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  • 1 multi-purpose machine

    forest and paper industry
    • monitoimikone

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  • 2 fit

    • vikataajuuden yksikkö
    * * *
    I 1. fit adjective
    1) (in good health: I am feeling very fit.) hyväkuntoinen
    2) (suitable; correct for a particular purpose or person: a dinner fit for a king.) sopiva, sovelias
    2. noun
    (the right size or shape for a particular person, purpose etc: Your dress is a very good fit.)
    3. verb
    past tense, past participle fitted -)
    1) (to be the right size or shape (for someone or something): The coat fits (you) very well.)
    2) (to be suitable for: Her speech fitted the occasion.)
    3) (to put (something) in position: You must fit a new lock on the door.)
    4) (to supply with; to equip with: She fitted the cupboard with shelves.)
    - fitter
    - fitting
    4. noun
    1) (something, eg a piece of furniture, which is fixed, especially in a house etc: kitchen fittings.) kalusteet
    2) (the trying-on of a dress etc and altering to make it fit: I am having a fitting for my wedding-dress tomorrow.) sovittaminen
    - fit out
    - see/think fit
    II fit noun
    1) (a sudden attack of illness, especially epilepsy: She suffers from fits.) kohtaus
    2) (something which happens as suddenly as this: a fit of laughter/coughing.) puuska

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  • 3 murder

    • rääkätä
    • miesmurha
    • murha
    • murhata
    • pidellä pahoin
    • tappo
    • tappaa
    • pilata
    * * *
    'mə:də 1. noun
    1) ((an act of) killing a person on purpose and illegally: The police are treating his death as a case of murder; an increase in the number of murders.) murha
    2) (any killing or causing of death that is considered as bad as this: the murder of innocent people by terrorists.) tappaminen
    2. verb
    (to kill (a person) on purpose and illegally: He murdered two children.) murhata
    - murderous
    - murderously

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  • 4 mission

    • delegaatio
    • elämäntehtävä
    • elämänkutsumus
    • edustusto
    • asia
    • valtuuskunta
    • tehtävä
    • taistelulento
    • kutsumustyö
    • kutsumustehtävä
    • komennus
    • lähetystö
    • lähetystyö
    • lähetysseura
    • lähetys
    • lähetysasema
    * * *
    'miʃən
    1) (a purpose for which a person or group of people is sent: His mission was to seek help.) tehtävä
    2) (the purpose for which (one feels) one was born: He regards it as his mission to help the cause of world peace.) elämäntehtävä
    3) (a group of people sent to have political and/or business discussions: a Chinese trade mission.) valtuuskunta
    4) (a place where missionaries live.) lähetysasema
    5) (a group of missionaries: a Catholic mission.) lähetystyöntekijät

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  • 5 do

    • riittää
    • tulla toimeen
    • toimia
    finance, business, economy
    • toimittaa
    • näytellä osaa
    • järjestää
    • hommailla
    • huijaus
    • voida
    • siistiä
    • ajaa
    • askarrella
    • askaroida
    • valmistaa
    • välttää
    • tehdä
    • kelvata
    • kemut
    • kammata
    • harjoittaa
    • mennä
    • petkuttaa
    • matkustaa
    • menestyä
    • menetellä
    • suorittaa
    • sopia
    automatic data processing
    • suorittaa(haku)
    • laittaa
    • pirskeet
    * * *
    du: 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
    1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)
    2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; ðo sit down)
    3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)
    4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)
    5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) tehdä
    6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.)
    7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.)
    8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?)
    9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.)
    10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) voida, pärjätä
    11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) asetella, järjestää
    12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) toimia
    13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) osoittaa
    14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) aiheuttaa
    15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) nähdä, kiertää nähtävyydet
    2. noun
    (an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) juhlat
    - doings
    - done
    - do-it-yourself
    - to-do
    - I
    - he could be doing with / could do with
    - do away with
    - do for
    - done for
    - done in
    - do out
    - do out of
    - do's and don'ts
    - do without
    - to do with
    - what are you doing with

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  • 6 stone

    • painomitta
    • hioa
    • siemen
    • kivittää
    • kivinen
    • kivi
    • kivetä
    • somero
    • poistaa siemenet jostakin
    • korukivi
    * * *
    stəun 1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed: limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.) kivi
    2) (a piece of this, of any shape or size: He threw a stone at the dog.) kivi
    3) (a piece of this shaped for a special purpose: a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.) kivi
    4) (a gem or jewel: She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.) jalokivi
    5) (the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries: a cherry-stone.) kivi
    6) (a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes: She weighs 9.5 stone.) (brittiläinen painomitta)
    7) (a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.) kivi
    2. verb
    1) (to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment: Saint Stephen was stoned to death.) kivittää
    2) (to remove the stones from (fruit): She washed and stoned the cherries.) poistaa kivet
    - stonily
    - stoniness
    - stone-cold
    - stone-dead
    - stone-deaf
    - stoneware
    - stonework
    - leave no stone unturned
    - a stone's throw

