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  • 1 what's the odds?

    (it's not important; it doesn't matter: We didn't win the competition but what's the odds?) hällä väliä

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  • 2 do

    • riittää
    • tulla toimeen
    • toimia
    finance, business, economy
    • toimittaa
    • näytellä osaa
    • järjestää
    • hommailla
    • huijaus
    • voida
    • siistiä
    • ajaa
    • askarrella
    • askaroida
    • valmistaa
    • välttää
    • tehdä
    • kelvata
    • kemut
    • kammata
    • harjoittaa
    • mennä
    • petkuttaa
    • matkustaa
    • menestyä
    • menetellä
    • suorittaa
    • sopia
    automatic data processing
    • suorittaa(haku)
    • laittaa
    • pirskeet
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    du: 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
    1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)
    2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; ðo sit down)
    3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)
    4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)
    5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) tehdä
    6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.)
    7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.)
    8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?)
    9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.)
    10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) voida, pärjätä
    11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) asetella, järjestää
    12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) toimia
    13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) osoittaa
    14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) aiheuttaa
    15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) nähdä, kiertää nähtävyydet
    2. noun
    (an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) juhlat
    - doings
    - done
    - do-it-yourself
    - to-do
    - I
    - he could be doing with / could do with
    - do away with
    - do for
    - done for
    - done in
    - do out
    - do out of
    - do's and don'ts
    - do without
    - to do with
    - what are you doing with

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  • 3 hold

    • omistaa
    • olla voimassa
    • olla käypä
    • omata
    • olla mieltä
    • painiote
    • ote
    marine
    • ruuma
    finance, business, economy
    • toimittaa
    • toimeenpanna
    • hoitaa
    • vetää
    • estää
    • sitoa
    • sisältää
    • vaikutus
    • pysyä
    • päättää
    • kestää
    • kiinnekohta
    • kiinnike
    • kiinnityskohta
    • levähdysmerkki
    • kannatella
    • hallita
    • pidellä
    • pidättää
    • pidäke
    • pidätin
    • mahtua
    • soveltua
    • tarttua
    • käsitellä
    transport
    • lastiruuma
    • pitää kiinni
    • pitää paikkansa
    • pitää kädessä
    • pitää hallussaan
    • pitää
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    I 1. həuld past tense, past participle - held; verb
    1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) pitää
    2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) pitää
    3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) pitää
    4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) pitää
    5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) pitää vangittuna
    6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) sisältää
    7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) pitää
    8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) pitää
    9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) hoitaa
    10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) uskoa, pitää
    11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) olla voimassa
    12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) vaatia pitämään kiinni
    13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) puolustaa
    14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) pidätellä
    15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) pitää yllä
    16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?)
    17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) pitää
    18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) omistaa
    19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) jatkua
    20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) odottaa
    21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) jatkaa
    22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) säilyttää
    23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?) olla jonkun varalle
    2. noun
    1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.)
    2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.)
    3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.)
    - - holder
    - hold-all
    - get hold of
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold good
    - hold it
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold one's own
    - hold one's tongue
    - hold up
    - hold-up
    - hold with
    II həuld noun
    ((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) lastiruuma

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  • 4 most

    • enin
    • enimmän
    • eniten
    • enimmät
    • erittäin
    • useimmat
    • kaikkein
    • mitä
    • suurin
    • suurin osa
    • kovin
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    məust 1. superlative of many, much (often with the) - adjective
    1) ((the) greatest number or quantity of: Which of the students has read the most books?; Reading is what gives me most enjoyment.) eniten
    2) (the majority or greater part of: Most children like playing games; Most modern music is difficult to understand.) useimmat, suurin osa
    2. adverb
    1) (used to form the superlative of many adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than two syllables: Of all the women I know, she's the most beautiful; the most delicious cake I've ever tasted; We see her mother or father sometimes, but we see her grandmother most frequently.) (superlatiivin muodostaja)
    2) (to the greatest degree or extent: They like sweets and biscuits but they like ice-cream most of all.) kaikkein eniten
    3) (very or extremely: I'm most grateful to you for everything you've done; a most annoying child.) erittäin
    4) ((American) almost: Most everyone I know has read that book.) melkein
    3. pronoun
    1) (the greatest number or quantity: I ate two cakes, but Mary ate more, and John ate (the) most.) eniten
    2) (the greatest part; the majority: He'll be at home for most of the day; Most of these students speak English; Everyone is leaving - most have gone already.) suurin osa
    - at the most
    - at most
    - for the most part
    - make the most of something
    - make the most of

