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41 go back on
• rikkoa* * *(to fail to do (something one has promised to do): I never go back on my promises.) rikkoa -
42 he etc is likely to
(it is probable that he etc will: He is likely to fail.) on todennäköistä että -
43 keep one's cool
(not to become over-excited or confused: If you keep your cool you won't fail.) pitää päänsä kylmänä -
44 lest
• jottei• ettei• siltä varalta* * *lest(in case: He was scared lest he should fail his exam.) että -
45 let down
• aiheuttaa pettymys• pettää• laskea alas• laskea (alas)• laskea* * *1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) laskea alas2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) tuottaa pettymys3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) päästää ilma4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) pidentää -
46 miss out
• laiminlyödä* * *1) (to omit or fail to include: I missed her out (of the list).) jättää pois2) ((often with on) to be left out of something: George missed out (on all the fun) because of his broken leg.) jäädä paitsi -
47 negative
• osoittaa vääräksi kieltää• torjuva• hylkäävä• vastaus• epäsuotuisa• epäävä• tehdä tyhjäksi• kieltävä• kieltävä lause• kielteinen• kieltosana• kielto• negatiivikuva• nega• negatiivinen• negatiivi• taantuva* * *'neɡətiv 1. adjective1) (meaning or saying `no'; denying something: a negative answer.) kieltävä2) (expecting to fail: a negative attitude.) kielteinen3) (less than zero: -4 is a negative or minus number.) negatiivinen4) (having more electrons than normal: The battery has a negative and a positive terminal.) negatiivinen2. noun1) (a word etc by which something is denied: `No' and `never' are negatives.) kieltosana2) (the photographic film, from which prints are made, on which light and dark are reversed: I gave away the print, but I still have the negative.) negatiivi• -
48 neglect
• jättää huomiotta• hoitamattomuus• hoitamatta• hunningolle• tekemättä• leväperäisyys• jättää• halveksunta• laiminlyönti• laiminlyödä• lyödä laimin* * *ni'ɡlekt 1. verb1) (to treat carelessly or not give enough attention to: He neglected his work.) laiminlyödä2) (to fail (to do something): He neglected to answer the letter.) jättää tekemättä2. noun(lack of care and attention: The garden is suffering from neglect.) hoitamattomuus -
49 not
• EI-operaattori* * *not1) ((often abbreviated to n't) a word used for denying, forbidding, refusing, or expressing the opposite of something: I did not see him; I didn't see him; He isn't here; Isn't he coming?; They told me not to go; Not a single person came to the party; We're going to London, not Paris; That's not true!) ei2) (used with certain verbs such as hope, seem, believe, expect and also with be afraid: `Have you got much money?' `I'm afraid not'; `Is he going to fail his exam?' `I hope not'.) ei• -
50 sabotage
• tuholaistyö• tuholaistoiminta• tuhotyö• tuhota• vahingonteko• sabotoida• sabotaasi* * *1. noun(the deliberate destruction in secret of machinery, bridges, equipment etc, by eg enemies in wartime, dissatisfied workers etc.) sabotaasi2. verb(to destroy, damage or cause to fail by sabotage.) sabotoida- saboteur -
51 slip up
• erehtyä• kompastua* * *to make a mistake; to fail to do something: They certainly slipped up badly over the new appointment (noun slip-up) erehtyä -
52 sure
• totta kai• varma• vakuuttunut• välttämätön• tarkka• taattu• luottavainen• luotettava* * *ʃuə 1. adjective1) ((negative unsure) having no doubt; certain: I'm sure that I gave him the book; I'm not sure where she lives / what her address is; `There's a bus at two o'clock.' `Are you quite sure?'; I thought the idea was good, but now I'm not so sure; I'll help you - you can be sure of that!) varma2) (unlikely to fail (to do or get something): He's sure to win; You're sure of a good dinner if you stay at that hotel.) varma3) (reliable or trustworthy: a sure way to cure hiccups; a safe, sure method; a sure aim with a rifle.) varma2. adverb((especially American) certainly; of course: Sure I'll help you!; `Would you like to come?' `Sure!') varmasti- surely- sureness
- sure-footed
- as sure as
- be sure to
- be/feel sure of oneself
- for sure
- make sure
- sure enough -
53 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
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