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1 opportunity
• tilaisuus• mahdollisuus• mahdollisuudet* * *opə'tju:nətiplural - opportunities; noun(a chance to do or a time for doing (something): an opportunity to go to Rome; You've had several opportunities to ask him.) tilaisuus -
2 carpetbagger
(politician who moves to a place where he/she sees an opportunity to promote his/her career.) -
3 au pair
• perheenjäsenen asemassa oleva tyttö* * *,ou 'pə(r)(a young person from abroad employed by a family to look after the children and help with the housework in return for room, meals, pocket money and an opportunity to learn the language: a French au pair; an au pair girl.) -
4 chance
• olot• onnenkauppa• onni• riskeerata• riski• todennäköisyys• veto• edellytykset• edellytys• arpapeli• tilaisuus• sauma• sattuma• satunnainen• sattua• sattumus• mahdollisuus• sporadinen• tapahtua* * *1. noun1) (luck or fortune: It was by chance that I found out the truth.) sattuma2) (an opportunity: Now you have a chance to do well.) tilaisuus3) (a possibility: He has no chance of winning.) mahdollisuus4) ((a) risk: There's an element of chance in this business deal.) riski2. verb1) (to risk: I may be too late but I'll just have to chance it.) riskeerata2) (to happen accidentally or unexpectedly: I chanced to see him last week.) sattua3. adjective(happening unexpectedly: a chance meeting.) satunnainen- chancy- chance on
- upon
- by any chance
- by chance
- an even chance
- the chances are -
5 equality
• yhdenvertaisuus• yhdenmukaisuus• samanarvoisuus• samanvertaisuus• tasa-arvoisuus• tasavertaisuus• tasa-arvo• yhtäläisyys* * *noun (the state of being equal: Women want equality of opportunity with men.) tasa-arvo, yhtäläisyys -
6 exercise
• ruumiinharjoitus• ruumiinliikunta• treenaus• jaloittelu• jaloitella• juhlallisuudet• jumpata• juhlavuudet• juhla• juoksutus• aseharjoitus• askarruttaa• ulkoiluttaa• vaivata• valmennus• voimisteluliike• ponnistella• ponnistus• tehtävä• koetella• liikunta• harjaannuttaa• harjoituskirjoitus• harjaannus• harjoitustehtävä• harjoitus• hankkia liikuntaa• harjoittaa• harjoitelma• harjoitella• harjoittelu• harjoituskappale• nautinto• kuntoilu• käyttö• käyttää• laskutehtävä* * *1. noun1) (training or use (especially of the body) through action or effort: Swimming is one of the healthiest forms of exercise; Take more exercise.) liikunta2) (an activity intended as training: ballet exercises; spelling exercises.) harjoitus3) (a series of tasks, movements etc for training troops etc: His battalion is on an exercise in the mountains.) harjoitukset2. verb1) (to train or give exercise to: Dogs should be exercised frequently; I exercise every morning.) harrastaa liikuntaa, ulkoiluttaa2) (to use; to make use of: She was given the opportunity to exercise her skill as a pianist.) käyttää -
7 gold
• kulta• kultainen* * *ɡould1) (an element, a precious yellow metal used for making jewellery etc: This watch is made of gold; ( also adjective) a gold watch.) kulta2) (coins, jewellery etc made of gold.) kulta3) (the colour of the metal: the shades of brown and gold of autumn leaves; ( also adjective) a gold carpet.) kulta, kullanvärinen•- golden- goldfish
- gold-leaf
- gold medal
- gold-mine
- gold-rush
- goldsmith
- as good as gold
- golden opportunity -
8 grasp
• oivaltaa• ote• ottaa• iskostua• juuttua• hoksata• huomata• tavoitella• kiinnike• kiinnipito• kahmaisu• jäädä kiinni• kahmaista• napata• tarttua• tarrautua• tarrata• tartunta• takertua• tajuta• tarttua ahnaasti• ymmärrys• älytä• ymmärtää• äkätä• käydä käsiksi• käydä kiinni• käsitys• käsittää• käsityskyky• leikata• pitää kiinni jostakin• kouraista• luja ote* * *1. verb1) (to take hold of especially by putting one's fingers or arm(s) round: He grasped the rope; He grasped the opportunity to ask for a higher salary.) tarttua2) (to understand: I can't grasp what he's getting at.) käsittää2. noun1) (a grip with one's hand etc: Have you got a good grasp on that rope?) ote2) (the ability to understand: His ideas are quite beyond my grasp.) ymmärrys•- grasping -
9 miss
• neiti* * *mis 1. verb1) (to fail to hit, catch etc: The arrow missed the target.) lyödä ohi2) (to fail to arrive in time for: He missed the 8 o'clock train.) myöhästyä3) (to fail to take advantage of: You've missed your opportunity.) menettää4) (to feel sad because of the absence of: You'll miss your friends when you go to live abroad.) ikävöidä5) (to notice the absence of: I didn't miss my purse till several hours after I'd dropped it.) kaivata6) (to fail to hear or see: He missed what you said because he wasn't listening.) mennä ohi korvien7) (to fail to go to: I'll have to miss my lesson next week, as I'm going to the dentist.) jättää väliin8) (to fail to meet: We missed you in the crowd.) olla huomaamatta9) (to avoid: The thief only just missed being caught by the police.) välttää10) ((of an engine) to misfire.) katkoa2. noun(a failure to hit, catch etc: two hits and two misses.) ohilyönti- missing- go missing
