bæta úr skák

Icelandic

Verb

bæta úr skák (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bætti úr skák, supine bætt úr skák)

1. to remedy something, to make something better, to improve

   Þetta bætti ekki úr skák.

   That didn't make anything better.

   Hún var ekki dugleg að læra, og ekki bætti úr skák að hún var lesblind.

   She wasn't a good student, and to make things worse she was dyslexic.