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1 rail
[reil] 1. noun1) (a (usually horizontal) bar of metal, wood etc used in fences etc, or for hanging things on: Don't lean over the rail; a curtain-rail; a towel-rail.) rimill, rið2) ((usually in plural) a long bar of steel which forms the track on which trains etc run.) járnbrautarteinn2. verb((usually with in or off) to surround with a rail or rails: We'll rail that bit of ground off to stop people walking on it.) girða af með grindum- railing- railroad
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2 by rail
(by or on the railway: goods sent by rail.) með lest -
3 bar
1. noun1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) aflangt stykki, stöng2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) rönd, rák3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) slá, slagbrandur4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) bar, barborð5) (a public house.) bar, vínveitingastaður6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) taktur, taktstrik7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) hindrun8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) dómgrindur2. verb1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) stengja2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) útiloka, hindra3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) hindra3. preposition(except: All bar one of the family had measles.) nema, að frátöldum- barmaid- barman
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4 haul
[ho:l] 1. verb1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) draga, toga í2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) flytja2. noun1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) dráttur, tog2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) hal, tog•- haulage- haulier
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5 by road
(in a lorry, car etc: We'll send the furniture by road rather than by rail; We came by road.) með bíl/ökutæki -
6 haulage
[-li‹]noun ((money charged for) the carrying of goods by road, rail etc.) flutningur; flutningsgjald -
7 monorail
['monəreil](a system of railways with trains which run hanging from, or along the top of, one rail.) einfalt járnbrautarspor
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