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Usages of eldspýtan
Hún keypti nýjar eldspýtur í búðinni, því gömlu eldspýturnar voru blautar.
She bought new matches at the store because the old matches were wet.
Það er rafmagnsleysi aftur í kvöld, en við finnum allavega kerti og eldspýtur.
There is a power outage again tonight, but we at least find a candle and matches.
Eldspýturnar brenna ekki, því þær eru blautar.
The matches don’t burn, because they are wet.
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