Ensk2ms05 Unit 5 – Stress: Friend or Foe?

March 2021

“Social Media Hurts Girls More Than Boys”

Word Meaning/Icelandic Example sentence

translation
1. anxiety

2. conflicting

3. published

4. nuanced

5. mental health

6. frequent

7. cyberbullying

8. inadequate

9. specific

10. per se

11. adolescent

12. age-appropriate
activities

13. analyzed

14. data

15. subsequent

16. responded

17. brushes

18. decreased

19. psychological
distress

20. habitual
Ensk2ms05 Unit 5 – Stress: Friend or Foe? March 2021

21. factors

22. predict

23. however

24. susceptible

25. regardless

26. uniquely

27. aspects

28. appearance

29. discrepancy

30. boil down to

31. extent

32. topic

33. observational

34. assess

35. various

36. limitations

37. takeaways

38. primary

39. emphasis

40. mechanisms

41. black-balling
Ensk2ms05 Unit 5 – Stress: Friend or Foe? March 2021

“Social Media Hurts Girls More Than Boys” - SVÖ R

Word Meaning/Icelandic Example sentence

translation
1. anxiety kvíði As I got closer to the edge, my
anxiety grew.
2. conflicting Mó tsagnakennt, People’s opinion are both for
mismunandi and against, so they are
conflicting.
3. published birt, gefin ú t The article was published in
the paper last year.
4. nuanced Blæbrigðaríkt? Slight variation; Dawn and
dusk imposed softer, darker
shades of nuanced, shadowed
light.
5. mental health Andleg heilsa The state of health of your
mind affects how you think,
feel, and act
6. frequent tíður A frequent visitor is someone
who often shows up
7. cyberbullying neteinelti Bullying people on the
Internet is cyberbullying
8. inadequate Ó nó gur, ó fullnægjandi I´m getting inadequate sleep
these days so I’m tired now.
9. specific Á kveðinn, sérstakur This poem has a specific
meaning to me as it reminds
me of a certain person.
10. per se Í sjá lfu sér Eating candy isn’t the
problem per se, it is how
much you eat of it.
11. adolescent unglingur Adolescents are young people
who are not children any
more but are not adults
either.
12. age-appropriate viðfangsefni sem hæfa When you are a kid, driving a
activities aldri car is not an age-appropriate
activity!
13. analyzed rannsö kuðu, The sample was carefully
grandskoðuðu analyzed by scientists.
14. data gö gn The results of the survey are
important data.
15. subsequent síðari The first talk the two leaders
had were good but the
subsequent ones, the later
ones, weren’t.
16. responded svö ruðu They responded/replied to
all the reporters’ many
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questions.
17. brushes Stutt kynni af He only had brushes with
cyberbullying during that
period, it was not constant.
18. decreased Minnkandi, minnkaða Due to his decreased mental
health, he did not feel up to
much.
19. psychological Andleg þjá ning Psychological distress is a
distress state of emotional suffering
associated with stressors and
demands that are difficult to
cope with in daily life
20. habitual venjulegt fyrir If you are a habitual user of
viðkomandi, vanafastur something, you use it
constantly or as a habit
21. factors þættir Getting enough sleep is just
one of the factors that make
us feel good.
22. predict Spá fyrir um If you were able to predict
the score of football games
you could become rich.
23. however Samt sem á ður, hvernig Paul likes it. John, however,
sem doesn’t like it at all.
However you do it, just do it.
24. susceptible mó ttækilegur John is very susceptible to all
things relating to Eurovision
25. regardless of Á n tillits til He can always laugh
regardless of how he really
feels.
26. uniquely Einmunalega (sá eini sem) Mike is uniquely the person
who got George´s last letter.
Robert L. is uniquely in a
position to solve all the
mysteries in Brown’s books.
27. aspects þættir, hlutar Some aspects of this house I
like, like the light and number
of rooms, but some I don’t.
28. appearance ú tlit His appearance was dreadful
that day, as he was very tired
and unshaved.
29. discrepancy misræmi There was some discrepancy
between the two accounts
given by the witnesses of the
accident.
30. boil down to Snú ast um What it boils down to is that
you have to make a choice
between family and career.
31. extent Í einhverju mæli/upp að To do things to some/a
á kveðnu marki certain extent
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32. topic efni What topic are you going to

write about?
33. observational byggð á athugunum The telescope revolutionized
observational astronomy in
only few years.
34. assess meta The doctor looked at her,
trying to assess if she was
well enough to walk on
35. various allmargir, margvíslegir I have read various books on
the subject
36. limitations takmarkanir The study didn’t look at all
aspects so it had its
limitations as it didn’t give
the full picture
37. takeaways Lærdó mur, lexíur, atriði I feel I got quite a few
sem lærast takeaways from that lecture
38. primary Aðal-, megin- Do you have one primary
source of ideas for new
songs?
39. emphasis á hersla There is a lot more emphasis
on speaking in the next
course.
40. mechanisms Gangverk, tæknibú naður, The church clock is run by a
vél complex mechanism
41. black-balling Ú tiloka, ú tskú fa Australians are not quite
black-balling Facebook but
many have stopped using it.