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1 raise someone's spirits
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2 raise
• palkankorotus• paisuttaa• nousta• nousu• nostaa (korottaa)• nostattaa• nosto• nostaa• järjestää• herättää• viljellä• esittää• aiheuttaa• värvätä• pystyttää• rakentaa• kasvattaa• kantaa• kohottaa• kohotuttaa• kohota• lisätä• kallistaa• hankkia• pestata• synnyttää• suurentaa• ylentää• korotus• korottaa• loihtia esiin* * *reiz 1. verb1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) nostaa2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) kohottaa3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) kasvattaa4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) kasvattaa5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) esittää6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) kerätä7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) saada aikaan8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) nostattaa9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) pystyttää10) (to give (a shout etc).) nostaa11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) saada yhteys2. noun(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) palkankorotus- raise hell/Cain / the roof
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3 lift
• nostattaa• nostolaite• nostaa• nostaminen• nousu• nosto-• näpistää• nosturi• nostella• nostatus• nosto• hälvetä• häipyä• hissi• varastaa• autokyyti• kohotus• kohottaa• kohentaa• kohota• lifti• peukalokyytilaw• kumota• kyyti• poistaa• korottaa• korotus* * *lift 1. verb1) (to raise or bring to a higher position: The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it.) nostaa2) (to take and carry away: He lifted the table through into the kitchen.) viedä3) ((of mist etc) to disappear: By noon, the fog was beginning to lift.) hälvetä4) (to rise: The aeroplane lifted into the air.) kohota2. noun1) (the act of lifting: a lift of the eyebrows.) kohottaminen2) ((American elevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people: Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift.) hissi3) (a ride in someone's car etc: Can I give you a lift into town?) kyyti4) (a raising of the spirits: Her success in the exam gave her a great lift.) piristysruiske•- lift off
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