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1 pantomime
1. noun1) (a play performed at Christmas time, usually based on a popular fairy tale, with music, dancing, comedy etc.) látbragðsleikur2) ((also mime) a performance by an actor done without using words: He studied pantomime in acting school.)2. verb(to act out a scene without using words: Since she couldn't speak French, she had to pantomime her request for water.) -
2 freewheel
verb (to travel (downhill) on a bicycle, in a car etc without using mechanical power.) fríhjóla -
3 from memory
(by remembering; without using a book etc for reference: He said the whole poem from memory.) eftir minni -
4 incognito
[iŋkoɡ'ni:təu]adverb, adjective(without letting people know who one is, eg by using a false name: He travelled incognito to Paris.) huldu höfði -
5 spare
[speə] 1. verb1) (to manage without: No-one can be spared from this office.) sjá af2) (to afford or set aside for a purpose: I can't spare the time for a holiday.) hafa (ekki) efni á3) (to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc: `Spare us!' they begged.) þyrma, sÿna miskunn4) (to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person): Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.) hlífa5) (to avoid using, spending etc: He spared no expense in his desire to help us.) vera spar á6) (to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc): I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.) hlífa við2. adjective1) (extra; not actually being used: We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.) auka-2) ((of time etc) free for leisure etc: What do you do in your spare time?) umfram-, frí-3. noun1) (a spare part (for a car etc): They sell spares at that garage.) varahlutur2) (an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.) varadekk•- sparing- sparingly
- spare part
- spare rib
- and to spare
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6 sweep
[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) sópa2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) sópa3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) geysa(st)4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) geysast2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) sópun2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) sveifla, stroka3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) sótari4) (a sweepstake.) getraunir•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
- sweep up
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