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1 worth
[wə:Ɵ] 1. noun(value: These books are of little or no worth; She sold fifty dollars' worth of tickets.) virði2. adjective1) (equal in value to: Each of these stamps is worth a cent.) jafnvirði2) (good enough for: His suggestion is worth considering: The exhibition is well worth a visit.) verður, sem verðskuldar (e-ð)•- worthlessly
- worthlessness
- worthy 3. noun(a highly respected person.) fyrirmaður, mektarmaður- worthily- worthiness
- - worthy
- worthwhile
- for all one is worth -
2 worth one's while
(worth one's time and trouble: It's not worth your while reading this book, because it isn't accurate.) sem borgar sig -
3 for all one is worth
(using all one's efforts, strength etc: He swam for all he was worth towards the shore.) eins og maður megnar -
4 to speak of
(worth mentioning: He has no talent to speak of.) sem vert er að minnast á -
5 hijack
1. verb1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) ræna flugvél2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) ræna3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) ræna2. noun(the act of hijacking.) (flug)rán- hijacker -
6 shilling
['ʃiliŋ]1) (in Britain until 1971, a coin worth one-twentieth of `1.) skildingur2) (in certain East African countries, a coin worth 100 cents.) skildingur -
7 be/get screwed
((slang) be cheated: You've been screwed - it's not worth more than $10.) finna til með -
8 damn
[dæm] 1. verb1) (to sentence to unending punishment in hell: His soul is damned.) fordæma2) (to cause to be condemned as bad, unacceptable etc: That film was damned by the critics.) fordæma2. interjection(expressing anger, irritation etc: Damn! I've forgotten my purse.) fjandinn!, helvíti!3. noun(something unimportant or of no value: It's not worth a damn; I don't give a damn! (= I don't care in the least).) vera skítsama- damned- damning -
9 desirable
adjective (pleasing or worth having: a desirable residence.) eftirsóknarverður -
10 evaluate
[i'væljueit]1) (to form an idea of the worth of: It is difficult to evaluate him as a writer.) meta2) (to work out the numerical value of: If x = 1 and y = 2 we can evaluate x2 + y2.) reikna út• -
11 excellence
['ek-]noun (unusual goodness or worth: this man's excellence as a teacher.) yfirburðir, afburðagæði -
12 exemplary
[iɡ'zempləri](worth following as an example: His behaviour is always exemplary.) fyrirmyndar- -
13 face value
(the value stated on the face of a coin etc: Some old coins are now worth a great deal more than their face value.) nafnvirði, skrásett verð -
14 fortune
['fo: ən]1) (whatever happens by chance or (good or bad) luck: whatever fortune may bring.) gæfa, heppni2) (a large amount of money: That ring must be worth a fortune!) auður, auðæfi•- fortunately
- fortune-teller
- tell someone's fortune
- tell fortune -
15 give up as a bad job
(to decide that (something) is not worth doing, or impossible to do, and so stop doing it.) gefa (e-ð) upp á bátinn -
16 merit
['merit] 1. noun1) (the quality of worth, excellence or praiseworthiness: He reached his present position through merit.) verðleiki; kostur; gildi2) (a good point or quality: His speech had at least the merit of being short.) kostur2. verb(to deserve as reward or punishment: Your case merits careful consideration.) eiga skilið -
17 opinion
[ə'pinjən]1) (what a person thinks or believes: My opinions about education have changed.) álit, skoðun2) (a (professional) judgement, usually of a doctor, lawyer etc: He wanted a second opinion on his illness.) álit3) (what one thinks of the worth or value of someone or something: I have a very high opinion of his work.) álit•- be of the opinion that- be of the opinion
- in my
- your opinion
- a matter of opinion -
18 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) fjórðungur, fjórði hluti, fjórði; kortér2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) fjórðungur úr dollara/dal3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) (borgar)hverfi4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) átt5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grið6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) kjötlæri; lærstykki7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) kvartil, tunglfjórðungur8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) leikfjórðungur9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) önn2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) skipta í fernt2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) deila með fjórum3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) hÿsa•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ársfjórðungslega4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ársfjórðungsrit- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters -
19 rate
[reit] 1. noun1) (the number of occasions within a given period of time when something happens or is done: a high (monthly) accident rate in a factory.) tíðni, hlutfall, prósenta2) (the number or amount of something (in relation to something else); a ratio: There was a failure rate of one pupil in ten in the exam.) hlutfall, prósenta3) (the speed with which something happens or is done: He works at a tremendous rate; the rate of increase/expansion.) hraði4) (the level (of pay), cost etc (of or for something): What is the rate of pay for this job?) taxti5) ((usually in plural) a tax, especially, in United Kingdom, paid by house-owners etc to help with the running of their town etc.) skattur2. verb(to estimate or be estimated, with regard to worth, merit, value etc: I don't rate this book very highly; He doesn't rate very highly as a dramatist in my estimation.) meta- rating- at this
- at that rate
- rate of exchange -
20 remarkable
adjective (unusual; worth mentioning; extraordinary: What a remarkable coincidence!; He really is a remarkable man; It is quite remarkable how alike the two children are.) athyglisverður
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