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1 something like
• jotensakin• suunnilleen• suunnilleen noin* * *1) (about: We have something like five hundred people working here.) suunnilleen2) (rather like: A zebra is something like a horse with stripes.) jokseenkin kuin -
2 think twice about (doing) something
(to be very careful about considering (doing) something: I wouldn't think twice about sacking him.) harkita tarkoinEnglish-Finnish dictionary > think twice about (doing) something
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3 think twice about (doing) something
(to be very careful about considering (doing) something: I wouldn't think twice about sacking him.) harkita tarkoinEnglish-Finnish dictionary > think twice about (doing) something
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4 feel bad (about something)
(to feel upset or ashamed about something: I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you.) olla pahoillaan -
5 feel bad (about something)
(to feel upset or ashamed about something: I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you.) olla pahoillaan -
6 what about?
• entäpä?* * *1) (used in asking whether the listener would like (to do) something: What about a glass of milk?; What about going to the cinema?) miten olisi?2) (used in asking for news or advice: What about your new book?; What about the other problem?) entä -
7 get something off one's chest
(to tell the truth about something that is worrying one.) keventää sydäntään -
8 poke about/around
(to look or search for something among other things.) penkoa -
9 take (something) in good part
(not to be upset, offended or annoyed (eg by a joke, remark etc): John took the jokes about his accident with the pot of paint all in good part.) ei panna pahakseen -
10 take (something) in good part
(not to be upset, offended or annoyed (eg by a joke, remark etc): John took the jokes about his accident with the pot of paint all in good part.) ei panna pahakseen -
11 ready
• ripeä• nokkela• innokas• helppo• varalla• aulis• esillä• altis• valmis• valmiina• kehittynyt• kelvollinen• kerkeä• haluinen• halukas• mukava• myötämielinen• suostuvainen• taipuvainen• kärkäs• kypsä• käteinen• lopullinen* * *'redi1) ((negative unready) prepared; able to be used etc immediately or when needed; able to do (something) immediately or when necessary: I've packed our cases, so we're ready to leave; Is tea ready yet?; Your coat has been cleaned and is ready (to be collected).) valmis2) ((negative unready) willing: I'm always ready to help.) halukas3) (quick: You're too ready to find faults in other people; He always has a ready answer.) kärkäs4) (likely, about (to do something): My head feels as if it's ready to burst.) tekemäisillään•- readily
- ready cash
- ready-made
- ready money
- ready-to-wear
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12 be on the point of
(to be about to (do something): I was on the point of going out when the telephone rang.) olla tekemäisillään jotakin -
13 blunder
• tyriä• huomaamattomuus• hoitaa huonosti• vikapistoautomatic data processing• virhe• erehdys• töpätä• töppäys• törkeä• töppäillä• törkeä virhe• tehdä nolo virhe• haksahtaa• harhaisku• haksahdus• haparoida• möhläys• möhlätä• munata• möhliä• munia• munaus• sätkytellä• laiminlyönti• kömmähdys• kommellus• kompastua* * *1. verb1) (to stumble (about or into something): He blundered into the door.) kompuroida2) (to make a (bad) mistake: He really blundered when he insulted the boss's wife.) möhliä2. noun(a (bad) mistake.) möhläys -
14 liable
• velvollinen• velvoitettu• vastuunalainen• vastuullinen• vastuuvelvollinen• altis• halukas• syyntakeinen• taipuvainen* * *1) ((with to) tending to have, get, suffer from etc: This road is liable to flooding; He is liable to pneumonia.) altis2) (possibly or probably about (to do something or to happen): Watch the milk - it's liable to boil over.) luultava3) (legally responsible (for): The airline is liable to you for any damage to your luggage.)4) (likely to get (a fine, a punishment): Do not litter! Offenders are liable to fines of up to $100.)• -
15 malign
• panetella• paha• häpäistä• herjata• vahingollinen• mustata• parjata* * *(to say unpleasant things about (someone or something), especially without reason: He's always maligning his wife when she isn't there.) panetella- malignantly -
16 what ... like?
(used when asking for information about someone or something: `What does it look like?' `It's small and square.'; `What's her mother like?' `Oh, she's quite nice.'; We may go - it depends (on) what the weather's like.) minkälainen -
17 a matter of opinion
(something about which different people have different opinions or views: Whether she's clever or not is a matter of opinion.) mielipidekysymys -
18 argue
• osoittaa• todistella• inttää• järkeillä• elämöidä• esittää syitä• argumentoida• väitellä• väittää• riidellä• keskustella• kinata• kinastella• kiistellä• motivoida• perustella• penätä* * *1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) kiistellä2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) esittää perusteluja3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) suostutella4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) perustella, väitellä•- arguable- argument
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19 come clean
(to tell the truth about something, often about something about which one has previously lied.) tunnustaa -
20 root
• tonkia• iskostua• juurtua• juurakko• juuri• juurruttaa• juurikastechnology• juuri (tek.)• juures• juuri(tekniikka)• juuruttaa• tyvi• vihannes• alkuperä• alkujuuri• alku• alapää• aihe• kanta• kantasana• kasvis• kiinnittyä• kaivaa• kaivella• hampaanjuuri• myllertää• möyriä• myllätä• penkoa• sorkkia• syy• takertua• tarttua• piintyä* * *I 1. ru:t noun1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) juuri2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) juuri3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) alku4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) juuri2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.)- root crop
- root out
- take root II ru:t verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) tonkia2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) penkoa
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