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1 take (something) upon oneself
(to take responsibility for: I took it upon myself to make sure she arrived safely.) ottaa huolehtiakseen -
2 take (something) upon oneself
(to take responsibility for: I took it upon myself to make sure she arrived safely.) ottaa huolehtiakseen -
3 take it upon oneself
• ottaa asiakseen -
4 assume
• olettaa• omaksua• omia• otaksua• ottaa• toivoa• odottaa• edellyttää• anastaa• uskoa• teeskennellä• luulla* * *ə'sju:m1) (to take or accept as true: I assume (that) you'd like time to decide.) otaksua2) (to take upon oneself or accept (authority, responsibility etc): He assumed the rôle of leader in the emergency.) ottaa harteilleen3) (to put on (a particular appearance etc): He assumed a look of horror.) ottaa, teeskennellä•- assumed- assumption -
5 fall
• painua• rojahtaa• romahtaa• tuho• tippua• tulo• notkahtaa• häviö• joutuamarine• juoksuköysi• tuupertua• turmio• työntää• helma• heittäytyä• huojentua• varista• vesiputous• vierähtää• alenema• aleta• alentua• aleneminen• vajota• valahtaa• vaipua• vähetä• väheneminen• vähentyminen• vähentyä• pudottaa• pudotus• pudota• putoama• putoaminen• putoamiskorkeus• putouskorkeus• putous• rapista• reputtaa• retkahtaa• kieltäytyä• kellahdus• kellistää• keikaus• kellahtaa• kaataa• kaatuminen• kaatua• kaato• halveta• halventua• mennä nurin• muksahtaa• mennä kumoon• mätkähtää• pettää• sademäärä• sattua• selätys• madaltua• suistua• sortuminen• suistaa• sortua• syöksyä alas• syöksyä• syntiinlankeemus• sysätä• syksy• syöstä• supistuminen• supistua• syys• syöksy• syksyinen• kukistuminen• kumota• kupsahtaa• kukistua• laskusuunta• laskea• laskeutua• lankeemus• langetafinance, business, economy• lasku• kompastua• luhistua• luiskahtaa• luhistuminen* * *fo:l 1. past tense - fell; verb1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) pudota, osua2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) kaatua3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) laskea4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) tulla, sattua5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) vaipua, joutua johonkin tilaan6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) langeta jonkun osaksi2. noun1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) putoaminen2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) tulo, määrä3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) kukistuminen4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) syksy•- falls- fallout
- his
- her face fell
- fall away
- fall back
- fall back on
- fall behind
- fall down
- fall flat
- fall for
- fall in with
- fall off
- fall on/upon
- fall out
- fall short
- fall through -
6 happen
• osua• esiintyä• sattua• tapahtua (sattua)• tapahtua• käydä* * *'hæpən1) (to take place or occur; to occur by chance: What happened next?; It just so happens / As it happens, I have the key in my pocket.) tapahtua2) ((usually with to) to be done to (a person, thing etc): She's late - something must have happened to her.) tapahtua3) (to do or be by chance: I happened to find him; He happens to be my friend.) sattua•- happen upon
- happen on -
7 surprise
• oudostuttaa• oudoksuttaa• oudoksunta• ihmetys• ihmetyttää• ihmettely• hämmästys• hölmistyttää• hämmästyttää• hämminki• hämmästyksiin• hämmentää• häkeltää• tyrmistyttää• ällistyttää• yllätys• yllättää• kummastuttaa• kummatuttaa• kummastus* * *1. noun((the feeling caused by) something sudden or unexpected: His statement caused some surprise; Your letter was a pleasant surprise; There were some nasty surprises waiting for her when she returned; He stared at her in surprise; To my surprise the door was unlocked; ( also adjective) He paid them a surprise visit.) yllätys2. verb1) (to cause to feel surprise: The news surprised me.) yllättää2) (to lead, by means of surprise, into doing something: Her sudden question surprised him into betraying himself.) hämätä3) (to find, come upon, or attack, without warning: They surprised the enemy from the rear.) yllättää•- surprising
- surprisingly
- take by surprise
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