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  • 7 board

    • olla täysihoidossa
    • ottaa täysihoitoon
    forest and paper industry
    • pahvi
    • ruoka
    • nousta laivaan
    • näyttämö
    • neuvosto
    • nousta
    • johtokunta
    • hirsi
    • täysihoito
    • valiokunta
    • vuorata
    • taulu
    • kartonki
    • lentokoneeseen ym
    • levy
    • hallitus (yhtiön)
    • hallitus
    • pelilauta
    • penkki
    • majoitus
    • lankku
    • laudoittaa
    marine
    • laivanlaita
    technology
    • lauta (tek.)
    • lauta
    • lauta(tekniikka)
    • lautakunta
    • laita
    automatic data processing
    • piirikortti
    automatic data processing
    • piirilevy
    • kortti (el.)
    • kortti
    • koulun johtokunta
    • komitea
    • kollegio
    * * *
    bo:d 1. noun
    1) (a strip of timber: The floorboards of the old house were rotten.) lauta
    2) (a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose: notice-board; chessboard.) taulu, lauta
    3) (meals: board and lodging.) ruoka
    4) (an official group of persons administering an organization etc: the board of directors.) johtokunta, hallitus
    2. verb
    1) (to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc): This is where we board the bus.) nousta
    2) (to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house): He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week.) olla täysihoidossa
    - boarding-house
    - boarding-school
    - across the board
    - go by the board

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  • 8 improvise

    • improvisoida
    • valmistelematta esittää
    • polkaista
    * * *
    1) (to compose and perform (a poem, tune etc) without preparation: The pianist forgot his music and had to improvise.) improvisoida
    2) (to make (something) from materials that happen to be available, often materials that are not normally used for that purpose: They improvised a shelter from branches and blankets.) kyhätä

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  • 9 stick

    • olla
    • oksa
    aviation
    • ohjaussauva
    • panna
    • palikka
    • painaa
    • pamppu
    • riuku
    • risu
    • riippua kiinni
    • tuikata
    • hämmentyä puheessaan
    • imeytyä
    • iskeä
    • istua
    • juuttua
    • työntäistä
    • työntää
    • varpu
    • varsi
    • epäröidä
    • sitoa
    • sietää
    • arastella
    • törröttää
    • puikko
    • puhkaista
    • pötkö
    • pysyä
    • pysyä uskollisena
    • tikku
    • karttu
    • keihästää
    • kapula
    • kepakko
    • keppi
    finance, business, economy
    • kiinnittää
    • liimata
    • liisteröidä
    • liimautua
    • jäädä
    • kalikka
    • jääpallomaila
    • kanki
    • jääkiekkomaila
    • patukka
    • sauva
    • seiväs
    • maila
    automatic data processing
    • lävistää
    • survaista
    • takertua
    • tanko
    • tarttua
    • tarrautua
    • tarttua (takertua)
    • tarttua kiinni
    • tahmautua
    • piintyä
    • pistäytyä
    • pinttyä
    • pistää
    • pitää kiinni
    * * *
    I stik past tense, past participle - stuck; verb
    1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) pistää
    2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) törröttää
    3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) kiinnittää, tarttua
    4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) juuttua
    - sticky
    - stickily
    - stickiness
    - sticking-plaster
    - stick-in-the-mud
    - come to a sticky end
    - stick at
    - stick by
    - stick it out
    - stick out
    - stick one's neck out
    - stick to/with
    - stick together
    - stick up for
    II stik noun
    1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) keppi
    2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) keppi, maila, kapula
    3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) varsi, tanko
    - get hold of the wrong end of the stick
    - get the wrong end of the stick

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  • 10 to

    • rinnalla
    • saakka
    • jotakin kohti
    • jonnekin
    • jollekin
    • jotta
    • tykö
    • verrata
    • asti
    • siirtyä
    • vaihtua
    • vailla
    • päin
    • kanssa
    • kohtaan
    • kohti
    • kohden
    • liki
    • likelle
    • myöten
    • per
    • marssikäsky
    • matkalla
    • taipumus
    • lähelle
    • luokse
    • lähettyville
    • luo
    * * *
    1. tə,tu preposition
    1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) johonkin
    2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) saakka
    3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) asti
    4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) jollekin
    5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) johonkin
    6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) ksi
    7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) verrattuna
    8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.)
    9) (tə used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.)
    10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.)
    2. tu: adverb
    1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) kiinni
    2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).)

