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  • 1 gain ground

    • voittaa alaa
    * * *
    1) (to make progress.) voittaa alaa
    2) (to become more influential: His views were once unacceptable but are now gaining ground rapidly.) saavuttaa jalansijaa

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  • 2 crawl

    • ryömiä
    • ryömiminen
    • kihistä
    • mateleminen
    • madella
    • matelu
    • mataa
    • krooli
    • kroolata
    • kömpiä
    • laahustaa
    • kontata
    • kompuroida
    * * *
    kro:l 1. verb
    1) (to move slowly along the ground: The injured dog crawled away.) ryömiä
    2) ((of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground: The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.) kontata
    3) (to move slowly: The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.) madella
    4) (to be covered with crawling things: His hair was crawling with lice.) kuhista
    2. noun
    1) (a very slow movement or speed: We drove along at a crawl.) matelu
    2) (a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements: She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.) krooli

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  • 3 creep

    • ryömiä
    • hiipiä
    • hivuttautua
    • pujahtaa
    • raahautua
    • kiemurrella
    • kiipeillä
    • kiivetä
    • mönkiä
    • mataa
    • madella
    • kylmämyötö
    • kömpiä
    • kontata
    • luikertaa
    • luikerrella
    * * *
    I kri:p past tense, past participle - crept; verb
    1) (to move slowly, quietly or secretly: He crept into the bedroom.) hiipiä
    2) (to move on hands or knees or with the body close to the ground: The cat crept towards the bird.) ryömiä
    3) ((of plants) to grow along the ground, up a wall etc.) kiivetä
    II kri:p
    ((slang) a disgusting person: Leave her alone, you creep.)
    - creepy
    - creepily
    - creepiness
    - creepy-crawly
    - creep up on
    - make someone's flesh creep

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  • 4 plant

    • panna
    • istukas
    • istuttaa
    • juurruttaa
    • viljellä
    • sijoittaa
    • asettaa
    • tehdas
    • kasvi
    • petkutus
    • perustaa
    • taimi
    • kätkeä
    • laitos
    • koneisto
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (anything growing from the ground, having a stem, a root and leaves: flowering/tropical plants.) kasvi
    2) (industrial machinery: engineering plant.) koneisto
    3) (a factory.) tehdas
    2. verb
    1) (to put (something) into the ground so that it will grow: We have planted vegetables in the garden.) istuttaa
    2) (to make (a garden etc); to cause (a garden etc) to have (plants etc) growing in it: The garden was planted with shrubs; We're going to plant an orchard.) istuttaa, kylvää
    3) (to place heavily or firmly: He planted himself between her and the door.) asettua, panna
    4) (to put in someone's possession, especially as false evidence: He claimed that the police had planted the weapon on his brother.) panna
    - planter

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  • 5 root

    • tonkia
    • iskostua
    • juurtua
    • juurakko
    • juuri
    • juurruttaa
    • juurikas
    technology
    • juuri (tek.)
    • juures
    • juuri(tekniikka)
    • juuruttaa
    • tyvi
    • vihannes
    • alkuperä
    • alkujuuri
    • alku
    • alapää
    • aihe
    • kanta
    • kantasana
    • kasvis
    • kiinnittyä
    • kaivaa
    • kaivella
    • hampaanjuuri
    • myllertää
    • möyriä
    • myllätä
    • penkoa
    • sorkkia
    • syy
    • takertua
    • tarttua
    • piintyä
    * * *
    I 1. ru:t noun
    1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) juuri
    2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) juuri
    3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) alku
    4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) juuri
    2. verb
    (to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.)
    - root crop
    - root out
    - take root
    II ru:t verb
    1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) tonkia
    2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) penkoa

