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 Translation for 'A certain man' from English to Icelandic
Maður nokkur ...A certain man ...
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í aðra röndina {adv}to a certain degree
hafa e-ð við sigto have a certain charm
Þer svipmót með þeim.There is a certain resemblance between them.
karlmannslaus {adj}without a man
karlmannsleysi {hv}life without a man
Þetta er versti maður.He is a very bad man.
gera út mann til e-sto send a man to do sth.
Þer mikið í hann varið.He is a man of exceptional qualities.
víst {adv} [öruggt]certain
vís {adj} [öruggur]certain
ákveðinn {adj}certain
viss {adj} [ákveðinn]certain
öruggur {adj}certain
tiltekinn {adj}certain
aldursstig {hv}certain age
næsta víst {adv}almost certain
vissu leyti {adv}in certain respects
vita e-ð með vissuto know sth. for certain
vita e-ð fyrir vístto know sth. for certain
koma til með hafa áhrifto be going to have certain effect
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Usage Examples English
  • The "Harper's Weekly" magazine (1895) printed an anecdotal account stating that a certain man from New Orleans collected and brought home water hyacinths from Colombia, around 1892, and the plant proliferated in a matter of 2 years.
  • "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" is a 1932 popular song with music by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Al Dubin, The song was inspired by one of the women working at the Warner Brothers studio, who when asked why she was still dating a certain man, said that he was getting to be a habit with her.
  • His rather disastrous debut with the orchestra leaves Gossamer defeated and confused, until a certain man gives Gossamer a very important job - the job of playing the triangle on the ice cream wagon.
  • The land on which the shrine stands was granted to a certain man named Kaderpillai in 1827 on condition that it was not to be used for a building of wood and attap.
  • The Doctor gives Speedwell Nessican's transmitter and asks him to take it to a certain man.

  • In another letter he wrote that if a certain man failed to gain a place in Prince Henry's household, he should be sent to "Tom Dyrry or to me".
  • It is also mentioned that at some later point in his life he had "to screw up his resolution to go and see a certain man in London and make to him an excessively embarrassing confession which justice demanded"—which Ransom eventually did, and of which no further details are given.
  • The greatest enemy of the missionaries in the town was a certain man named Casipit who tried to force them out of the town and even attempted to kill some of them.
  • The following year they released Laura Lee" bw "They Hanged A Certain Man", and later another single, "Evaleena Roll 'Em" bw "Roses And Orchids".
  • Sheebah Karungi shared a video of herself on her social media platforms furiously revealing how a certain man who had armed bodyguards sexually harassed her before a performance.

  • because a certain man settled without permission ("impudently") near forest.
  • The mother says that there is a certain man, who is always stalking her daughter.
  • Lyrics tell the story of a woman who's trying to impress a certain man with a dress ("Must be a way that I can dress to please him").
  • In another letter to Newton he wrote that if a certain man failed to gain a place in Prince Henry's household, he should be sent to "Tom Dyrry or to me".
  • According to legend handed down through the ages, a certain man named Unateze, who lived in the present day Unateze is the father of two sons.

  • Reading in [...] the three parallel clauses, "And a certain man found him," "And the man asked him," "And the man said," Rabbi Yannai deduced that three angels met Joseph.
  • "a certain (man)" and so on. These adjectives generally have genitive singular [...] and dative singular [...].
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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