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1 shortage
• riittämättömyys• niukkuusbookkeeping• alijäämä• vajaus• vähyys• pula• puute• puutos• tavarapula* * *-ti‹noun (a lack; the state of not having enough: a shortage of water.) pula -
2 shortage of energy
• energiapula -
3 shortage of equipment
• kalustopula -
4 shortage of goods
• tavarapula -
5 shortage of manpower
• työvoiman puute -
6 shortage of money
• rahanpuute• rahapula• rahanniukkuus -
7 shortage of teachers
• opettajapula -
8 food shortage
• elintarvikepula -
9 housing shortage
• asuntopula -
10 labour shortage
• työvoimapula• työvoiman puute -
11 teacher shortage
• opettajapula -
12 acute
• nopeasti kehittyvä• huutava• akuutimedicine, veterinary• akuutti• ankara• teräväsanainen• terävänäköinen• terävä-älyinen• terävä• kimakka• kimeä• kipeä• tarkka• äkillisluontoinen• äkillinen• korkea* * *ə'kju:t1) ((of a disease etc) severe but not lasting very long: They think his illness is acute rather than chronic.) akuutti2) (very great: There is an acute shortage of teachers.) huutava3) (quick-witted: As a businessman, he's very acute.) terävä4) ((of the senses) keen: acute hearing.) tarkka5) (high, shrill s high sound.)•- acutely
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13 critical
• tiukka• järkevä• täpärä• huolestuttava• epäilyttävä• arvosteleva• arvostelukykyinen• arveluttava• vaarallinen• vaaranalainen• vakava• ratkaiseva• harkintakykyinen• kritisoiva• kritikoiva• kriittinen• kriitillinen• kyseenalainen* * *1) (judging and analysing: He has written several critical works on Shakespeare.) kriittinen2) (fault-finding: He tends to be critical of his children.) kriittinen3) (of, at or having the nature of, a crisis; very serious: a critical shortage of food; After the accident, his condition was critical.) kriittinen -
14 deficiency
• vika• vaje• vajavuus• vajavaisuus• vajaus• puute• puutteellisuus• puutos• haitta* * *plural - deficiencies; noun ((a) shortage or absence of what is needed.) puute -
15 famine
• nälkä• nälänhätä* * *'fæmin((a) great lack or shortage especially of food: Some parts of the world suffer regularly from famine.) nälänhätä -
16 lay off
• pakkolomauttaa• irtisanoa• sanoa irti• lakata• lopettaa• lomauttaa* * *(to dismiss (employees) temporarily: Because of a shortage of orders, the firm has laid off a quarter of its workforce.) lomauttaa -
17 manpower
• ihmistyövoima• työvoima* * *noun (the number of people available for employment etc: There's a shortage of manpower in the building industry.) työvoima -
18 occupation
• palkkatyö• toimi• työ• huoneiston haltuunotto• varaaminen• elinkeino• elämänkutsumus• ala• ansiotyö• askare• ammatti• askarointi• askartelu• ammattinimike• ammattiala• valtaus• professio• tehtävä• karriääri• leipätyö• haltuunotto• hallussapito• miehitys* * *1) (a person's job or work.) ammatti2) (the act of occupying (a house, town etc).) valtaaminen3) (the period of time during which a town, house etc is occupied: During the occupation, there was a shortage of food.) miehitys -
19 ration
• ruoka-annos• ruoka-aine• avustus• annos• annostella• kiintiö• muona-annos• myöntää• suhde• säännöstellä• korttiannos* * *'ræʃən 1. noun(a measured amount of food etc allowed during a particular period of time: The soldiers were each given a ration of food for the day.) annos2. verb(to allow only a certain amount of (food etc) to a person or animal during a particular period of time: During the oil shortage, petrol was rationed.) säännöstellä- rations- ration out -
20 scarcity
• niukkuus• vajaus• vähyys• pula• puutos• puute* * *noun ((a) lack or shortage: a scarcity of work/jobs; times of scarcity.) niukkuus
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