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81 scrape together/up
(to manage (with difficulty) to find (enough): I'll try to scrape a team together for tomorrow's game.) haalia kokoon -
82 slightest
• minimaalinen• pienin* * *adjective ((often in negative sentences, questions etc) least possible; any at all: I haven't the slightest idea where he is; The slightest difficulty seems to upset her.) vähäisin -
83 slog
• iskeä kovasti• jysäyttää• tarpoa* * *sloɡ 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) kumauttaa2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) punnertaa3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) puurtaa2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) puurtaminen2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) jysäytys -
84 snag
• oksa• tynkä• vastus• uppopuu• uppotukki• pulma• kelo• haitta• hankaluus• koukku* * *snæɡ1) (a difficulty or drawback: We did not realize at first how many snags there were in our plan.) pulma2) (a place on a garment where a thread has been torn or pulled out of place.) repeämä -
85 soluble
• ratkaistavissa olevachemistry• liukoinen• liuotteinenchemistry• liukeneva* * *'soljubl1) (able to be dissolved or made liquid: This dye is soluble in water.) liukoinen2) ((of a problem, difficulty etc) able to be solved.) ratkaistavissa oleva•- solution -
86 solution
• irtauma• vastaus• ratkaisumalli• ratkaisu• liukeneminen• liuos• liuotus* * *sə'lu:ʃən1) (an answer to a problem, difficulty or puzzle: the solution to a crossword.) ratkaisu2) (the act of finding such an answer.) ratkaiseminen3) (a liquid with something dissolved in it: a solution of salt and water.) liuos -
87 stiff
• paksu• tiukka• joustamaton• jähmeä• virallinen• sitkas• sitkeä• ankara• vaikea• väkinäinen• puuduksissa• tiivis• keinotekoinen• kohmeessa• kiinteä• kohmeinen• kireä• jäykistynyt• kankea• kaavamainen• kankealiikkeinen• jäykkä• navakka• peräänantamaton• taipumaton• kömpelö• konsistentti• korkea• kova* * *stif1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) jäykkä2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) jäykkä3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) paksu4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) vaikea5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) navakka6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) jäykän muodollinen•- stiffly- stiffness
- stiffen
- stiffening
- bore
- scare stiff -
88 strait
• ahdinko• ahdas• pula• kapea• kaita• salmi* * *streit1) ((often in plural) a narrow strip of sea between two pieces of land: the straits of Gibraltar; the Bering Strait.) salmi2) ((in plural) difficulty; (financial) need.) ahdinko•- strait-laced -
89 struggle
• painiskella• räpistellä• räpiköidä• rimpuilla• riuhtoa• jupakka• vastarinta• voimainmittely• ponnistella• ponnistelu• ponnistaa• ponnistautua• ponnistus• pyristellä• pyristellä vastaan• tempoilla• kilvoittelu• kilvoitus• kamppailu• kahakka• kamppailla• harata• sota• sätkytellä• taistella• taistelu• yritys• pinnistellä* * *1. verb1) (to twist violently when trying to free oneself: The child struggled in his arms.) rimpuilla2) (to make great efforts or try hard: All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.) taistella3) (to move with difficulty: He struggled out of the hole.) liikkua vaivalloisesti2. noun(an act of struggling, or a fight: The struggle for independence was long and hard.) taistelu -
90 stumbling-block
• aita• hairahdus• kompastuskivi• loukkauskivi* * *noun (a difficulty that prevents progress.) kompastuskivi -
91 toil
• hääriä• huhkia• ahertaa• aherrus• ahkeroida• uurastaa• uurastus• vaivalloinen työ• ponnistella• raadanta• raataa• puurtaa• raataminen• rehkiä• riehua* * *toil 1. verb1) (to work hard and long: He toiled all day in the fields.) raataa2) (to move with great difficulty: He toiled along the road with all his luggage.) raahustaa2. noun(hard work: He slept well after his hours of toil.) raadanta -
92 trouble
• olla levoton• olla esteenä• häiriö• hätä• ikävyys• häiritä• ikävyydet• hämminki• hätkähtää• huoli• huolettaa• huolestuttaa• vastoinkäyminen• vastus• vika• ehkäistä• epäjärjestys• ahdistaa• ahdinko• arveluttaa• vaikeus• vaivautua• vaivata• vaiva• vaikeuttaa• vaivannäkö• välittää• pulma• päänvaiva• rasitus• rasittaa• riesa• rettelö• tehdä levottomaksimedicine, veterinary• tauti• katkos• katko• keskeytys• kiusa• kiusata• leikata• levottomuus• haitta• hankaloittaa• hankaluus• haitata• harmi• harmittaa• murhe• mutkistaa• selkkaus• samentaa• sekaannus• taakka* * *1. noun1) ((something which causes) worry, difficulty, work, anxiety etc: He never talks about his troubles; We've had a lot of trouble with our children; I had a lot of trouble finding the book you wanted.) vaikeudet2) (disturbances; rebellion, fighting etc: It occurred during the time of the troubles in Cyprus.) levottomuudet3) (illness or weakness (in a particular part of the body): He has heart trouble.) vaiva2. verb1) (to cause worry, anger or sadness to: She was troubled by the news of her sister's illness.) huolestuttaa2) (used as part of a very polite and formal request: May I trouble you to close the window?) vaivata3) (to make any effort: He didn't even trouble to tell me what had happened.) vaivautua•- troubled- troublesome
- troublemaker -
93 troublemaker
• räyhääjä• riitelijä• häirikkö• pukari• rettelöitsijä• rauhanhäiritsijä• kiusantekijä* * *noun (a person who continually (and usually deliberately) causes worry, difficulty or disturbance to other people: Beware of her - she is a real troublemaker.) häirikkö -
94 troublesome
• häiritsevä• ikävä• työläs• vastuksellinen• vaivalloinen• kiusallinen• harmittava• harmillinen• hankala• monimutkainen• piinallinen* * *adjective (causing worry or difficulty: troublesome children/tasks.) hankala -
95 turn the corner
1) (to go round a corner.) kääntyä kulmasta2) (to get past a difficulty or danger: He was very ill but he's turned the corner now.) päästä pahimman yli -
96 undercarriage
aviation• laskuteline* * *(the landing-gear of an aircraft: The pilot had some difficulty in lowering the undercarriage.) laskuteline -
97 unflinching
• järkkymätön• horjumaton• vankkumaton* * *(not yielding etc because of pain, danger, difficulty etc: his unflinching courage/determination.) järkähtämätön -
98 wade
• rämpiä• kahluu• kahluupaikka• kahlaus• kahlata* * *weid1) (to go or walk (through water, mud etc) with some difficulty: He waded across the river towards me; I've finally managed to wade through that boring book I had to read.) kahlata2) (to cross (a river etc) by wading: We'll wade the stream at its shallowest point.) ylittää kahlaamalla•- wader -
99 wheeze
• rääkkyä• rohista• huohottaa• vinkua• sihinä• kitistä• sähinä• sähistä• kähistä• kähinä• korahdella• korista* * *wi:z 1. verb(to breathe with a hissing sound and with difficulty.) hengittää pihisten2. noun(such a sound.) pihinä- wheezy- wheezily
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100 winkle
• rantakotilo* * *I 'wiŋkl verb(to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty: He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.) kaivaa ulosII 'wiŋkl noun((also periwinkle 'peri-) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food.) kotilo
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