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  • 1 for

    [fo:] 1. preposition
    1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) fyrir; handa; til
    2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) til
    3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) í
    4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) um, í
    5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) fyrir
    6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) fyrir
    7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) fyrir
    8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?) fyrir (hönd e-s)
    9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) með, til stuðnings
    10) (because of: for this reason.) vegna, fyrir
    11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) fyrir
    12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) fyrir
    13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) fyrir
    14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) miðað við
    15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) þrátt fyrir
    2. conjunction
    (because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) vegna

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  • 2 do

    [du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
    1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)
    2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])
    3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)
    4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)
    5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) gera
    6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) gera, ljúka
    7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) þvo upp; laga; hreinsa
    8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) nægja, ganga
    9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) vinna að, stúdera
    10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) farnast, standa sig
    11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) laga, snyrta, hirða
    12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) gera, haga sér
    13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) veita eða sÿna
    14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) valda
    15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) skoða
    2. noun
    (an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) veisla, samkvæmi
    - doings
    - done
    - do-it-yourself
    - to-do
    - I
    - he could be doing with / could do with
    - do away with
    - do for
    - done for
    - done in
    - do out
    - do out of
    - do's and don'ts
    - do without
    - to do with
    - what are you doing with

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  • 3 just

    I adjective
    1) (right and fair: not favouring one more than another: a fair and just decision.) réttmætur
    2) (reasonable; based on one's rights: He certainly has a just claim to the money.) réttmætur, lögmætur
    3) (deserved: He got his just reward when he crashed the stolen car and broke his leg.) verðskuldaður
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    - justness II adverb
    1) ((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, nákvæmlega
    2) ((with as) quite: This dress is just as nice as that one.) rétt eins, alveg jafn
    3) (very lately or recently: He has just gone out of the house.) rétt í þessu
    4) (on the point of; in the process of: She is just coming through the door.) í þann mund að, rétt í þessu
    5) (at the particular moment: The telephone rang just as I was leaving.) nákvæmlega á þeirri stundu
    6) ((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; aðeins
    7) (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; bara
    8) (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
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    - just now
    - just then

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  • 4 thread

    [Ɵred] 1. noun
    1) (a thin strand of cotton, wool, silk etc, especially when used for sewing: a needle and some thread.) þráður, tvinni
    2) (the spiral ridge around a screw: This screw has a worn thread.) skrúfgangur
    3) (the connection between the various events or details (in a story, account etc): I've lost the thread of what he's saying.) samhengi, þráður
    2. verb
    1) (to pass a thread through: I cannot thread this needle; The child was threading beads.) þræða
    2) (to make (one's way) through: She threaded her way through the crowd.) þræða sig áfram
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  • 5 criterion

    plural - criteria; noun
    (a standard used or referred to in judging something: What are your criteria for deciding which words to include in this dictionary?) forsenda; viðmiðun

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  • 6 use

    I [ju:z] verb
    1) (to employ (something) for a purpose: What did you use to open the can?; Use your common sense!) nota
    2) (to consume: We're using far too much electricity.) nota, neyta, eyða
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    - used
    - user
    - user-friendly
    - user guide
    - be used to something
    - be used to
    - used to     II [ju:s]
    1) (the act of using or state of being used: The use of force to persuade workers to join a strike cannot be justified; This telephone number is for use in emergencies.) notkun
    2) (the/a purpose for which something may be used: This little knife has plenty of uses; I have no further use for these clothes.) notagildi
    3) ((often in questions or with negatives) value or advantage: Is this coat (of) any use to you?; It's no use offering to help when it's too late.) gagn, nytsemi
    4) (the power of using: She lost the use of her right arm as a result of the accident.) not
    5) (permission, or the right, to use: They let us have the use of their car while they were away.) afnot
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    - usefulness
    - usefully
    - useless
    - be in use
    - out of use
    - come in useful
    - have no use for
    - it's no use
    - make good use of
    - make use of
    - put to good use
    - put to use

