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1 send off for
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2 for
• omia• palvella• nimissä• hyväksi• jostakin huolimatta• jonkin takia• jollekulle• tähden• havitella• vastenmielisyys• vartentransport• vapaasti rautatievaunussa• vastaan• edestä• eduksi• eteen• sijasta• sijaan• sillä• ajaksi• asemesta• vuoksi• puolen• puolesta• puolella• puolelle• päästä jonnekin• katsoen• kohden• myötä• soveltua• suhteen• taipumus• takia* * *fo: 1. preposition1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) jollekin, varten2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) johonkin, kohti3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) verran4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) jotakin, johonkin5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) jostakin6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) johonkin, varten7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) puolesta8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?) puolesta9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) puolella10) (because of: for this reason.) syystä11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) varten12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) johonkin, kohtaan13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) joksikin14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).)15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) huolimatta2. conjunction(because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) sillä -
3 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) pois jaloista -
4 off one's head
(mad: You must be off your head to work for nothing.) järjiltään -
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 tell off
• haukkua• määrätä* * *to scold: The teacher used to tell me off for not doing my homework (noun telling-off: He gave me a good telling-off) läksyttää -
7 give (someone) a ticking off
(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) moittia -
8 give (someone) a ticking off
(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) moittia -
9 rope off
• sulkea nuoralla* * *(to put a rope round or across (a place) in order to prevent people going in: The end of the room was roped off for the most important guests.) erottaa köydellä -
10 tick (someone) off
(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) moittia -
11 tick (someone) off
(to scold someone: The teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.) moittia -
12 put off
• saada luopumaan jostakin• torjua• työntää• tyrkätä• tuupata• viivyttää• viivytellä• siirtää• töytäistä• tönäistä• pukata• puskea• suistaa• sysätä• pitkittää• lähteä• lykätä* * *1) (to switch off (a light etc): Please put the light off!) sammuttaa2) (to delay; to postpone: He put off leaving / his departure till Thursday.) lykätä3) (to cancel an arranged meeting etc with (a person): I had to put the Browns off because I had 'flu.) peruuttaa tapaaminen4) (to cause (a person) to feel disgust or dislike (for): The cheese looked nice but the smell put me off; The conversation about illness put me off my dinner.) tympäistä -
13 keep off
• pysyä erossa• pysytellä loitolla* * *1) (to stay away: There are notices round the bomb warning people to keep off; The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.) pysyä poissa2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) pitää loitolla -
14 show off
• tärkeillä• hienostella• hienostelu• herrastella• snobbailla• prameilla• pröystäillä• pöyhkeillä• rehennellä• keikaroida• keikailla• leveillä• mahtailla• ylvästellä jollakin• koreilla• komeilla* * *1) (to show or display for admiration: He showed off his new car by taking it to work.) näytellä2) (to try to impress others with one's possessions, ability etc: She is just showing off - she wants everyone to know how well she speaks French (noun show-off a person who does this).) leveillä -
15 knock off
• tinkiä• näpistää• vähentää• kaventaa• lopettaa* * *(to stop working: I knocked off at six o'clock after studying for four hours; What time do you knock off in this factory?) lopettaa työt -
16 level off
• tasoittaa* * *(to make or become flat, even, steady etc: After rising for so long, prices have now levelled off.) vakiintua -
17 one-off
noun, adjective ((something) made, intended etc for one occasion only: It's just a one-off arrangement.) kertakäyttö- -
18 pension off
(to allow to retire, or to dismiss, with a pension: They pensioned him off when they found a younger man for the job.) siirtää eläkkeelle -
19 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) eksyttää jäljiltäEnglish-Finnish dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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20 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) eksyttää jäljiltäEnglish-Finnish dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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