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1 discover
• todeta• todeta (havaita)• havaita• huomata• keksiä• löytää (havaita)• löytää* * *1) (to find by chance, especially for the first time: Columbus discovered America; Marie Curie discovered radium.) löytää, keksiä2) (to find out: Try to discover what's going on!) saada selville• -
2 detect
• paljastaa• saada selville• ilmaista• jäljittää• havaita• huomata• keksiä• selvittää rikos• löytää* * *di'tekt(to notice or discover: She thought she could detect a smell of gas.) havaita- detention -
3 expose
• panna esille• paljastaa• panna alttiiksi• ilmaista• ilmiantaa• ilmentää• jättää heitteille• heitteille• asettaa näytteille• asettaa altiiksi• altistaa• vaarantaa• valottaa• saattaa alaiseksi• saattaa alttiiksi* * *ik'spəuz1) (to uncover; to leave unprotected from (eg weather, danger, observation etc): Paintings should not be exposed to direct sunlight; Don't expose children to danger.) asettaa alttiiksi2) (to discover and make known (eg criminals or their activities): It was a newspaper that exposed his spying activities.) paljastaa3) (by releasing the camera shutter, to allow light to fall on (a photographic film).) valottaa•- exposure -
4 find
• saada• saada selville• todeta• todeta (havaita)• nähdä• jäljittää• havaita (todeta)• havaita• huomata• esiintymä• ratkaista• tavoittaa• tavata• keksiä• hankkia• löydös• löytää• löytö• pitää* * *1. past tense, past participle - found; verb1) (to come upon or meet with accidentally or after searching: Look what I've found!) löytää2) (to discover: I found that I couldn't do the work.) huomata3) (to consider; to think (something) to be: I found the British weather very cold.) pitää jonakin2. noun(something found, especially something of value or interest: That old book is quite a find!) löytö- find out -
5 inquire
• tutkia• tunnustella• etsiä• udella• urkkia• tentata• tiedustella• tiedustaa• perätä• kysyä• kysellä• kuulla• kuulustella• kysyä jtkn* * *1) (to ask: He inquired the way to the art gallery; She inquired what time the bus left.) tiedustella2) ((with about) to ask for information about: They inquired about trains to London.) tiedustella3) ((with after) to ask for information about the state of (eg a person's health): He enquired after her mother.) tiedustella4) ((with for) to ask to see or talk to (a person): Someone rang up inquiring for you, but you were out.) tiedustella5) ((with for) to ask for (goods in a shop etc): Several people have been inquiring for the new catalogue.) tiedustella6) ((with into) to try to discover the facts of: The police are inquiring into the matter.) tutkia•- inquiry- make inquiries -
6 scent
• tuoksu• aavistaa• vainu• vaistota• vainuta• lemu• levittää tuoksua• lemuta• hajuaisti• haju• hajustaa• haistella• haistaa• hajuaine• hajua• hajuste• hajuvesi* * *sent 1. verb1) (to discover by the sense of smell: The dog scented a cat.) vainuta2) (to suspect: As soon as he came into the room I scented trouble.) epäillä3) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) saada tuoksumaan2. noun1) (a (usually pleasant) smell: This rose has a delightful scent.) tuoksu2) (a trail consisting of the smell which has been left and may be followed: The dogs picked up the man's scent and then lost it again.) hajujälki3) (a liquid with a pleasant smell; perfume.) hajuvesi•- scented- put/throw someone off the scent
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7 solve
• tutkia• ratkaista tehtävä• ratkaista• ratkoa• ratkoa (ongelma)• seljetä• selvitellä• selvittää• setviä• suorittaa• pohtia* * *solv1) (to discover the answer to (a problem etc): The mathematics teacher gave the children some problems to solve.) ratkaista2) (to clear up or explain (a mystery, crime etc): That crime has never been solved.) selvittää -
8 strike
• pamauttaa• osua• hyökätä• hyökkäys• iskeytyä• iskeä• tuntua oudolta• työnseisaus• humauttaa• huitoa• huitaista• hosua• vatkata• sivaltaa• ajautua• vaikuttaa• pommiattentaatti• purkaa• raapia• pälkähtää• kaato• hajottaa• musertaa• paukauttaa• sattua• löytää• taputtaa• lakkoilla• lakko• kolauttaa• kosketella• lyöttää• lyönti• lyöda• lyödä• läimäyttää* * *1. past tense - struck; verb1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) iskeä2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) iskeä3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) raapaista4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) lakkoilla5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) löytää6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) lyödä, soittaa7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) kiinnittää huomiota, vaikuttaa8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) lyödä9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) suunnata kulkunsa10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) laskea2. noun1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) lakko2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) löytö•- striker- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
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9 trace
• painauma• nuuskia• häivähdys• häive• häivä• johtua• johtaa• jälki• juova• jäljittää(tietotekn)• jäljittääautomatic data processing• jäljittää (ATK)• tähyillätechnology• vetohihna• vivahdus• vivahde• etsiskellä• etsiä• ura• vana• päästä jäljille• rahtunen• kalkeerata• kalkkeerata• jäännös• kalkioida• hakea• hahmotella• haeskella• muistomerkki• merkki• muisto• penkoa• kuvata• kuvailla• piirtää• piirtää ääriviivat• pilkahdus• koluta• kopioida* * *treis 1. noun1) (a mark or sign left by something: There were traces of egg on the plate; There's still no trace of the missing child.) jälki2) (a small amount: Traces of poison were found in the cup.) hitunen2. verb1) (to follow or discover by means of clues, evidence etc: The police have traced him to London; The source of the infection has not yet been traced.) jäljittää2) (to make a copy of (a picture etc) by putting transparent paper over it and drawing the outline etc: I traced the map.) kopioida paperin läpi•- tracing- trace elements
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10 unearth
• vetää päivänvaloon• ajaa esiin• kaivaa esiin* * *(to discover (something) or remove it from a place where it is put away or hidden: During his studies, he unearthed several new facts about the history of the place.) löytää
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