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  • 1 certain

    • todellinen
    • todenmukainen
    • ilmeinen
    • varma
    • ehdoton
    • eittämätön
    • erinäiset
    • eräs
    • erinäinen
    • absoluuttinen
    • aito
    • uskottava
    • välttämätön
    • tietty
    • kiistaton
    • muuan
    • määrätty
    • selvä
    • luottavainen
    • luotettava
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    'sə:tn 1. adjective
    1) (true or without doubt: It's certain that the world is round.) varma
    2) (sure: I'm certain he'll come; He is certain to forget; Being late is a certain way of losing one's job.) varma
    3) (one or some, not definitely named: certain doctors; a certain Mrs Smith; (also pronoun) certain of his friends.) eräs, tietty
    4) (slight; some: a certain hostility in his manner; a certain amount.) eräänlainen, tietty
    2. interjection
    (of course: `May I borrow your typewriter?' `Certainly!'; `Certainly not!') tietenkin
    - for certain
    - make certain

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  • 2 make certain

    (to act so that, or check that, something is sure: Make certain you arrive early; I think he's dead but you'd better make certain.) varmistua

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  • 3 hold

    • omistaa
    • olla voimassa
    • olla käypä
    • omata
    • olla mieltä
    • painiote
    • ote
    marine
    • ruuma
    finance, business, economy
    • toimittaa
    • toimeenpanna
    • hoitaa
    • vetää
    • estää
    • sitoa
    • sisältää
    • vaikutus
    • pysyä
    • päättää
    • kestää
    • kiinnekohta
    • kiinnike
    • kiinnityskohta
    • levähdysmerkki
    • kannatella
    • hallita
    • pidellä
    • pidättää
    • pidäke
    • pidätin
    • mahtua
    • soveltua
    • tarttua
    • käsitellä
    transport
    • lastiruuma
    • pitää kiinni
    • pitää paikkansa
    • pitää kädessä
    • pitää hallussaan
    • pitää
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    I 1. həuld past tense, past participle - held; verb
    1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) pitää
    2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) pitää
    3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) pitää
    4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) pitää
    5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) pitää vangittuna
    6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) sisältää
    7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) pitää
    8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) pitää
    9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) hoitaa
    10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) uskoa, pitää
    11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) olla voimassa
    12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) vaatia pitämään kiinni
    13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) puolustaa
    14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) pidätellä
    15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) pitää yllä
    16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?)
    17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) pitää
    18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) omistaa
    19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) jatkua
    20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) odottaa
    21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) jatkaa
    22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) säilyttää
    23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?) olla jonkun varalle
    2. noun
    1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.)
    2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.)
    3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.)
    - - holder
    - hold-all
    - get hold of
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold good
    - hold it
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold one's own
    - hold one's tongue
    - hold up
    - hold-up
    - hold with
    II həuld noun
    ((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) lastiruuma

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  • 4 lead

    • ohjata(jonnekin)
    • ohjata (johtaa)
    • opastaa
    • ohjata
    • johtoasema
    • juontaa
    electricity
    • johdin
    • johtaminen
    • johdattaa
    • johdatella
    • johtaa
    • johtopaikka
    • johto
    • hihna
    • viedä
    • viettää
    • vetää
    • edeltää
    • etumatka
    • etu-
    • sisäänvienti
    • sisäänotto
    • aloittaa
    • antennijohto
    • päärooli
    • pääosa
    • terä
    technology
    • liitinpiikki
    • lisätä painoa
    • peittää
    • saattaa
    electricity
    • läpivienti
    electricity
    • sähköjohto
    • taluttaa
    • talutin
    • talutushihna
    • yksilankajohto
    • kuljettaa
    • kuuluttaa
    • käydä
    • kävelyttää
    • käskeä
    • kärki
    • komentaa
    • lyijyinen
    • luoti
    • lyijykatto
    • lyijy
    • lyijyttää
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    I 1. li:d past tense, past participle - led; verb
    1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) johtaa, ohjata
    2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) johtaa
    3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) johtaa
    4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) johtaa
    5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) viettää
    2. noun
    1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.)
    2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.)
    3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.)
    4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).)
    5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.)
    6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.)
    7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?)
    - leadership
    - lead on
    - lead up the garden path
    - lead up to
    - lead the way
    II led noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) lyijy
    2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) lyijy

