neita um•- refusalII ['refju:s] noun(rubbish; waste material from eg a kitchen.) rusl- refuse collection vehicle -
19 repeat
[rə'pi:t] 1. verb1) (to say or do again: Would you repeat those instructions, please?) endurtaka2) (to say (something one has heard) to someone else, sometimes when one ought not to: Please do not repeat what I've just told you.) hafa eftir3) (to say (something) one has learned by heart: to repeat a poem.) fara með2. noun(something which is repeated: I'm tired of seeing all these repeats on television; ( also adjective) a repeat performance.) endurtekning; endurtekinn þáttur/sÿning- repeated- repeatedly
- repetition
- repetitive
- repetitively
- repetitiveness
- repeat oneself -
20 revenge
[rə'ven‹] 1. noun1) (harm done to another person in return for harm which he has done (to oneself or to someone else): The man told the manager he would get/have his revenge / take revenge on the company for dismissing him; His revenge was to burn down the factory.) hefnd2) (the desire to do such harm: The man said he had burned down the factory out of revenge / in revenge for being dismissed.) hefnd2. verb((with on) to get (one's) revenge: He revenged himself on his enemies; I'll soon be revenged on you all.) hefna (sín)
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