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21 court
[ko:t] 1. noun1) (a place where legal cases are heard: a magistrates' court; the High Court.) réttur2) (the judges and officials of a legal court: The accused is to appear before the court on Friday.) dómstóll3) (a marked-out space for certain games: a tennis-court; a squash court.) völlur4) (the officials, councillors etc of a king or queen: the court of King James.) hirð5) (the palace of a king or queen: Hampton Court.) konungsgarður6) (an open space surrounded by houses or by the parts of one house.) húsagarður2. verb1) (to try to win the love of; to woo.) stíga í vænginn við2) (to try to gain (admiration etc).) sækjast eftir3) (to seem to be deliberately risking (disaster etc).) bjóða (e-u óæskilegu) heim•- courtier- courtly
- courtliness
- courtship
- courthouse
- court-martial
- courtyard -
22 defeat
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23 ding-dong
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24 downhearted
adjective (depressed and in low spirits, especially lacking the inclination to carry on with something: Don't be downhearted! - we may yet win.) dapur, vondaufur -
25 dream
1. [dri:m] noun1) (thoughts and pictures in the mind that come mostly during sleep: I had a terrible dream last night.) draumur2) (a state of being completely occupied by one's own thoughts: Don't sit there in a dream!) dagdraumur3) (something perfect or very beautiful: Your house is a dream!) (alveg) draumur; frábær4) (an ambition or hope: It's my dream to win a Nobel Prize.) draumur2. [dremt] verb((sometimes with of) to see visions and pictures in the mind, especially when asleep: For years I dreamed of being a great artist; I dreamt last night that the house had burnt down.) dreyma- dreamer- dreamless
- dreamy
- dreamily
- dreaminess
- dream up -
26 eager
['i:ɡə](full of desire, interest etc; keen; enthusiastic: He is always eager to win.) ákafur- eagerly -
27 eight
[eit] 1. noun1) (the number or figure 8: Four and four are/is/make eight.) átta2) (the age of 8: children of eight and over.) átta ára3) (the crew of an eight-oared racing boat: Did the Cambridge eight win?) áhöfn á áttæringi2. adjective1) (8 in number: eight people; He is eight years old.) átta2) (aged 8: He is eight today.) átta ára (gamall)•- eight-- eighth
- eight-year-old 3. adjectivean eight-year-old child.) átta ára -
28 femininity
noun (the quality of being feminine: She never used her femininity to win the argument.) kvenleiki -
29 get the best of
(to win, or get some advantage from, (a fight, argument etc): He was shouting a lot, but I think I got the best of the argument.) hafa betur -
30 get the better of
(to overcome; to win (against): He got the better of his opponent / the argument.) snúa á; sigra -
31 get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
(to have or win an advantage over: Our team managed to get the upper hand in the end.) ná/hafa yfirhöndEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
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32 get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
(to have or win an advantage over: Our team managed to get the upper hand in the end.) ná/hafa yfirhöndEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > get/have the upper hand (of/over someone)
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33 go after
1) (to try to win: He's going after that prize.) sækjast eftir2) (to follow or chase: Go after him and apologize.) fara á eftir, elta -
34 hands down
(very easily: You'll win hands down.) auðveldlega -
35 have/get/gain the upper hand
(to (begin to) win, beat the enemy etc: The enemy made a fierce attack but failed to get the upper hand.) hafa/ná yfirhönd -
36 hit the jackpot
(to win or obtain a lot of money or success: She must have hit the jackpot with the sales of her last album.) detta í lukkupottinn -
37 lose
[lu:z]past tense, past participle - lost; verb1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) missa2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.) missa, glata, tapa3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) glata, tÿna4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) tapa, bíða ósigur5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) sóa tíma•- loser- loss
- lost
- at a loss
- a bad
- good loser
- lose oneself in
- lose one's memory
- lose out
- lost in
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38 luck
1) (the state of happening by chance: Whether you win or not is just luck - there's no skill involved.) heppni2) (something good which happens by chance: She has all the luck!) heppni•- luckless- lucky
- luckily
- luckiness
- lucky dip
- bad luck!
- good luck!
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39 might
I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) gæti; mætti2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) gæti3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) gæti (áminning eða skipun)•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) máttur, afl, kraftur- mighty- mightily
- mightiness -
40 move
[mu:v] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) change position or go from one place to another: He moved his arm; Don't move!; Please move your car.) hreyfa; færa2) (to change houses: We're moving on Saturday.) flytja3) (to affect the feelings or emotions of: I was deeply moved by the film.) hræra, snerta2. noun1) ((in board games) an act of moving a piece: You can win this game in three moves.) færsla, leikur2) (an act of changing homes: How did your move go?) flutningur•- movable- moveable
- movement
- movie
- moving
- movingly
- get a move on
- make a move
- move along
- move heaven and earth
- move house
- move in
- move off
- move out
- move up
- on the move
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