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1 twenty
['twenti] 1. noun1) (the number or figure 20.) tuttugu2) (the age of 20.) tuttugu ára2. adjective1) (20 in number.) tuttugu2) (aged 20.) tuttugu ára•- twenties- twentieth
- twenty-
- twenty-year-old 3. adjective( (of a person or thing) twenty years old) tuttugu ára -
2 twenty-
(having twenty (of something).) tuttugu- -
3 twenty-year-old
noun (a person who is twenty years old.) tuttugu ára gamall -
4 night
1) (the period from sunset to sunrise: We sleep at night; They talked all night (long); He travelled by night and rested during the day; The days were warm and the nights were cool; ( also adjective) He is doing night work.) nótt; kvöld2) (the time of darkness: In the Arctic in winter, night lasts for twenty-four hours out of twenty-four.) nótt•- nightly- night-club
- nightdress
- nightgown
- nightfall
- nightmare
- nightmarish
- night-school
- night shift
- night-time
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5 per cent
[pə'sent]adverb (, noun (often written % with figures) (of numbers, amounts etc) stated as a fraction of one hundred: Twenty-five per cent of one hundred and twenty is thirty; 25% of the people did not reply to our letters.) prósent, hundraðstala -
6 twentieth
1) (one of twenty equal parts.) tuttugasti2) (( also adjective) (the) last of twenty (people, things etc); (the) next after the nineteenth.) tuttugasti -
7 betroth
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8 C
( written abbreviation) (Celsius or centigrade: 20°C (= twenty degrees Celsius/centigrade).) -
9 canvas
['kænvəs]plural - canvases; noun1) (( also adjective) (of) a coarse cloth made of hemp or flax etc, used for sails, tents etc, and for painting on: canvas sails.) strigi; segldúkur2) ((a piece of canvas for) a painting: He painted twenty canvases.) olíumálverk á striga• -
10 Celsius
['selsiəs]((often abbreviated to C when written) centigrade: twenty degrees Celsius; 20°C.) Celsíus- -
11 centigrade
['sentiɡreid]((often abbreviated to C when written) as measured on a centigrade thermometer: twenty degrees centigrade; 20°C.) Celsíus- -
12 come round
1) ((also come around) to visit: Come round and see us soon.) koma við/í heimsókn2) (to regain consciousness: After receiving anesthesia, don't expect to come round for at least twenty minutes.) komast til meðvitundar -
13 container
1) (something made to contain things: He brought his lunch in a plastic container.) ílát2) (a very large sealed metal box for carrying goods on a lorry, ship etc: The ship carried twenty containers; ( also adjective) a container ship, a container lorry.) gámur -
14 day
[dei] 1. noun1) (the period from sunrise to sunset: She worked all day; The days are warm but the nights are cold.) dagur2) (a part of this period eg that part spent at work: How long is your working day?; The school day ends at 3 o'clock; I see him every day.) vinnudagur3) (the period of twenty-four hours from one midnight to the next: How many days are in the month of September?) sólarhringur4) ((often in plural) the period of, or of the greatest activity, influence, strength etc of (something or someone): in my grandfather's day; in the days of steam-power.) blómaskeið•- daybreak- day-dream 2. verbShe often day-dreams.) dagdreyma- daylight- day school
- daytime
- call it a day
- day by day
- day in
- day out
- make someone's day
- one day
- some day
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15 draughts
, (American checkers) noun1) (singular a game for two people, played on a board (a draughtboard, (American) checkerboard) exactly like a chessboard, with twenty-four discs.) dammborð2) (plural the discs.) dammskífur, dammar -
16 equal
['i:kwəl] 1. adjective(the same in size, amount, value etc: four equal slices; coins of equal value; Are these pieces equal in size? Women want equal wages with men.) jafn2. noun(one of the same age, rank, ability etc: I am not his equal at running.) jafningi3. verb(to be the same in amount, value, size etc: I cannot hope to equal him; She equalled his score of twenty points; Five and five equals ten.) jafngilda- equality- equalize
- equalise
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17 foreman
['fo:mən]plural - foremen; noun(the supervisor or leader of a group, especially of workmen or a jury: The foreman here is in charge of twenty workmen.) verkstjóri -
18 go down
1) ((with well/badly) to be approved or disapproved of: The story went down well (with them).) vera (vel eða illa) tekið2) ((of a ship) to sink: They were lost at sea when the ship went down.) sökkva3) ((of the sun or moon) to go below the horizon.) ganga undir, setjast4) (to be remembered: Your bravery will go down in history.) vera skráð á blöð sögunnar5) ((of places) to become less desirable: This part of town has gone down in the last twenty years.) hnigna; draga úr eftirsókn/vinsældum -
19 hike
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20 hour
1) (sixty minutes, the twenty-fourth part of a day: He spent an hour trying to start the car this morning; She'll be home in half an hour; a five-hour delay.) klukkustund2) (the time at which a particular thing happens: when the hour for action arrives; He helped me in my hour of need; You can consult him during business hours.) tiltekin stund; tími dags; afgreiðslutími•- hourly- hour-glass
- hour hand
- at all hours
- for hours
- on the hour
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