-
41 just about
• miltei* * *(more or less: Is your watch just about right?) suunnilleen -
42 lark about/around
(to play about in a rough and usually noisy manner.) mekastaa -
43 nothing to write home about
(not very good: The concert was nothing to write home about.) ei kovinkaan kummoinen -
44 order about
• höykyttää• määräillä• määrähetki• komennella* * *(to keep on giving orders (to someone): I'm tired of him ordering me about all the time.) määräillä -
45 see about
(to attend to, or deal with: I'll see about this tomorrow.) hoitaa -
46 be glad about about
• iloita -
47 lurk about about
• hiiviskellä -
48 beat about the bush
(to approach a subject in an indirect way, without coming to the point or making any decision.) kierrellä ja kaarrella -
49 keep one's wits about one
(to be cautious, alert and watchful.) olla varuillaan -
50 kick about/around
(to treat badly or bully: The bigger boys are always kicking him around.) potkia päähän -
51 moon about/around
(to wander around as if dazed, eg because one is in love.) kulkea pää pilvissä -
52 muck about/around
1) (to do things without any definite plan.) maleksia2) (to fool around.) pelehtiä -
53 poke about/around
(to look or search for something among other things.) penkoa -
54 put about
• vaivata• levittää• kääntää* * *(to spread (news etc).) levittää -
55 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) ajaa tiehensäEnglish-Finnish dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
-
56 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) ajaa tiehensäEnglish-Finnish dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
-
57 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) ajaa tiehensäEnglish-Finnish dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
-
58 send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
(to send (a person) away firmly and without politeness: He tried to borrow money from me again, but I soon sent him packing.) ajaa tiehensäEnglish-Finnish dictionary > send (someone) packing / send (someone) about his business
-
59 alarmed about
• hädissään -
60 argue about
• väitellä
См. также в других словарях:
About: — About: About: (« à propos de » en anglais) est un préfixe utilisé dans une série de navigateurs pour accéder, via l interface même du navigateur (par la barre d adresses), à des pages très particulières. Les URIs saisies affichent donc… … Wikipédia en Français
About: — about: Saltar a navegación, búsqueda about: es un esquema interno URI (también conocido como régimen URL o, erróneamente, protocolo ) en distintos navegadores web para mostrar ciertas funciones incorporadas. No es un sistema oficialmente… … Wikipedia Español
about: — about: es un esquema interno URI (también conocido como régimen URL o, erróneamente, protocolo ) en distintos navegadores web para mostrar ciertas funciones incorporadas. No es un sistema oficialmente registrado, y no tiene la sintaxis estándar.… … Wikipedia Español
about: — about: (« à propos de » en anglais) est un schéma d URI utilisé dans une série de navigateurs pour accéder, via l interface même du navigateur (par la barre d adresses), à des pages très particulières. Les URIs saisies affichent donc –… … Wikipédia en Français
about — 1. as a preposition. In the meaning ‘roughly, approximately’ (eg. It took about ten minutes, about is the usual BrE word; around is also used, and is much more common in AmE. Round about is more informal, and is largely confined to BrE. 2.… … Modern English usage
about — [ə bout′] adv. [ME aboute(n) < OE onbūtan, around < on, ON + be, BY + ūtan, outside < ūt, OUT: all senses develop from the sense of “around”] 1. on every side; all around [look about] 2. here and there; in all directions [travel abou … English World dictionary
About — A*bout , adv. 1. On all sides; around. [1913 Webster] Tis time to look about. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. [1913 Webster] 3. Here and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
about — [ abu ] n. m. • 1213; de abouter ♦ Techn. Extrémité d une pièce de bois, de métal, préparée pour se joindre à une autre. Pièce métallique que l on fixe à une seringue pour y adapter l aiguille. ⇒ embout. Extrémité (d un rail). ● about nom… … Encyclopédie Universelle
About.me — About.me … Википедия
About — A*bout , prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS. [=a]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan outward, from ut out. See {But}, {Out}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Around; all round; on every side of. Look about you. Shak. Bind them about thy… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
About — can refer to:*About box, a dialog box displaying credits for a piece of computer software * About.com, a website offering consumer related advice * abOUT , an LGBT magazine * About (musical artist), a music project * , an internal URI scheme… … Wikipedia