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  • 5 guarantee

    • olla takeena jostakin
    • turvata
    • varmuus
    • varmentaa
    finance, business, economy
    • vekselitakaus
    banking term
    • avaali
    • antaa takuu
    • vakuutus
    finance, business, economy
    • vakuus
    • kannatussitoumus
    • garantia
    • mennä takaukseen
    • pantti
    • takuu
    • takuuaika
    • takuuvastuu
    • takasumma
    • takeet
    • taata
    • tae
    finance, business, economy
    • takaaja
    finance, business, economy
    • takaus
    finance, business, economy
    • takuusitoumus
    • takasitoumus
    finance, business, economy
    • takaussitoumus
    • takuutodistus
    • lupaus
    • luvata
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    1. noun
    1) (a statement by the maker that something will work for a certain period of time: This guarantee is valid for one year.) takuu
    2) (a thing that makes something likely or certain: It is no guarantee against failure.) tae
    2. verb
    1) (to act as, or give, a guarantee: This watch is guaranteed for six months.) antaa takuu
    2) (to state that something is true, definite etc: I can't guarantee that what he told me is correct.) taata

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  • 6 mean

    • pahanilkinen
    • ruma
    • totunnainen
    • nuuka
    • normaali
    • ilkeämielinen
    • hävytön
    • häijy
    • ilkeä
    • häpeällinen
    • ilmentää
    • itsekäs
    • huono
    • viheliäinen
    • edustaa
    • epäystävällinen
    • esittää
    • ahne
    • aikoa
    • alhainen
    • ajatella
    • raukkamainen
    • tavallinen
    • tavanomainen
    • tietää
    • katala
    • kehno
    • keski-
    • keskiarvoinen
    • keskimääräinen
    mathematics
    • keskiarvo
    • keskivaihe
    • kelvoton
    • keskimäärä
    • keski
    • keskinkertainen
    • kelju
    • keskus
    • keskiverto
    • kitsas
    finance, business, economy
    • halpakorkoinen
    • halpamainen
    • halpamielinen
    • halpa
    • merkitä
    • pelkurimainen
    • saita
    • meinata
    • matalamielinen
    • sovinnainen
    • suunnitella
    • tarkoittaa
    • kurja
    • kunnoton
    • kunniaton
    • kuvata
    • käsittää
    • pikkumainen
    • pihi
    • pirullinen
    • konnamainen
    • konventionaalinen
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    mi:n I adjective
    1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) saita
    2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) pahansuopa
    3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) ilkeä
    4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) kehno
    - meanness
    - meanie
    II 1. adjective
    1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) keskiarvo
    2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) keskimääräinen
    2. noun
    (something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.)
    III 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb
    1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) tarkoittaa
    2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) aikoa
    2. adjective
    ((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) merkitsevä
    - meaningless
    - be meant to
    - mean well

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  • 7 it

    • sitä
    • se
    * * *
    it
    1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) se
    2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?)
    3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) juuri
    4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)
    - its
    - itself

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  • 8 law

    • oikeudenkäyttö
    • oikeus
    law
    • oikeustiede
    law
    • oikeusjärjestys
    • oikeustie
    • juridiikka
    • säädös
    • sääntö
    • lainopillinen
    • laki
    • lakisäännös
    • lainoppi
    • lakitiede
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    lo:
    1) (the collection of rules according to which people live or a country etc is governed: Such an action is against the law; law and order.) laki
    2) (any one of such rules: A new law has been passed by Parliament.) laki
    3) ((in science) a rule that says that under certain conditions certain things always happen: the law of gravity.) laki
    - lawfully
    - lawless
    - lawlessly
    - lawlessness
    - lawyer
    - law-abiding
    - law court
    - lawsuit
    - be a law unto oneself
    - the law
    - the law of the land
    - lay down the law

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  • 9 good for

    1) (certain to last: These houses are good for another hundred years at least.) pysyä pystyssä
    2) (certain to pay (a sum of money): He's good for $50.) kykenevä (suorittamaan)
    3) (certain to cause: That story is always good for a laugh.) kirvoittaa

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  • 10 some

    • osa
    • toinen
    • noin
    • joku
    • jonkinlainen
    • jokunen
    • jokin
    • jotkut
    • hieman
    • hiukan
    • erinäiset
    • eräs
    • erinäinen
    • vähän
    • muutama
    • muutamat
    • suunnilleen
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    1. pronoun, adjective
    1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) joku, jotkut, vähän
    2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) tietty, jonkin verran
    3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) ainakin joku, edes vähän
    4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) tietty
    2. adjective
    1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) melkoisesti, melkoinen
    2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) jokin
    3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) noin
    3. adverb
    ((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) jonkin verran
    - someday
    - somehow
    - someone
    - something
    - sometime
    - sometimes
    - somewhat
    - somewhere
    - mean something
    - or something
    - something like
    - something tells me

