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1 village
['vili‹]1) (a group of houses etc which is smaller than a town: They live in a little village; ( also adjective) a village school.) þorp2) (the people who live in such a group of houses: The whole village turned out to see the celebrations.) þorpsbúar•- villager -
2 global village
noun (the world thought of as a small place, because modern communication allow fast and efficient contact even to its remote parts.) -
3 remote
[rə'mout]1) (far away in time or place; far from any (other) village, town etc: a remote village in New South Wales; a farmhouse remote from civilization.) afskekktur2) (distantly related: a remote cousin) fjarskyldur3) (very small or slight: a remote chance of success; He hasn't the remotest idea what is going on.) lítill, hverfandi•- remotely- remoteness
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4 approach
[ə'prəu ] 1. verb(to come near (to): The car approached (the traffic lights) at top speed; Christmas is approaching.) nálgast2. noun1) (the act of coming near: The boys ran off at the approach of a policeman.) koma, það að e-ð nálgast2) (a road, path etc leading to a place: All the approaches to the village were blocked by fallen rock.) aðkoma, aðkomuleið3) (an attempt to obtain or attract a person's help, interest etc: They have made an approach to the government for help; That fellow makes approaches to (= he tries to become friendly with) every woman he meets.) leita til; reyna við•- approaching -
5 approachable
1) (friendly.) viðmótsgóður2) (that can be reached: The village is not approachable by road.) sem hægt er að komast að -
6 atmosphere
['ætməsfiə]1) (the air surrounding the earth: The atmosphere is polluted.)2) (any surrounding feeling: There was a friendly atmosphere in the village.)• -
7 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 -
8 backwater
1) (a stretch of river not in the main stream.) straumlaus vík í fljótsbakka2) (a place not affected by what is happening in the world outside: That village is rather a backwater.) afskekktur staður -
9 be taken with/by
(to find pleasing or attractive: He was very taken with the village.) vera hrifinn af -
10 by far
(by a large amount: They have by far the largest family in the village.) mun, langtum -
11 common
['komən] 1. adjective1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) algengur2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) sameiginlegur3) (publicly owned: common property.) almennings-4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) ruddalegur, ókurteis5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) óbreyttur; alþÿðan6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) samnafn2. noun((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) almenningur- commoner- common knowledge
- common law
- common-law
- commonplace
- common-room
- common sense
- the Common Market
- the House of Commons
- the Commons
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12 cottage
['koti‹]noun (a small house, especially in the country or in a village: a holiday cottage in Devon.) lítið einbÿlishús; sumarhús -
13 earthquake
noun (a shaking of the earth's surface: The village was destroyed by an earthquake.) jarðskjálfti -
14 east
[i:st] 1. noun1) (the direction from which the sun rises, or any part of the earth lying in that direction: The wind is blowing from the east; The village is to the east of Canton; in the east of England.) austur, austurátt2) ((also E) one of the four main points of the compass: He took a direction 10° E of N / east of north.) austur2. adjective1) (in the east: the east coast.) austur-2) (from the direction of the east: an east wind.) að austan, austanstæður3. adverb(towards the east: The house faces east.) í austur- easterly- eastern
- easternmost
- eastward
- eastwards
- eastward
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15 facelift
1) (an operation to smooth and firm the face: She has had a facelift.) andlitslyfting2) (a process intended to make a building etc look better: This village will be given a facelift.) umbætur, fegrunaraðgerðir -
16 festival
['festəvəl]1) (an occasion of public celebration: In Italy, each village holds a festival once a year.) skemmtun, hátíð2) (a season of musical, theatrical etc performances: Every three years the city holds a drama festival; ( also adjective) a festival programme.) hátíð -
17 formerly
adverb (in earlier times: Formerly this large town was a small village.) forðum, fyrrum -
18 globe
[ɡləub]1) ((usually with the) the Earth: I've travelled to all parts of the globe.) hnöttur; jörðin2) (a ball with a map of the Earth on it.) hnattlíkan3) (an object shaped like a globe: The chemicals were crushed in a large metal globe.) hnattlaga hlutur•- global- global village
- globally
- globular
- globe-trotter
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19 green
[ɡri:n] 1. adjective1) (of the colour of growing grass or the leaves of most plants: a green hat.) grænn2) (not ripe: green bananas.) óþroskaður3) (without experience: Only someone as green as you would believe a story like that.) grænn, reynslulaus, barnalegur4) (looking as if one is about to be sick; very pale: He was green with envy (= very jealous).) fölur, grænn2. noun1) (the colour of grass or the leaves of plants: the green of the trees in summer.) græna; grænn litur2) (something (eg paint) green in colour: I've used up all my green.) grænn litur3) (an area of grass: a village green.) grasflöt, grænt svæði4) (an area of grass on a golf course with a small hole in the centre.) (golf)flöt5) (concerned with the protection of the environment: green issues; a green political party.)•- greenish- greens
- greenfly
- greengage
- greengrocer
- greenhouse
- greenhouse effect
- the green light -
20 have a finger in the pie / in every pie
(to be involved in everything that happens: She likes to have a finger in every pie in the village.) vera viðriðinn e-ðEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > have a finger in the pie / in every pie
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Village — A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city [ [http://www.answers.com/village r=67 village: Definition and Much More from Answers.com ] ] . Though generally located in rural areas … Wikipedia
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