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41 scrape through
• läpäistä töin tuskin* * *(to only just avoid failing: He scraped through his exams.) läpäistä nipin napin -
42 shirk
• aristella• välttää• vältellä• välttyä• lintsata• pinnata* * *ʃə:k(to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to): She shirked telling him the bad news that night.) välttää- shirker -
43 shrink
• rypistyä• typistyä• huveta• vetäytyä pois• sikistyä• vanua• vähetä• kavahtaa• kiertyä• kipristyä• kallonkutistaja• kaihtaa• pienentyä• supistua• kutistaa• kutistua• kurtistua• käpertyä• käpristyä• pienetä* * *I ʃriŋk verb1) (to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?) kutistua, kutistaa2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.) kavahtaa3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.) karttaa•- shrunken II ʃriŋk noun((slang) a psychiatrist.) -
44 shun
• vierastaa• vieroksua• vieroa• arastaa• aristaa• arastella• välttää• välttyä• vältellä• tehdä kipeää• karttaa• karsastaa• kaihtaa• sattua• pitää varansa• koskea* * *past tense, past participle - shunned; verb(to avoid or keep away from.) karttaa -
45 sidestep
past tense, past participle - sidestepped; verb1) (to step to one side: He sidestepped as his attacker tried to grab him.) väistää2) (to avoid: to sidestep a problem.) kiertää -
46 slacken
• höllentää• hölletä• höllentyä• höllätä• höltyä• hidastaa• hiljentyä• heikontua• hellitä• herpaantua• hiljentää• hidastua• hervota• huveta• veltostua• veltostaa• asettua• vähentää• väsähtää• leppyä• liennyttää• löysentää• löystyä• löysentyä• löyhentyä• löyhentää• löysätä• löyhtyä• käydä veltoksi• lamaantua• laimeta• laimentaachemistry• laimentua* * *1) (to make or become looser: She felt his grip on her arm slacken.) löysentää, höllentyä2) (to make or become less busy, less active or less fast: The doctor told him to slacken up if he wanted to avoid a heart-attack.) hellittää -
47 slink
• hiipiä• pujahtaa• puikkia• livahtaa* * *sliŋkpast tense, past participle - slunk; verb(to move as if wanting to avoid attention: He slunk into the kitchen and stole a cake.) hiipiä -
48 stall
• panna talliin• torjua• joutua kuolioon• tuppi• hinkalo• verukkeilla viivyttää• etupermantopaikka• väistellä• puolustautua taitavasti• kauppakojuagriculture• karsina• koju• kioski• kioskimyymälä• myymäpöytä• myyntikoju• parsi• permantopaikka• penkki• seisahtua• sakata• sakkausmedicine, veterinary• kuolio• kuori-istuin• pilttuu• pitää pilttuussa* * *I sto:l noun1) (a compartment in a cowshed etc: cattle stalls.) pilttuu2) (a small shop or a counter or table on which goods are displayed for sale: He bought a newspaper at the bookstall on the station; traders' stalls.) koju•- stallsII 1. sto:l verb1) ((of a car etc or its engine) to stop suddenly through lack of power, braking too quickly etc: The car stalled when I was halfway up the hill.) sammua2) ((of an aircraft) to lose speed while flying and so go out of control: The plane stalled just after take-off and crashed on to the runway.) sakata3) (to cause (a car etc, or aircraft) to do this: Use the brake gently or you'll stall the engine.) sammuttaa2. noun(a dangerous loss of flying speed in an aircraft, causing it to drop: The plane went into a stall.)III sto:l verb(to avoid making a definite decision in order to give oneself more time.) kierrellä ja kaarrella -
49 steer clear of
• välttyä• välttää* * *(to avoid: I want to steer clear of trouble if possible.) välttää -
50 sweep under the carpet
(to avoid facing, or dealing with (an unpleasant situation etc) by pretending it does not exist.) lakaista maton alle -
51 swerve
• saada poikkeamaan• järkkyä• heitteille• heittelehtiä• heilahdus• horjuttaa• huuhtelu• horjua• eksyä• puoltaa• kierteinen liike• likavesi• kaartaa• kaarre• kaartua• suistua• äkkikäännös• kääntyä• poiketa• poikkeama• koukkaus* * *swə:v 1. verb(to turn away (from a line or course), especially quickly: The car driver swerved to avoid the dog; She never swerved from her purpose.) väistää2. noun(an act of swerving: The sudden swerve rocked the passengers in their seats.) käännös -
52 tact
• hienotunteisuus• hienovaraisuus• mielivalta• säädyllisyys• tahdikkuus* * *tækt(care and skill in one's behaviour to people, in order to avoid hurting or offending them: He showed tact in dealing with difficult customers.) tahdikkuus- tactful- tactfully
- tactfulness
- tactless
- tactlessly
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53 take it easy
(not to work etc hard or energetically; to avoid using much effort: The doctor told him to take it easy.) ottaa rauhallisesti -
54 take lying down
(to accept or suffer (something) without arguing, complaining or trying to avoid it.) hyväksyä mukisematta -
55 touch wood
((used as an interjection) to touch something made of wood superstitiously, in order to avoid bad luck: None of the children has ever had a serious illness, touch wood!) koputtaa puuta -
56 veer
• kaarre• muuttaa mielensä• muuttaa suuntaa• poikkeama* * *viə(to change direction suddenly: The car veered across the road to avoid hitting a small boy.) kääntyä -
57 waste time
• hukata aikaa• hukka-aika• vitkastella• lekotella* * *(to avoid spending time; to spend time unnecessarily: Take my car instead of walking, if you want to save time; We mustn't waste time discussing unimportant matters.) säästää aikaa, tuhlata aikaa
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