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framan adv

1. (um stefnu/of direction)
það kom að ~/~ að
it came from the front
koma ~ að e-m
walk straight up to sby
keyra ~ á annan bíl
crash into the front of another car
~ frá
from the front
2. (framanvert/of place)
~ á (e-u)
on the front (of sth)
að ~
in front, at the front
séð að ~
seen from the front
sjá hér að ~
see above
fyrir ~ (e-ð)
in front of (sth)
~ við e-ð
in front of sth
~ til í röðinni
near the front of the queue
3. (um andlit/of the human face)
þvo sér í ~
wash one's face
líta ~ í e-n
look sby in the face
þurrka e-ð ~ úr sér
wipe sth off one's face
4. phrases
~ af
to begin with, at the start
~ af vetri
during the first part of (the) winter
bæta e-u ~ við
add sth at the beginning
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