Recycling center workers climb into container to find man’s lost wedding ring Employees at a recycling center in England came to the rescue when a man accidentally dropped his wedding ring into a sorting container. The North Tyneside Council said James Ross, 38, was dropping off some cardboard to be recycled at the Household Waste Recycling Center in North Shields when the wedding ring fell off his finger and vanished into the depths of the container. “It was a container where you push the rubbish through an opening. It was very cold. My hands were cold and, as I was shaking out the box, suddenly the ring was just gone. I don’t know if it caught the edge of the box, but my heart just sank,” Ross said. Ross alerted a nearby employee, who informed officials of the incident. The machinery was shut down and soon four workers had climbed inside to search for the ring. “It was like looking for a needle in a haystack as there was a huge mound of waste to search through and we had the added difficulty of ensuring we kept our distance and followed the COVID guidelines. We were just about to give […]
| employees | alkalmazottak |
| to rescue | kimenekíteni |
| sorting container | szétválogató konténer (itt karton szemét számára fenntartott konténer |
| to fall off | leesni |
| to vanish into | eltűnik valamiben |
| edge | széle |
| to alert | riasztani |
| incident | eset |
| needle in a haystack | tű a szalmakazalban |
| mound of | halomnyi/ dombnyi |
| to ensure | biztosítani |
| guidelines | irányelvek |
| to spot | észrevenni/ kiszúrni |
| to be over the moon | nagyon boldognak lenni |
| to be overwhelmed with relief | megkönnyebbülés vesz rajta erőt |
| to cake | masszába tömörödni |
| grime | piszok |
| to go way | messze meghaladni |
| beyond the call of duty | kötelességét |
| to make up | kitalálni (kifogást/történetet) |
| elaborate | gondosan kidolgozott/ alapos |
