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• paljon• runsaasti• useat• usea• monet• moninkertainen• monta• moni• lukuisa* * *'meni 1. comparative - more; adjective(a great number of: Many languages are spoken in Africa; There weren't very many people; You've made a great/good many mistakes.) monta2. pronoun(a great number: A few people survived, but many died.) monet- many-- many a -
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• vielä• vielä lisää• enemmälti• enemmän• enempi• enää• sivu-• sitä enemmän• useampia• useampi• lisää* * *mo:comparative; = many -
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• paljolti• paljon• hyvin• suunnilleen• suuresti• kovasti• kovin• pitkälti• pitkästi* * *comparative of; see more -
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• hämi• ihmisarka• hämillinen• häveliäs• jotakin kaihtava• heitto• hiljainen• heittää• vauhko• vauhkoutua• viskata• epäröivä• arkaluonteinen• arkaluontoinen• arkaileva• arka• ujo• vaatimaton• kaino• pelokas• pelätä• pelkurimainen• säikkyä• säikky* * *1. comparative - shyer; adjective1) (lacking confidence in the presence of others, especially strangers; not wanting to attract attention: She is too shy to go to parties.) ujo2) (drawing back from (an action, person etc): She is shy of strangers.) arka3) ((of a wild animal) easily frightened; timid: Deer are very shy animals.) säikky2. verb((of a horse) to jump or turn suddenly aside in fear: The horse shied at the strangers.) pelästyä- shyly- shyness -
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• sitä• sellainen• se* * *ðə, ði(The form ðə is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union ðə'ju:njən; the form ði is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour ði 'onə)1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.)3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).)4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.)5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.)6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.)•- the...- the... -
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((with comparative adjective or adverb) used to show the connection or relationship between two actions, states, processes etc: The harder you work, the more you earn.) -
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• joko• vielä• edelleen• sittenkin• silti• mutta• sentään• kuitenkaan• kuitenkin (silti)• kumminkin• kuitenkin* * *jet 1. adverb1) (up till now: He hasn't telephoned yet; Have you finished yet?; We're not yet ready.) vielä, jo2) (used for emphasis: He's made yet another mistake / yet more mistakes.) vielä3) ((with a comparative adjective) even: a yet more terrible experience.)2. conjunction(but; however: He's pleasant enough, yet I don't like him.) silti- as yet
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Comparative — Com*par a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. The comparative faculty. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Comparative — For other uses, see Comparative (disambiguation). In grammar, the comparative is the form of an adjective or adverb which denotes the degree or grade by which a person, thing, or other entity has a property or quality greater or less in extent… … Wikipedia
comparative — com|par|a|tive1 [kəmˈpærətıv] adj 1.) comparative comfort/freedom/wealth etc comfort etc that is quite good when compared to how comfortable, free, or rich etc something or someone else is = ↑relative ▪ After a lifetime of poverty, his last few… … Dictionary of contemporary English
comparative — [[t]kəmpæ̱rətɪv[/t]] comparatives 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the… … English dictionary
comparative — 1 adjective 1 comparative comfort/freedom/wealth etc comfort, freedom etc that is fairly satisfactory when compared to another state of comfort etc: After a lifetime of poverty, his last few years were spent in comparative comfort. 2 comparative… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
