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1 go off at a tangent
(to go off suddenly in another direction or on a different line of thought, action etc: It is difficult to have a sensible conversation with her, as she keeps going off at a tangent.) joutua sivuraiteille -
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• osasto• osa-alue• osa• osajako• ositus• rikkinäisyys• ryhmä• toimisto (valt.hall.)• toimisto• jakolasku• jaos(to)• jakaminen• jaottelu• jaosto• jakoinen• jaotus• jakautuminen• jako• divisioona• astejako• erimielisyys• analyysi• väliseinä• raja• kahtiajakophysics• hajaantuminen• hajaannus• hajottaminen• haara• sarja• äänestyselectricity• piiriautomatic data processing• lohko• luokka* * *1) ((an) act of dividing.) jako, jakaminen2) (something that separates; a dividing line: a ditch marks the division between their two fields.) raja3) (a part or section (of an army etc): He belongs to B division of the local police force.) divisioona4) ((a) separation of thought; disagreement.) erimielisyys5) (the finding of how many times one number is contained in another.) jakolasku -
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• nurin• nukka• nujertaa• iskeä• jäljempänä• tyhjentää• heittää• alhaalla• allapäin• alaspäin• alaspäin suunnattu• alas• untuvapeite• untuva• pudottaa maahan• haiven• hahtuva• haituva• partahaivenet• kumoon• kumpuileva kangasmaa• kumossa• pitkin• pois pääkaupungista• kokoon* * *I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) alas, alhaalla2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) maassa, maahan3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.)4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) alaspäin5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) eteläänpäin2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.)2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.)3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.)3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.)- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) suoranainen- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) untuva- downie®- downy
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