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  • 6 air

    • ilma
    • höyry
    • ilme
    • ilma-
    • ilmeet
    • tuulettua
    • tuulahdus
    • tuulettaa
    • henki
    • henkäys
    • ulkonäkö
    • muoto
    music
    • sävelmä
    • kuivata
    • laulelma
    • laulu
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (the mixture of gases we breathe; the atmosphere: Mountain air is pure.) ilma
    2) (the space above the ground; the sky: Birds fly through the air.) ilma
    3) (appearance: The house had an air of neglect.) leima
    4) (a tune: She played a simple air on the piano.) sävelmä
    2. verb
    1) (to expose to the air in order to dry or make more fresh etc: to air linen.) tuulettaa
    2) (to make known: He loved to air his opinions.) ilmaista
    - airily
    - airiness
    - airing
    - airless
    - airy
    - airborne
    - air-conditioned
    - air-conditioner
    - air-conditioning
    - aircraft
    - aircraft carrier
    - airfield
    - air force
    - air-gun
    - air hostess
    - air letter
    - airlift
    - airline
    - airliner
    - air-lock
    - airmail
    - airman
    - air pollution
    - airplane
    - airport
    - air-pump
    - air-raid
    - airship
    - airtight
    - airway
    - on the air
    - put on airs / give oneself airs

    English-Finnish dictionary > air

  • 7 fix

    marine
    • paikanmääritys
    • panna kuntoon
    • paikata
    • panna
    • istuttaa
    • järkätä
    • järjestää
    • voidella
    • entistää
    • fiksoida
    • ankkuroida
    • asettaa
    • pula
    transport
    • rahdata
    • tilapäinen korjaus
    • kiinnittäytyä
    • keskittää
    • kiinnittyä
    • kiintyä
    • kohdistaa
    • kiipeli
    • kiinnittää
    • liittää
    • määritellä
    • määrätä
    • parsia
    • peitata
    marine
    • peilata
    • saattaa jähmeään muotoon
    • majoittaa
    • sopuottelu
    • sopia
    • tarttua
    • tarttua kiinni
    • kunnostaa
    • käydä jähmeäksi
    • laittaa
    • korjata
    automatic data processing
    • korjaus (ohjelma)
    * * *
    fiks 1. verb
    1) (to make firm or steady: He fixed the post firmly in the ground; He fixed his eyes on the door.) kiinnittää
    2) (to attach; to join: He fixed the shelf to the wall.) kiinnittää
    3) (to mend or repair: He has succeeded in fixing my watch.) korjata
    4) (to direct (attention, a look etc) at: She fixed all her attention on me.) suunnata
    5) ((often with up) to arrange; to settle: to fix a price; We fixed (up) a meeting.) sopia
    6) (to make (something) permanent by the use of certain chemicals: to fix a photgraphic print.) kiinnittää
    7) (to prepare; to get ready: I'll fix dinner tonight.) valmistaa
    2. noun
    (trouble; a difficulty: I'm in a terrible fix!) kiipeli
    - fixed
    - fixedly
    - fixture
    - fix on
    - fix someone up with something
    - fix up with something
    - fix someone up with
    - fix up with

    English-Finnish dictionary > fix

  • 8 home

    • normaaliasento
    • huoltokoti
    • hoitopaikka
    • hoitola
    • huoltolaitos
    • hoitolaitos
    • asunto
    • sisäasiain
    • kohdalleen
    • pesä
    • sattuvasti
    • maali
    • kotimaa
    • kotona
    • kotiin
    • koto
    • kotoinen
    • koti- ja asuinpaikka
    • kotiin päin
    • kotimainen
    • kotipaikka
    • koti
    • kotiseutu
    * * *
    həum 1. noun
    1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) koti
    2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) syntypaikka
    3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) koti
    4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) asuntola
    5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) koti, asunto
    2. adjective
    1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) kodin, koti-
    2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) kotimainen
    3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) koti-
    3. adverb
    1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) kotiin, kotona
    2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) täydellisesti, perille
    - homely
    - homeliness
    - homing
    - home-coming
    - home-grown
    - homeland
    - home-made
    - home rule
    - homesick
    - homesickness
    - homestead
    - home truth
    - homeward
    - homewards
    - homeward
    - homework
    - at home
    - be/feel at home
    - home in on
    - leave home
    - make oneself at home
    - nothing to write home about

