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1 defeat
technology• häviö• epäonnistuminen• uhitella• valtaus• voittaa (lyödä)• voittaa• päihittää• tehdä tyhjäksi• pieksäminen• tappio• kukistaa• lyödä* * *di'fi:t 1. verb(to win a victory over: They defeated our team by three goals; We will defeat the enemy eventually.) voittaa2. noun(the loss of a game, battle, race etc: His defeat in the last race depressed him; We suffered yet another defeat.) tappio, häviö- defeated- defeatism
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2 landslide defeat
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3 rout
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4 foil
• folio• foili• florettimiekkailu• estää• floretti• aiheuttaa pettymys• uhitella• tausta• tehdä tyhjäksi• kelmumedicine, veterinary• kalvo• harjoitusmiekka• metallilehti• lehtimetalli• korostaa* * *I foil verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) tehdä tyhjäksiII foil noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) folio, hopeapaperi2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) taustaIII foil noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) floretti -
5 land
• tilukset• nousta maihin• joutua• vetää maihin• valtakunta• purkaa• päätyä• pyydystää• kaulus• kiinteistö• liitäntäalue• saattaa• maaomaisuus• maasto• maa (maankamara)• maaperä• maa• laskea maihinaviation• laskeutua* * *lænd 1. noun1) (the solid part of the surface of the Earth which is covered by the sea: We had been at sea a week before we saw land.) maa2) (a country: foreign lands.) maa3) (the ground or soil: He never made any money at farming as his land was poor and stony.) maa4) (an estate: He owns land/lands in Scotland.) maa, maaomaisuus2. verb1) (to come or bring down from the air upon the land: The plane landed in a field; They managed to land the helicopter safely; She fell twenty feet, but landed without injury.) laskeutua2) (to come or bring from the sea on to the land: After being at sea for three months, they landed at Plymouth; He landed the big fish with some help.) nousta maihin3) (to (cause to) get into a particular (usually unfortunate) situation: Don't drive so fast - you'll land (yourself) in hospital/trouble!) päätyä•- rouvə
(a type of strong motor vehicle used for driving over rough ground.)
- landing- landing-gear
- landing-stage
- landlocked
- landlord
- landmark
- land mine
- landowner
- landslide
- landslide victory
- landslide
- landslide defeat
- land up
- land with
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6 action
• operaatiolaw• oikeudenkäyntilaw• oikeusjuttu• toiminta (teko)• toimenpide• toimenpiteet• toimi• toimitus• toimi / toiminta• toiminta• tominta (teko)• työ• vauhtilaw• virkasyyte• ele• aloite• uhkapeli• vaade• vaikutus• ponnistus• prosessitechnology• teho• temppu• tekolaw• kanne• kamppailu• menettely• suoritus• syyte• taistelu• käytäntö* * *'ækʃən1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) toiminta2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) liike3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) oikeusjuttu4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) tapahtumat5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) taistelu•- out of action -
7 anarchy
• hämminki• epäjärjestys• anarkia• kaaos• hajaannus• sekaannus• sekamelska• sekasotku• sekasorto• sotku* * *'ænəki1) (the absence or failure of government: Total anarchy followed the defeat of the government.) anarkia2) (disorder and confusion.) sekasorto•- anarchism -
8 crush
• rutistaa• runnella• rikkoa• rusentaa• rouhia• ruhjoa• rypistää• romuttaa• tungos• tunkea• tuhota• nujertaa• hävittää• iskeä murskaksi• haukata• hienontaa• ahdinkomarine• ahtaus• pusertaa• pusertua• raastaa• repiä• kiristää• hajottaa• murska• murentaa• murskata• murentua• murtaa• musertaa• survoa• särkeä• suuret kutsut• tallata• kukistaa• lannistaa• pirstata• pirstoa• luhistaa* * *1. verb1) (to squash by squeezing together etc: The car was crushed between the two trucks.) murskata, puristaa2) (to crease: That material crushes easily.) rypistyä3) (to defeat: He crushed the rebellion.) kukistaa4) (to push, press etc together: We (were) all crushed into the tiny room.) ahtaa2. noun(squeezing or crowding together: There's always a crush in the supermarket on Saturdays.) tungos- crushing -