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  • 11 should

    • pitäisi
    * * *
    ʃud
    negative short form - shouldn't; verb
    1) (past tense of shall: I thought I should never see you again.) isi
    2) (used to state that something ought to happen, be done etc: You should hold your knife in your right hand; You shouldn't have said that.) pitäisi
    3) (used to state that something is likely to happen etc: If you leave now, you should arrive there by six o'clock.) isi
    4) (used after certain expressions of sorrow, surprise etc: I'm surprised you should think that.)
    5) (used after if to state a condition: If anything should happen to me, I want you to remember everything I have told you today.) sattuisi
    6) ((with I or we) used to state that a person wishes something was possible: I should love to go to France (if only I had enough money).) isi
    7) (used to refer to an event etc which is rather surprising: I was just about to get on the bus when who should come along but John, the very person I was going to visit.)

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  • 12 make sure

    • varmistua
    • varmistautua
    • varmistaa
    • vakuuttautua
    • hankkia varmuus
    bookkeeping
    • tarkastaa
    * * *
    (to act so that, or check that, something is certain or sure: Arrive early at the cinema to make sure of (getting) a seat!; I think he's coming today but I'll telephone to make sure (of that / that he is).) varmistaa

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  • 13 colours

    • tunnusvärit
    • värikkäät vaatteet
    • lippu
    * * *
    1) (the distinction of winning a place in the team in some sports: He won his cricket colours last season.) pelipaikka, paikka edustusjoukkueessa
    2) (a flag: Army regiments salute the colours when on parade.) lippu
    3) (a tunic of certain colours worn by a jockey to show that his race-horse belongs to a certain person.) kilpavärit

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  • 14 culture

    • viljelmä
    • viljellä
    • viljely (bak)
    • viljely
    • viljelys
    • sivilisaatio
    • sivistys
    • valistus
    • maanviljely
    • kulttuurillinen
    • kulttuuri
    • kulttuurinen
    • koulutus
    * * *
    1) (a form or type of civilization of a certain race or nation: the Jewish culture.) kulttuuri
    2) (improvement of the mind etc by education etc: He was an enthusiastic seeker of culture.) kulttuuri, sivistys
    3) (educated taste in art, literature, music etc: He thinks that anyone who dislikes Bach is lacking in culture.) sivistys
    4) ((a) cultivated growth of bacteria etc.) viljelmä
    5) (the commercial rearing of fish, certain plants etc.) viljely
    - cultured

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  • 15 demand

    • pakottaa
    • painostaa
    • ottaa
    • ostohalu
    • tivata
    • tiukata
    • velkoa
    • velvoittaa
    • edellyttää
    • vaatia
    • vaatimus
    • pyytää (vaatia)
    • pyytää(haluta)
    • pyyntö
    • pyytää
    • kehotus
    • karhuta
    • kiristää
    • haastaa
    • haluta
    • määrätä
    finance, business, economy
    • periä (saatavia)
    • periä
    • perätä
    • patistaa
    • penätä
    • peräänkuuluttaa
    • periä(karhuta)
    • saattaa
    • manaus
    • menekki
    • tahtoa
    • tarve
    • tarvita
    • tahtoa (vaatia)
    • kovistella
    • kovistaa
    finance, business, economy
    • kysyntä
    • käskeä
    • kysyä
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    1. verb
    1) (to ask or ask for firmly and sharply: I demanded an explanation.) vaatia
    2) (to require or need: This demands careful thought.) vaatia
    2. noun
    1) (a request made so that it sounds like a command: They refused to meet the workers' demands for more money.) vaatimus
    2) (an urgent claim: The children make demands on my time.) vaatimus
    3) (willingness or desire to buy or obtain (certain goods etc); a need for (certain goods etc): There's no demand for books of this kind.) kysyntä
    - on demand

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  • 16 every

    • joka
    • jokainen
    • kaikki
    * * *
    'evri
    1) (each one of or all (of a certain number): Every room is painted white; Not every family has a car.) jokainen
    2) (each (of an indefinite number or series): Every hour brought the two countries nearer war; He attends to her every need.) jokainen
    3) (the most absolute or complete possible: We have every reason to believe that she will get better.) kaikki
    4) (used to show repetition after certain intervals of time or space: I go to the supermarket every four or five days; Every second house in the row was bright pink; `Every other day' means èvery two days' or `on alternate days'.) joka
    - everyone
    - everyday
    - everything
    - everywhere
    - every bit as
    - every now and then / every now and again / every so often
    - every time

