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1 slow down/up
(to make or become slower: The police were warning drivers to slow down; The fog was slowing up the traffic.) hidastaa -
2 slow-traffic lane
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3 roadblock
• sulku* * *noun (a barrier put across a road (eg by the police) in order to stop or slow down traffic: to set up a roadblock.) tiesulku -
4 crawl
• ryömiä• ryömiminen• kihistä• mateleminen• madella• matelu• mataa• krooli• kroolata• kömpiä• laahustaa• kontata• kompuroida* * *kro:l 1. verb1) (to move slowly along the ground: The injured dog crawled away.) ryömiä2) ((of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground: The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.) kontata3) (to move slowly: The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.) madella4) (to be covered with crawling things: His hair was crawling with lice.) kuhista2. noun1) (a very slow movement or speed: We drove along at a crawl.) matelu2) (a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements: She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.) krooli -
5 delay
• jarruttaa• jahkailla• hidastella• hidastelu• hidastuminen• hidastus• hidastuttaa• hidastaaautomatic data processing• viive (ATK)• viivästymä• viive(tietotekniikka)• viivyttää• viivästyminen• viivytys• viivästää• viivästyttää• viive• vitkastelu• viivästys• viipyä• viivytellä• viipyminen• viivyttely• viivästäminen• vitkastella• viipymä• empiä• ehkäistä• epäröinti• siekailla• aikailla• aikailu• vangita• vätystellä• haikailla• myöhästyminen• myöhästyttäälaw• pidätys• pidätellä• pidättää• kulkuaika• kursailla• kuhnailla• kuhnustella• kuhnia• pitkittäminen• pitkittää• pitkitys• lykätä• lykkäys* * *di'lei 1. verb1) (to put off to another time: We have delayed publication of the book till the spring.) lykätä2) (to keep or stay back or slow down: I was delayed by the traffic.) viivyttää2. noun((something which causes) keeping back or slowing down: He came without delay; My work is subject to delays.) viivytys
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