9 defeatism
• tappiomieliala* * *noun (a state of mind in which one expects and accepts defeat too easily: The defeatism of the captain affects the rest of the players.) tappiomieliala -
10 fall
• painua• rojahtaa• romahtaa• tuho• tippua• tulo• notkahtaa• häviö• joutuamarine• juoksuköysi• tuupertua• turmio• työntää• helma• heittäytyä• huojentua• varista• vesiputous• vierähtää• alenema• aleta• alentua• aleneminen• vajota• valahtaa• vaipua• vähetä• väheneminen• vähentyminen• vähentyä• pudottaa• pudotus• pudota• putoama• putoaminen• putoamiskorkeus• putouskorkeus• putous• rapista• reputtaa• retkahtaa• kieltäytyä• kellahdus• kellistää• keikaus• kellahtaa• kaataa• kaatuminen• kaatua• kaato• halveta• halventua• mennä nurin• muksahtaa• mennä kumoon• mätkähtää• pettää• sademäärä• sattua• selätys• madaltua• suistua• sortuminen• suistaa• sortua• syöksyä alas• syöksyä• syntiinlankeemus• sysätä• syksy• syöstä• supistuminen• supistua• syys• syöksy• syksyinen• kukistuminen• kumota• kupsahtaa• kukistua• laskusuunta• laskea• laskeutua• lankeemus• langetafinance, business, economy• lasku• kompastua• luhistua• luiskahtaa• luhistuminen* * *fo:l 1. past tense - fell; verb1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) pudota, osua2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) kaatua3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) laskea4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) tulla, sattua5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) vaipua, joutua johonkin tilaan6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) langeta jonkun osaksi2. noun1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) putoaminen2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) tulo, määrä3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) kukistuminen4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) syksy•- falls- fallout
- his
- her face fell
- fall away
- fall back
- fall back on
- fall behind
- fall down
- fall flat
- fall for
- fall in with
- fall off
- fall on/upon
- fall out
- fall short
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11 knock out
• tuhota• tyrmätä* * *1) (to make unconscious by a blow, or (in boxing) unable to recover within the required time: The boxer knocked his opponent out in the third round.) tainnuttaa, tyrmätä2) (to defeat and cause to retire from a competition: That team knocked us out in the semi-finals (noun knock-out).) pudottaa -
12 licking
• kietominen• selkäsauna* * *'likiŋ( informal)1) (a beating as a punishment.)2) (a humiliating defeat in a sports competition.) -
13 massacre
• joukkosurma• joukkomurha• verenvuodatus• verilöyly• teurastus• teurastaa• surmata joukoittain• surmata• tappaa* * *'mæsəkə 1. noun1) (the killing of a large number of usually people, especially with great cruelty.) joukkomurha2) (a very bad defeat: That last game was a complete massacre.) murskatappio2. verb(to kill (large numbers) cruelly.) teurastaa joukoittain -
14 messenger
• viestinviejä• edelläkävijä• airut• valtuutettu• kantaja• sanantuoja• sanansaattaja• lähetti* * *-sin‹ənoun (a person who carries letters, information etc from place to place: The king's messenger brought news of the army's defeat.) lähetti, sanansaattaja -
15 morale
• henki• moraali• taistelumieli• taisteluhenki• taistelutahto* * *(the level of courage and confidence in eg an army, team etc: In spite of the defeat, morale was still high.) taisteluhenki -
16 rally
