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1 the long and the short of it
(the whole story in a few words.) kaikessa lyhykäisyydessään -
2 in the long run
• ajan pitkään• ajan mittaan• aikaa myöten• pitkän päälle* * *(in the end: We thought we would save money, but in the long run our spending was about the same as usual.) lopulta -
3 draw the long bow
• liioitella• suurennella -
4 draw the long-bow
• liioitella -
5 in the long
• ajanmittaan -
6 long
• toivoa• ikävöidä• jonkin pituinen• kauan• kaihota• kaivata• halata• mittainen• pituinen• pitkäaikainen• pitkään• pitkäfinance, business, economy• pitkä valuuttapositio• pitkällinen* * *I 1. loŋ adjective1) (measuring a great distance from one end to the other: a long journey; a long road; long legs.) pitkä2) (having a great period of time from the first moment to the last: The book took a long time to read; a long conversation; a long delay.) pitkä3) (measuring a certain amount in distance or time: The wire is two centimetres long; The television programme was just over an hour long.) pituinen4) (away, doing or using something etc for a great period of time: Will you be long?) kauan5) (reaching to a great distance in space or time: She has a long memory) pitkä2. adverb1) (a great period of time: This happened long before you were born.)2) (for a great period of time: Have you been waiting long?)•- longways- long-distance
- long-drawn-out
- longhand
- long house
- long jump
- long-playing record
- long-range
- long-sighted
- long-sightedness
- long-suffering
- long-winded
- as long as / so long as
- before very long
- before long
- in the long run
- the long and the short of it
- no longer
- so long! II loŋ verb((often with for) to wish very much: He longed to go home; I am longing for a drink.) kaivata- longing- longingly -
7 long drawn out
(going on for a long time: The meeting was long drawn out; a long-drawn-out meeting/scream.) pitkäksi venynyt -
8 the other day
• äskettäin* * *(not long ago: I saw Mr Smith the other day.) äskettäin -
9 long in the tooth
• iäkkäänpuoleinen -
10 as long as / so long as
1) (provided only that: As/So long as you're happy, it doesn't matter what you do.) kunhan vain2) (while; during the time that: As long as he's here I'll have more work to do.) niin kauan kuin -
11 at (long) last
(in the end, especially after a long delay: Oh, there he is at (long) last!) vihdoin viimein -
12 at (long) last
(in the end, especially after a long delay: Oh, there he is at (long) last!) vihdoin viimein -
13 get etc long in the tooth
((of a person or animal) to be, become etc, old: I'm getting a bit long in the tooth to climb mountains.) olla pää pilvissä -
14 out for the count
1) ((of a boxer) still not standing after the count of ten.) ottaa lukua2) (exhausted; asleep: He was out for the count for several hours after his long walk.) poikki, unessa -
15 all the fashion
(very fashionable: Long skirts were all the fashion last year.) suurta muotia -
16 bring (something) out into the open
(to make (something) public: This affair has been kept a secret for too long - it's time it was brought out into the open.) tuoda päivänvaloonEnglish-Finnish dictionary > bring (something) out into the open
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17 bring (something) out into the open
(to make (something) public: This affair has been kept a secret for too long - it's time it was brought out into the open.) tuoda päivänvaloonEnglish-Finnish dictionary > bring (something) out into the open
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18 flame of the forest
(a tropical tree with large bright-red flowers and long brown pods.) tähtikukka -
19 talk nineteen to the dozen
(to talk (to one another) continually or for a long time.) porista kuin papupata -
20 French beans
(the long green edible pods of a type of bean.) tarhapapu
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