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81 rhyme
1. noun1) (a short poem: a book of rhymes for children.) vísa2) (a word which is like another in its final sound(s): `Beef' and `leaf' are rhymes.) rímaður kveðskapur3) (verse or poetry using such words at the ends of the lines: To amuse his colleagues he wrote his report in rhyme.) ríma2. verb((of words) to be rhymes: `Beef' rhymes with `leaf'; `Beef' and `leaf' rhyme.) ríma -
82 right-handed
adjective ((of people) using the right hand more easily than the left, eg for writing: The majority of people are right-handed.) rétthendur -
83 row
I [rəu] noun(a line: two rows of houses; They were sitting in a row; They sat in the front row in the theatre.) röðII 1. [rəu] verb1) (to move (a boat) through the water using oars: He rowed (the dinghy) up the river.) róa2) (to transport by rowing: He rowed them across the lake.) flytja/ferja í árabát2. noun(a trip in a rowing-boat: They went for a row on the river.) bátsferð (í árabát)- rower- rowing-boat
- row-boat III noun1) (a noisy quarrel: They had a terrible row; a family row.) hávaðarifrildi2) (a continuous loud noise: They heard a row in the street.) gauragangur -
84 Rugby
((also Rugby / rugby football: abbreviation rugger) a kind of football using an oval ball which can be carried.) rugby -
85 rugby
((also Rugby / rugby football: abbreviation rugger) a kind of football using an oval ball which can be carried.) rugby -
86 sacrilege
['sækrəli‹](the act of using a holy thing or place in a wicked way: Robbing a church is considered (a) sacrilege.) helgispjöll, vanhelgun- sacrilegiously
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87 sarcastic
[-'kæs-]adjective (containing, or using, sarcasm: a sarcastic person.) meinhæðinn -
88 satirise
[-ti-]verb (to make look foolish by using satire.) snúa (e-u) upp í háð -
89 satirize
[-ti-]verb (to make look foolish by using satire.) snúa (e-u) upp í háð -
90 save
I 1. [seiv] verb1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) bjarga2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) spara3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) spara (sér) vinnu/vandræði4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) koma í veg fyrir mark, verja(st)5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) frelsa6) (to keep data in the computer.)2. noun((in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.) björgun, vörn- saver- saving
- savings
- saviour
- saving grace
- savings account
- savings bank
- save up II [seiv] preposition, conjunction(except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.) nema -
91 scan
[skæn] 1. past tense, past participle - scanned; verb1) (to examine carefully: He scanned the horizon for any sign of a ship.) grannskoða2) (to look at quickly but not in detail: She scanned the newspaper for news of the murder.) renna augum yfir3) (to pass radar beams etc over: The area was scanned for signs of enemy aircraft.) skanna með radar4) (to pass an electronic or laser beam over a text or picture in order to store it in the memory of a computer.) lúta bragreglum5) (to examine and get an image of what is inside a person's body or an object by using ultra-sound and x-ray: They scanned his luggage at the airport to see if he was carrying drugs.)6) (to fit into a particular rhythm or metre: The second line of that verse doesn't scan properly.)2. nounShe had an ultrasound scan to see whether the baby was a boy or a girl; a brain scan; a quick scan through the report.)- scanner -
92 scramble
['skræmbl] 1. verb1) (to crawl or climb quickly, using arms and legs: They scrambled up the slope; He scrambled over the rocks.) klöngrast2) (to move hastily: He scrambled to his feet.) brölta3) ((with for) to rush, or struggle with others, to get: The boys scrambled for the ball.) berjast/keppast um e-ð4) (to distort (a telephone message etc) so that it can only be received and understood with a special receiver.) rugla2. noun((sometimes with for) an act of scrambling; a rush or struggle: There was a scramble for the best bargains.) barátta um e-ð- scrambled eggs
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93 scuffle
(a confused fight usually between a few people using their fists, feet etc: The two men quarrelled and there was a scuffle.) ryskingar -
94 selective
[-tiv]adjective (having the power of choice and using it, especially carefully: She is very selective about clothes.) valvís; sem er gjarn á/fær að velja -
95 semi-bilingual
((of a dictionary) which combines the features of a monolingual and a bilingual dictionary: The dictionary which you are now using is semi-bilingual.) -
96 sew
[səu]past tense - sewed; verb(to make, stitch or attach with thread, using a needle: She sewed the pieces together; Have you sewn my button on yet?) sauma- sewer- sewing
- sewing-machine
- sew up
- sewn up -
97 shorthand
noun (a method of writing rapidly, using strokes, dots etc to represent sounds.) hraðritun -
98 simile
['siməli](a form of expression using `like' or `as', in which one thing is compared to another which it only resembles in one or a small number of ways: `Her hair was like silk' is a simile.) (sam)líking -
99 sniff out
(to discover or detect (by using the sense of smell): The police used dogs to sniff out the explosives.) þefa uppi -
100 sonic
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