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1 explain
• tulkita• havainnollistaa• rakentaa• määrittää• perustella• selvittää• selostaa• seljetä• selittää• selitellä• kuvata• kommentoida* * *ik'splein1) (to make (something) clear or easy to understand: Can you explain the railway timetable to me?; Did she explain why she was late?) selittää2) (to give, or be, a reason for: I cannot explain his failure; That explains his silence.) selittää•- explanatory
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2 explain away
• selittää olemattomaksi* * *(to get rid of (difficulties etc) by clever explaining: She could not explain away the missing money.) selittää -
3 explain itself by
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4 explain oneself
• selittää tarkoituksensa -
5 difficult to explain
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6 mysterious
• omituinen• ongelmallinen• hämäräperäinen• hämärä• tutkimaton• arvoituksellinen• mystinen• mystillinen• salamyhkäinen• selittämätön• salaperäinen• käsittämätön* * *adjective (difficult to understand or explain, or full of mystery: mysterious happenings; He's being very mysterious (= refuses to explain fully) about what his work is) arvoituksellinen -
7 account for
• vastata• tehdä tili• selittää* * *(to give a reason for; to explain: I can account for the mistake.) selittää -
8 background
• puitteet• taustatiedot• taustatekijä• tausta• taustatekijät• miljöö• taka-ala• pohjakirkkaus* * *1) (the space behind the principal or most important figures or objects of a picture etc: He always paints ships against a background of stormy skies; trees in the background of the picture.) tausta2) (happenings that go before, and help to explain, an event etc: the background to a situation.) tausta3) (a person's origins, education etc: She was ashamed of her humble background.) tausta -
9 consequently
• niin• niin muodoin• niin ollen• siis• täten• sen tähden• sen vuoksi* * *adverb (therefore: She didn't explain it clearly - consequently, he didn't understand.) sen seurauksena -
10 diagram
• diagrammi• kaava• kaavio• kaavio(tietotekn)• kaaviopiirros• kaaviokuvaautomatic data processing• kaavio (ATK)• graafinen• grafiikka• graafinen käyrä• käyrädiagrammi• käyrä• kuvio• käyrästö• piirros* * *(a drawing used to explain something that is difficult to understand: This book has diagrams showing the parts of a car engine.) kaavio -
11 elucidate
• havainnollistaa• valaista• selventää• seljetä• kommentoida* * *i'lu:sideit(to explain.) selventää -
12 expound
• tulkita• avartua• rakentaa• kehitellä• määritellä• selittää* * *(to explain in detail.) selvittää -
13 fall for
• ihastua johonkuhun• ihastua• ihastua johonkin• retkahtaa* * *1) (to be deceived by (something): I made up a story to explain why I had not been at work and he fell for it.) mennä lankaan2) (to fall in love with (someone): He has fallen for your sister.) rakastua -
14 figure
• olemus• olento• numeromerkki• numero (luku)• numero• ihmishahmo• tunnus• henkilö• henkilökuva• hinta• vartalo• veistos• asu• esiintyä• esiintyminen• figuuri• arvioida• arvella• ulkomuoto• ulkonäkö• kaavailla• kaavio• hahmo• habitus• muoto• muotoilu• muotoilla• patsas• malli• sovittaa• sävelkuvio• ääriviiva• kuva (• kuvata• kuvio• kuvioida• kuva• laskea• piirre• piirteet• luku* * *'fiɡə, ]( American) 'fiɡjər 1. noun1) (the form or shape of a person: A mysterious figure came towards me; That girl has got a good figure.) hahmo, vartalo2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) kuvio3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) numero4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) kuva2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) esiintyä2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) arvella•- figuratively
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15 further
• jatkaa• vielä• edemmäs• edesauttaa• edespäin• auttaa• edemmäksi• edelleen• entisestään• enempi• enemmälti• enää• edistää• etäisempi• sitäpaitsi• sivu-• kauemmas• kauempana• kauemmin• lisä• lisäksi• lisä-• myös* * *'fə:ðə 1. adverb((sometimes farther) at or to a great distance or degree: I cannot go any further.) kauempana, kauemmas2. adverb, adjective(more; in addition: I cannot explain further; There is no further news.) enempi3. verb(to help (something) to proceed or go forward quickly: He furthered our plans.) edistää- furthest -
16 inexplicable
• ongelmallinen• hämärä• tutkimaton• enigmaattinen• arvoituksellinen• mystinen• salaperäinen• selvittämätön• selittämätön• salamyhkäinen• kryptinen• käsittämätön* * *inik'splikəbl(impossible to explain or understand: His inexplicable absence worried all of us.) selittämätön -
17 interpret
• tulkita• tulkata• havainnollistaa• rakentaa• selostaa• selittää• selvittää* * *in'tə:prit1) (to translate a speaker's words, while he is speaking, into the language of his hearers: He spoke to the audience in French and she interpreted.) tulkata2) (to explain the meaning of: How do you interpret these lines of the poem?) tulkita3) (to show or bring out the meaning of (eg a piece of music) in one's performance of it: The sonata was skilfully interpreted by the pianist.) tulkita•- interpreter -
18 mystery
• ongelma• arvoitus• arvoituksellisuus• mysteeri• mystisyys• mysteerio• mysteerinäytelmä• salakähmäisyys• salaperäisyys• salaisuus* * *'mistəriplural - mysteries; noun1) (something that cannot be, or has not been, explained: the mystery of how the universe was formed; the mystery of his disappearance; How she passed her exam is a mystery to me.) arvoitus2) (the quality of being impossible to explain, understand etc: Her death was surrounded by mystery.) salaperäisyys•- mysteriously -
19 mystify
• hämmentää• haitata• mystifioida• saattaa ymmälle• sotkea* * *(to be impossible (for someone) to explain or understand: I was mystified by his behaviour.) hämmentää -
20 none the wiser
(not knowing any more than before: He tried to explain the rules to me, but I'm none the wiser.) ei hullua hurskaampi
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