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1 backhand
1) (in tennis etc, a stroke or shot with the back of one's hand turned towards the ball: a clever backhand; His backhand is very strong.) bakhönd2) (writing with the letters sloping backwards: I can always recognize her backhand.) rithönd sem hallar til vinstri -
2 forehand
['fo:hænd](in tennis etc, (the ability to make) a stroke or shot with the palm of one's hand turned towards the ball: a strong forehand; ( also adjective) a forehand stroke.) forhandarhögg -
3 power
1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) kraftur, afl, eiginleiki2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) afl3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) vald4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) vald5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) valda-/áhrifamikill maður6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) veldi7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) veldi•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
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4 wrench
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with a strong hand — forcefully, powerfully … English contemporary dictionary
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strong hand — See with strong hand … Ballentine's law dictionary
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