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1 that is to say
• toisin sanoen• toisin• nimittäin* * *(in other words; I mean: He was here last Thursday, that's to say the 4th of June.) toisin sanoen -
2 speech
• esitelmä• puhe• puheenparsi• puheilmaisu• puhekyky• puhuminen• kieli* * *spi:1) ((the act of) saying words, or the ability to say words: Speech is one method of communication between people.) puhuminen2) (the words said: His speech is full of colloquialisms.) puhe3) (manner or way of speaking: His speech is very slow.) puhetapa4) (a formal talk given to a meeting etc: parliamentary speeches.) puhe•- speechlessly
- speechlessness -
3 speak
• puhutella• puhua• keskustella• haastaa• sanoa• lausua• pitää puhe* * *spi:kpast tense - spoke; verb1) (to say (words) or talk: He can't speak; He spoke a few words to us.) puhua2) ((often with to or (American) with) to talk or converse: Can I speak to/with you for a moment?; We spoke for hours about it.) keskustella3) (to (be able to) talk in (a language): She speaks Russian.) puhua4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) kertoa5) (to make a speech, address an audience: The Prime Minister spoke on unemployment.) pitää puhe•- speaker- speaking
- spoken
- - spoken
- generally speaking
- speak for itself/themselves
- speak out
- speak up
- to speak of -
4 prompt
• panna• saada• ripeäotteinen• ripeä• riuska• nostaa• nopsa• nopea• joutuissa• juontaa• joutuisa• heti toimitettavaksi• heti valmis• vastausmerkki• viivyttelemätön• eksakti• ajaa• altis• täsmälleen• täsmällinen• välitön• reipasfinance, business, economy• kehote• kehoite• ketterä• kiihottaa• kiireellinen• muistuttaa• maksuaikasopimus• maksuaika• tasan• äkillinen• yllyttää• kuiskata• kuiskaus• pikainen* * *I prompt adjective(acting, or happening, without delay or punctually: a prompt reply; I'm surprised that she's late. She's usually so prompt.) nopea, täsmällinen- promptly- promptness
- at one/two o'clock prompt II prompt verb1) (to persuade to do something: What prompted you to say that?) saada tekemään2) (to remind (especially an actor) of the words that he is to say: Several actors forgot their words and had to be prompted.) kuiskata•- prompter -
5 describe
• ilmaista• ilmentää• esittää• esitellä• referoida• tehdä selkoa• karakterisoida• kertoa• selostaa• selittää• kuvata• kuvailla• piirtää• luonnehtia* * *1) (to give an account of in words; to tell in words what something or someone is like: He described what had happened; Would you describe her as beautiful?) kuvailla2) (to say that one is something: He describes himself as a salesman.) kutsua joksikin• -
6 sneer
• ilkkua• ivailla• ivata• irvistellä• iva• ivahymy• hihittää• hymyillä ivallisesti• hymyhuuli• hymähdellä• hymähdys• hymyillä• hymy• hymähtää• virnistellä• halveksia• halveksiva katse• pilkkahuuto• pilkata• pistosana* * *sniə 1. verb1) (to raise the top lip at one side in a kind of smile that expresses scorn: What are you sneering for?) virnuilla2) ((with at) to show contempt for (something) by such an expression or by scornful words etc: He sneered at our attempts to improve the situation.) irvailla3) (to say with contempt: `You haven't a chance of getting that job,' he sneered.) ivata2. noun(a scornful expression, words etc that express contempt.) virnistys, ivallinen huomautus -
7 at a loss
• tappiolla* * *(not knowing what to do, say etc: He was at a loss for words to express his gratitude.) neuvoton -
8 drawl
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9 i.e.
• s.o.• t.s.* * *( abbreviation from Latin) (id est; that is to say; in other words: the media, i.e. television, radio and newspapers.) -
10 ie
( abbreviation from Latin) (id est; that is to say; in other words: the media, i.e. television, radio and newspapers.) -
11 lines
• juovitus• viivat• repliikki• ääriviiva• piirre* * *noun plural (the words an actor has to say: He had difficulty remembering his lines.) vuorosanat -
12 reword
ri:'wə:d(to say or write with different words: to reword a sentence.) muotoilla uudelleen (sanottavansa), sanoa toisella tavalla -
13 tell
• pakista• rupatella• neuvoa• ilmaista• ilmoittaa• jaaritella• juoruta• jutella• jutustella• turista• tuntea• esittää• erottaa• vaikuttaa• puhua• puhella• pyytää• tiedottaa• kehottaa• keskustella• kertoa• kannella• haastaa• haastella• sanoa• selostaa• mainita• tarinoida• käskeä• kuuluttaa• kuvata• laskea• lausuamilitary• komentaa• lukea* * *tel1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) kertoa2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) käskeä3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) kertoa4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) erottaa5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) kieliä6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) näkyä•- teller- telling
- tellingly
- telltale
- I told you so
- tell off
- tell on
- tell tales
- tell the time
- there's no telling
- you never can tell
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