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  • 9 meal

    • ruoka
    • jauho
    • jauhot
    • ateria
    * * *
    I mi:l noun
    (the food taken at one time: She eats three meals a day.) ateria
    - make a meal of something
    - make a meal of
    II mi:l noun
    (the edible parts of grain ground to a coarse powder: a sack of meal; oatmeal.) jauho

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  • 10 touch

    • olla rajakkain
    • osua
    • ryhtyä
    • näpätä
    • häivähdys
    • häive
    • tunto
    • tuntuma
    • tyyli
    • tuntu
    • hellyttää
    • hitunen
    • hiukkanen
    • hiven
    • hipaista
    • hipoa
    • hipaisu
    • vivahdus
    • vipata
    • vetäisy
    • vippi
    • siveltimenkäyttö
    • sivuta
    • sipaista
    • sipaisu
    • ulottua
    • puuttua
    • rahtunen
    • retusoida
    • koettaa
    • koetella
    • lievä kohtaus
    • liikuttaa
    • kajota
    • haju
    technology
    • pehmentää
    • pidellä
    • sattua
    • sekaantua
    • sävy
    • tangeerata
    • käydä
    • lainata
    • piirto
    • koskea (koskettaa)
    • kontakti
    music
    • kosketus (mus.)
    • koskea
    • koskettaa
    • kosketus
    • kosketella
    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else: Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot.) koskea
    2) (to feel (lightly) with the hand: He touched her cheek.) hipaista
    3) (to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc: I was touched by her generosity.) liikuttua
    4) (to be concerned with; to have anything to do with: I wouldn't touch a job like that.) kajota
    2. noun
    1) (an act or sensation of touching: I felt a touch on my shoulder.) kosketus
    2) ((often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things: the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch.) tuntoaisti
    3) (a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something: The painting still needs a few finishing touches.) silaus
    4) (skill or style: He hasn't lost his touch as a writer.) taito
    5) ((in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with touchlines): He kicked the ball into touch.) sivuraja
    - touchingly
    - touchy
    - touchily
    - touchiness
    - touch screen
    - in touch with
    - in touch
    - lose touch with
    - lose touch
    - out of touch with
    - out of touch
    - a touch
    - touch down
    - touch off
    - touch up
    - touch wood

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  • 11 try

    • panna koetukselle
    • tutkia
    • tunnustella
    • pyrkiä
    • rasittaa
    • tavoitella
    • testata
    • koetella
    • kokeilla
    • koettaa (yrittää)
    • koetus
    • koettaa
    • maistaa
    • sovittaa
    • yritys
    • yritellä
    • yrittää
    • kysyä
    • kuulustella
    • käsitellä
    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to attempt or make an effort (to do, get etc): He tried to answer the questions; Let's try and climb that tree!) yrittää
    2) (to test; to make an experiment (with) in order to find out whether something will be successful, satisfactory etc: She tried washing her hair with a new shampoo; Try one of these sweets.) kokeilla
    3) (to judge (someone or their case) in a court of law: The prisoners were tried for murder.) panna syytteeseen
    4) (to test the limits of; to strain: You are trying my patience.) koetella
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt or effort: Have a try (at the exam). I'm sure you will pass.) yritys
    2) (in rugby football, an act of putting the ball on the ground behind the opponents' goal-line: Our team scored three tries.) piste
    - trying
    - try on
    - try out

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  • 12 empty

    • ontto
    • paljas
    • näännyttää
    • ilmeetön
    • tyhjetä
    • tyhjillään
    • tyhjentää
    • tyhjentyä
    • tyhjä
    • tyhjentynyt
    • autio
    • asumaton
    • eleetön
    • sisällyksetön
    • ajatukseton
    • vapaa
    • purkautua
    • katteeton
    • mitäänsanomaton
    • perusteeton
    • laskea
    • lattea
    * * *
    'empti 1. adjective
    1) (having nothing inside: an empty box; an empty cup.) tyhjä
    2) (unoccupied: an empty house.) tyhjillään oleva
    3) ((with of) completely without: a street quite empty of people.) autio
    4) (having no practical result; (likely to be) unfulfilled: empty threats.) tyhjä
    2. verb
    1) (to make or become empty: He emptied the jug; The cinema emptied quickly at 10.30; He emptied out his pockets.) tyhjentää, tyhjentyä
    2) (to tip, pour, or fall out of a container: She emptied the milk into a pan; The rubbish emptied on to the ground.) kaataa
    3. noun
    (an empty bottle etc: Take the empties back to the shop.) tyhjä pullo
    - empty-handed
    - empty-headed

