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1 with great difficulty
• vaivoin -
2 with difficulty
• nipin napin• niukin naukin• vaivoin• vaikeasti• hankalasti -
3 come to grips with
(to deal with (a problem, difficulty etc).) käydä käsiksi -
4 toil
• hääriä• huhkia• ahertaa• aherrus• ahkeroida• uurastaa• uurastus• vaivalloinen työ• ponnistella• raadanta• raataa• puurtaa• raataminen• rehkiä• riehua* * *toil 1. verb1) (to work hard and long: He toiled all day in the fields.) raataa2) (to move with great difficulty: He toiled along the road with all his luggage.) raahustaa2. noun(hard work: He slept well after his hours of toil.) raadanta -
5 fish out
• onkia• houkutella esiin• vetää esille* * *(to pull something out with some difficulty: At last he fished out the letter he was looking for.) kaivaa esiin -
6 get through
• tulla perille• päästä läpi• selvitä jostakin• selviytyä• läpäistä• suoriutua* * *1) (to finish (work etc): We got through a lot of work today.) saada valmiiksi2) (to pass (an examination).) läpäistä3) (to arrive, usually with some difficulty: The food got through to the fort despite the enemy's attempts to stop it.) päästä perille4) (to make oneself understood: I just can't get through to her any more.) saada ymmärtämään -
7 wade
• rämpiä• kahluu• kahluupaikka• kahlaus• kahlata* * *weid1) (to go or walk (through water, mud etc) with some difficulty: He waded across the river towards me; I've finally managed to wade through that boring book I had to read.) kahlata2) (to cross (a river etc) by wading: We'll wade the stream at its shallowest point.) ylittää kahlaamalla•- wader -
8 labour
• ihmistyövoima• työ• työvoima• heilua• hikoilla• huhkia• aherrus• ahertaa• ahkeroida• urakoida• uurastaa• ponnistus• raataa• puurtaa• rehkiä• synnytyspoltot• synnytys• pingottaa* * *'leibə 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) työ2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) työvoima3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) synnytyspoltot4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) työväenpuolue2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) ahertaa2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) kulkea vaivalloisesti•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
- labour-saving -
9 fix
marine• paikanmääritys• panna kuntoon• paikata• panna• istuttaa• järkätä• järjestää• voidella• entistää• fiksoida• ankkuroida• asettaa• pulatransport• rahdata• tilapäinen korjaus• kiinnittäytyä• keskittää• kiinnittyä• kiintyä• kohdistaa• kiipeli• kiinnittää• liittää• määritellä• määrätä• parsia• peitatamarine• peilata• saattaa jähmeään muotoon• majoittaa• sopuottelu• sopia• tarttua• tarttua kiinni• kunnostaa• käydä jähmeäksi• laittaa• korjataautomatic data processing• korjaus (ohjelma)* * *fiks 1. verb1) (to make firm or steady: He fixed the post firmly in the ground; He fixed his eyes on the door.) kiinnittää2) (to attach; to join: He fixed the shelf to the wall.) kiinnittää3) (to mend or repair: He has succeeded in fixing my watch.) korjata4) (to direct (attention, a look etc) at: She fixed all her attention on me.) suunnata5) ((often with up) to arrange; to settle: to fix a price; We fixed (up) a meeting.) sopia6) (to make (something) permanent by the use of certain chemicals: to fix a photgraphic print.) kiinnittää7) (to prepare; to get ready: I'll fix dinner tonight.) valmistaa2. noun(trouble; a difficulty: I'm in a terrible fix!) kiipeli- fixation- fixed
- fixedly
- fixture
- fix on
- fix someone up with something
- fix up with something
- fix someone up with
- fix up with -
10 be the matter
( often with with) (to be the/a trouble, difficulty or thing that is wrong: Is anything the matter?; What's the matter with you?) olla vialla, vaivata -
11 clear
• paljas• palauttaa laite normaalitilaan• tullata• nollata• ilmeinen• ilmiselväautomatic data processing• tyhjentää(ruutu)• tyhjentääautomatic data processing• tyhjentää(muisti)• tuottaa puhdasta voittoa• tyhjätä(tietotekn)automatic data processing• tyhjätä (ATK)• heleä• helakka• havainnollinen• vapauttaa• aurata• aukaista• avoin• elävä• esteetön• esteettä• silmiinpistävä• aivan• täysi• valaiseva• vapaa• valoisa• puhdistua• puhdas• purkaa• puolustaa• puhdistaa• raivata• raikas• tehdä kirkkaaksi• kirkastua• kirkas• kokonainen• kirkastaa• kirkasvetinen• kitkeä• kokonaan• kirkastunut• muokata• perata• selviytyä• seljetä• selvä• selkeytyä• selvittää• selvitä• selväkielinen• sees• selväsanainen• selväpiirteinen• selvärajainen• selvästi• selkeä• seesteinen• maksaa• läpinäkyvä• suoria• suoriutua jostakin• ymmärrettävä• kovaääninen• kuvaava• kuulakas• kuulakka• kuulas• kuulea• käsitettävä• pilvetön• kouriintuntuva• kouraantuntuva• korjata astiat• konkreettinen• läpikuultava* * *kliə 1. adjective1) (easy to see through; transparent: clear glass.) kirkas2) (free from mist or cloud: Isn't the sky clear!) kirkas3) (easy to see, hear or understand: a clear explanation; The details on that photograph are very clear.) selkeä4) (free from difficulty or obstacles: a clear road ahead.) esteetön5) (free from guilt etc: a clear conscience.) puhdas6) (free from doubt etc: Are you quite clear about what I mean?) varma7) ((often with of) without (risk of) being touched, caught etc: Is the ship clear of the rocks? clear of danger.) vapaa8) ((often with of) free: clear of debt; clear of all infection.) vapaa2. verb1) (to make or become free from obstacles etc: He cleared the table; I cleared my throat; He cleared the path of debris.) selvittää, raivata2) ((often with of) to prove the innocence of; to declare to be innocent: He was cleared of all charges.) vapauttaa3) ((of the sky etc) to become bright, free from cloud etc.) kirkastua4) (to get over or past something without touching it: He cleared the jump easily.) selvittää•- clearing
