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1 works
noun singular or noun plural (a factory etc: The steelworks is/are closed for the holidays.) verksmiðja -
2 good works
noun plural (acts of charity: He is known throughout the city for his good works.) góðverk -
3 throw a spanner in the works
(to frustrate or ruin (a plan, system etc).) gera að engu -
4 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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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 worker
1) (a person who works or who is employed in an office, a factory etc: office-workers; car-workers.) starfsmaður2) (a manual worker rather than an office-worker etc.) verkamaður3) (a person who works (hard etc): He's a slow/hard worker.) mikill/lítill verkmaður -
7 acquaintance
1) (a person whom one knows slightly.) kunningi2) ((with with) knowledge: My acquaintance with the works of Shakespeare is slight.) þekking -
8 afternoon
(the time between morning and evening: tomorrow afternoon; He works for us three afternoons a week; Tuesday afternoon; ( also adjective) afternoon tea.) síðdegi, eftirmiðdagur -
9 as well as
(in addition to: She works in a restaurant in the evenings as well as doing a full-time job during the day.) og einnig, auk þess að -
10 at one's elbow
(close to one: The journalist always works with a dictionary at his elbow.) við höndina -
11 automatically
adverb This machine works automatically; He answered automatically.) á sjálfvirkan hátt; ósjálfrátt -
12 booster
1) (a person or thing that boosts: That was a real morale booster for me (= That made me feel more cheerful and optimistic).) hvatamaður; hvati2) (a device for increasing power, force etc: I've fixed a booster on the TV aerial to improve the signal.) magnari3) (the first stage of a rocket that works by several stages.) fyrsta þrep eldflaugar -
13 cashier
[kæ'ʃiə]noun (a person who receives and pays out money (eg in a bank), works at a cash register etc: a bank cashier; a cashier in a supermarket.) gjaldkeri -
14 cause
[ko:z] 1. noun1) (something or someone that produces an effect or result: Having no money is the cause of all my misery.) orsök2) (a reason for an action; a motive: You had no cause to treat your wife so badly.) ástæða3) (an aim or concern for which an individual or group works: cancer research and other deserving causes; in the cause of peace.) málstaður2. verb(to make (something) happen; to bring about; to be the means of: What caused the accident?; He caused me to drop my suitcase.) koma (e-m) til (að gera e-ð) -
15 cellular phone
noun ((also cellphone) a mobile telephone that works by a system of radio signals.) -
16 clockwork
noun (machinery similar to that of a clock: a toy which works by clockwork.) klukkuverk -
17 clown
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18 co-ordinate
[kəu'o:dineit](to adjust (a movement or action) so that it fits in or works smoothly (with other movements or actions): In swimming the movement of one's arms and legs must be co-ordinated.) samstilla -
19 collier
['koliə](a person who works in a coalmine: Collier is another word for a coalminer.) kolanámumaður- colliery -
20 critical
1) (judging and analysing: He has written several critical works on Shakespeare.) sem felur í sér gagnrÿni2) (fault-finding: He tends to be critical of his children.) aðfinnslusamur3) (of, at or having the nature of, a crisis; very serious: a critical shortage of food; After the accident, his condition was critical.) alvarlegur; tvísÿnn
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