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  • 13 hole

    • onkalo
    • ontelo
    • painuma
    • hauta
    • aukko
    • silmä
    • väli
    • pula
    • pykälä
    • rako
    • reikä
    • tehdä reikä
    • kehno asunto
    • kairata
    • kaivanto
    • murju
    • myyränkolo
    • pesä
    • suu
    • syvennys
    • syvänne
    • kuoppa
    • kulma
    • piileskellä
    • kolo
    • läpi
    • luola
    • lommo
    • lyödä pallo reikään
    • lovi
    • luukku
    * * *
    həul 1. noun
    1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) reikä
    2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) reikä, kolo
    3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.) reikä
    2. verb
    1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) tehdä reikä
    2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.) lyödä reikään

    English-Finnish dictionary > hole

  • 14 jump

    • hypätä
    • hypähdellä
    • hyppäyttää
    • hypähtää
    • hyppyyttää
    • hytkähtää
    • hyppäys
    • hyppiä
    • hyppy
    • hyppelehtiä
    • hypellä
    • ponkaisu
    • pomppia
    • pulahtaa
    • poukkia
    • ponnahtaa
    • ponnahdus
    • pulahdus
    • ponkaista
    • kavahtaa
    • keikkua
    • kohota äkkiä
    • harpata
    • harppaus
    • harppoa
    • sännätä
    • sykähtää
    • loikata
    • loikata yli
    • loikka
    • loikkia
    • loikkaus
    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) hypätä, panna hyppäämään
    2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) hypätä
    3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) hypähtää
    4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) hypätä yli
    2. noun
    1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) hyppy
    2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) este
    3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) hyppy
    4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) säpsähdys
    5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) äkillinen nousu
    - jump at
    - jump for joy
    - jump on
    - jump the gun
    - jump the queue
    - jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that
    - jump to it

    English-Finnish dictionary > jump

  • 15 launch

    • isovene
    marine
    • vesillelasku
    • singahduttaa
    • singota
    • aloittaa
    • ampua
    • tehdä tunnetuksi
    marine
    • moottorialus
    • moottorivene
    • laukaista
    • laskea teloilta
    • lanseerata
    • lähettää
    * * *
    I 1. lo:n  verb
    1) (to make (a boat or ship) slide into the water or (a rocket) leave the ground: As soon as the alarm was sounded, the lifeboat was launched; The Russians have launched a rocket.) laskea vesille, laukaista
    2) (to start (a person, project etc) off on a course: His success launched him on a brilliant career.) panna alulle
    3) (to throw.) sinkauttaa
    2. noun
    ((an) act of launching.)
    - launch into
    - launch out
    II lo:n  noun
    (a large, power-driven boat, usually used for short trips or for pleasure: We cruised round the bay in a motor launch.) moottorijahti

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  • 16 low

    • niukka
    • heikko
    • hiljainen
    • hiljaisella äänellä
    • helppo
    • huokea
    • vieno
    • avonainen
    • alakuloinen
    • alhainen
    • alhaalla
    • alin kohta
    • alava
    • ammua
    • ammuminen
    • kelvoton
    • halpa
    • halpamainen
    • pien-
    • matalatasoinen
    • matalalta
    • matalalle
    • matalalla
    • matala
    • matalapaine
    • matalaääninen
    • syvään
    • kurja
    • pieni
    * * *
    I 1. ləu adjective
    1) (not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc: low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.) matala
    2) (making little sound; not loud: She spoke in a low voice.) hiljainen
    3) (at the bottom of the range of musical sounds: That note is too low for a female voice.) matala
    4) (small: a low price.) alhainen, halpa
    5) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) heikko
    6) (near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc: low temperatures; the lower classes.) alhainen, ala-
    2. adverb
    (in or to a low position, manner or state: The ball flew low over the net.)
    - lowly
    - lowliness
    - low-down
    - lowland
    - lowlander
    - lowlands
    - low-lying
    - low-tech
    3. adjective
    low-tech industries/skills.)
    - be low on II ləu verb
    (to make the noise of cattle; to moo: The cows were lowing.) mylviä