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  • 11 deliberately

    • tieten tahtoen
    • harkitusti
    • tahallaan
    • tahallisesti
    • tarkoituksella
    * * *
    1) (on purpose: You did that deliberately!) tahallaan
    2) (carefully and without hurrying: He spoke quietly and deliberately.) verkkaisesti

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  • 12 harness

    • johtonippu
    • silat
    • valjastaa
    • valjaat
    • haarniska
    • tamineet
    • talutusvaljaat
    • käyttää hyväksi
    * * *
    1. noun
    (the leather straps etc by which a horse is attached to a cart etc which it is pulling and by means of which it is controlled.) valjaat
    2. verb
    1) (to put the harness on (a horse).) valjastaa
    2) (to make use of (a source of power, eg a river) for some purpose, eg to produce electricity or to drive machinery: Attempts are now being made to harness the sun as a source of heat and power.) valjastaa

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  • 13 mixture

    • nesteseos
    • aineseos
    • valikoima
    • yhdiste
    • kimara
    • mikstuura
    • seos
    • sekoitus
    • sekoite
    • lääkeseos
    medicine, veterinary
    • lääkeseos
    * * *
    1) (the result of mixing things or people together: a mixture of eggs, flour and milk.) sekoitus
    2) (a number of things mixed together and used for a given purpose: The doctor gave the baby some cough mixture.) mikstuura
    3) (the act of mixing.) sekoitus

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  • 14 place

    • oppilaspaikka
    • palveluspaikka
    • paikkakunta
    • panna
    • paikka
    • toimi
    • järjestää
    • hoitopaikka
    • aukio
    • asuinpaikka
    • sija (paikka)
    • sijainti
    • sijoittaa
    • sija
    • sijoittua
    • seutu
    • asettaa (sijoittaa)
    • alue
    • asettaa
    • asettaa paikoilleen
    • asettaa paikalleen
    • asettaa esille
    • asemoida
    • asema
    • tila
    • tienoo
    • kohta
    • liittää
    • sovittaa
    • talo
    • kämppä
    • laittaa
    • pitopaikka
    • piste
    • koti
    * * *
    pleis 1. noun
    1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) paikka
    2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) paikka
    3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) paikka
    4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) paikka
    5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) sija, paikka
    6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) asema
    7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) kohta
    8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) tehtävä
    9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) paikka
    10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) koti, luona
    11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) katu
    12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) desimaali
    2. verb
    1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) asettaa
    2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) sijoittaa oikeaan kontekstiin
    - go places
    - in the first
    - second place
    - in place
    - in place of
    - out of place
    - put oneself in someone else's place
    - put someone in his place
    - put in his place
    - take place
    - take the place of

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  • 15 serve

    • olla
    • olla palveluksessa
    • palvella
    • riittää
    • toimia
    finance, business, economy
    • toimittaa
    • hyödyttää
    • jaella
    • vastata jotakin
    • varustaa
    • astuttaa
    • anniskella
    • kelvata
    • mennä
    • passata
    • menetellä
    • sopia
    • syöttää
    automatic data processing
    • syöttö
    • tarjoilla
    finance, business, economy
    • tarjota
    • kärsiä
    * * *
    sə:v 1. verb
    1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) palvella
    2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) tarjoilla, palvella
    3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) sopia
    4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) palvella, toimia
    5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) kärsiä
    6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) syöttää
    2. noun
    (act of serving (a ball).) syöttö
    - serving
    - it serves you right
    - serve an apprenticeship
    - serve out
    - serve up

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  • 16 sneak

    • nuuskija
    • hiiviskellä
    • hiippailla
    • hiipiä
    • viuhahtaa
    • solahtaa
    • pujahtaa
    • puikahtaa
    • raukka
    • kantelija
    • kielijä
    • livahtaa
    • lipsahtaa
    • kannella
    • pelkuri
    • madella
    • sujahtaa
    • pihistää
    • luiskahtaa
    • luikahtaa
    * * *
    sni:k 1. verb
    1) (to go quietly and secretly, especially for a dishonest purpose: He must have sneaked into my room when no-one was looking and stolen the money.) livahtaa
    2) (to take secretly: He sneaked the letter out of her drawer.) kähveltää
    2. noun
    (a mean, deceitful person, especially a telltale.) liero
    - sneaking
    - sneaky
    - sneakiness

