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1 take up
• oikaista• ottaa esille• ottaa kiinni• ruveta suhteisiin• ryhtyä• ruveta• nostaa• imeä itseensä• jatkaa• viedä• antautua• täyttää• keskeyttää• harrastaa* * *1) (to use or occupy (space, time etc): I won't take up much of your time.) käyttää2) (to begin doing, playing etc: He has taken up the violin/teaching.) ryhtyä3) (to shorten (clothes): My skirts were too long, so I had them taken up.) lyhentää4) (to lift or raise; to pick up: He took up the book.) nostaa -
2 throw oneself into
(to begin (doing something) with great energy: She threw herself into her work with enthusiasm.) heittäytyä innokkaasti -
3 start off
• aloittaa* * *1) (to begin a journey: It's time we started off.) lähteä matkaan2) (to cause or allow something to begin, someone to start doing something etc: The money lent to him by his father started him off as a bookseller.) auttaa alkuun
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