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1 compete
• otella• urheilla• kilpailla• kilvoitella• kamppailla• taistella* * *kəm'pi:t(to try to beat others in a contest, fight etc: We are competing against them in the next round; Are you competing with her for the job?) kilpailla- competitive
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2 match
• olla vertainen• olla samaa mieltä• ottelu• tulitikku• vastine• vastata• vertailla• vertainen• vetää vertoja• avioliitto• soinnuttaa• täsmäyttää• täsmätä• pontata• tikku• kirjeenvaihto• kilpailu• mukautua• naimiskauppa• naittaa• peli• sopia yhteen• sovittaa• sovittaa yhteen• sopia• sävyttää• tasaveroinen• yhtäpitävä kohta• käydä* * *mæ I noun(a short piece of wood or other material tipped with a substance that catches fire when rubbed against a rough or specially-prepared surface: He struck a match.) tulitikku- matchboxII 1. noun1) (a contest or game: a football/rugby/chess match.) ottelu2) (a thing that is similar to or the same as another in some way(s) eg in colour or pattern: These trousers are not an exact match for my jacket.) sopia yhteen3) (a person who is able to equal another: She has finally met her match at arguing.) vertainen4) (a marriage or an act of marrying: She hoped to arrange a match for her daughter.) naimakauppa2. verb1) (to be equal or similar to something or someone in some way eg in colour or pattern: That dress matches her red hair.)2) (to set (two things, people etc) to compete: He matched his skill against the champion's.)•- matched- matchless
- matchmaker -
3 oppose
• opponoida• panna hanttiin• panna vastaan• torjua• niskoitella• jonkin vastakohdaksi• vastustaa• vastustaa (asein)• evätä• asettaa vastaan• uhitella• uhmata• väittää vastaan• tehdä vastarintaa• kiistää• kamppailla• hangoitella• pidätellä* * *ə'pəuz1) (to resist or fight against (someone or something) by force or argument: We oppose the government on this matter.) vastustaa2) (to act or compete against: Who is opposing him in the election?) olla vastaehdokas• -
4 play
• olla käynnissä• olla toiminnassa• ottelu• toimia• toiminta• näytellä• näytelmä• ilakoida• ilonpito• turnaustechnology• holkkuma• huvi• vilske• esittäämusic• soittaa (mus.)• siirtää• soittaa(soitinta)• soitella (soittimella)• soittaa• väikkyä• väljyys• väreillätechnology• välys• puhaltaa• telmiä• temmeltää• teatterinäytäntö• teatterikappale• karehtia• kappale• karkeloida• karkelo• kilpailu• kisailu• kisailla• kilpa• kisa• leikitellä• leikki• liikkumavara• liikkumisvara• liike• liikuntavara• leikkiä• peli• peuhata• pelata• pelehtiä• pelivara• matsi• suuntautua• suunnata• taistelu• kujeilla• käynti* * *plei 1. verb1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) leikkiä2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) pelata3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) näytellä4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) esittää5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) soittaa6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) tehdä kepponen7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) pelata jotakuta vastaan8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) lepattaa9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) suunnata10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) lyödä kortti pöytään2. noun1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) huvi, leikki2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) näytelmä3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) peli4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) välys•- player- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
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5 rival
• vastustaja• vetää vertoja• kilpahakija• kilpatoveri• kilpailla• kilpakumppani• kilpailija• kilpakosija• kilpaileva* * *1. noun(a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) kilpailija2. verb(to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) vetää vertoja- rivalry -
6 seed
• jyvä• siementyä• siemen• siementää• siittiö• muren• kylvösiemen• kylvö• kylvää* * *si:d 1. noun1) (the (part of) the fruit of a tree, plant etc from which a new plant may be grown: sunflower seeds; grass seed.) siemen2) (the beginning from which anything grows: There was already a seed of doubt in her mind.) siemen3) ((in a sporting competition etc) a seeded player.) sijoitettu pelaaja2. verb1) ((of a plant) to produce seed: A plant seeds after it has flowered.) tehdä siementä2) (in golf, tennis etc, to arrange (good players) in a competition so that they do not compete against each other till the later rounds.) sijoittaa•- seeded- seedling
- seedy
- seediness
- seedbed
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7 swim
• olla tulvillaan• tulvia• uida yli• uida• uinti• uiskennella• uittaa• uintimatka• kauhoa• kellua• leijua* * *swim 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.)2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).)3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.)2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) uinti- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
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8 vie
• kilpailla• kamppailla* * *present participle - vying; verb(to compete with: The two parents vied with each other in their attempts to gain the children's love.) kilpailla
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