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  • 1 servant

    ['sə:vənt]
    1) (a person who is hired to work for another, especially in helping to run a house.) þjónn
    2) (a person employed by the government, or in the administration of a country etc: a public servant; civil servants.) opinber starfsmaður

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  • 2 civil servant

    (a member of the civil service.) opinber starfsmaður

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  • 3 mistress

    ['mistris]
    1) (a woman who is the lover of a man to whom she is not married.) ástkona, hjákona
    2) (a female teacher: the games mistress.) kennslukona
    3) (a woman who commands, controls or owns: a dog and his mistress.) húsmóðir, frú
    4) (a female employer (of a servant): The servant stole her mistress's jewellery.) húsmóðir, frú

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  • 4 amah

    1) (in Eastern Countries, a native female servant.) þjónustustúlka
    2) (a baby's nurse, especially a wet-nurse.) barnfóstra

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  • 5 chambermaid

    noun (a female servant or hotel worker in charge of bedrooms.) þjónustustúlka

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  • 6 civil

    ['sivl]
    1) (polite, courteous.) kurteis, siðaður
    2) (of the state or community: civil rights.) borgaralegur, þegnlegur
    3) (ordinary; not military or religious: civil life.) borgaralegur
    4) (concerned with law cases which are not criminal.) einkamála-
    •
    - civility
    - civilly
    - civil defence
    - civil disobedience
    - civil engineer
    - civil liberties/rights
    - civil servant
    - civil service
    - civil war

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  • 7 domestic

    [də'mestik]
    1) (of or in the house or home: a domestic servant; domestic utensils.) heimilis-
    2) (concerning one's private life or family: domestic problems.) heimilis-
    3) ((of animals) tame and living with or used by people.) taminn, heimilis-
    4) (not foreign: the Government's domestic policy.) innanríkis-
    •
    - domestication
    - domesticity
    - domestic help

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  • 8 footman

    plural - footmen; noun (a male servant wearing a uniform: The footman opened the door.) þjónn

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  • 9 help

    [help] 1. verb
    1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) hjálpa
    2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) eiga þátt í
    3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) lækna, slá á
    4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) aðstoða
    5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) komast ekki hjá, geta ekki annað
    2. noun
    1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) aðstoð, hjálp
    2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) hjálp; hjálparhella
    3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) aðstoðarmaður
    4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) engin leið að (hindra e-ð)
    •
    - helpful
    - helpfully
    - helpfulness
    - helping
    - helpless
    - helplessly
    - helplessness
    - help oneself
    - help out

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  • 10 maid

    [meid]
    (a female servant: The maid answered the door.) þjónustustúlka

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  • 11 manservant

    plural - menservants; noun (a male servant (especially one employed as a valet): He has only one manservant.) heimilisþjónn

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  • 12 page

    [pei‹] I noun
    (one side of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine etc: page ninety-four; a three-page letter.) blaðsíða
    II 1. noun
    1) ((in hotels) a boy who takes messages, carries luggage etc.) vikapiltur
    2) ((also page boy) a boy servant.) einkaþjónn
    2. verb
    (to try to find someone in a public place by calling out his name (often through a loud-speaker system): I could not see my friend in the hotel, so I had him paged.) kalla (e-n) upp

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  • 13 parlour-maid

    noun (a female servant who opens the door to visitors, serves tea etc.) stofustúlka, þjónustustúlka

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  • 14 prosecutor

    noun (The civil servant who brings legal action.)

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  • 15 serve

    [sə:v] 1. verb
    1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) þjóna
    2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) bera fram, framreiða
    3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) duga, nÿtast
    4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) gegna hlutverki/skyldu
    5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) sitja af sér
    6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) gefa upp
    2. noun
    (act of serving (a ball).) uppgjöf
    - serving
    - it serves you right
    - serve an apprenticeship
    - serve out
    - serve up

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  • 16 superior

    [su'piəriə] 1. adjective
    1) ((often with to) higher in rank, better, or greater, than: Is a captain superior to a commander in the navy?; With his superior strength he managed to overwhelm his opponent.) hærra settur
    2) (high, or above the average, in quality: superior workmanship.) framúrskarandi, ágætis-
    3) ((of a person or his attitude) contemptuous or disdainful: a superior smile.) yfirlætislegur
    2. noun
    (a person who is better than, or higher in rank than, another or others: The servant was dismissed for being rude to her superiors.) yfirmaður

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  • 17 wait

    [weit] 1. verb
    1) ((with for) to remain or stay (in the same place or without doing anything): Wait (for) two minutes (here) while I go inside; I'm waiting for John (to arrive).) bíða
    2) ((with for) to expect: I was just waiting for that pile of dishes to fall!) bíða eftir
    3) ((with on) to serve dishes, drinks etc (at table): This servant will wait on your guests; He waits at table.) þjóna
    2. noun
    (an act of waiting; a delay: There was a long wait before they could get on the train.) bið, töf
    - waiting-list
    - waiting-room

    English-Icelandic dictionary > wait

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