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• näin• niinpä• niin• noin• niin ollen• joten• tällä lailla• siis• siten• sillä lailla• sillä tavoin• siihen tapaan• siksi• sen vuoksi* * *səu 1. adverb1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) niin, näin, paljon2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) niin, noin3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) niin4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) niin, samoin5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') niin2. conjunction((and) therefore: John had a bad cold, so I took him to the doctor; `So you think you'd like this job, then?' `Yes.'; And so they got married and lived happily ever after.) niinpä, siis- so-so
- and so on/forth
- or so
- so as to
- so far
- so good
- so that
- so to say/speak
См. также в других словарях:
read one's mind — read one s thoughts … English contemporary dictionary
read one's mind — {v. phr.} To know what someone else is thinking. * /I have known John so long that I can read his mind./ [mind reader] {n.} * /That s exactly what I was going to say. You must be a mind reader!/ Compare: READ LIKE A BOOK … Dictionary of American idioms
read one's mind — {v. phr.} To know what someone else is thinking. * /I have known John so long that I can read his mind./ [mind reader] {n.} * /That s exactly what I was going to say. You must be a mind reader!/ Compare: READ LIKE A BOOK … Dictionary of American idioms
read\ one's\ mind — v. phr. To know what someone else is thinking. I have known John so long that I can read his mind. See: mind reader … Словарь американских идиом
read one like a book — {v. phr.}, {informal} To understand someone completely; know what he will think or do at any time. * /John s girlfriend could read him like a book./ Compare: READ ONE S MIND … Dictionary of American idioms
read one like a book — {v. phr.}, {informal} To understand someone completely; know what he will think or do at any time. * /John s girlfriend could read him like a book./ Compare: READ ONE S MIND … Dictionary of American idioms
read\ one\ like\ a\ book — v. phr. informal To understand someone completely; know what he will think or do at any time. John s girlfriend could read him like a book. Compare: read one s mind … Словарь американских идиом
blow one's mind — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}; {originally from the drug culture} 1. To become wildly enthusiastic over something as if understanding it for the first time in an entirely new light. * /Read Lyall Watson s book Supernature , it will simply blow… … Dictionary of American idioms
blow one's mind — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}; {originally from the drug culture} 1. To become wildly enthusiastic over something as if understanding it for the first time in an entirely new light. * /Read Lyall Watson s book Supernature , it will simply blow… … Dictionary of American idioms
blow\ one's\ mind — v. phr. slang informal; originally from the drug culture 1. To become wildly enthusiastic over something as if understanding it for the first time in an entirely new light. Read Lyall Watson s book Supernature , it will simply blow your mind! 2.… … Словарь американских идиом
mind — See: CROSS ONE S MIND or PASS THROUGH ONE S MIND, GIVE A PIECE OF ONE S MIND, HALF A MIND, IN MIND, IN ONE S MIND S EYE, MAKE UP ONE S MIND, NEVER MIND, ON ONE S MIND, OUT OF ONE S HEAD or OUT OF ONE S MIND, PUT IN MIND OF, READ ONE S MIND … Dictionary of American idioms