- miss out
- miss the boat -
10 opening
• johdanto• vihkiminen• aukikytkentä• avajaiset• avaus• avaaminen• aukko• avajaistilaisuus• ensi-ilta• aloitus• alkajaiset• alku• reikä• tilaisuus• kita• halkio• pelinavaus• mahdollisuus• suu• kuilu* * *1) (a hole; a clear or open space: an opening in the fence/forest.) aukko2) (a beginning: the opening of the film; ( also adjective) the chairman's opening remarks.) alku3) (the act of becoming or making open, the ceremony of making open: the opening of a flower/shop/door; the opening of the new theatre.) avajaistilaisuus4) (an opportunity for work: There are good openings in the automobile industry.) työtilaisuus -
11 say
• tokaista• todeta• ilmaista• ilmoittaa• jutella• vastata• virkkaa• deklamoida• väittää• pukahtaa• puhua• puuskahtaa• sananvalta• sanoa• sanottava• sanokaamme• mainita• lausua• lausahtaa• lukea* * *sei 1. 3rd person singular present tense - says; verb1) (to speak or utter: What did you say?; She said `Yes'.)2) (to tell, state or declare: She said how she had enjoyed meeting me; She is said to be very beautiful.)3) (to repeat: The child says her prayers every night.)4) (to guess or estimate: I can't say when he'll return.)2. noun(the right or opportunity to state one's opinion: I haven't had my say yet; We have no say in the decision.) sananvalta, sanottava- saying- have
- I wouldn't say no to
- let's say
- say
- say the word
- that is to say -
12 scope
• tilavuus• toiminta-ala• tutkan kuvaputki• vapaus• skooppi• ala• alue• ulottuvuus• vaikutusalue• puitteet• kantavuus• liikkumatila• liikkumavara• pelivara• soveltamisala• käyttöalue• laajuuselectricity• piiri* * *skəup1) ((often with for) the opportunity or chance to do, use or develop: There's no scope for originality in this job.) liikkuma-ala2) (the area or extent of an activity etc: Few things are beyond the scope of a child's imagination.) ulottuvuus, rajat -
13 snatch
• ottaa• riuhtoa• riistää• riuhtaista• näpistää• nipistys• nyhtää• nyhtäistä• nykiä• nykäistä• nyppiä• varastaa• vetää• vetäistä• sieppaus• siepata• anastaa• repiä• riipaista• tempaisu• tempaista• tempaus• tempoa• temmata• katkelma• kiskaista• kiskoa• kaapata• napata• tarttua• tarrautua• kähveltää• pihistää• kopata• koukata* * *snæ 1. verb1) (to (try to) seize or grab suddenly: The monkey snatched the biscuit out of my hand.) siepata2) (to take quickly, when one has time or the opportunity: She managed to snatch an hour's sleep.) sallia itselleen2. noun1) (an attempt to seize: The thief made a snatch at her handbag.) sieppausyritys2) (a short piece or extract eg from music, conversation etc: a snatch of conversation.) katkelma -
14 waste
• roina• riuduttaa• roskat• roska• riutua• tuhota• tuhlaus• tuhottu• tuhlata• näivettää• näivettyätechnology• häviöfinance, business, economy• hävikki• hävittää• jäteaine• jäte• jätteet• jäteaineet• turmella• tähde• hukata• hylkytavaraforest and paper industry• hylky• hukka• hylkyaine• hivuttaa• hukkakäyttö• viemäri• viljelemätön• asumaton• autio• autio maa• aavikko• törsätä• törsäys• väheneminen• kerskakulutus• leikkaushäviö• haaskata• haaskaaminen• haaskaus• menettää• tappio• ylijäämä• kulutus• kuihduttaa• kuona• kuluttaa• käyttää* * *weist 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) tuhlata2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) jäte2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) haaskaus3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) erämaa•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away -
15 watch
• tuijottaa• tähystää• tutkailla• tähyillä• hoitaa• vartiointi• varoa• vartiovuoro• vartio• vartioaika• vartioida• seurata• vahtimiehistö• vahti• vahdata• vahtivuoro• vahtia• valvoa• valvoa(tarkkailla)• valvoa (pitää silm.)• väijyä• katsoa• katsella• kello• tasku- rannekello• tarkastellabookkeeping• tarkastaa• tarkkailu• tarkata• tarkkailla• pitää silmällä* * *wo 1. noun1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) kello2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) yövartio3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) vahtivuoro2. verb1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) katsoa2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) tähystää3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) varoa4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) vahtia5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) kärkkyä•- watcher- watchful
- watchfully
- watchfulness
- watchdog
- watchmaker
- watchman
- watchtower
- watchword
- keep watch
- watch one's step
- watch out
- watch over
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