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  • 17 keep

    • hoitaa
    • varjella
    • viivyttää
    • elatus
    • elättää
    • estää
    • täyttää
    • pysytellä
    • pysyttää
    • pysyä
    • pysyttäytyä
    • linna
    military
    • linnoitus
    • hallita
    • pidättää
    • pelastaa
    • pidellä
    • salata
    • suojella
    • säilyttää
    • säilyä
    • tallettaa
    • säästää
    • ylläpitää
    • pitää kunnossa
    • pitää
    • pitää kaupan
    * * *
    ki:p 1. past tense, past participle - kept; verb
    1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) pitää
    2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) säilyttää
    3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) pitää
    4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) jatkaa
    5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) pitää varastossa
    6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) hoitaa
    7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) säilyä
    8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) pitää
    9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) pidätellä
    10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) elättää
    11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) pitää
    12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) juhlia
    2. noun
    (food and lodging: She gives her mother money every week for her keep; Our cat really earns her keep - she kills all the mice in the house.) ylläpito
    - keeping
    - keep-fit
    - keepsake
    - for keeps
    - in keeping with
    - keep away
    - keep back
    - keep one's distance
    - keep down
    - keep one's end up
    - keep from
    - keep going
    - keep hold of
    - keep house for
    - keep house
    - keep in
    - keep in mind
    - keep it up
    - keep off
    - keep on
    - keep oneself to oneself
    - keep out
    - keep out of
    - keep time
    - keep to
    - keep something to oneself
    - keep to oneself
    - keep up
    - keep up with the Joneses
    - keep watch

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  • 18 rainfall

    • sademäärä
    • sadekuuro
    * * *
    noun (the amount of rain that falls in a certain place in a certain time: We haven't had much rainfall this year; the annual rainfall.) sademäärä

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  • 19 fancy

    • oikku
    • oletus
    • olettaa
    • olla mieltynyt
    • otaksua
    • toiveunelma
    • ihailla
    • illuusio
    • ihastus
    • tuulentupa
    • fantasia
    • erityinen mieltymys
    • aivoitus
    • unelmoida
    • utukuva
    • unelma
    • utopia
    • päähänpisto
    • tehdä mieli
    • haave
    • haaveksia
    • harhanäky
    • haaveilla
    • haluta
    • mieliteko
    • mielihalu
    • mielijohde
    • mieltymys
    • mielikuvitus
    • taru
    • kuvittelu
    • kuvitella
    • kuvitelma
    • pilvilinna
    • pitää jostakin
    • koru
    • koristeellinen
    • luulotella
    • luulottelu
    • luulla
    * * *
    'fænsi 1. plural - fancies; noun
    1) (a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire: The child had many peculiar fancies.) mieliteko, päähänpisto
    2) (the power of the mind to imagine things: She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy.) mielikuvitus
    3) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.) kuvitelma
    2. adjective
    (decorated; not plain: fancy cakes.) koristeltu
    3. verb
    1) (to like the idea of having or doing something: I fancy a cup of tea.) haluta
    2) (to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that): I fancied (that) you were angry.) luulla
    3) (to have strong sexual interest in (a person): He fancies her a lot.) tuntea vetoa johonkin
    - fancifully
    - fancy dress
    - take a fancy to
    - take one's fancy

    English-Finnish dictionary > fancy

  • 20 rather

    • hyvinkin
    • ilman muuta kyllä vain
    • hyväksyttävä
    • jonkin verran
    • jotakuinkin
    • jokseenkin
    • jonkinlainen
    • jotensakin
    • joltinenkin
    • jotenkin
    • tyydyttävä
    • verraten
    • auttava
    • ennen
    • ennemmin
    • ennemminkin
    • siedettävä
    • aika
    • välttävä
    • puoleinen
    • kernaammin
    • kohtalainen
    • koko
    • mieluummin
    • mukiinmenevä
    • paremmin
    • parahultainen
    • melko
    • melkein
    • melkoinen
    • melkeinpä
    • suhteellisen
    • kutakuinkin
    • laatuunkäypä
    • pikemmin
    • pikemminkin
    * * *
    1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) melko
    2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) mieluummin
    3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) pikemminkin

    English-Finnish dictionary > rather

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