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1 imitate
• imitoida• jäljitellä• heijastua• simuloida• apinoida• väärentää• mukailla• matkia• kopioida* * *'imiteit 1. verb(to (try to) be, behave or look the same as (a person etc): Children imitate their friends rather than their parents; He could imitate the song of many different birds.) jäljitellä2. adjective(made to look like something else: imitation wood.) jäljitelty- imitativeness
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2 fake
• hämäys• jäljitelmä• huijari• huijaus• epäaito• vale-• väärentää• väärennetty• väärennys• väärennös• tekaistu juttu• tekaista• lavastaa* * *feik 1. noun1) (a worthless imitation (especially intended to deceive); a forgery: That picture is a fake.) väärennös2) (a person who pretends to be something he is not: He pretended to be a doctor, but he was a fake.) huijari2. adjective1) (made in imitation of something more valuable, especially with the intention of deceiving: fake diamonds.) väärennetty2) (pretending to be something one is not: a fake clergyman.) vale-3. verb(to pretend or imitate in order to deceive: to fake a signature.) väärentää -
3 mimic
• imitaattori• imitoida• jäljittelevä• jäljitellä• jäljittelijä• karikoida• miiminen• matkija• matkia• matkiva* * *'mimik 1. past tense, past participle - mimicked; verb(to imitate (someone or something), especially with the intention of making him or it appear ridiculous or funny: The comedian mimicked the Prime Minister's way of speaking.) matkia2. noun(a person who mimics: Children are often good mimics.) matkija- mimicry -
4 parrot
• jäljitellä• papukaija• matkia* * *'pærət(a kind of bird found in warm countries, especially in South America, with a hooked bill and usually brightly-coloured feathers, that can be taught to imitate human speech.) papukaija -
5 take off
• ottaa pois• ottaa• riisua• nousta• nousu• nylkeä• nousta ilmaan• hypätä• ilmaannousu• jäljitellä• vähentää• ponnistaa• sammuttaa• matkia• sulkea• poistaa käytöstä• poistaa• lähteä• lähtö* * *1) (to remove (clothes etc): He took off his coat.) riisua yltään2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) nousta3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) pitää vapaata4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) matkia -
6 talk
• pakista• pakina• pakina esitelmä• rupatella• tokaista• todeta• neuvottelu• neuvotella• hälytä• häly• hälistä• jaaritus• jaaritella• jutteluhetki• juoruta• jutustella• jutella• juttelu• juoru• turista• vastata• virkkaa• deklamoida• esitelmä• puhelu• puheenaihe• puhutella• puhella• puhua• pukahtaa• puhe• pälpättää• keskustella (puhua)• keskustella• keskustelu• haastaa• haastella• sanoa• mainita• tarinoida• lausua• luento* * *to:k 1. verb1) (to speak; to have a conversation or discussion: We talked about it for hours; My parrot can talk (= imitate human speech).) puhua2) (to gossip: You can't stay here - people will talk!) juoruta3) (to talk about: They spent the whole time talking philosophy.) keskustella jostakin2. noun1) ((sometimes in plural) a conversation or discussion: We had a long talk about it; The Prime Ministers met for talks on their countries' economic problems.) keskustelu2) (a lecture: The doctor gave us a talk on family health.) luento3) (gossip: Her behaviour causes a lot of talk among the neighbours.) juoruilu4) (useless discussion; statements of things a person says he will do but which will never actually be done: There's too much talk and not enough action.) suunpieksäntä•- talking book
- talking head
- talking-point
- talk show
- talking-to
- talk back
- talk big
- talk down to
- talk someone into / out of doing
- talk into / out of doing
- talk someone into / out of
- talk into / out of
- talk over
- talk round
- talk sense/nonsense
- talk shop
См. также в других словарях:
Imitate — Im i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imitating}.] [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. {Image}.] 1. To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
imitate — [im′i tāt΄] vt. imitated, imitating [< L imitatus, pp. of imitari, to imitate, akin to aemulus: see EMULATE] 1. to seek to follow the example of; take as one s model or pattern 2. to act the same as; impersonate; mimic 3. to reproduce in form … English World dictionary
imitate — ► VERB 1) follow as a model. 2) copy (a person s speech or mannerisms), especially for comic effect. 3) reproduce; simulate: synthetic fabrics that imitate silk. DERIVATIVES imitable adjective imitator noun. ORIGIN Latin imitari, related to … English terms dictionary
imitate — I verb adopt, caricature, copy, counterfeit, duplicate, echo, emulate, fabricate, fake, follow suit, forge, impersonate, match, mimic, mirror, parallel, parody, parrot, plagiarize, portray, pose, pretend, reflect, repeat, represent, reproduce,… … Law dictionary
imitate — (v.) 1530s, a back formation from IMITATION (Cf. imitation) or imitator, or else from L. imitatus. Related: Imitated; imitating. An Old English word for this was æfterhyrigan … Etymology dictionary
imitate — *copy, mimic, ape, mock Analogous words: impersonate (see ACT vb): simulate, feign, counterfeit (see ASSUME): caricature, burlesque, parody, travesty (see under CARICATURE n) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
imitate — has a derivative form imitable meaning ‘able to be imitated’ … Modern English usage
imitate — [v] pretend to be; do an impression of act like, affect, ape, assume, be like, borrow, burlesque, carbon*, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do like*, do likewise, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow in footsteps* … New thesaurus
imitate — 01. My friend can [imitate] the teacher s voice so well that if you don t see him when he s doing it, you think it is her. 02. There is an expression that says that [imitation] is the sincerest form of flattery. 03. Francois de La Rouchefoucauld… … Grammatical examples in English
imitate — imitator, n. /im i tayt /, v.t., imitated, imitating. 1. to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author s style; to imitate an older brother. 2. to mimic; impersonate: The students imitated the teacher behind her back … Universalium
imitate — im|i|tate [ˈımıteıt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of imitari] 1.) to copy the way someone behaves, speaks, moves etc, especially in order to make people laugh ▪ She was a splendid mimic and loved to imitate Winston… … Dictionary of contemporary English