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  • 17 succeed

    • onnistua
    • onnistaa
    • järjestyä
    • edistyä
    • seurata (jnkn jälkeen)
    • seurata(seuraavaksi)
    • seurata
    • seurata (olla seuraaja)
    • pärjätä
    • selviytyä
    • selvitä
    • menestyä
    • sujua
    • suoriutua
    • luonnistaa
    • luonnistua
    • luontua
    • luistaa
    * * *
    sək'si:d
    1) (to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose: He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.) onnistua
    2) (to follow next in order, and take the place of someone or something else: He succeeded his father as manager of the firm / as king; The cold summer was succeeded by a stormy autumn; If the duke has no children, who will succeed to (= inherit) his property?) seurata
    - successful
    - successfully
    - succession
    - successive
    - successively
    - successor
    - in succession

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  • 18 suit

    • oikeusjuttu
    law
    • riitajuttu
    • jakkupuku
    • asu
    • anomus
    • vaade
    • väri
    • puku (miesten)
    • pukea
    • puku
    • kelvata
    • kanne
    • harmonisoida
    • mukauttaa
    • mennä
    • passata
    • menetellä
    • maa
    • sopeuttaa
    • sopia
    • sopia (vaate)
    • sovittaa
    • soveltua
    • syyte
    • kävelypuku
    • käydä
    • kokopuku
    • kosinta
    • luontua
    * * *
    su:t 1. noun
    1) (a set of clothes usually all of the same cloth etc, made to be worn together, eg a jacket, trousers (and waistcoat) for a man, or a jacket and skirt or trousers for a woman.) puku
    2) (a piece of clothing for a particular purpose: a bathing-suit / diving-suit.) puku
    3) (a case in a law court: He won/lost his suit.) oikeusjuttu
    4) (an old word for a formal request, eg a proposal of marriage to a lady.) kosinta
    5) (one of the four sets of playing-cards - spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs.) maa
    2. verb
    1) (to satisfy the needs of, or be convenient for: The arrangements did not suit us; The climate suits me very well.) sopia
    2) ((of clothes, styles, fashions etc) to be right or appropriate for: Long hair suits her; That dress doen't suit her.) pukea
    3) (to adjust or make appropriate or suitable: He suited his speech to his audience.) sovittaa
    - suitor
    - suitcase
    - follow suit
    - suit down to the ground
    - suit oneself

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  • 19 aim

    • hyökätä kohti
    • tähdätä
    • tähtäys
    • sihdata
    • ajatus
    • aikoa
    • aikomus
    • päämäärä
    • pyrkiä jhkn
    • pyrkimys
    • päämaali
    • pyrkiä
    • tavoite (päämäärä)
    • tavoite
    • kohde
    • kohdistaa
    • määräasema
    • määränpää
    • maali
    • suunnata
    • tarkoitusperä
    • tarkoitus
    • tarkoittaa
    • pilkka
    • kokonaistavoite
    * * *
    eim 1. verb
    1) ((usually with at, for) to point or direct something at; to try to hit or reach etc: He picked up the rifle and aimed it at the target.) tähdätä
    2) ((with to, at) to plan, intend or to have as one's purpose: He aims at finishing tomorrow; We aim to please our customers.) pyrkiä
    2. noun
    1) (the act of or skill at aiming: His aim is excellent.) tähtäys
    2) (what a person intends to do: My aim is to become prime minister.) tavoite
    - aimlessly
    - aimlessness
    - take aim

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  • 20 bay

    • osasto
    • osa
    • tiukka paikka
    • haukku
    • haukunta
    • haukkua
    • ahdinko
    • ulokeikkuna
    • ulappa
    • uloke
    • vuono
    • poukama
    • punaruskea
    • punaisenruskea
    • teline
    • kerros
    • levennys
    • merenlahti
    • lahdenpoukama
    • laakeripuu
    • lahdelma
    technology
    • laakeri
    • lahdeke
    • laguuni
    • lahti
    • lokero
    * * *
    bei I noun
    (a wide inward bend of a coastline: anchored in the bay; Botany Bay.) lahti
    II noun
    (a separate compartment, area or room etc (usually one of several) set aside for a special purpose: a bay in a library.) osasto
    III 1. adjective
    ((of horses) reddish-brown in colour.) punaruskea
    2. noun
    ((also bay tree) the laurel tree, the leaves of which are used for seasoning and in victory wreaths.)
    3. verb
    ((especially of large dogs) to bark: The hounds bayed at the fox.)

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