- clearly
- clearness
- clear-cut
- clearway
- clear off
- clear out
- clear up
- in the clear -
12 come to terms
1) (to reach an agreement or understanding: They came to terms with the enemy.) päästä yhteisymmärrykseen2) (to find a way of living with or tolerating (some personal trouble or difficulty): He managed to come to terms with his illness.) hyväksyä -
13 hammer
• nuija• nuijia• iskuritechnology• juntta• juntata• vasaroida• vasara• vatkata• kalkutella• hana• hakata• moukari• moukarinheitto• moukaroida• nakuttaa• paukuttaa• takoa* * *'hæmə 1. noun1) (a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc: a joiner's hammer.) vasara2) (the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise.) vasara3) (in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing.) moukari2. verb1) (to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer: He hammered the nail into the wood.) hakata2) (to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition: Grammar was hammered into us at school.) takoa päähän•- give someone a hammering- give a hammering
- hammer home
- hammer out -
14 stiff
• paksu• tiukka• joustamaton• jähmeä• virallinen• sitkas• sitkeä• ankara• vaikea• väkinäinen• puuduksissa• tiivis• keinotekoinen• kohmeessa• kiinteä• kohmeinen• kireä• jäykistynyt• kankea• kaavamainen• kankealiikkeinen• jäykkä• navakka• peräänantamaton• taipumaton• kömpelö• konsistentti• korkea• kova* * *stif1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) jäykkä2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) jäykkä3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) paksu4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) vaikea5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) navakka6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) jäykän muodollinen•- stiffly- stiffness
- stiffen
- stiffening
- bore
- scare stiff -
15 afford
• olla varaa• tuottaa• varustaa• auttaa• antaa• liietä• suoda• kustantaa* * *ə'fo:d1) ((usually with can, could) to be able to spend money, time etc on or for something: I can't afford (to buy) a new car.) olla varaa2) ((usually with can, could) to be able to do (something) without causing oneself trouble, difficulty etc: She can't afford to be rude to her employer no matter how rude he is to her.) olla varaa -
16 ease
• pakottomuus• höllentää• hyvä olo• tyytyväisyys• tyynnyttää• hellittää• helpottaa• helppous• hiljentää• helpottua• huolettomuus• huojennus• hoitaa• huojentaa• auttaa• asettua• rauhoittaa• rauha• keventyä• keventää• kevennys• kevetä• keveys• kepeys• lientää• lievennys• lientyä• lepo• lievittää• levitys• lievitys• lieventää• lievimmin• lieventyä• liennyttää• mukavuus• nautinto• löyhätä• sujuvuus• sulavuus• laukaista• laueta• luontevuus* * *i:z 1. noun1) (freedom from pain or from worry or hard work: a lifetime of ease.) mukavuus2) (freedom from difficulty: He passed his exam with ease.) helppous3) (naturalness: ease of manner.) luontevuus2. verb1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) lievittää, rentouttaa2) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) hellittää3) (to move (something heavy or awkward) gently or gradually in or out of position: They eased the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase.) siirtää varovasti•- easily- easiness
- easy 3. interjection(a command to go or act gently: Easy! You'll fall if you run too fast.) älä hosu- easy-going
- at ease
- easier said than done
- go easy on
- stand at ease
- take it easy
- take one's ease -
17 eke out
• jatkaa• lisätä* * *1) (to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it: You could eke out the meat with potatoes.)2) (to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc): The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.) -
18 fumble
• tunaroida• toheloida• tunnustella• empiä• etsiä• tavoitella• haparointi• hamuilla• hapuilla• hamuta• haparoida• möhläys• möhliä• peukaloida• sormeilla• sählätä• sätkytellä• tapailla• käsitellä kömpelösti• koluta• kopeloida* * *1) (to use one's hands awkwardly and with difficulty: He fumbled with the key; She fumbled about in her bag for her key.) hapuilla2) (to drop a ball (clumsily), or fail to hold or catch it.) -
19 haul
• saalis• riuhtoa• nyhtää• hilata• hinata• vetää• veto• apaja• raahata• pyyntitransport• rahti• repiä• reuhtoa• rahtitavara• retuuttaa• tempoa• kiskoa• muuttaa suuntaa• kuljetus• kuljettaa• laahata* * *ho:l 1. verb1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) kiskoa2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) kuljettaa2. noun1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) kiskaisu2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) saalis•- haulage- haulier
- a long haul -
20 hobble
• ontuamedicine, veterinary• ontuminen• nilkuttaa• linkata• linkuttaa* * *'hobl(to walk with difficulty, usually taking short steps (eg because one is lame or because one's feet are sore): The old lady hobbled along with a stick.) nilkuttaa
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