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1 climb down
aviation• laskeutua -
2 descend
• olla peräisin• olla syntyisin• painua• rinne• häipyä• johtua• juontua• juontaa juurensa• viettää• astua alas• alentua• aleta• vajota• polveutua• periytyä• laskea• lasku• laskeutua* * *di'send1) (to go or climb down from a higher place or position: He descended the staircase.) laskeutua2) (to slope downwards: The hills descend to the sea.) viettää3) ((with on) to make a sudden attack on: The soldiers descended on the helpless villagers.) hyökätä kimppuun•- descent
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3 lift
• nostattaa• nostolaite• nostaa• nostaminen• nousu• nosto-• näpistää• nosturi• nostella• nostatus• nosto• hälvetä• häipyä• hissi• varastaa• autokyyti• kohotus• kohottaa• kohentaa• kohota• lifti• peukalokyytilaw• kumota• kyyti• poistaa• korottaa• korotus* * *lift 1. verb1) (to raise or bring to a higher position: The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it.) nostaa2) (to take and carry away: He lifted the table through into the kitchen.) viedä3) ((of mist etc) to disappear: By noon, the fog was beginning to lift.) hälvetä4) (to rise: The aeroplane lifted into the air.) kohota2. noun1) (the act of lifting: a lift of the eyebrows.) kohottaminen2) ((American elevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people: Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift.) hissi3) (a ride in someone's car etc: Can I give you a lift into town?) kyyti4) (a raising of the spirits: Her success in the exam gave her a great lift.) piristysruiske•- lift off -
4 scale
• s vaakatechnology• hilse (tek.)• hilsehtiä• hilse• hilseillä• viivain• skaalaautomatic data processing• skaalata• sivumitta• asteikko• askelma• vaakakuppi• porrastaa• puhdistaa• karsta• kattilakivi• kesiä• kiivetä• kaava• hammaskivi• mitata• mittakaava• mitta-asteikko• mittapuuautomatic data processing• muuttaa kokoa mittakaavassa• muuttaa asteikkoa• muuttaa mittakaavaa• suomulehti• suomu• suomustaa• suomus• suojuslehti• sävelasteikko• kuoria* * *I skeil noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) mitta-asteikko2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) asteikko3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) skaala4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) mittakaava5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) mitta, laajuusII skeil verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) kiivetäIII skeil noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) suomu- scaly
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