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• otella• ottelu• rähinöidä• rytäkkä• rytistellä• rymistää• rähinä• torjua• nujakoida• nujuttaa• nujakka• vastustaa• vastustaa (taistella)• battle• elämöidä• yhteenotto• välikohtaus• pyristellä• rettelö• temmellys• tiimeltää• kilpailla• kilvoitella• kohdata• kilvoitus• kahakoida• kahina• kahinoida• kamppailu• kahakka• kamppailla• metakka• mylläkkä• nahistella• mellakoida• mellakka• sotia• taisteleminen• taistelutahto• taistella• taistelunhalu• tappelu• taistelu• taisteluhenki• tapella• käsirysy• kähinöidä• kärhämä• käydä sotaa• käsikähmä* * *1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) tapella, taistella2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) taistella vastaan3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) riidellä2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) taistelu, tappelu2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) kamppailu3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) taistelunhalu4) (a boxing-match.) nyrkkeilyottelu•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight
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shy of something — shy of (something) having less of something than is needed or expected. The bill was four votes shy of a majority. He was a large man, just shy of six feet tall. Related vocabulary: short of something … New idioms dictionary
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shy of something — slightly less than, slightly earlier than, or a short distance from something They scored just shy of 100 goals last year. I called him only two minutes shy of midnight … English dictionary
shy from — (US) (or shy away from) [phrasal verb] shy from (something) (US) or shy away from (something) : to try to avoid (something) because of nervousness, fear, dislike, etc. They never shied from publicity. She shies away from mak … Useful english dictionary
shy of — (something) having less of something than is needed or expected. The bill was four votes shy of a majority. He was a large man, just shy of six feet tall. Related vocabulary: short of something … New idioms dictionary
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shy — [[t]ʃa͟ɪ[/t]] shyer, shyest, shies, shying, shied 1) ADJ GRADED A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. She was a shy, quiet spoken girl... She was a shy and retiring person off stage... He is painfully shy of… … English dictionary