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  • 5 right

    • oikeisto
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    1. adjective
    1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) oikea
    2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) oikea
    3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) oikein
    4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) oikea
    2. noun
    1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) oikeus
    2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) oikeassa
    3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) oikealle, oikealla
    4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) oikeisto
    3. adverb
    1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) juuri
    2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) heti
    3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) aivan
    4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) suoraan
    5) (to the right: Turn right.) oikealle
    6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) oikein
    4. verb
    1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) suoristaa
    2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) oikaista
    5. interjection
    (I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') selvä
    - righteously
    - righteousness
    - rightful
    - rightfully
    - rightly
    - rightness
    - righto
    - right-oh
    - rights
    - right angle
    - right-angled
    - right-hand
    - right-handed
    - right wing
    6. adjective
    ((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) oikeistolainen
    - by rights
    - by right
    - get
    - keep on the right side of
    - get right
    - go right
    - not in one's right mind
    - not quite right in the head
    - not right in the head
    - put right
    - put/set to rights
    - right away
    - right-hand man
    - right now
    - right of way
    - serve right

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  • 6 start

    • orastaa
    • panna alulle
    • panna käyntiin
    • panna
    • ryhtyä
    • ruveta
    • saada
    • nousta
    • nostaa
    • hätkähtää
    • hytkähtää
    • hölletä
    • hätkähdys
    • irtaantua
    technology
    • irrottaa
    • herjetä
    • vavahdus
    • vireillä
    • auttaa alkuun
    • etumatka
    • alkaa
    • alkuunpano
    • alkuunlähtö
    • alkuperä
    • alkaminen
    • alku
    • aloittaa
    • aloitus
    • antaa lähtömerkki
    • kavahtaa
    • liikkeellelähtö
    • perustaa
    • startata
    • startti
    • syöksyä
    • säpsähtää
    • yltyä
    • äityä
    • käynnistää
    • käydä
    • käynnistys-
    • käynnistyä
    • käynnistys
    • käyntiinlähtö
    • pistää
    • lähtöviiva
    • lähteä
    • lähtö
    • lähteä käyntiin
    * * *
    I 1. verb
    1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) lähteä liikkeelle
    2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) alkaa, aloittaa
    3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) käynnistyä, käynnistää
    4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) panna alulle, perustaa
    2. noun
    1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.)
    2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.)
    - starting-point
    - for a start
    - get off to a good
    - bad start
    - start off
    - start out
    - start up
    - to start with
    II 1. verb
    (to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc: The sudden noise made me start.) säpsähtää
    2. noun
    1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.)
    2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!)

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  • 7 surely

    • toki
    • totta kai
    • tosiaan
    • varmasti
    • varmaan
    • ehdottomasti
    • epäilemättä
    • aivan
    • välttämättä
    • kaiketi
    * * *
    1) (used in questions, exclamations etc to indicate what the speaker considers probable: Surely she's finished her work by now!; You don't believe what she said, surely?) varmaankin
    2) (without doubt, hesitation, mistake or failure: Slowly but surely we're achieving our aim.) varmasti
    3) ((in answers) certainly; of course: `May I come with you?' `Surely!') tietysti

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  • 8 to do with

    1) ((with have) to have dealings with: I never had anything to do with the neighbours.) olla tekemisissä
    2) ((with have) to be involved in, especially to be (partly) responsible for: Did you have anything to do with her death?) olla sekaantunut
    3) ((with have) to be connected with: Has this decision anything to do with what I said yesterday?) liittyä
    4) ((with be or have) to be about or concerned with: This letter is/has to do with Bill's plans for the summer.) koskea
    5) ((with have) to be the concern of: I'm sorry, but that question has nothing to do with me; What has that (got) to do with him?) liittyä

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  • 9 doubt

    • olla epävarma
    • epäröinti
    • empiä
    • epäillä
    • epäilyttää
    • epäilys
    • epäily
    • epäluulo
    • kyynisyys
    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to feel uncertain about, but inclined not to believe: I doubt if he'll come now; He might have a screwdriver, but I doubt it.) epäillä
    2) (not to be sure of the reliability of: Sometimes I doubt your intelligence!) epäillä
    2. noun
    (a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) epäily, epäilys
    - doubtfully
    - doubtfulness
    - doubtless
    - beyond doubt
    - in doubt
    - no doubt

