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1 doing nothing
• jouten -
2 nothing much
(nothing important, impressive etc: `What are you doing?' `Nothing much.') ei mitään erityistä -
3 nothing
• nolla• tyhjä• ei mikään• ei ensinkään• ei mitään• ei lainkaan• vähäpätöinen asia* * *1. pronoun(no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) ei mitään2. noun(the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).)3. adverb(not at all: He's nothing like his father.) ei lainkaan- come to nothing
- for nothing
- have nothing to do with
- make nothing of
- mean nothing to
- next to nothing
- nothing but
- nothing doing!
- there is nothing to it
- think nothing of
- to say nothing of -
4 nothing doing!
(an expression used to show a strong or emphatic refusal: `Would you like to go to the meeting instead of me?' `Nothing doing!') ei missään tapauksessa -
5 nothing doing
• ei voi auttaa• ei tule mitään -
6 potter
• ruukuntekijä• hidastella• askarrella• valaja• puuhata yhtä ja toista• puuhailla• keramiikkataiteilija• keraamikko• savenvalaja* * *I 'potə noun(a person who makes plates, cups, vases etc out of clay and fires them in an oven (called a kiln).) savenvalaja- potteryII potə verb(to wander about doing small jobs or doing nothing important: I spent the afternoon pottering (about).) touhuta -
7 hang about/around
1) (to stand around, doing nothing: I don't like to see all these youths hanging about (street-corners).) lorvailla2) (to be close to (a person) frequently: I don't want you hanging around my daughter.) roikkua kannoilla -
8 idle away
• paha• pahoin• tuskin• huono• hukata• huonosti• vetelehtiä• vaivoinlaw• haitta• sairas• kuluttaa hukkaan* * *(to spend (time) doing nothing: idling the hours away.) vetelehtiä -
9 loiter
• hidastella• vitkastella• viivytellä• vetkutella• vetelehtiä• aikailla• maleksia• kuhnailla• kuljeksia• kupata• kuljeksia joutilaana* * *'loitə(to proceed, work etc slowly or to stand doing nothing in particular: They were loitering outside the ship.) lorvailla -
10 scrupulous
• omantunnonarka• omantunnontarkka• paikkansapitävä• tunnontarkka• tunnonrauha• tunnollinen• huolellinen• varovainen• arkatuntoinen• uuttera• täsmällinen• valpas• terävä• taitava• tarkka• pikkutarkka• pikkumainen• luotettava* * *'skru:pjuləs(careful in attending to detail, doing nothing wrong, dishonest etc: He is scrupulous in his handling of the accounts; scrupulous attention to instructions.) pikkutarkka- scrupulousness -
11 stop
• paikata• torjunta• tilke• tilkitä• tukkia• jähmettyä• jähmettää• tyrehdyttää• tyrehtyä• herjetä• himmentää• viivyttää• viivähtää• viipyä• asua• ehkäistä• estää• täyttää• vaieta• vangitaaviation• välilasku• pysäkki• pysäyttää• pysähtyä• pysähdys• pysähdyttää• pysähdyspaikka• pysähtyminentechnology• pysäytin• pysäys• pysähdysaika• pysäytys• päättyä• pysäytys-• rajaintechnology• rajoitin• tauota• tauko• katketa• keskeytys• keskeyttää• keskeytyä• jäädä• jäykistyä• jäädä paikalleen• haka• nauliutua• pidätin• pidättyä• pidättää• paussi• pidäke• seis• seisauttaa• seisahtua• seisahtaa• seisottaa• seisahduttaa• seisaus• salpa• seisokki• seisahdus• sulku• sulkea• säppi• lakkauttaa• lakata• piste• loppua• luopua• lopettaa* * *stop 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) pysäyttää, pysähtyä2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) estää3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) lakata4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) tukkia5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) sulkea, painaa6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) jäädä2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) pysähdys, lopetus2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) pysäkki3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) piste4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) läppä, rekisterinappula5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) pysäytin•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up -
12 be hard on
1) (to punish or criticize severely: Don't be too hard on the boy - he's too young to know that he was doing wrong.) olla ankara2) (to be unfair to: If you punish all the children for the broken window it's a bit hard on those who had nothing to do with it.) olla epäreilua -
13 good
• oivallinen• oikein• oiva• oikea• hyväntuntuinen• hyvä• hyödyke• hyvä on• hyvin• hieno• verraton• cum laude-arvosana• cum laude• com laude• erinomaisesti• etu• erinomainenlaw• pätevä• kaunis• kelvollinen• kelpo• kiitollinen• kiltti• mainio• mainiosti• kunnolla• kunnollinen• kunnollisesti• kunnon• laadukas• pilaantumaton• korkea* * *ɡud 1. comparative - better; adjective1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) kiltti2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) hyvä3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) hyvä4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) hyvä, etevä5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) hyvä6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) hyvää tekevä7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) hyvä, iloinen8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) hyvä9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) melkoinen10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) sopiva11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) hyvä12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) hyvä13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) hyvä14) (thorough: a good clean.) perusteellinen15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) hyvin2. noun1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) etu2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) hyvät puolet3. interjection(an expression of approval, gladness etc.) hyvä- goodness4. interjection((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) hyvänen aika- goods- goody
- goodbye
- good-day
- good evening
- good-for-nothing
- good humour
- good-humoured
- good-humouredly
- good-looking
- good morning
- good afternoon
- good-day
- good evening
- good night
- good-natured
- goodwill
- good will
- good works
- as good as
- be as good as one's word
- be up to no good
- deliver the goods
- for good
- for goodness' sake
- good for
- good for you
- him
- Good Friday
- good gracious
- good heavens
- goodness gracious
- goodness me
- good old
- make good
- no good
- put in a good word for
- take something in good part
- take in good part
- thank goodness
- to the good -
14 idle
• olla joutilaana• tulokseton• toimeton• hyödytön• jouten• jonninjoutava• joutava• joutilas• joutavanpäiväinen• jouto-• joutokäynti• työtön• turha• tyhjä-• tyhjä• turhanpäiväinen• tyhjänpäiväinentechnology• tyhjäkäynti• velttoilla• veltto• varaamaton• vetelehtiä• epäonnistunut• ajelehtia• vapaa• levossa oleva• lepo-• lekotella• harhailla• mitäänsanomaton• nahjustella• maleksia• kuljeksia• käydä tyhjäkäyntiä• käydä tyhjänä• laiskotella• laiska• lorvia• lorvailla• lois-• lorvehtia* * *1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) toimeton2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) laiska3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) tehoton4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) joutava2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) laiskotella2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) olla tyhjäkäynnillä•- idler- idleness
- idly
- idle away
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