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1 engine-driver
noun (a person who drives a railway engine.) lestarstjóri; eimreiðarstjóri -
2 engine
['en‹in] 1. noun1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) vél, hreyfill2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) járnbrautarlest; eimreið•- engineer 2. verb(to arrange by skill or by cunning means: He engineered my promotion.) koma fram með lagni/kænsku -
3 engineer
1) (a person who designs, makes, or works with, machinery: an electrical engineer.) verkfræðingur2) ((usually civil engineer) a person who designs, constructs, or maintains roads, railways, bridges, sewers etc.) (bygginga)verkfræðingur3) (an officer who manages a ship's engines.) vélstjóri4) ((American) an engine-driver.) lestarstjóri; eimreiðarstjóri -
4 grow up
(to become an adult: I'm going to be an engine-driver when I grow up.) verða fullorðinn -
5 cab
[kæb]1) ((especially American) a taxi: Could you call a cab for me?) leigubíll2) (the driver's compartment of a railway engine, lorry etc.) stjórnklefi -
6 pull
[pul] 1. verb1) (to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force: He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.) toga2) ((with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at: He pulled at his cigarette.) sjúga3) (to row: He pulled towards the shore.) róa4) ((of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction: The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road.) beygja (útaf); renna af stað2. noun1) (an act of pulling: I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe.) kippur; teygur; sog2) (a pulling or attracting force: magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea.) tog-/aðdráttarkraftur3) (influence: He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.) áhrif, ítök•- pull down
- pull a face / faces at
- pull a face / faces
- pull a gun on
- pull off
- pull on
- pull oneself together
- pull through
- pull up
- pull one's weight
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7 start
I 1. verb1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) leggja af stað2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) byrja3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) starta, fara í gang4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) koma af stað/á fót2. noun1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) byrjun; rásmark2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) forskot•- starter- starting-point
- for a start
- get off to a good
- bad start
- start off
- start out
- start up
- to start with II 1. verb(to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc: The sudden noise made me start.) hrökkva við2. noun1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) kippur, rykkur2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) áfall
См. также в других словарях:
Engine driver — Engine En gine ([e^]n j[i^]n), n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See {Genius}, and cf. {Ingenious}, {Gin} a snare.] 1. Note: (Pronounced, in this sense,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
engine driver — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms engine driver : singular engine driver plural engine drivers British someone whose job is to drive a train … English dictionary
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engine driver — noun The person who drives the engine of a train. Syn: railroad engineer, locomotive engineer, train driver, train operator … Wiktionary
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engine driver — noun Date: 1828 British engineer 4 … New Collegiate Dictionary
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engine-driver — /ˈɛndʒən draɪvə/ (say enjuhn druyvuh) noun someone who drives a locomotive …
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