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handful

  • 1 handful

    • kourallinen
    * * *
    1) (as much as can be held in one hand: a handful of sweets.) kourallinen
    2) (a small number: Only a handful of people came to the meeting.) kourallinen
    3) (a person etc difficult to control: Her three children are a (bit of a) handful.) hankala tapaus

    English-Finnish dictionary > handful

  • 2 handful of

    • pari

    English-Finnish dictionary > handful of

  • 3 a handful of

    • pari

    English-Finnish dictionary > a handful of

  • 4 coin

    • ropo
    • rahan
    • raha (metalli)
    • raha
    • kiila
    • killinki
    • metalliraha
    • sepittää
    • lantti
    • pikkuraha
    • kolikko
    • lyödä
    * * *
    koin 1. noun
    (a piece of metal used as money: a handful of coins.) kolikko
    2. verb
    1) (to make metal into (money): The new country soon started to coin its own money.) lyödä
    2) (to invent (a word, phrase etc): The scientist coined a word for the new process.) sepittää

    English-Finnish dictionary > coin

  • 5 hand

    • ojentaa
    • osoitin
    • työmies
    • viisari
    • antaa
    • apuri
    • apumies
    • kellonviisari
    • kellonosoitin
    • jättää
    • pelaaja
    • tarjota
    • kämmen
    • käsiala
    • käsi
    • kädessä olevat kortit
    • koura
    • luovuttaa
    * * *
    hænd 1. noun
    1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) käsi
    2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) osoitin
    3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) apumies, työmies
    4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) apu
    5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) käsi
    6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) kämmenenleveys
    7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) käsiala
    2. verb
    (often with back, down, up etc)
    1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) ojentaa
    2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) siirtää
    - handbag
    - handbill
    - handbook
    - handbrake
    - handcuff
    - handcuffs
    - hand-lens
    - handmade
    - hand-operated
    - hand-out
    - hand-picked
    - handshake
    - handstand
    - handwriting
    - handwritten
    - at hand
    - at the hands of
    - be hand in glove with someone
    - be hand in glove
    - by hand
    - fall into the hands of someone
    - fall into the hands
    - force someone's hand
    - get one's hands on
    - give/lend a helping hand
    - hand down
    - hand in
    - hand in hand
    - hand on
    - hand out
    - hand-out
    - handout
    - hand over
    - hand over fist
    - hands down
    - hands off!
    - hands-on
    - hands up!
    - hand to hand
    - have a hand in something
    - have a hand in
    - have/get/gain the upper hand
    - hold hands with someone
    - hold hands
    - in good hands
    - in hand
    - in the hands of
    - keep one's hand in
    - off one's hands
    - on hand
    - on the one hand... on the other hand
    -... on the other hand
    - out of hand
    - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
    - shake hands with / shake someone's hand
    - a show of hands
    - take in hand
    - to hand

    English-Finnish dictionary > hand

  • 6 soil

    • ryvettää
    • tuhrata
    • tuhria
    • töhriä
    • kasvupohja
    • lika
    • loata
    • likaantua
    • liata
    • kamara
    • multa
    • saastuttaa
    • maankamara
    • manner
    • maapohja
    • maanlaatu
    • maa
    • maalaji
    • mantere
    • maa-aines
    • maaperä
    • sotkea
    • sotata
    • tahria
    • tahra
    • tahriintua
    • tahraantua
    • tahrata
    • tahrautua
    • kurata
    * * *
    I soil noun
    (the upper layer of the earth, in which plants grow: to plant seeds in the soil; a handful of soil.) maaperä, multa
    II soil verb
    (to dirty or stain: Don't soil your dress with these dusty books!) liata

    English-Finnish dictionary > soil

См. также в других словарях:

  • handful — hand ful (h[a^]nd f[.u]l), n.; pl. {handfuls} (h[a^]nd f[.u]lz). [AS. handfull.] 1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A hand s breadth; four inches. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Knap the tongs together about a handful …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • handful — (n.) O.E. handful; see HAND (Cf. hand) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Originally the quality that can be held in a hand; also a medieval linear measurement of four inches. Meaning a small portion or part is from c.1400. Figurative meaning as much as one… …   Etymology dictionary

  • handful — [hand′fool΄] n. pl. handfuls [ME < OE handfull] 1. as much or as many as the hand will hold 2. a relatively small number or amount [a mere handful of people] 3. Informal as much as one is able to manage; someone or something hard to manage …   English World dictionary

  • handful — has the plural form handfuls. See ful …   Modern English usage

  • handful — [adj] a small quantity few, scattering, small number, smattering, some, spattering, sprinkling; concept 789 Ant. lot, mass …   New thesaurus

  • handful — ► NOUN 1) a quantity that fills the hand. 2) a small number or amount. 3) informal a person who is difficult to deal with or control …   English terms dictionary

  • handful — noun 1 amount that can be held in one hand ADJECTIVE ▪ good ▪ double ▪ She bent and pulled up a double handful of weeds. PREPOSITION ▪ handful of …   Collocations dictionary

  • handful — hand|ful [ˈhændful] n 1.) an amount that you can hold in your hand handful of ▪ The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us. 2.) a handful of sth a very small number of people or things ▪ There were only a handful of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • handful — [[t]hæ̱ndfʊl[/t]] handfuls 1) N SING: usu N of n A handful of people or things is a small number of them. He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar... One spring morning a handful of potential investors assembled in Quincy. 2) N COUNT: usu… …   English dictionary

  • handful */*/ — UK [ˈhæn(d)fʊl] / US [ˈhæn(d)ˌfʊl] noun Word forms handful : singular handful plural handfuls 1) [singular] a very small number of people or things The game was dominated by a handful of players. 2) [countable] the quantity of something that you… …   English dictionary

  • handful — noun 1 (C) an amount that you can hold in your hand (+ of): a handful of nuts 2 a handful of a very small number of people or things: Only a handful of countries have implemented these regulations. 3 a handful informal someone, especially a child …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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