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  • 1 by chance

    (by luck; without planning: They met by chance.) af (einskærri) tilviljun

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  • 2 meet

    [mi:t] 1. past tense, past participle - met; verb
    1) (to come face to face with (eg a person whom one knows), by chance: She met a man on the train.) mæta
    2) ((sometimes, especially American, with with) to come together with (a person etc), by arrangement: The committee meets every Monday.) hittast, koma saman
    3) (to be introduced to (someone) for the first time: Come and meet my wife.) kynnast, vera kynntur fyrir
    4) (to join: Where do the two roads meet?) mætast, skerast
    5) (to be equal to or satisfy (eg a person's needs, requirements etc): Will there be sufficient stocks to meet the public demand?) uppfylla
    6) (to come into the view, experience or presence of: A terrible sight met him / his eyes when he opened the door.) slá; vekja athygli/undrun/hrylling
    7) (to come to or be faced with: He met his death in a car accident.) verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta
    8) ((with with) to experience or suffer; to receive a particular response: She met with an accident; The scheme met with their approval.) verða fyrir, hljóta, mæta
    9) (to answer or oppose: We will meet force with greater force.) svara
    2. noun
    (a gathering, especially of sportsmen: The local huntsmen are holding a meet this week.) mót
    - meet someone halfway
    - meet halfway

    English-Icelandic dictionary > meet

  • 3 accident

    ['æksidənt]
    1) (an unexpected happening, often harmful, causing injury etc: There has been a road accident.) slys
    2) (chance: I met her by accident.) tilviljun
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    - accidentally

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  • 4 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) brjóta
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) brjóta af
    3) (to make or become unusable.) brjóta, skemma
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) brjóta gegn; svíkjast um
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) brjóta/setja met
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) gera hlé á
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) rjúfa
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) fréttast; segja fréttir
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) bresta
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) draga úr
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) skella á
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) hlé
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) breyting; sloti
    3) (an opening.) op; skarð
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) tækifæri
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    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) brothættur
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it

    English-Icelandic dictionary > break

  • 5 by

    1. preposition
    1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) hjá, við hliðina á
    2) (past: going by the house.) fram hjá
    3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) um, eftir
    4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) af e-u/e-m
    5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) með
    6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) af, með
    7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) ekki seinna en
    8) (during the time of.) á meðan
    9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) um, en
    10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) sinnum
    11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) eftir, í... -tali
    12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) að
    2. adverb
    1) (near: They stood by and watched.) hjá
    2) (past: A dog ran by.) hjá
    3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) til hliðar
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    - bypass 3. verb
    (to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) fara framhjá
    - bystander
    - by and by
    - by and large
    - by oneself
    - by the way

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