ELEVATOR OPERATOR collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)

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meanings of elevator and operator

elevator

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/ˈel.ɪ.veɪ.tər/us

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/ˈel.ə.veɪ.t̬ɚ/

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a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to another or taking people up and down underground in ...

operator

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/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us

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/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/

someone whose job is to use and control a machine ...

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She then took on odd jobs, such as truck driver, dental receptionist, and even elevator operator, after 1949.

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The elevator operator has since been reassigned, and the guard was fired.

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Afterwards, however, she asked for a 1tip(1 tip (1tip( in 2014) that she gave to an elevator operator to be returned.

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Afterwards, he retreated from his recording career to become a dock worker, an elevator operator, and a building superintendent.

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While finishing high school, he worked as an elevator operator, porter and garment worker.

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Moving about aimlessly, she topples the sailor mannequin, whom she recognizes as the somewhat frustrated elevator operator in earlier scenes.

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He went to work on a tobacco farm, drove trucks, and worked as an elevator operator, among other jobs, over the next 20-odd years.

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He worked at various jobs, including as an elevator operator, while still pursuing his musical career.

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One distinctive feature was the last elevator in the city still operated by an elevator operator.

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Outside of the workshop there were office and sales positions, such as elevator operator, store clerk and office worker.

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With the aid of an off-kilter elevator operator, he journeys though his life with the horrors of his past following closely behind.

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Titus, who had been a doctor, gave up his profession and became an elevator operator.

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Gallo worked as an elevator operator in the prison's woodworking shop.

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The elevator operator clears his throat.

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He allegedly dressed like a construction worker, then sneaked in and convinced an elevator operator into giving him a lift to the towers 88th floor, according to news sources.

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She enters the ninth floor and turns to complain to the elevator operator that there is nothing there, but the door closes abruptly, leaving her to ponder her situation.

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Elevators were operated by elevator operators using a motor controller.

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Theme parks and amusement parks often have observation towers, which employ elevator operators.

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A few older buildings still maintain working manually operated elevators and thus elevator operators may be employed to run them.

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During the post-war era, the wheat pools almost completely replaced the private grain companies as elevator operators.

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