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1 work
[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) vinna2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) vinna, starf3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) verkefni4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) verk5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) vinna6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) vinnustaður2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) vinna, starfa; láta (e-n) vinna2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) hafa starf/vinnu3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) vera í lagi, virka4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) gefast vel, heppnast5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) mjaka(st)6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) losa/losna smám saman7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) vinna, móta•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) gangverk2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) góðverk•- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
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2 hard-earned
adjective (earned by hard work or with difficulty: I deserve every penny of my hard-earned wages.) sem e-r hefur unnið til -
3 donkey-work
noun (hard, uninteresting work: We have a computer now, which saves us a lot of donkey-work.) leiðindavinna, puð -
4 slog
[sloɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) slá2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) ösla3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) hamast2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) púl2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) högg -
5 slave
[sleiv] 1. noun1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) þræll2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) vinnuþræll2. verb(to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) þræla- slavery -
6 in the end
(finally: He had to work very hard but he passed his exam in the end.) að lokum, þegar upp var staðið -
7 overworked
adjective (made to work too hard: His staff are overworked.) sem ofgerir sér/ofkeyrir sig -
8 put one's shoulder to the wheel
(to begin to work very hard.) takast á viðEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > put one's shoulder to the wheel
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9 take it easy
(not to work etc hard or energetically; to avoid using much effort: The doctor told him to take it easy.) taka því rólega; ekki leggja of mikið á sig -
10 unreasonable
1) (not guided by good sense or reason: It is unreasonable to expect children to work so hard.) óskynsamlegur2) (excessive, or too great: That butcher charges unreasonable prices.) óhóflegur -
11 warning
1) (an event, or something said or done, that warns: He gave her a warning against driving too fast; His heart attack will be a warning to him not to work so hard.) aðvörun2) (advance notice or advance signs: The earthquake came without warning.) aðvörun, viðvörun -
12 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) (erfiðis)vinna2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) verkamenn3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) hríðir4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Verkamannaflokkurinn2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) vinna, strita2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) erfiða, paufa•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
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13 fruit
[fru:t] 1. noun1) (the part of a plant that produces the seed, especially when eaten as food: The fruit of the vine is the grape.) ávöxtur2) (a result; something gained as a result of hard work etc: the fruit of his hard work.) ávöxtur, árangur, afrakstur2. verb(to produce fruit: This tree fruits early.) bera ávöxt- fruitful- fruition
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
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14 toil
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15 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) aka, keyra2) (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 nagla5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) knÿja2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) ökutúr2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) heimreið, aðkeyrsla3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) dugnaður, drifkraftur4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) átak; herferð5) (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- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
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16 effort
['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) átak, erfiði2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) tilraun, viðleitni3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) tilraun, viðleitni•- effortlessly -
17 drudge
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18 lazy
['leizi](too inclined to avoid hard work, exercise etc: I take the bus to work as I'm too lazy to walk; Lazy people tend to become fat.) latur- lazily- laziness
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19 sweat
[swet] 1. noun(the moisture given out through the skin: He was dripping with sweat after running so far in the heat.) sviti2. verb1) (to give out sweat: Vigorous exercise makes you sweat.) svitna2) (to work hard: I was sweating (away) at my work from morning till night.) sveitast, þræla•- sweater- sweaty
- sweatiness
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20 accent
1. ['æksənt] noun1) ((a mark used to show) the stress on a syllable: The accent is on the second syllable.) áhersla2) (a mark used to show the pronunciation of a letter in certain languages: Put an accent on the e in début.) áherslumerki3) (emphasis: The accent must be on hard work.) áhersla4) (a special way of pronouncing words in a particular area etc: an American accent.) framburður2. [ək'sent] verb(to pronounce with stress or emphasis: The second syllable is accented.) leggja áherslu á
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