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  • 10 hope

    • toive
    • toivo
    • toivottavasti
    • toivoa
    • odottaa
    • mahdollisuus
    * * *
    həup 1. verb
    (to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) toivoa
    2. noun
    1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) toivo
    2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) toivo
    3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) toive
    - hopefulness
    - hopefully
    - hopeless
    - hopelessly
    - hopelessness
    - hope against hope
    - hope for the best
    - not have a hope
    - not a hope
    - raise someone's hopes

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  • 11 keep going

    • pitää käynnissä
    * * *
    (to continue doing what one is doing; to survive: The snow was falling heavily, but we had to keep going; Business is bad at the moment, but we'll manage to keep going.) jatkaa

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  • 12 might have

    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) olisi voinut
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) olisi voinut
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) olisi voinut
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') voi olla

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  • 13 anyway

    • oikeastaan
    • joka tapauksessa
    • jollakin tavalla
    • sittenkin
    • silti
    • ainakin
    • muuten
    • kuitenkaan
    • kuitenkin
    • kumminkin
    * * *
    adverb (nevertheless; in spite of what has been or might be said, done etc: My mother says I mustn't go but I'm going anyway; Anyway, she can't stop you.) joka tapauksessa

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  • 14 at any rate

    • joka tapauksessa
    • ainakaan
    • ainakin
    * * *
    (at least: It's a pity it has started to rain, but at any rate we can still enjoy ourselves at the cinema; The Queen is coming to see us - at any rate, that's what John says.) ainakin

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  • 15 charge

    • panostaa
    • ottaa maksua
    • panna
    • palkkio
    • panos
    military
    • rynnäkkö
    • rynnätä
    • hyökkäys
    • hyökätä
    • työpalkka
    • haulipanos
    • hinta
    • hoito
    • holhotti
    • hoiva
    • huostaanotto
    • huosta
    • huolenpito
    • hoidokki
    • velvoittaa
    • veloitus
    electricity
    • varaus(sähkö-)
    • varata
    • veloittaa
    • varaus
    • ahtaa
    • asiakirjan lunastusmaksu
    • antaa jollekulle tehtäväksi
    • uskoa
    • täyttää
    • valvonta
    • vuosimaksu
    • rasite
    • rasitus
    • tekopalkka
    • kanne
    • moite
    • moitiskelu
    • paukku
    • maksu (korvaus)
    • maksu
    • syytös
    • syöksyä kimppuun
    • syyte
    • syyttää
    • taksa
    • kulunki
    • kustannukset
    • kuorma
    • kuormittaa
    • kulu
    • käskeä
    finance, business, economy
    • laskuttaa
    • ladata
    • latauma
    electricity
    • lataus
    • latautua
    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to ask as the price (for something): They charge 50 cents for a pint of milk, but they don't charge for delivery.) veloittaa
    2) (to make a note of (a sum of money) as being owed: Charge the bill to my account.) merkitä laskuun tai tiliin
    3) ((with with) to accuse (of something illegal): He was charged with theft.) syyttää
    4) (to attack by moving quickly (towards): We charged (towards) the enemy on horseback.) rynnätä kimppuun
    5) (to rush: The children charged down the hill.) syöksyä
    6) (to make or become filled with electricity: Please charge my car battery.) ladata
    7) (to make (a person) responsible for (a task etc): He was charged with seeing that everything went well.) ladata
    2. noun
    1) (a price or fee: What is the charge for a telephone call?) maksu, taksa
    2) (something with which a person is accused: He faces three charges of murder.) syyte
    3) (an attack made by moving quickly: the charge of the Light Brigade.) rynnäkkö
    4) (the electricity in something: a positive or negative charge.) lataus
    5) (someone one takes care of: These children are my charges.) suojatti, holhotti
    6) (a quantity of gunpowder: Put the charge in place and light the fuse.) panos, lataus
    - in charge of
    - in someone's charge
    - take charge

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  • 16 doubtful

    • epäileväinen
    • epäiltävä
    • epäilyttävä
    • epäilyksenalainen
    • epäilevä
    • epäröivä
    • epäuskoinen
    • epätietoinen
    law
    • epävarma
    • epätodennäköinen
    • arveluttava
    • arvelevainen
    • arveluttava (epäv.)
    • arveleva
    • riidanalainen
    • kyseenalainen
    * * *
    1) (feeling doubt; uncertain what to think, expect etc: He is doubtful about the future of the school.) epävarma
    2) (able to be doubted; not clear: The outcome is doubtful; a doubtful result.) epäselvä
    3) (uncertain but rather unlikely, unhopeful etc: It is doubtful whether this will work; a doubtful improvement.) kyseenalainen
    4) (suspicious: He's rather a doubtful character.) epäluuloinen

