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  • 1 scaffolding

    noun (an erection of metal poles and wooden planks used by men at work on (the outside of) a building.) vinnupallar

    English-Icelandic dictionary > scaffolding

  • 2 man

    [mæn] 1. plural - men; noun
    1) (an adult male human being: Hundreds of men, women and children; a four-man team.) maður, karlmaður
    2) (human beings taken as a whole; the human race: the development of man.) maðurinn, mannkyn
    3) (obviously masculine male person: He's independent, tough, strong, brave - a real man!) karlmenni
    4) (a word sometimes used in speaking informally or giving commands to someone: Get on with your work, man, and stop complaining!) maður
    5) (an ordinary soldier, who is not an officer: officers and men.) óbreyttur hermaður
    6) (a piece used in playing chess or draughts: I took three of his men in one move.) taflmaður
    2. verb
    (to supply with men (especially soldiers): The colonel manned the guns with soldiers from our regiment.) manna
    - - man
    - manhood
    - mankind
    - manly
    - manliness
    - manned
    - man-eating
    - man-eater
    - manhandle
    - manhole
    - man-made
    - manpower
    - manservant
    - mansized
    - mansize
    - manslaughter
    - menfolk
    - menswear
    - as one man
    - the man in the street
    - man of letters
    - man of the world
    - man to man
    - to a man

    English-Icelandic dictionary > man

  • 3 strike

    1. past tense - struck; verb
    1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) slá; hitta; ljósta
    2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) gera árás
    3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) kveikja á
    4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) fara í verkfall
    5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) finna, lenda á
    6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) slá (nótu)
    7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) það fyrsta sem ég tók eftir; koma skyndilega í hug
    8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) slá, móta
    9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) halda, leggja leið sína
    10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) taka niður, fella
    2. noun
    1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) verkfall
    2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) happ; fundur
    •
    - striking
    - strikingly
    - be out on strike
    - be on strike
    - call a strike
    - come out on strike
    - come
    - be within striking distance of
    - strike at
    - strike an attitude/pose
    - strike a balance
    - strike a bargain/agreement
    - strike a blow for
    - strike down
    - strike dumb
    - strike fear/terror into
    - strike home
    - strike it rich
    - strike lucky
    - strike out
    - strike up

    English-Icelandic dictionary > strike

  • 4 job

    [‹ob]
    1) (a person's daily work or employment: She has a job as a bank-clerk; Some of the unemployed men have been out of a job for four years.) starf, atvinna
    2) (a piece of work or a task: I have several jobs to do before going to bed.) verkefni
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    - a good job
    - have a job
    - just the job
    - make the best of a bad job

    English-Icelandic dictionary > job

  • 5 drive

    1. past tense - drove; verb
    1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) aka, keyra
    2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) flytja (e-n), aka (e-m)
    3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) reka (áfram)
    4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) slá, kÿla; reka nagla
    5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) knÿja
    2. noun
    1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) ökutúr
    2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) heimreið, aðkeyrsla
    3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) dugnaður, drifkraftur
    4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) átak; herferð
    5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) kröftugt högg; upphafshögg með trékylfu nr. 1 (í golfi)
    6) ((computers) a disk drive.)
    •
    - driver's license
    - drive-in
    - drive-through
    - driving licence
    - be driving at
    - drive off
    - drive on

    English-Icelandic dictionary > drive

  • 6 picket

    ['pikit] 1. noun
    1) ((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.) verkfallsvörður
    2) (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.) hervörður
    2. verb
    1) (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 um
    2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) standa verkfallsvörð við

    English-Icelandic dictionary > picket

  • 7 redundant

    ((of workers) no longer employed because there is no longer any job for them where they used to work: Fifty men have just been made redundant at the local factory.) atvinnulaus

    English-Icelandic dictionary > redundant

  • 8 take on

    1) (to agree to do (work etc); to undertake: He took on the job.) taka að sér
    2) (to employ: They are taking on five hundred more men at the factory.) ráða
    3) ((with at) to challenge (someone) to a game etc: I'll take you on at tennis.) skora á (e-n)
    4) (to get; to assume: His writing took on a completely new meaning.) öðlast, taka á sig
    5) (to allow (passengers) to get on or in: The bus only stops here to take on passengers.) hleypa inn
    6) (to be upset: Don't take on so!) taka (e-ð) nærri sér

    English-Icelandic dictionary > take on

  • 9 unemployment

    1) (the state of being unemployed: If the factory is closed, many men will face unemployment.) atvinnuleysi
    2) (the numbers of people without work: Unemployment has reached record figures this year.) atvinnuleysi

    English-Icelandic dictionary > unemployment

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