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1 factory
['fæktəri]plural - factories; noun(a workshop where manufactured articles are made in large numbers: a car factory; ( also adjective) a factory worker.) verksmiðja -
2 picket
['pikit] 1. noun1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; ( also adjective) a picket line.) verkfallsvörður2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; ( also adjective) picket duty.) hervörður2. verb1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) setja her-/verkfallsvörð um2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) standa verkfallsvörð við -
3 revenge
[rə'ven‹] 1. noun1) (harm done to another person in return for harm which he has done (to oneself or to someone else): The man told the manager he would get/have his revenge / take revenge on the company for dismissing him; His revenge was to burn down the factory.) hefnd2) (the desire to do such harm: The man said he had burned down the factory out of revenge / in revenge for being dismissed.) hefnd2. verb((with on) to get (one's) revenge: He revenged himself on his enemies; I'll soon be revenged on you all.) hefna (sín) -
4 shut down
(of a factory etc) to close or be closed, for a time or permanently: There is a rumour going round that the factory is going to (be) shut down (noun shut-down) hætta starfsemi -
5 a shot in the dark
(a guess based on little or no information: The detective admitted that his decision to check the factory had just been a shot in the dark.) tilviljun; ágiskun byggð á litlum/engum upplÿsingum -
6 arsenal
(a factory or store for weapons, ammunition etc.) vopnaverksmiðja; vopnabúr -
7 belch
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8 bomb
[bom] 1. noun(a hollow case containing explosives etc: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.) sprengja2. verb1) (to drop bombs on: London was bombed several times.) varpa sprengjum (á); gera sprengjuárás (á)2) (to fail miserably: The play bombed on the first night.) falla (misheppnað fyrirtæki)•- bomber- bombshell -
9 boss
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10 can
[kæn] I negative - can't; verb1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.)2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?)3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.)4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?)II 1. noun(a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) dós2. verb(to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.) niðursjóða (á dósir eða krukkur)- canned- cannery -
11 cannery
plural - canneries; noun (a factory where goods are canned.) niðursuðuverksmiðja -
12 canteen
[kæn'ti:n]1) (a place where meals are sold in a factory, barracks etc.) matsalur2) (a case for, or of, cutlery.) hnífaparakassi3) (a small container used by soldiers for holding water etc.) vatnsbrúsi -
13 casualty
['kæʒuəlti]plural - casualties; noun(a person who is wounded or killed in a battle, accident etc: There were hundreds of casualties when the factory went on fire.) slysatilfelli, maður sem slasast; fallnir (í orrustu) -
14 chimney
[' imni](a passage for the escape of smoke etc from a fireplace or furnace: a factory chimney.) skorsteinn -
15 closure
['kləuʒə](an act of closing: the closure of a factory.) lokun -
16 compound
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17 contaminate
[kən'tæmineit](to make impure: The town's water-supply has been contaminated by chemicals from the factory.) spilla, menga -
18 conveyor belt
(an endless, moving belt carrying articles from one place to another in a factory etc: She put nuts on the chocolates as they went down the conveyor belt.) færiband -
19 effluent
['efluənt]((a flowing out of) waste matter from a factory etc.) útstreymi -
20 factories
plural; see factory
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