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1 waiting-list
noun (a list of the names of people who are waiting for something: She is on the waiting-list for medical treatment.) odotuslista -
2 queue
• palmikkoautomatic data processing• panna kirjoitintulostusjonoon• panna jonoon• niskapalmikko• jonottaa• jono(tietotekn)automatic data processing• jono (atk)• jono* * *kju: 1. noun(a line of people waiting for something or to do something: a queue for the bus.) jono2. verb(to stand in a queue: We had to queue to get into the cinema; We had to queue for the cinema.) jonottaa- queue up -
3 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 -
4 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
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