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1 occupation
1) (a person's job or work.) starf2) (the act of occupying (a house, town etc).) búseta3) (the period of time during which a town, house etc is occupied: During the occupation, there was a shortage of food.) hernám -
2 profession
[-ʃən]1) (an occupation or job that needs special knowledge, eg medicine, law, teaching, engineering etc.) starfsgrein2) (the people who have such an occupation: the legal profession.) (menntuð) starfsstétt3) (an open statement or declaration.) yfirlÿsing -
3 at
[æt]( showing)1) (position: They are not at home; She lives at 33 Forest Road) á, í, hjá, við2) (direction: He looked at her; She shouted at the boys.) á, að, í, við3) (time: He arrived at ten o'clock; The children came at the sound of the bell.) á, við, í4) (state or occupation: The countries are at war; She is at work.) í5) (pace or speed: He drove at 120 kilometres per hour.) á6) (cost: bread at $1.20 a loaf.) á, fyrir•- at all -
4 badge
[bæ‹](a mark, emblem or ornament showing rank, occupation, or membership of a society, team etc: a school badge on a blazer.) merki, einkennismerki -
5 business
['biznis]1) (occupation; buying and selling: Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.) starf; verslun, viðskipti2) (a shop, a firm: He owns his own business.) fyrirtæki3) (concern: Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).) mál, málefni•- businessman
- on business -
6 colleague
['koli:ɡ](a person with whom one is associated in a profession or occupation: He gets on well with his colleagues.) samstarfsmaður -
7 degrading
adjective (tending to make lower in rank etc or to disgrace: a degrading occupation.) lítillækkandi, smánandi -
8 mountaineer
noun (a person who climbs mountains, especially with skill, or as his occupation.) fjallgöngumaður -
9 occupy
1) (to be in or fill (time, space etc): A table occupied the centre of the room.) taka, ná yfir2) (to live in: The family occupied a small flat.) búa (í)3) (to capture: The soldiers occupied the town.) hernema•- occupant- occupation
- occupational
- occupier -
10 pastime
(an occupation which one enjoys and takes part in during one's spare time; a hobby: Playing chess is his favourite pastime.) dægrastytting, tómstundagaman -
11 pursuit
[pə'sju:t]1) (the act of pursuing: The thief ran down the street with a policeman in (hot) pursuit.) eftirför2) (an occupation or hobby: holiday pursuits.) starf, iðja -
12 sit-in
noun (an occupation of a building etc by protesters: The students staged a sit-in.) (setu)mótmæli -
13 title
1) (the name of a book, play, painting, piece of music etc: The title of the painting is `A Winter Evening'.) titill2) (a word put before a person's name to show rank, honour, occupation etc: Sir John; Lord Henry; Captain Smith; Professor Brown; Dr (Doctor) Peter Jones.) titill, nafnbót•- titled- title deed
- title page
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14 trade
[treid] 1. noun1) (the buying and selling of goods: Japan does a lot of trade with Britain.) viðskipti2) ((a) business, occupation, or job: He's in the jewellery trade.) atvinnugrein, starf2. verb1) ((often with in or with) to buy and sell: They made a lot of money by trading; They trade in fruit and vegetables.) versla með, stunda viðskipti2) (to exchange: I traded my watch for a bicycle.) skipta á, bÿtta•- trader- trademark
- tradename
- tradesman
- trades union
- trade union
- trades unionist
- trade unionist
- trade wind
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15 versatile
1) ((of people etc) able to turn easily and successfully from one task, activity or occupation to another: a versatile entertainer; He will easily get another job - he is so versatile.) fjölhæfur2) ((of a material etc) capable of being used for many purposes: a versatile tool.) fjölnota• -
16 veteran
['vetərən]noun, adjective1) (a person who is (old and) experienced as a soldier etc or in some other occupation: a veteran footballer/entertainer.) gamalreyndur starfsmaður/hermaður2) ((American) a person who has been in the army etc: war veterans.) fyrrverandi hermaður -
17 walk of life
(a way of earning one's living; an occupation or profession: People from all walks of life went to the minister's funeral.) (þjóðfélags)-stétt
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