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21 fight shy of
(to avoid: He fought shy of introducing her to his wife.) karttaa -
22 get out of
• riistäytyä• nousta• päästä pois• selviytyä* * *(to (help a person etc to) avoid doing something: I wonder how I can get out of washing the dishes; How can I get him out of going to the party?) välttää -
23 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) livahtaa jonkun käsistä -
24 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) livahtaa jonkun käsistä -
25 have nothing to do with
1) (to avoid completely: After he came out of prison, many of his friends would have nothing to do with him.) ei missään tekemisissä2) ((also be nothing to do with) to be something that a person ought not to be interested in: This letter has/is nothing to do with you.) ei mitään tekemistä -
26 hedge
• turvata itsensä• este• aitapensas• aidata• aita• kierrellä• pensasaita• pensas• suoja• suojautua• ympäröidä aidalla* * *he‹ 1. noun(a line of bushes etc planted so closely together that their branches form a solid mass, grown round the edges of gardens, fields etc.) pensasaita2. verb1) (to avoid giving a clear answer to a question.) kierrellä2) ((with in or off) to enclose (an area of land) with a hedge.) ympäröidä pensasaidalla•- hedgehog- hedgerow -
27 hold one's breath
• pidätellä hengitystä* * *(to stop breathing (often because of anxiety or to avoid being heard): He held his breath as he watched the daring acrobat.) pidätellä henkeään -
28 infection
• tulehdus• infektio• tartunta(virus,tietok.virus)• tartuntamedicine, veterinary• tartunta* * *- ʃən1) (the process of infecting or state of being infected: You should wash your hands after handling raw meat to avoid infection.) tartunta2) (a disease: a throat infection.) infektio -
29 keep at arm's length
(to avoid becoming too friendly with someone: She keeps her new neighbours at arm's length.) pitää välimatkaa -
30 lazy
• saamaton• toimeton• nynny• joutilas• verkkainen• veltto• vetelä• aikaansaamaton• aloitekyvytön• tehoton• lepsu• mukavuudenhaluinen• mukavuutta rakastava• nahjusmainen• kunnoton• laiska* * *'leizi(too inclined to avoid hard work, exercise etc: I take the bus to work as I'm too lazy to walk; Lazy people tend to become fat.) laiska- lazily- laziness
- lazy-bones -
31 make oneself scarce
• häipyä• laputtaa• laittautua tiehensä* * *(to run away or stay away, especially in order to avoid trouble: As soon as the police arrived, he made himself scarce.) pysytellä poissa -
32 malinger
• tekosairas• tekeytyä sairaaksi• pinnata* * *mə'liŋɡə(to pretend to be unwell eg in order to avoid work: He says he's ill, but I think he's just malingering.) tekeytyä sairaaksi -
33 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 -
34 motorist
• autoilija• ajaja* * *noun (a person who drives a motor car: The motorist could not avoid hitting the dog.) autoilija -
35 pick one's way
• kulkea varovaisesti* * *(to walk carefully (around or between something one wishes to avoid touching etc): She picked her way between the puddles.) puikkelehtia -
36 pitfall
• ansa• vaara• kari• karikko• salakuoppa• salakari (kuv.)• salakari• sudenkuoppa* * *noun (a possible danger: She has managed to avoid most of the pitfalls of life.) sudenkuoppa -
37 precaution
• turvatoimenpide• varotoimenpide• varotoimi• varovaisuus• varokeino• ehkäisytoimi• ennakkotoimi* * *pri'ko:ʃən(care taken to avoid accidents, disease etc: They took every precaution to ensure that their journey would be safe and enjoyable.) varokeino -
38 refrain
• kieltäytyämusic• kertosäe• kertauma• pidättyä* * *I rə'frein noun(a line of words or music repeated regularly in a song, especially at the end of or after each verse; a chorus.) kertosäeII rə'frein verb((with from) not to do; to avoid: You are asked to refrain from smoking / from (drinking) alcohol.) pidättyä -
39 save one's face
(to avoid appearing stupid or wrong: I refuse to accept the reponsibility for that error just to save your face - it's your fault.) pelastaa kasvonsa -
40 scandal
• pahennus• panettelu• häväistysjuttu• häväistys• häpeä• juoru• skandaali* * *'skændl1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) skandaali2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) skandaali3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) juorut•- scandalise
- scandalous
- scandalously
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