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1 rise
1. past tense - rose; verb1) (to become greater, larger, higher etc; to increase: Food prices are still rising; His temperature rose; If the river rises much more, there will be a flood; Her voice rose to a scream; Bread rises when it is baked; His spirits rose at the good news.) rísa, hækka, stíga, lyftast2) (to move upwards: Smoke was rising from the chimney; The birds rose into the air; The curtain rose to reveal an empty stage.) stíga, lyftast; hefja sig til flugs3) (to get up from bed: He rises every morning at six o'clock.) fara á fætur4) (to stand up: The children all rose when the headmaster came in.) standa upp5) ((of the sun etc) to appear above the horizon: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.) rísa6) (to slope upwards: Hills rose in the distance; The ground rises at this point.) rísa, hækka7) (to rebel: The people rose (up) in revolt against the dictator.) rísa upp gegn8) (to move to a higher rank, a more important position etc: He rose to the rank of colonel.) hækka í tign9) ((of a river) to begin or appear: The Rhône rises in the Alps.) eiga upptök sín10) ((of wind) to begin; to become stronger: Don't go out in the boat - the wind has risen.) magnast, aukast11) (to be built: Office blocks are rising all over the town.) rísa/byggjast upp12) (to come back to life: Jesus has risen.) rísa upp frá dauðum2. noun1) ((the) act of rising: He had a rapid rise to fame; a rise in prices.) hækkun, aukning2) (an increase in salary or wages: She asked her boss for a rise.) hækkun3) (a slope or hill: The house is just beyond the next rise.) hæð, hóll4) (the beginning and early development of something: the rise of the Roman Empire.) uppgangur•- rising3. adjectivethe rising sun; rising prices; the rising generation; a rising young politician.) rísandi, upprennandi- early- late riser
- give rise to
- rise to the occasion -
2 go blank
(to become empty: My mind went blank when the police questioned me.) tæmast -
3 place
[pleis] 1. noun1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) staður2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) pláss3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) -staður, -hús, svæði4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) sæti5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) sæti, staða6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) staða, stétt7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) staður8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) skylda; réttur9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) sæti, staða10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) hús; heimili11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) staður; notað í heitum gatna/torga12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) sæti2. verb1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) setja (á)2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) koma (e-m) fyrir sig•- go places
- in the first
- second place
- in place
- in place of
- out of place
- put oneself in someone else's place
- put someone in his place
- put in his place
- take place
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4 presume
[prə'zju:m]1) (to believe that something is true without proof; to take for granted: When I found the room empty, I presumed that you had gone home; `Has he gone?' `I presume so.') gera ráð fyrir2) (to be bold enough (to act without the right, knowledge etc to do so): I wouldn't presume to advise someone as clever as you.) leyfa sér, dirfast•- presumption
- presumptuous
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5 unoccupied
1) (empty or vacant: The room/seat was unoccupied.) óupptekinn, laus, auður2) (not busy: I paint in my unoccupied hours / when I'm otherwise unoccupied.) óupptekinn, laus
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