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1 the three r's
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2 three
• kolme• kolmonen* * *Ɵri: 1. noun1) (the number or figure 3.) kolme2) (the age of 3.) kolmen vuoden ikä2. adjective1) (3 in number.) kolme2) (aged 3.) kolmivuotias•- three-- three-dimensional
- three-quarter
- three-year-old 3. adjective((of a person, animal or thing) that is three years old.) kolmivuotias -
3 on the hour
• tasatunnein* * *(at exactly one, two, three etc o'clock: Buses leave here for London on the hour until 10 o'clock in the evening.) tasatunnein -
4 half past three
(at thirty minutes past the hour stated: I'm leaving at half past six.) puoli -
5 apply the rule of three
• päätellä -
6 worst
• pahimmin• pahin• pahin osa• huonoin• huonoimmin• voittaa* * *wə:st 1. adjective(bad to the greatest extent: That is the worst book I have ever read.) huonoin2. adverb(in the worst way or manner: This group performed worst (of all) in the test.) huonoimmin3. pronoun(the thing, person etc which is bad to the greatest extent: the worst of the three; His behaviour is at its worst when he's with strangers; At the worst they can only fine you.) pahin- get the worst of
- if the worst comes to the worst
- the worst of it is that
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7 stump
• tukki• jalat• juurakko• tynkä• pätkä• kanto• talloa• tarpoa• köpittää* * *1. noun1) (the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down: He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.) kanto2) (the part of a limb, tooth, pencil etc remaining after the main part has been cut or broken off, worn away etc.) tynkä3) (in cricket, one of the three upright sticks forming the wicket.) veräjän hila2. verb1) (to walk with heavy, stamping steps: He stumped angrily out of the room.) tömistellä2) (to puzzle or baffle completely: I'm stumped!) hämmentää•- stumpy- stump up -
8 jack
• nostaa väkivivulla• nosturi• nostolaitetechnology• nostovipuelectricity• jakki• jussi• jätkä• tunkki• työmies• vintturitechnology• väkivipu• pukki• kohdepallo• sotamiesmarine• taljatechnology• käsivintturi• laivamies* * *‹æk1) (an instrument for lifting up a motor car or other heavy weight: You should always keep a jack in the car in case you need to change a wheel.) tunkki2) (the playing-card between the ten and queen, sometimes called the knave: The jack, queen and king are the three face cards.) sotamies•- jack up -
9 Black Maria
• mustamaija• poliisiauto* * *(a prison van: The policeman took the three suspects to the police station in a Black Maria.) mustamaija -
10 kingdom
• valtakunta• hallitsijavalta• kuningaskunta* * *1) (a state having a king (or queen) as its head: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; He rules over a large kingdom.) kuningaskunta2) (any of the three great divisions of natural objects: the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.) kunta -
11 eldest
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12 o'clock
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13 portion out
• jakaa• annostella* * *(to divide into portions or shares: The money was portioned out among the three children.) jakaa -
14 saboteur
• tihutyöntekijä• sabotoija• sabotööri* * *-'tə:noun (a person who sabotages: The soldiers shot the three saboteurs.) sabotööri -
15 afar
• erillinen• eristetty• kaukainen• kauas• kaukana* * *(from, at or to a distance: The three wise men came from afar.) kaukaa, kaukana, kauas -
16 kitty
• kissanpoika• kissanpentu* * *'kitiplural - kitties; noun((a container holding) a sum of money kept for a particular purpose, to which members of a group jointly contribute: The three friends shared a flat and kept a kitty for buying food.) yhteinen kassa -
17 Shrovetide
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18 low tide/water
(the time when the sea is lowest at a particular place during ebb-tide: There is three feet of water in the harbour, even at low water.) laskuvesi -
19 quarter
• painomitta• ilmansuunta• jakaa neljään osaan• vartti• asunto• sijoittaalaw• armahdus• armo• vuosineljännes• puoli• kaupunginosa• nelikko• neljännesdollari• neljännesvuosi• neljäsosa• neljännes• majoittaa• maa• suunta• taho• kulmakunta• kulma• piiru• kortteli• kortteeri• kolkka* * *'kwo:tə 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) neljännes2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) neljännesdollari3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) kortteli4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) suunta5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) armo6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) neljännes7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) neljännes8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) erä9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) lukukausi2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) leikata neljään osaan2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) vähentää neljäsosaan3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) majoittaa•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) neljännesvuosittain4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) neljännesvuosijulkaisu- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters -
20 triple
• kolmi• kolmiosainen• kolminkertaistua• kolminainen• kolmois• kolminkertainen* * *'tripl 1. adjective1) (three times (as big, much etc as usual): He received triple wages for all his extra work; a triple whisky.) kolminkertainen2) (made up of three (parts etc): a triple agreement.) kolmiosainen2. verb(to make or become three times as much, big etc; to treble: He tripled his income; His income tripled in ten years.) kolminkertaistaa, kolminkertaistua3. noun(three times the (usual) amount: If you work the bank holiday, you will be paid triple.) kolminkertainen määrä- triplet
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