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41 all set
• valmis• kaikki valmiina* * *( often with to) (ready or prepared (to do something); just on the point of (doing something): We were all set to leave when the phone rang.) valmis -
42 argue
• osoittaa• todistella• inttää• järkeillä• elämöidä• esittää syitä• argumentoida• väitellä• väittää• riidellä• keskustella• kinata• kinastella• kiistellä• motivoida• perustella• penätä* * *1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) kiistellä2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) esittää perusteluja3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) suostutella4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) perustella, väitellä•- arguable- argument
- argumentative -
43 art
• juoni• viekkaus• ammatti• maalaaminen• taide• taito• taitavuus* * *1) (painting and sculpture: I'm studying art at school; Do you like modern art?; ( also adjective) an art gallery, an art college.) taide2) (any of various creative forms of expression: painting, music, dancing, writing and the other arts.) taide3) (an ability or skill; the (best) way of doing something: the art of conversation/war.) taito•- artful- artfully
- artfulness
- arts -
44 as well as
• niin pian kuin• sekä että• kuten* * *(in addition to: She works in a restaurant in the evenings as well as doing a full-time job during the day.) lisäksi -
45 at cross-purposes
(of two or more people, confused about what they are saying or doing because of misunderstanding one another: I think we're talking at cross-purposes.) ristiin -
46 bar
law• asianajajalaitos• lakimiesten ammattikunta* * *1. noun1) (a rod or oblong piece (especially of a solid substance): a gold bar; a bar of chocolate; iron bars on the windows.) tanko, harkko2) (a broad line or band: The blue material had bars of red running through it.) juova3) (a bolt: a bar on the door.) salpa4) (a counter at which or across which articles of a particular kind are sold: a snack bar; Your whisky is on the bar.) baari, baaritiski5) (a public house.) baari6) (a measured division in music: Sing the first ten bars.) tahti7) (something which prevents (something): His carelessness is a bar to his promotion.) este8) (the rail at which the prisoner stands in court: The prisoner at the bar collapsed when he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.) aitaus2. verb1) (to fasten with a bar: Bar the door.) teljetä2) (to prevent from entering: He's been barred from the club.) sulkea ulos3) (to prevent (from doing something): My lack of money bars me from going on holiday.) estää3. preposition(except: All bar one of the family had measles.)- barmaid- barman
- bar code -
47 bash on/ahead (with)
(to go on doing something especially in a careless or inattentive way: In spite of his father's advice he bashed on with the painting.) jatkaa tuhertamista -
48 bash on/ahead (with)
(to go on doing something especially in a careless or inattentive way: In spite of his father's advice he bashed on with the painting.) jatkaa tuhertamista -
49 be at full stretch
(to be using all one's powers, energy etc to the limit in doing something.) toimia täydellä teholla -
50 be hard on
1) (to punish or criticize severely: Don't be too hard on the boy - he's too young to know that he was doing wrong.) olla ankara2) (to be unfair to: If you punish all the children for the broken window it's a bit hard on those who had nothing to do with it.) olla epäreilua -
51 be up to no good
(to be doing something wrong: I'm sure he's up to no good.) olla pahat mielessä -
52 bellyache
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53 brake
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54 bustle
• touhuta• touhu• hässäkkä• hääräily• hääriä• hyöriä• häärinä• häärintä• häärätä• hälistä• hyörintä• hälinä• hyörinä• hommata• huiskina• humu• hoputtaa• humina• vilske• vilinä• astella• aherrus• puuhata• kiire• kohina• melu• suhina* * *1. verb((often with about) to busy oneself (often noisily or fussily): She bustled about doing things all day.) hääriä2. noun(hurry, fuss or activity.) touhu -
55 cajole
• imarrella• houkutella• mairitella* * *kə'‹əul(to coax (someone into doing something), often by flattery: The little girl cajoled her father into buying her a new dress.) maanitella -
56 can
• hylkäys• mitätöidäbookkeeping• poisto* * *kæn I negative - can't; verb1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.) voida, pystyä2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?) osata3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.) saada4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?) voidaII 1. noun(a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) kannu, tölkki, kanisteri2. verb(to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.)- canned- cannery -
57 capable
• osaava• etevä• ammattimainen• ammattitaitoinen• vaikuttava• pätevä• pystyvä• tehokas• kelvollinen• kelpoinen• taitava• älykäs• kunnollinen• kykenevä• kyvykäs• lahjakas• kompetentti* * *'keipəbl1) (clever especially in practical ways: She'll manage somehow - she's so capable!) taitava2) ((with of) clever enough to; likely to; able to: He is capable of doing better; He is quite capable of cheating us.) kykenevä•- capably- capability -
58 catch red-handed
(to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong: The police caught the thief red-handed.) saada kiinni itse teosta -
59 chicken out
• jänistää* * *(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) jänistää -
60 coerce
• pakottaa• hillitä• simputtaa* * *kəu'ə:s(to force (a person into doing something).) pakottaa- coercion
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