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 Translation for 'to tread' from English to Icelandic
VERB1   to tread | trod / tread / treaded | trodden / trod / tread / treaded
treading | treads
VERB2   to tread water | trod / tread / treaded water | had trodden / trod water | treads water
SYNO pace | stride | to step | ...
fetato tread
koma við kaunin á e-mto tread on sb.'s corns
senda e-m pilluto tread on sb.'s toes
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Usage Examples English
  • Several more authors had rushed in where Anstey had feared to tread and adapted his style, and even his characters, to political themes.
  • Smith wrote that this shows that Holmes "realised the value of reliable assistants and was humble enough to look for them in places where others of his status might have never deigned to tread".
  • Horace was a mere freedman's son who had to tread carefully.
  • On "Where Boys Fear to Tread", Corgan used a Les Paul Junior Reissue, and on "Tonight Tonight" he used a '72 Gibson ES-335.
  • "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (1905) is a novel by E. M. Forster. The title comes from a line in Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism": "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread".

  • He then travelled throughout Europe before publishing his first novel, "Where Angels Fear to Tread" in 1905.
  • In 2010, Bill Hurd's Rubettes covered the 1997 Thorpe composition "Where the Angels Fear to Tread" on their album "21st Century Rock 'n' Roll" on Angel Air Records.
  • By floating in an inner tube players expend less energy than traditional water polo players, not having to tread water.
  • 2, as a part of Jakarta EE 8, and despite still using "EJB" abbreviation, this set of APIs has been officially renamed to "Jakarta Enterprise Beans" by the Eclipse Foundation so as not to tread on the Oracle "Java" trademark.
  • Means published his autobiography "Where White Men Fear to Tread" in 1995.

  • 22 thus steps where confusion fails to tread. Even if there is no actual risk that the consumer might be confused between the two products, the trade mark owner will still be able to prevent another person from using his/her trade mark if that use is likely to depreciate the value of the trade mark.
  • A "Variety" article stated the Caples advertising agency bought time on DuMont for "experimentation purposes," and had "walked where other video programmers feared to tread," moving soap operas from radio to the "infant medium television."
  • One advantage of this method of construction was that it allowed horses to tread the middle path without the risk of tripping.
  • George, he successfully laid the foundation for a school of Malayalam cinema that strove to tread a middle ground by striking a fine balance.
  • However, Nuri had to tread carefully between his close relationship with Britain and dependence on pro-German Army officers and cabinet members.

  • A fictionalised version of San Gimignano is featured in E. M. Forster's 1905 novel, "Where Angels Fear to Tread" as Monteriano.
  • Most of the film's score was composed and performed by Gallo himself; however, it also makes use of several other songs, including "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" by Nelson Riddle in a cover version performed by Gallo's father Vincent Gallo Sr., "Moonchild" by King Crimson, "I Remember When" by Stan Getz, and "Heart of the Sunrise" and "Sweetness" by Yes.
  • Demarcation disputes between Claverhouse and regional magnates such as the Earl of Queensberry meant he had to tread carefully; in December 1678, the regular clergy complained when he told them that he had no orders to apprehend anyone for past misdemeanours.
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