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  • 17 drift

    • riippua
    • ryömintä
    • nietos
    • joutua
    technology
    • tuurna
    • tuuliajo
    • hiekkanietos
    • siirtymä
    • ajelehtia
    • ajautuma
    • ajaa
    • ajelehtiminen
    • ajautua
    • ajoverkko
    • päätyä
    • tendenssi
    • kasautua nietoksiin
    • kasaantua
    • kasata
    • kinostua
    • kinos
    • liike
    • liukuma
    • perä
    • sorto
    • suuntaus
    • suunta
    • tarkoitus
    • kulkeutua
    • kulku
    • kulkea
    • kuljeksia
    • kukkula
    • leijailla
    • poikkeama
    • luminietos
    • luisua
    * * *
    drift 1. noun
    1) (a heap of something driven together, especially snow: His car stuck in a snowdrift.) kinos
    2) (the direction in which something is going; the general meaning: I couldn't hear you clearly, but I did catch the drift of what you said.) suunta, yleiskäsitys
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) float or be blown along: Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.) ajaa, ajelehtia
    2) ((of people) to wander or live aimlessly: She drifted from job to job.) ajautua
    - driftwood

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  • 18 even

    • todella
    • ihan
    • ilta
    • jopa
    • vieläpä
    • vielä
    • vieläkin
    • avara
    • edes
    • siloinen
    • silkoinen
    • sileä
    • aivan
    • täysin
    • vaakasuora
    • vakaa
    • vallan
    • vähittäinen
    • yhdenmukainen
    • päittäin
    • ratki
    • kerrassaan
    • kin
    • kokonaan
    • leveä
    • peräti
    • peräti (jopa)
    • parillinen
    • samanlainen
    • suorastaan
    • säännöllinen
    • tasainen
    • tasata
    • tasaväkinen
    • tasoittaa
    • tasainen (laakea)
    • tasapäinen
    • yhtäläinen
    • ylen
    finance, business, economy
    • kuitti
    • laaka
    • laaja
    • laakea
    • lopen
    * * *
    I 1. i:vən adjective
    1) (level; the same in height, amount etc: Are the table-legs even?; an even temperature.) samankorkuinen, samanlainen, tasainen
    2) (smooth: Make the path more even.) tasainen, sileä
    3) (regular: He has a strong, even pulse.) tasainen
    4) (divisible by 2 with no remainder: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc are even numbers.) parillinen
    5) (equal (in number, amount etc): The teams have scored one goal each and so they are even now.) tasoissa
    6) ((of temperament etc) calm: She has a very even temper.) tasainen
    2. verb
    1) (to make equal: Smith's goal evened the score.)
    2) (to make smooth or level.)
    - evenness
    - be/get even with
    - an even chance
    - even out
    - even up
    II i:vən adverb
    1) (used to point out something unexpected in what one is saying: `Have you finished yet?' `No, I haven't even started.'; Even the winner got no prize.) edes, jopa
    2) (yet; still: My boots were dirty, but his were even dirtier.) vieläkin
    - even so
    - even though

    English-Finnish dictionary > even

  • 19 excess

    • omavastuu
    • omavastuuosuus
    • huipukkuus
    • hurjastelu
    • enemmyys
    • kohtuuttomuus
    • liikamäärä
    • liika
    • liika-
    • liiallisuus
    • jäännös
    • ylimääräinen
    • ylite
    • yli-
    • ylettömyys
    • ylijäämä
    • ylenpalttisuus
    • ylimäärä
    • kukkura
    * * *
    ik'ses 1. noun
    1) (the (act of) going beyond normal or suitable limits: He ate well, but not to excess.) ylenmääräisyys
    2) (an abnormally large amount: He had consumed an excess of alcohol.) yletön määrä
    3) (an amount by which something is greater than something else: He found he had paid an excess of $5.00 over what was actually on the bill.) liikamäärä
    2. adjective
    (extra; additional (to the amount needed, allowed or usual): He had to pay extra for his excess baggage on the aircraft.) ylimääräinen
    - excessively
    - excessiveness
    - in excess of

    English-Finnish dictionary > excess

  • 20 fad

    • villitys
    • aivoitus
    • keppihevonen
    • muotihullutus
    • muotivillitys
    * * *
    (a temporary fashion; a craze, interest or activity that (some) people follow enthusiastically, but lasts for a short period of time: What's the latest fad in dieting?; a health-food fad.)
    - faddishness

    English-Finnish dictionary > fad

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