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1 half
1. plural - halves; noun1) (one of two equal parts of anything: He tried to stick the two halves together again; half a kilo of sugar; a kilo and a half of sugar; one and a half kilos of sugar.) hálfur2) (one of two equal parts of a game (eg in football, hockey) usually with a break between them: The Rangers scored three goals in the first half.) hálfleikur2. adjective1) (being (equal to) one of two equal parts (of something): a half bottle of wine.) hálfur2) (being made up of two things in equal parts: A centaur is a mythical creature, half man and half horse.) að hálfu, hálf-3) (not full or complete: a half smile.) hálf-3. adverb1) (to the extent of one half: This cup is only half full; It's half empty.) hálf-2) (almost; partly: I'm half hoping he won't come; half dead from hunger.) hálfpartinn•- half-- halve
- half-and-half
- half-back
- half-brother
- half-sister
- half-caste
- half-hearted
- half-heartedly
- half-heartedness
- half-holiday
- half-hourly
- half-term
- half-time
- half-way
- half-wit
- half-witted
- half-yearly
- at half mast
- by half
- do things by halves
- go halves with
- half past three
- four
- seven
- in half
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2 shaft
1) (the long straight part or handle of a tool, weapon etc: the shaft of a golf-club.) skaft2) (one of two poles on a cart etc to which a horse etc is harnessed: The horse stood patiently between the shafts.) vagnstöng/-kjálki3) (a revolving bar transmitting motion in an engine: the driving-shaft.) drifskaft4) (a long, narrow space, made for eg a lift in a building: a liftshaft; a mineshaft.) -stokkur5) (a ray of light: a shaft of sunlight.) ljósgeisli -
3 cart
1. noun1) (a two-wheeled (usually horse-drawn) vehicle for carrying loads: a farm cart.) tvíhjólavagn2) ((American) a small wheeled vehicle pushed by hand, for carrying groceries, golf clubs etc.) kerra2. verb1) (to carry (in a cart): He carted the manure into the field.) flytja í kerru2) (to carry: I don't want to cart this luggage around all day.) burðast• -
4 flank
[flæŋk] 1. noun(the side of anything especially an animal's body or an army: the horse's flank; They marched around the enemy's flank.) síða; hlið2. verb1) (to be at the side of: The prisoner appeared, flanked by two policemen.) vera við hliðina á2) (to come around the side of: The troops flanked the enemy forces.) ráðast á frá hlið -
5 rein
[rein]1) ((usually in plural) one of two straps attached to a bridle for guiding a horse.) (beislis)taumur2) ((in plural) straps fitted round a toddler so that he can be prevented from straying in the street etc.) beisli•- rein in -
6 runaway
noun (a person, animal etc that runs away: The police caught the two runaways; ( also adjective) a runaway horse.) strokumaður/-hestur -
7 seat
[si:t] 1. noun1) (something for sitting on: Are there enough seats for everyone?) sæti2) (the part of a chair etc on which the body sits: This chair-seat is broken.) seta, sessa3) ((the part of a garment covering) the buttocks: I've got a sore seat after all that horse riding; a hole in the seat of his trousers.) buxnaseta4) (a place in which a person has a right to sit: two seats for the play; a seat in Parliament; a seat on the board of the company.) sæti5) (a place that is the centre of some activity etc: Universities are seats of learning.) (að)setur2. verb1) (to cause to sit down: I seated him in the armchair.) láta setjast2) (to have seats for: Our table seats eight.) taka í sæti•- - seater- seating
- seat belt
- take a seat -
8 zebra
['zi:brə, 'zeb-]plural - zebras, zebra; noun(a kind of striped animal of the horse family, found wild in Africa: two zebras; a herd of zebras.) sebrahestur
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