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• ongelma• palapeli• hämmästellä• hölmistyttää• ihmetyttää• hämäännyttää• tuottaa päänvaivaa• sokkelo• arvoitus• vaivata päätänsä• pulma• pulmallinen asia• päänvaiva• haitata• saattaa ymmälle• sotkea* * *1. verb1) (to perplex, baffle or bewilder: The question puzzled them; What puzzles me is how he got here so soon.) hämmentää2) (to think long and carefully about a problem etc: I puzzled over the sum for hours.) pohtia2. noun1) (a problem that causes a lot of thought: Her behaviour was a puzzle to him.) pulma2) (a kind of game or toy to test one's thinking, knowledge or skill: a jig-saw puzzle; a crossword puzzle.) palapeli, ristisanatehtävä•- puzzling- puzzle out
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