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21 tough
• omapäinen• roteva• roistomainen• itsepintainen• itsepäinen• jukuripäinen• jyrkkäotteinen• jyrkkäluonteinen• työläs• hellittämätön• sitkeä• sisukas• sinnikäs• ankara• vahva• uppiniskainen• vaativa• vannoutunut• vaikea• raaka• karski• jääräpäinen• peräänantamatonleather industry• parkita• taipumaton• kovapintainen• kovis• lannistumaton• piintynyt• kova• luja* * *1. adjective1) (strong; not easily broken, worn out etc: Plastic is a tough material.) kestävä2) ((of food etc) difficult to chew.) sitkeä3) ((of people) strong; able to bear hardship, illness etc: She must be tough to have survived such a serious illness.) vahva4) (rough and violent: It's a tough neighbourhood.) väkivaltainen5) (difficult to deal with or overcome: a tough problem; The competition was really tough.) hankala, ankara2. noun(a rough, violent person; a bully.) kovanaama- toughen
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22 -wise
1) (in respect of or as regards: This new idea may prove to be difficult costwise.) jonkin suhteen2) (in a (particular) way: The stripes run crosswise.) jollakin tavoin -
23 a tall order
(a difficult job or task: Asking us to finish this by Friday is a bit of a tall order.) ylivoimainen tehtävä -
24 a tight corner/spot
(a difficult position or situation: His refusal to help put her in a tight corner/spot.) hankala tilanne -
25 above someone's head
(too difficult (for someone) to understand: His lecture was well above their heads.) yli ymmärryksen -
26 abstruse
• hämärä• vaikeatajuinen• hankala• piilevä* * *əb'stru:s(difficult to understand: abstruse reasoning.) vaikeatajuinen -
27 accommodation
• tilat• vippi• asunto• akkommodaatio• akkomodaatio• tila• mukautuvuus• mukautus• mukautuminen• mukauttaminen• majapaikka• majoituspaikka• majoitus• sopimus• sovinto• sovittaminen• sopeutumiskyky• sovitus• säätö• yösijafinance, business, economy• laina* * *1) (room(s) in a house or hotel in which to live, especially for a short time: It is difficult to find accommodation in London in August.) majoitus2) (space for something: There is accommodation for your car behind the hotel.) tila(t) -
28 arduous
• isotöinen• työläs• vaikea• vaivalloinen• voimia kysyvä• hankala• kunnianhimoinen* * *(difficult; needing hard work: an arduous task.) työläs- arduousness -
29 aspire
• toivoa• havitella• hedelmöittää• pyrkiä• tavoitella• haluta* * *((usually with to) to try very hard to reach (something difficult, ambitious etc): He aspired to the position of president.) tavoitella -
30 awkward
• oksettava• ongelmallinen• tukala• hämillinen• ikävä• iljettävä• inhottava• työläs• tympeä• tympäisevä• tuskainen• hiomaton• vastenmielinen• avuton• epäkäytännöllinen• ellottava• epämukava• epämiellyttävä• etova• tökerö• vaikea• vaivalloinen• pulmallinen• raskas• rasittava• kiusallinen• kiperä• kankealiikkeinen• kankea• kamala• harmillinen• hankala• sopimaton• ällöttävä• yököttävä• äitelä• ärsyttävä• kuvottava• kömpelö (avuton)• kömpelö• piinallinen• luotaantyöntävä* * *'o:kwəd1) (not graceful or elegant: an awkward movement.) kömpelö2) (difficult or causing difficulty, embarrassment etc: an awkward question; an awkward silence; His cut is in an awkward place.) kiusallinen•- awkwardness -
31 backbreaking
adjective ((of a task etc) very difficult or requiring very hard work: Digging the garden is a backbreaking job.) uuvuttava -
32 be too much for
(to overwhelm; to be too difficult etc for: Is the job too much for you?) olla liian vaikeaa -
33 be torn between (one thing and another)
(to have a very difficult choice to make between (two things): He was torn between obedience to his parents and loyalty to his friends.) olla kahden tulen välissäEnglish-Finnish dictionary > be torn between (one thing and another)
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34 be torn between (one thing and another)
(to have a very difficult choice to make between (two things): He was torn between obedience to his parents and loyalty to his friends.) olla kahden tulen välissäEnglish-Finnish dictionary > be torn between (one thing and another)
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35 blind spot
• sokeapilkku• katve* * *1) (any matter about which one always shows lack of understanding: She seems to have a blind spot about physics.) heikko kohta2) (an area which is impossible or difficult to see due to an obstruction.) katve -
36 block
printing (graphic) industry• painolaatta• palkki• palikka• padota• ruuhka• saartaa• runko• torjunta• tukki• tukkeumamedicine, veterinary• tukos• torjua• tukkia• jakso• jaksottaaautomatic data processing• jakso (ATK)• jakso(tietotekn)• järkäle• tyrehdyttää• hattutukki• hirsi• vihko• blokki• blokeerata• estää(sulkea)• este• esto• estäätechnology• väkipyörätechnology• pylpyrä• puu• pölli• puunrunko• pölkky• pysäyttää• ranko• rakennuspalikka• ranka• teline• telapölkky• tiiles• tiili• katkaista• kappale• kerrostalo• keskeyttää• kimpale• liikenneseisaus• kalliolohkare• kallionlohkare• mestauspölkky• möhkäle• muovata• parruforest and paper industry• pelkka• sulkea (estää)• sulku• sulkeamarine• talja• kulmanväliprinting (graphic) industry• kuvalaattaprinting (graphic) industry• kuvake• lehtiö• kompleksi• kortteli• lohko• lukita• lopettaa• lohkare* * *blok 1. noun1) (a flat-sided mass of wood or stone etc: blocks of stone.) pala, lohkare2) (a piece of wood used for certain purposes: a chopping-block.) pölkky3) (a connected group of houses, offices etc: a block of flats; an office block.) rakennus4) (a barrier: a road block.) sulku5) ((especially American) a group of buildings bounded by four streets: a walk round the block.) kortteli2. verb(to make (progress) difficult or impossible: The crashed cars blocked the road.) tukkia- blockade3. verbThe ships blockaded the town.) saartaa- blockage- blocked
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37 burden
marine• painolasti• painaa• painostaa• paino• ies• vaivata• pääsisällys• rasitus• rasite• raskauttaa• riippa• rasittaa• kantamusmusic• kertosäe• sälyttää• taakka• kuormittaa• kuormata• kuorma• lasti• laivan kantavuus* * *'bə:dn 1. noun1) (something to be carried: He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).) kuorma2) (something difficult to carry or withstand: the burden of taxation.) taakka2. verb(to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) kuormittaa -
38 camouflage
• naamioida• naamioitua• naamiointi• suojaväri• kätkeä* * *1. noun(something, eg protective colouring, that makes an animal, person, building etc difficult for enemies to see against the background: The tiger's stripes are an effective camouflage in the jungle; The soldiers wound leaves and twigs round their helmets as camouflage.) naamiointi2. verb(to conceal with camouflage.) naamioida -
39 catch out
• paljastaa• saada kiinni* * *1) (to put out (a batsman) at cricket by catching the ball after it has been hit and before it touches the ground.) polttaa2) (to cause (someone) to fail by means of a trick, a difficult question etc: The last question in the exam caught them all out.) saada satimeen -
40 challenging
• ankara• uhmamielinen• haastava• haasteellinen• kunnianhimoinen* * *adjective (demanding effort; difficult: a challenging job/idea.) haastava
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