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  • 17 pile

    • paaluttaa
    building / construction industry
    • paalu
    • pakka
    • ryväs
    • rykelmä
    • röykkiö
    • tukku
    • nivaska
    • nukka
    • nippu
    • iso rakennus
    technology
    • junttapaalu
    • vuori
    • karva
    • karvat
    • kasaantua
    • kartuttaa
    • kasata
    • kasa
    • keko
    • peräpukama
    forest and paper industry
    • tapuli
    • kuormata
    • latoa
    • pino
    • pinkka
    • pinota
    • läjä
    * * *
    I 1. noun
    1) (a (large) number of things lying on top of each other in a tidy or untidy heap; a (large) quantity of something lying in a heap: There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room; There was pile of rubbish at the bottom of the garden.) kasa, pino
    2) (a large quantity, especially of money: He must have piles of money to own a car like that.) kasoittain
    2. verb
    (to make a pile of (something); to put (something) in a pile: He piled the boxes on the table.)
    - pile up II
    (a large pillar or stake driven into the ground as a foundation for a building, bridge etc: The entire city of Venice is built on piles.) paalu
    III noun
    (the thick soft surface of carpets and some kinds of cloth eg velvet: The rug has a deep/thick pile.) nukka

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  • 18 rot

    • joutavia pötyä
    • puhua roskaa
    • rappeutua
    • moska
    • mädännyttää
    • mädäntyä
    • mädätä
    • mädätys
    • mätä
    • mädättää
    • lahous
    • laho
    • lahottaa
    • lahoutua
    • lahota
    • lahoaminen
    * * *
    rot 1. past tense, past participle - rotted; verb
    (to make or become bad or decayed: The fruit is rotting on the ground; Water rots wood.) mädäntyä, lahottaa
    2. noun
    1) (decay: The floorboards are affected by rot.) lahoaminen
    2) (nonsense: Don't talk rot!) roska
    - rottenness
    - rotter

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  • 19 suit

    • oikeusjuttu
    law
    • riitajuttu
    • jakkupuku
    • asu
    • anomus
    • vaade
    • väri
    • puku (miesten)
    • pukea
    • puku
    • kelvata
    • kanne
    • harmonisoida
    • mukauttaa
    • mennä
    • passata
    • menetellä
    • maa
    • sopeuttaa
    • sopia
    • sopia (vaate)
    • sovittaa
    • soveltua
    • syyte
    • kävelypuku
    • käydä
    • kokopuku
    • kosinta
    • luontua
    * * *
    su:t 1. noun
    1) (a set of clothes usually all of the same cloth etc, made to be worn together, eg a jacket, trousers (and waistcoat) for a man, or a jacket and skirt or trousers for a woman.) puku
    2) (a piece of clothing for a particular purpose: a bathing-suit / diving-suit.) puku
    3) (a case in a law court: He won/lost his suit.) oikeusjuttu
    4) (an old word for a formal request, eg a proposal of marriage to a lady.) kosinta
    5) (one of the four sets of playing-cards - spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs.) maa
    2. verb
    1) (to satisfy the needs of, or be convenient for: The arrangements did not suit us; The climate suits me very well.) sopia
    2) ((of clothes, styles, fashions etc) to be right or appropriate for: Long hair suits her; That dress doen't suit her.) pukea
    3) (to adjust or make appropriate or suitable: He suited his speech to his audience.) sovittaa
    - suitor
    - suitcase
    - follow suit
    - suit down to the ground
    - suit oneself

    English-Finnish dictionary > suit

  • 20 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 yltään
    2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) nousta
    3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) pitää vapaata
    4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) matkia

    English-Finnish dictionary > take off

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