• saada uusia voimia• toipuminen• toipua• järjestäytyä uudestaan• elpyä• uudelleen järjestäytyminen• puhetilaisuusadministration and government• puoluekokous• ralli• tervehtyä• kerätä uudelleen• kiusoitella• kilpailu• kokous• kokoontua• kokoontuminen• koota* * *'ræli 1. verb1) (to come or bring together again: The general tried to rally his troops after the defeat; The troops rallied round the general.) koota, kokoontua2) (to come or bring together for a joint action or effort: The supporters rallied to save the club from collapse; The politician asked his supporters to rally to the cause.) koota rivit3) (to (cause to) recover health or strength: She rallied from her illness.) toipua2. noun1) (a usually large gathering of people for some purpose: a Scouts' rally.) joukkokokous2) (a meeting (usually of cars or motorcycles) for a competition, race etc.) ralli3) (an improvement in health after an illness.) toipuminen4) ((in tennis etc) a (usually long) series of shots before the point is won or lost.) pitkä pallottelu• -
17 reverse
• pakki• toisin päin• nurja• vastakkainen• vastakkaissuuntainen• vastapuoli• vastoinkäyminen• vastakohtainen• vastakohta• epäonni• antiteettinen• täyskäännös• vaihtaa• purkaa• päinvastainen• mullistaa• muuttaa päinvastaiseksi• muuttaa kokonaan• peruutusvaihde• peruutus• peräyttää• peruuttaa• suunnanvaihto• taakse-• taka• tappio• takaisku• takapuoli• ylösalaisin• kumota päätös• kumoaminen• kumota• kääntö• kääntää nurin• käänteinen• kääntöpuoli• kääntyä päinvastaiseksi• kontradiktorinen• kontraarinen* * *rə'və:s 1. verb1) (to move backwards or in the opposite direction to normal: He reversed (the car) into the garage; He reversed the film through the projector.) peruuttaa2) (to put into the opposite position, state, order etc: This jacket can be reversed (= worn inside out).) kääntää toisin päin3) (to change (a decision, policy etc) to the exact opposite: The man was found guilty, but the judges in the appeal court reversed the decision.) muuttaa päinvastaiseksi2. noun1) (( also adjective) (the) opposite: `Are you hungry?' `Quite the reverse - I've eaten far too much!'; I take the reverse point of view.) päinvastoin, päinvastainen2) (a defeat; a piece of bad luck.) takaisku3) ((a mechanism eg one of the gears of a car etc which makes something move in) a backwards direction or a direction opposite to normal: He put the car into reverse; ( also adjective) a reverse gear.) peruutusvaihde4) (( also adjective) (of) the back of a coin, medal etc: the reverse (side) of a coin.) kääntöpuoli•- reversal- reversed
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18 slaughter
• ihmisteurastus• verilöyly• teurastaa• teurastus• tappaa• lahdata* * *'slo:tə 1. noun1) (the killing of people or animals in large numbers, cruelly and usually unnecessarily: Many people protested at the annual slaughter of seals.) teurastus2) (the killing of animals for food: Methods of slaughter must be humane.) teurastus2. verb1) (to kill (animals) for food: Thousands of cattle are slaughtered here every year.) teurastaa2) (to kill in a cruel manner, especially in large numbers.) teurastaa3) (to criticize unmercifully or defeat very thoroughly: Our team absolutely slaughtered the other side.) murskata• -
19 squash
• tungos• tunkeutua• nolata• hedelmämehu• ahtautua• ahtaa• vaientaa• pusertaa• kasaantuma• litistää• hajottaa• musertaa• seinäpallo• squash• tallata• kurpitsa* * *skwoʃ 1. verb1) (to press, squeeze or crush: He tried to squash too many clothes into his case; The tomatoes got squashed (flat) at the bottom of the shopping-bag.) sulloa, murskata2) (to defeat (a rebellion etc).) tehdä loppu jostakin2. noun1) (a state of being squashed or crowded: There was a great squash in the doorway.) tungos2) ((a particular flavour of) a drink containing the juice of crushed fruit: Have some orange squash!) mehu3) ((also squash rackets) a type of game played in a walled court with rackets and a rubber ball.) squash4) (a vegetable or plant of the gourd family.)•- squashy -
20 trump
• ottaa valttikortilla• valtti• kunnon mies• lyödä valtti pöytään* * *1. noun(in some card games, any card of a suit which has been declared to rank higher than the other suits: This time, hearts are trumps; ( also adjective) a trump card.) valtti2. verb(to defeat (an ordinary card) by playing a card from the trump suit: He trumped (my king) with a heart.) kaataa valtilla
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