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  • 7 who

    [hu:] 1. pronoun
    ((used as the subject of a verb) what person(s)(?): Who is that woman in the green hat?; Who did that?; Who won?; Do you know who all these people are?) hver
    2. relative pronoun
    1) ((used to refer to a person or people mentioned previously to distinguish him or them from others: used as the subject of a verb: usually replaceable by that) (the) one(s) that: The man who/that telephoned was a friend of yours; A doctor is a person who looks after people's health.) sem, er
    2) (used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on a person or people: His mother, who was so proud, gave him a hug.) sem, er
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    3. pronoun
    1) (no matter who: Whoever rings, tell him/them I'm out.) sama hver
    2) ((also who ever) used in questions to express surprise etc: Whoever said that?) hver (í ósköpunum)
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    4. relative pronoun
    (used as the object of a verb or preposition but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who)
    1) ((used to refer to a person or people mentioned previously, to distinguish him or them from others: able to be omitted or replaced by that except when following a preposition) (the) one(s) that: The man (whom/that) you mentioned is here; Today I met some friends (whom/that) I hadn't seen for ages; This is the man to whom I gave it; This is the man (whom/who/that) I gave it to.) hvern, sem
    2) (used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on a person or people: His mother, who was so proud of him, gave him a hug.) hvern, sem
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  • 8 way

    [wei] 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) leið
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) leið, vegur, braut
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) vegur, braut
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) vegalengd, leið
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) aðferð, leið
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) háttur, máti, vísa
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) venja
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) leið; í gegnum
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) langt (á)
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means

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  • 9 spare

    [speə] 1. verb
    1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) sjá af
    2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) hafa (ekki) efni á
    3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) þyrma, sÿna miskunn
    4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) hlífa
    5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) vera spar á
    6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) hlífa við
    2. adjective
    1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) auka-
    2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) umfram-, frí-
    3. noun
    1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) varahlutur
    2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) varadekk
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    - sparingly
    - spare part
    - spare rib
    - and to spare
    - to spare

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  • 10 can

    [kæn] I negative - can't; verb
    1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.)
    2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?)
    3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.)
    4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?)
    II 1. noun
    (a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) dós
    2. verb
    (to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.) niðursjóða (á dósir eða krukkur)
    - cannery

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  • 11 key

    [ki:] 1. noun
    1) (an instrument or tool by which something (eg a lock or a nut) is turned: Have you the key for this door?) lykill
    2) (in musical instruments, one of the small parts pressed to sound the notes: piano keys.) nóta, snertill
    3) (in a typewriter, calculator etc, one of the parts which one presses to cause a letter etc to be printed, displayed etc.) lykill, hnappur
    4) (the scale in which a piece of music is set: What key are you singing in?; the key of F.) tóntegund
    5) (something that explains a mystery or gives an answer to a mystery, a code etc: the key to the whole problem.) lykill að lausn
    6) (in a map etc, a table explaining the symbols etc used in it.) táknlykill
    2. adjective
    (most important: key industries; He is a key man in the firm.) lykil-
    - keyhole
    - keyhole surgery
    - keynote
    - keyed up

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  • 12 mass

    I 1. [mæs] noun
    1) (a large lump or quantity, gathered together: a mass of concrete/people.) massi; hrúga; klumpur; fjöldi
    2) (a large quantity: I've masses of work / things to do.) ógrynni
    3) (the bulk, principal part or main body: The mass of people are in favour of peace.) meginhluti
    4) ((a) measure of the quantity of matter in an object: The mass of the rock is 500 kilos.) massi
    2. verb
    (to bring or come together in large numbers or quantities: The troops massed for an attack.) safnast saman
    3. adjective
    (of large quantities or numbers: mass murder; a mass meeting.) fjölda-
    - mass-produce
    - mass-production
    - the mass media     II [mæs] noun
    1) ((a) celebration, especially in the Roman Catholic church, of Christ's last meal (Last Supper) with his disciples: What time do you go to Mass?) messa
    2) (a setting to music of some of the words used in this service.) messa (tónverk)

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