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1 attempt
• aie• ponnistus• puuha• pyrkiä• pyrkimys• koe• kokea• koettaa• hanke• yrittää• yritys• yritys (teon)* * *ə'tempt 1. verb(to try: He attempted to reach the dying man, but did not succeed; He did not attempt the last question in the exam.) yrittää2. noun1) (a try: They failed in their attempt to climb the Everest; She made no attempt to run away.) yritys2) (an attack: They made an attempt on his life but he survived.) hyökkäys -
2 foolhardy
• rämäpäinen• tyhmänrohkea• hurjapäinen• huimapäinen• hurjanrohkea• uhkarohkea* * *adjective (taking foolish risks; rash: He made a foolhardy attempt to climb the mountain in winter.) tyhmänrohkea -
3 scale
• s vaakatechnology• hilse (tek.)• hilsehtiä• hilse• hilseillä• viivain• skaalaautomatic data processing• skaalata• sivumitta• asteikko• askelma• vaakakuppi• porrastaa• puhdistaa• karsta• kattilakivi• kesiä• kiivetä• kaava• hammaskivi• mitata• mittakaava• mitta-asteikko• mittapuuautomatic data processing• muuttaa kokoa mittakaavassa• muuttaa asteikkoa• muuttaa mittakaavaa• suomulehti• suomu• suomustaa• suomus• suojuslehti• sävelasteikko• kuoria* * *I skeil noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) mitta-asteikko2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) asteikko3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) skaala4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) mittakaava5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) mitta, laajuusII skeil verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) kiivetäIII skeil noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) suomu- scaly -
4 steep
• rinne• jyrkkä• jyrkänne• hautua• törmä• töyräs• upottaa• pysty• kastaa• liottaa• liota• penkere• penger• penkka• äyräs• äkkijyrkkä• äkkisyvätechnology• kyllästää• lape• luiska* * *I sti:p adjective1) ((of eg a hill, stairs etc) rising with a sudden rather than a gradual slope: The hill was too steep for me to cycle up; a steep path; a steep climb.) jyrkkä2) ((of a price asked or demand made) unreasonable or too great: He wants rather a steep price for his house, doesn't he?; That's a bit steep!) kohtuuton•- steeply II sti:p(to soak thoroughly.)
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