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1 be in the swim
• olla mukana• liikkua piireissä -
2 swim
• olla tulvillaan• tulvia• uida yli• uida• uinti• uiskennella• uittaa• uintimatka• kauhoa• kellua• leijua* * *swim 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.)2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).)3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.)2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) uinti- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
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3 all (the) year round
(throughout the whole year: The weather is so good here that we can swim all (the) year round.) koko vuoden -
4 all (the) year round
(throughout the whole year: The weather is so good here that we can swim all (the) year round.) koko vuoden -
5 dip
• DIL-kotelo• DIP-kotelo• kaksirivinen kotelo* * *dip 1. past tense, past participle - dipped; verb1) (to lower into any liquid for a moment: He dipped his bread in the soup.) kastaa, upottaa2) (to slope downwards: The road dipped just beyond the crossroads.) viettää3) (to lower the beam of (car headlights): He dipped his lights as the other car approached.) vaihtaa lähivalot4) ((of a ship) to lower (a flag) briefly in salute.) laskea ja nostaa tervehdykseen2. noun1) (a hollow (in a road etc): The car was hidden by a dip in the road.) painuma2) (a soft, savoury mixture in which a biscuit etc can be dipped: a cheese dip.) dippikastike3) (a short swim: a dip in the sea.) kastautuminen•- dip into -
6 relay race
• viestinjuoksu• viestikilpailu* * *(a race between teams of runners, swimmers etc, in which the members of the team run, swim etc one after another, each covering one part of the total distance to be run, swum etc.) viesti -
7 sponsor
• tukea• tukija• rahoittaa• rahoittaja• kannattaa• sponsoroida• sponsori• taatafinance, business, economy• takaaja• kummi• kustantaa* * *'sponsə 1. verb1) (to take on the financial responsibility for (a person, project etc), often as a form of advertising or for charity: The firm sponsors several golf tournaments.) sponsoroida2) (to promise (a person) that one will pay a certain sum of money to a charity etc if that person completes a set task (eg a walk, swim etc).) sponsoroida2. noun(a person, firm etc that acts in this way.) sponsori -
8 upstream
• paluusuunta• vastavirta• ylävirta* * *adverb (towards the upper part or source of a stream, river etc: Salmon swim upstream to lay their eggs.) yläjuoksuun -
9 used to
• oli tapana* * *'ju:stu- negative short forms usedn't to, usen't to 'ju:sntu (I, he etc) was in the habit of (doing something); (I, he etc) was (usually) in a particular position, state etc: I used to swim every day; She used not to be so forgetful; They used to play golf, didn't they?; Didn't you use(d) to live near me?; There used to be a butcher's shop there, didn't there?)
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