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1 worker
1) (a person who works or who is employed in an office, a factory etc: office-workers; car-workers.) starfsmaður2) (a manual worker rather than an office-worker etc.) verkamaður3) (a person who works (hard etc): He's a slow/hard worker.) mikill/lítill verkmaður -
2 construction worker
(a builder.) byggingarverkamaður -
3 careless
adjective (not careful (enough): This work is careless; a careless worker.) kærulaus -
4 chambermaid
noun (a female servant or hotel worker in charge of bedrooms.) þjónustustúlka -
5 community
[kə'mju:nəti]plural - communities; noun1) (a group of people especially having the same religion or nationality and living in the same general area: the West Indian community in London.) samfélag2) (the public in general: He did it for the good of the community; ( also adjective) a community worker, a community centre.) almenningur -
6 construct
(to build; to put together: They are planning to construct a new supermarket near our house; Construct a sentence containing `although'.) byggja, setja saman- constructive
- constructively
- constructor
- construction site
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7 factory
['fæktəri]plural - factories; noun(a workshop where manufactured articles are made in large numbers: a car factory; ( also adjective) a factory worker.) verksmiðja -
8 fast
I 1. adjective1) (quick-moving: a fast car.) hraður; hraðskreiður2) (quick: a fast worker.) hraður, fljótur3) ((of a clock, watch etc) showing a time in advance of the correct time: My watch is five minutes fast.) of fljótur, á undan2. adverb(quickly: She speaks so fast I can't understand her.) hratt- fastness- fast foods
- fast food II 1. verb(to go without food, especially for religious or medical reasons: Muslims fast during the festival of Ramadan.) fasta2. noun(a time or act of fasting: She has just finished two days' fast.) fasta- fastingIII adjective1) ((of a dye) fixed; that will not come out of a fabric when it is washed.) litekta, sem rennur hvorki né upplitast2) (firm; fixed: She made her end of the rope fast to a tree.) kirfilega festur• -
9 forest
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10 instance
['instəns](an example, especially of a condition or circumstance: As a social worker, he saw many instances of extreme poverty.) dæmi; atvik, tilfelli -
11 joiner
['‹oinə](a skilled worker in wood who puts doors, stairs etc into buildings.) húsgagna- og innréttingasmiður- joinery -
12 manual
['mænjuəl] 1. adjective1) (of the hand or hands: manual skills/labour.) hand-, handa-2) (working with the hands: a manual worker.) -hand-3) (worked or operated by the hand: a car with a manual gearbox.) handvirkur; beinskiptur2. noun1) (a handbook eg of technical information about a machine etc: an instruction manual.) leiðarvísir2) (a keyboard of an organ etc.) nótnaborð, lyklaborð•- manually -
13 mason
['meisn]((usually stonemason) a skilled worker or builder in stone.) múrari, steinsmiður- masonry -
14 mechanic
[mi'kænik] 1. noun(a skilled worker who repairs or maintains machinery.) vélvirki- mechanically
- mechanics 2. noun plural(the ways in which something works or is applied: the mechanics of the legal system.) starfsemi, gangur, kerfi- mechanize
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15 neuter
['nju:tə]1) (in certain languages, of the gender which is neither masculine nor feminine: a neuter noun.) hvorugkyns2) (without sex: Worker bees are neuter, being neither male nor female.) kynlaus -
16 probation
[prə'beiʃən, ]( American[) prou-]1) (the system allowing people who have broken the law to go free on condition that they commit no more crimes and report regularly to a social worker.) skilorðsdómur2) ((in certain jobs) a period of time during which a person is carefully watched to see that he is capable of the job.) reynslutími•- probation officer
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17 social work
work which deals with the care of people in a community, especially of the poor, under-privileged etc (noun social worker) félagsráðgjöf -
18 striker
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19 the slums
(the area(s) of a town etc where there are slums: As a social worker, she does a lot of work in the slums.) fátækrahverfi -
20 thorough
1) ((of a person) very careful; attending to every detail: a thorough worker.) nákvæmur2) ((of a task etc) done with a suitably high level of care, attention to detail etc: His work is very thorough.) ítarlegur3) (complete; absolute: a thorough waste of time.) gagnger, ítarlegur•- thoroughness
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