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121 go back
(to return to an earlier time, topic of conversation etc: Let's go back for a minute to what we were talking about earlier.) víkja aftur að -
122 go on
1) (to continue: Go on reading - I won't disturb you.) halda áfram2) (to talk a great deal, usually too much: She goes on and on about her health.) orðlengja um, láta dæluna ganga3) (to happen: What is going on here?) gerast, vera á seyði4) (to base one's investigations etc on: The police had very few clues to go on in their search for the murderer.) byggja á -
123 grace
[ɡreis] 1. noun1) (beauty of form or movement: The dancer's movements had very little grace.) (yndis)þokki2) (a sense of what is right: At least he had the grace to leave after his dreadful behaviour.) sómakennd3) (a short prayer of thanks for a meal.) borðbæn4) (a delay allowed as a favour: You should have paid me today but I'll give you a day's grace.) (gjald)frestur5) (the title of a duke, duchess or archbishop: Your/His Grace.) náð6) (mercy: by the grace of God.) náð•- graceful- gracefully
- gracefulness
- gracious 2. interjection(an exclamation of surprise.) hamingjan góða!- graciousness
- with a good/bad grace
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124 grasp
1. verb1) (to take hold of especially by putting one's fingers or arm(s) round: He grasped the rope; He grasped the opportunity to ask for a higher salary.) grípa (um)2) (to understand: I can't grasp what he's getting at.) skilja, grípa2. noun1) (a grip with one's hand etc: Have you got a good grasp on that rope?) grip2) (the ability to understand: His ideas are quite beyond my grasp.) skilningur•- grasping -
125 here you are
(here is what you want etc: Here you are. This is the book you were looking for.) gjörðu svo vel, hérna -
126 hip
I [hip] noun1) ((the bones in) either of the two sides of the body just below the waist: She fell and broke her left hip.)2) ((the measurement round) the body at the level of the widest part of the upper leg and buttocks: This exercise is good for the hips; What hip size are you?)II [hip] adjective((slang) (of people) up-to-date; following the latest fashion in music, clothes etc.) -
127 idea
1) (opinion; belief: I have an idea that it won't work.) hugmynd2) (a plan: I've an idea for solving this problem.) hugmynd, áætlun3) (mental picture: This will give you an idea of what I mean.) hugmynd -
128 ideal
1. adjective(perfect: This tool is ideal for the job I have in mind.) fullkominn2. noun1) (a person, thing etc that is looked on as being perfect: She was clever and beautiful - in fact she was his ideal of what a wife should be.) ímynd hins fullkomna2) (a person's standard of behaviour etc: a man of high ideals.) fyrirmynd•- idealist- idealism
- idealistic
- idealize
- idealise
- idealization
- idealisation
- ideally
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