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41 catch red-handed
(to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong: The police caught the thief red-handed.) grípa glóðvolgan -
42 circle
['sə:kl] 1. noun1) (a figure (O) bounded by one line, every point on which is equally distant from the centre.) hringur2) (something in the form of a circle: She was surrounded by a circle of admirers.) hópur3) (a group of people: a circle of close friends; wealthy circles.) klíka, hópur4) (a balcony in a theatre etc: We sat in the circle at the opera.) svalir2. verb1) (to move in a circle round something: The chickens circled round the farmer who was bringing their food.) mynda hring2) (to draw a circle round: Please circle the word you think is wrong.) teikna/gera hring -
43 close one's eyes to
(to ignore (especially something wrong): She closed her eyes to the children's misbehaviour.) loka augunum fyrir -
44 compensate
['kompənseit]1) (to give money to (someone) or to do something else to make up for loss or wrong they have experienced: This payment will compensate (her) for the loss of her job.) bæta, greiða bætur2) (to undo the effect of a disadvantage etc: The love the child received from his grandmother compensated for the cruelty of his parents.) bæta upp•- compensation -
45 concede
[kən'si:d]1) (to admit: He conceded that he had been wrong.) játa2) (to grant (eg a right).) leyfa -
46 condemn
[kən'dem]1) (to criticize as morally wrong or evil: Everyone condemned her for being cruel to her child.) fordæma2) (to sentence to (a punishment): She was condemned to death.) dæma3) (to declare (a building) to be unfit to use: These houses have been condemned.) dæma ónÿtan eða ónothæfan•- condemned cell -
47 confess
[kən'fes](to make known that one is guilty, wrong etc; to admit: He confessed (to the crime); He confessed that he had broken the vase; It was stupid of me, I confess.) játa, viðurkenna- confessional
- confessor -
48 connive
((with at) to make no attempt to hinder (something wrong or illegal): Her mother connived at the child's truancy.) hylma yfir -
49 conscience
['konʃəns]((that part of one's mind which holds one's) knowledge or sense of right and wrong: The injured man was on her conscience because she was responsible for the accident; She had a guilty conscience about the injured man; He had no conscience about dismissing the men.) samviska -
50 constructive
[-tiv]adjective (helpful; having to do with making, not with destroying: Constructive criticism tells you both what is wrong and also what to do about it.) uppbyggjandi -
51 context
['kontekst](the parts directly before or after a word or phrase (written or spoken) which affect its meaning: This statement, taken out of its context, gives a wrong impression of the speaker's opinions.) samhengi -
52 correct
[kə'rekt] 1. verb1) (to remove faults and errors from: These spectacles will correct his eye defect.) leiðrétta2) ((of a teacher etc) to mark errors in: I have fourteen exercise books to correct.) leiðrétta, fara yfir2. adjective1) (free from faults or errors: This sum is correct.) réttur2) (right; not wrong: Did I get the correct idea from what you said?; You are quite correct.) réttur•- corrective
- correctly
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53 crime
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54 criminal
['kriminl]1) (concerned with crime: criminal law.) saknæmur, saka-2) (against the law: Theft is a criminal offence.) glæpsamlegur3) (very wrong; wicked: a criminal waste of food.) glæpsamlegur -
55 culprit
(a person responsible for something wrong, unpleasant etc: As soon as he saw the broken window he began to look for the culprit.) sökudólgur -
56 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) skera, klippa2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) skera3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) sneiða, klippa4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) slá; klippa5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) minnka6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) klippa í burt, fjarlægja7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) skera í8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) gera við, draga9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') klippa á atriði10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) fara þvert fyrir11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) skera12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) skrópa13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) sniðganga2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) skurður; rafmagnsbilun; hárklipping; verðlækkun2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) snið3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) sneið•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) særandi- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) miskunnarlaus- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short -
57 decision
[di'siʒən](the act of deciding; a judgement: a time/moment of decision; I think you made the wrong decision.) ákvörðun -
58 determine
[di'tə:min]1) (to fix or settle; to decide: He determined his course of action.) fastákveða2) (to find out exactly: He tried to determine what had gone wrong.) ákvarða, finna út•- determined -
59 diagnose
(to say what is wrong (with a sick person etc) after making an examination; to identify (an illness etc): The doctor diagnosed her illness as flu.) sjúkdómsgreina -
60 dial
1. noun1) (the face of a watch or clock: My watch has a dial you can see in the dark.) úrskífa, klukkuskífa2) (the turning disc over the numbers on a telephone.) skífa á símtæki3) (any disc etc bearing numbers etc used to give information: the dial on a radio.) stöðvaskali2. verb(to turn a telephone dial to get a number: She dialled the wrong number.) velja
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