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1 for hours
(for a very long time: We waited for hours for the train.) í langan tíma, klukkustundum saman -
2 come on
1) (to appear on stage or the screen: They waited for the comedian to come on.) birtast, koma fram2) (hurry up!: Come on - we'll be late for the party!) komdu nú3) (don't be ridiculous!: Come on, you don't really expect me to believe that!) láttu ekki svona -
3 just
I adjective1) (right and fair: not favouring one more than another: a fair and just decision.) réttmætur2) (reasonable; based on one's rights: He certainly has a just claim to the money.) réttmætur, lögmætur3) (deserved: He got his just reward when he crashed the stolen car and broke his leg.) verðskuldaður•- justly- justness II adverb1) ((often with as) exactly or precisely: This penknife is just what I needed; He was behaving just as if nothing had happened; The house was just as I'd remembered it.) einmitt, rétt eins og, nákvæmlega2) ((with as) quite: This dress is just as nice as that one.) rétt eins, alveg jafn3) (very lately or recently: He has just gone out of the house.) rétt í þessu4) (on the point of; in the process of: She is just coming through the door.) í þann mund að, rétt í þessu5) (at the particular moment: The telephone rang just as I was leaving.) nákvæmlega á þeirri stundu6) ((often with only) barely: We have only just enough milk to last till Friday; I just managed to escape; You came just in time.) varla; aðeins7) (only; merely: They waited for six hours just to get a glimpse of the Queen; `Where are you going?' `Just to the post office'; Could you wait just a minute?) aðeins; bara8) (used for emphasis, eg with commands: Just look at that mess!; That just isn't true!; I just don't know what to do.) sjáðu bara!9) (absolutely: The weather is just marvellous.) öldungis•- just now
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4 at fever pitch
(at a level of great excitement: The crowd's excitement was at fever pitch as they waited for the filmstar to appear.) á suðupunkti -
5 catch up
(to come level (with): We caught him up at the corner; Ask the taxi-driver if he can catch up with that lorry; We waited for him to catch up; She had a lot of schoolwork to catch up on after her illness.) ná, vinna upp -
6 eternity
1) (time without end.) eilífð, óendanleiki2) (a seemingly endless time: He waited for an eternity.) óratími3) (the state or time after death.) hið eilífa líf -
7 fuse
I 1. [fju:z] verb1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) bræða (saman)2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) fara, springa, detta út2. noun(a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.) rafmagnsöryggi- fusionII [fju:z] noun(a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) sprengiþráður -
8 lag
[læɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - lagged; verb((often with behind) to move too slowly and become left behind: We waited for the smaller children, who were lagging behind the rest.) dragast aftur úr2. noun(an act of lagging or the amount by which one thing is later than another: There is sometimes a time-lag of several seconds between our seeing the lightning and our hearing the thunder.) seinkun, töf -
9 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) koma sér fyrir; róast2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) koma sér fyrir3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) koma sér að verki -
10 show up
1) (to make obvious: This light shows up the places where I've mended this coat.) sÿna í réttu ljósi, leiða í ljós2) (to reveal the faults of: Mary was so neat that she really showed me up.) leiða í ljós galla (með samanburði)3) (to stand out clearly: The scratches showed up on the photograph.) koma berlega í ljós4) (to appear or arrive: I waited for her, but she never showed up.) láta sjá sig -
11 platform
['plætfo:m]1) (a raised part of a floor eg in a hall, for speakers, entertainers etc: The orchestra arranged themselves on the platform.) ræðu-/sviðspallur, svið2) (the raised area between or beside the lines in a railway station: They waited on the platform for their train to arrive; The London train will leave from platform 6.) brautarpallur -
12 suspense
[-s]noun (a state of uncertainty and anxiety: We waited in suspense for the result of the competition.) spenna, óvissa, eftirvænting
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