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1 for hours
• tuntitolkulla• tuntikausia* * *(for a very long time: We waited for hours for the train.) tuntikaupalla -
2 come on
• tulla näyttämölle• edetä• edistyä• alkaa• kiirehdi• kutsu* * *1) (to appear on stage or the screen: They waited for the comedian to come on.) astua esiin2) (hurry up!: Come on - we'll be late for the party!) pitää kiirettä3) (don't be ridiculous!: Come on, you don't really expect me to believe that!) älä viitsi -
3 just
• oikeutettu• oikeudenmukainen• oikea• oikeamielinen• oikeudentuntoinen• niukin naukin• nipin napin• hädin tuskin• ihan• juuri nyt• juuri ja juuri• juuri (aivan)• juuri• hiljattain• vasta• vastikään• aivan• ainoastaan• ansionmukainen• vain• vanhurskas• puolueetonlaw• pätevä• rehti• rehellinen• kohta• kohtuullinen• paraillaan• pelkästään• paraikaa• parhaillaan• sopiva• säädyllinen• tasan• tasapuolinen• äskettäin• äsken• kunniallinen* * *I adjective1) (right and fair: not favouring one more than another: a fair and just decision.) oikeudenmukainen2) (reasonable; based on one's rights: He certainly has a just claim to the money.) oikeutettu3) (deserved: He got his just reward when he crashed the stolen car and broke his leg.) ansaittu•- justly- justness II adverb1) ((often with as) exactly or precisely: This penknife is just what I needed; He was behaving just as if nothing had happened; The house was just as I'd remembered it.) juuri, aivan2) ((with as) quite: This dress is just as nice as that one.) aivan3) (very lately or recently: He has just gone out of the house.) juuri4) (on the point of; in the process of: She is just coming through the door.) juuri5) (at the particular moment: The telephone rang just as I was leaving.) juuri kun6) ((often with only) barely: We have only just enough milk to last till Friday; I just managed to escape; You came just in time.) juuri ja juuri7) (only; merely: They waited for six hours just to get a glimpse of the Queen; `Where are you going?' `Just to the post office'; Could you wait just a minute?) vain8) (used for emphasis, eg with commands: Just look at that mess!; That just isn't true!; I just don't know what to do.) han, hän, vain9) (absolutely: The weather is just marvellous.) kerrassaan•- just now
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4 at fever pitch
(at a level of great excitement: The crowd's excitement was at fever pitch as they waited for the filmstar to appear.) huipussaan -
5 catch up
• saada kiinni• päästä lähemmäksi• tavoittaa• saavuttaa• saavuttaa (saada kiinni)• saavuttaa(tavoite)• lähentyä* * *(to come level (with): We caught him up at the corner; Ask the taxi-driver if he can catch up with that lorry; We waited for him to catch up; She had a lot of schoolwork to catch up on after her illness.) saada kiinni -
6 eternity
• iankaikkisuus• ikuisuus• iäisyys• ainaisuus* * *1) (time without end.) ikuisuus2) (a seemingly endless time: He waited for an eternity.) ikuisuus3) (the state or time after death.) iankaikkisuus -
7 fuse
weapon industry• tulilanka• varoke• aikatulilanka• yhdistääfinance, business, economy• fuusioitua• fuusioida• sekoittaa• sulaa• sulautuafinance, business, economy• sulauttaa• sulattaa• sulattaa yhteenelectricity• sulake• sulauttaa toisiinsa• sytytinweapon industry• sytytyslanka• yhtyä* * *I 1. fju:z verb1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) sulattaa, sulaa2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) sammua, sammuttaa2. noun(a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.)- fusionII fju:z noun(a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) sytytin -
8 lag
• jäljessä olo• hidastus• hidastella• viive• viipymä• vitkastella• viivästymä• viivästys• viivytys• aikailla• jättö• jätättää• myöhästyminen• nahjustella• kuhnailla• lämpöeristää* * *læɡ 1. past tense, past participle - lagged; verb((often with behind) to move too slowly and become left behind: We waited for the smaller children, who were lagging behind the rest.) jäädä jälkeen2. noun(an act of lagging or the amount by which one thing is later than another: There is sometimes a time-lag of several seconds between our seeing the lightning and our hearing the thunder.) viive -
9 settle down
• asettautua• asettua• asettua asumaan• vakiintua• vakaantua• rauhoittua* * *1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) rauhoittua, saada rauhoittumaan2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) asettua3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) keskittyä -
10 show up
• paljastua• paljastaa• tulla esiin• tulla ilmi• näkyä selvästi• näkyä• nousta• näyttäytyä• ilmaantua• ilmestyä• esiintyä• putkahtaa* * *1) (to make obvious: This light shows up the places where I've mended this coat.) tuoda esiin2) (to reveal the faults of: Mary was so neat that she really showed me up.) paljastaa puutteet3) (to stand out clearly: The scratches showed up on the photograph.) pistää silmään4) (to appear or arrive: I waited for her, but she never showed up.) ilmaantua -
11 platform
• junalaituri• vaunusilta• esityslava• silta• asemalaituri• asemasilta• vaaliohjelma• puhujapönttö• puhujalava• puolueohjelma• puhujakoroke• raide• kateederi• periaateohjelma• pengerautomatic data processing• käyttötaso (atk)• lava (• laituri• lava• koroke* * *'plætfo:m1) (a raised part of a floor eg in a hall, for speakers, entertainers etc: The orchestra arranged themselves on the platform.) lava2) (the raised area between or beside the lines in a railway station: They waited on the platform for their train to arrive; The London train will leave from platform 6.) laituri -
12 suspense
• odotus• jännitystilaelectricity• jännite• jännitys• epävarmuus• epätietoisuus* * *-snoun (a state of uncertainty and anxiety: We waited in suspense for the result of the competition.) epätietoisuus
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