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41 oil palm
(a palm tree whose fruit and seeds yield oil.) olíupálmi -
42 painter
1) (a person whose job is to put paint on things, especially walls, doors etc in houses: We employed a painter to paint the outside of the house.) (húsa)málari2) (an artist who makes pictures in paint: Who was the painter of this portrait?) (list)málari -
43 pig
[piɡ] 1. noun1) (a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon: He keeps pigs.) svín2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person: You pig!) svín•- piggy2. adjective(like a pig's: piggy eyes.) svínslegur- piglet- piggyback
- pigheaded
- pigheadedness
- pigskin
- pigsty
- pigswill
- pigtail
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44 plasterer
noun (a person whose job is to put plaster on walls, ceilings etc.) múrari -
45 police
[pə'li:s] 1. noun plural(the men and women whose job is to prevent crime, keep order, see that laws are obeyed etc: Call the police!; The police are investigating the matter; ( also adjective) the police force, a police officer.) lögregla2. verb(to supply (a place) with police: We cannot police the whole area.) annast löggæslu í- policeman
- policewoman
- police station -
46 politician
[-'tiʃən]noun (a person whose job is politics; a member of parliament.) stjórnmálamaður, pólitíkus -
47 poodle
['pu:dl](a breed of dog whose curly hair is often clipped in a decorative way.) púðli, púðluhundur -
48 postman
['pəusmən]noun ((American mailman) a person whose job is to (collect and) deliver letters etc: Has the postman been this morning yet?) póstmaður, póstur -
49 psychologist
noun (a person whose work is to study the human mind.) sálfræðingur -
50 quartermaster
noun (an officer whose job is to provide soldiers with food, transport, a place to live etc.) ráðsmaður -
51 registrar
1) (a person whose duty it is to keep a register (especially of births, marriages and deaths).) skrásetjari2) (in the United Kingdom etc one of the grades of hospital doctors.) spítalalæknir; læknakandídat -
52 rice
(a plant, grown in well-watered ground in tropical countries, whose seeds are used as food.) hrísgrjón -
53 rule the roost
(to be the person in a group, family etc whose orders, wishes etc are obeyed.) vera húsbóndi -
54 sage
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55 sailor
noun (a member of a ship's crew whose job is helping to sail a ship.) sjómaður -
56 secret police
(a police force whose activities are kept secret and which is concerned mostly with political crimes.) leynilögregla -
57 sector
['sektə](a section of a circle whose sides are a part of the circumference and two straight lines drawn from the centre to the circumference.) geiri -
58 ship-broker
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59 shipbuilder
noun (a person whose business is the construction of ships: a firm of shipbuilders.) skipasmiður -
60 side
1. noun1) ((the ground beside) an edge, border or boundary line: He walked round the side of the field; He lives on the same side of the street as me.) hlið; hinum megin; sömu megin2) (a surface of something: A cube has six sides.) hlið3) (one of the two of such surfaces which are not the top, bottom, front, or back: There is a label on the side of the box.) hlið4) (either surface of a piece of paper, cloth etc: Don't waste paper - write on both sides!) hlið; (blað)síða5) (the right or left part of the body: I've got a pain in my side.) síða6) (a part or division of a town etc: He lives on the north side of the town.) hluti7) (a slope (of a hill): a mountain-side.) hlíð, brekka8) (a point of view; an aspect: We must look at all sides of the problem.) hlið9) (a party, team etc which is opposing another: Whose side are you on?; Which side is winning?) lið, flokkur2. adjective(additional, but less important: a side issue.) auka-- - side- - sided
- sidelong
- sideways
- sideburns
- side effect
- sidelight
- sideline
- sidelines
- side road
- sidestep
- side-street
- sidetrack
- sidewalk
- from all sides
- on all sides
- side by side
- side with
- take sides
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