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  • 1 fall to one's lot

    • joutua osaksi

    English-Finnish dictionary > fall to one's lot

  • 2 fall

    • painua
    • rojahtaa
    • romahtaa
    • tuho
    • tippua
    • tulo
    • notkahtaa
    • häviö
    • joutua
    marine
    • 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
    • langeta
    finance, business, economy
    • lasku
    • kompastua
    • luhistua
    • luiskahtaa
    • luhistuminen
    * * *
    fo:l 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) pudota, osua
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) kaatua
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) laskea
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) tulla, sattua
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) vaipua, joutua johonkin tilaan
    6) ((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 osaksi
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) putoaminen
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) tulo, määrä
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) kukistuminen
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) syksy
    - 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

    English-Finnish dictionary > fall

  • 3 hand

    • ojentaa
    • osoitin
    • työmies
    • viisari
    • antaa
    • apuri
    • apumies
    • kellonviisari
    • kellonosoitin
    • jättää
    • pelaaja
    • tarjota
    • kämmen
    • käsiala
    • käsi
    • kädessä olevat kortit
    • koura
    • luovuttaa
    * * *
    hænd 1. noun
    1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) käsi
    2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) osoitin
    3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) apumies, työmies
    4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) apu
    5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) käsi
    6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) kämmenenleveys
    7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) käsiala
    2. verb
    (often with back, down, up etc)
    1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) ojentaa
    2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) siirtää
    - handbag
    - handbill
    - handbook
    - handbrake
    - handcuff
    - handcuffs
    - hand-lens
    - handmade
    - hand-operated
    - hand-out
    - hand-picked
    - handshake
    - handstand
    - handwriting
    - handwritten
    - at hand
    - at the hands of
    - be hand in glove with someone
    - be hand in glove
    - by hand
    - fall into the hands of someone
    - fall into the hands
    - force someone's hand
    - get one's hands on
    - give/lend a helping hand
    - hand down
    - hand in
    - hand in hand
    - hand on
    - hand out
    - hand-out
    - handout
    - hand over
    - hand over fist
    - hands down
    - hands off!
    - hands-on
    - hands up!
    - hand to hand
    - have a hand in something
    - have a hand in
    - have/get/gain the upper hand
    - hold hands with someone
    - hold hands
    - in good hands
    - in hand
    - in the hands of
    - keep one's hand in
    - off one's hands
    - on hand
    - on the one hand... on the other hand
    -... on the other hand
    - out of hand
    - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
    - shake hands with / shake someone's hand
    - a show of hands
    - take in hand
    - to hand

    English-Finnish dictionary > hand

  • 4 way

    • neuvo
    • tyyli
    • vauhti
    • elämäntapa
    • etäisyys
    • väylä
    • pääsy
    • päin
    • reitti
    • rata
    • telapölkyt
    • tie
    • keino
    • menettelytapa
    • peli
    • matka
    • suunta
    • taipale
    • tapa
    • taho
    • kulkutie
    • kulkureitti
    finance, business, economy
    • kurssi
    • kulku
    • konsti
    * * *
    wei 1. noun
    1) (an opening or passageway: This is the way in/out; There's no way through.) reitti
    2) (a route, direction etc: Which way shall we go?; Which is the way to Princes Street?; His house is on the way from here to the school; Will you be able to find your/the way to my house?; Your house is on my way home; The errand took me out of my way; a motorway.) tie
    3) (used in the names of roads: His address is 21 Melville Way.) tie
    4) (a distance: It's a long way to the school; The nearest shops are only a short way away.) matka
    5) (a method or manner: What is the easiest way to write a book?; I know a good way of doing it; He's got a funny way of talking; This is the quickest way to chop onions.) tapa
    6) (an aspect or side of something: In some ways this job is quite difficult; In a way I feel sorry for him.) tapa
    7) (a characteristic of behaviour; a habit: He has some rather unpleasant ways.) tapa
    8) (used with many verbs to give the idea of progressing or moving: He pushed his way through the crowd; They soon ate their way through the food.) tie
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) by a long distance or time; far: The winner finished the race way ahead of the other competitors; It's way past your bedtime.) paljon
    - wayside
    - be/get on one's way
    - by the way
    - fall by the wayside
    - get/have one's own way
    - get into / out of the way of doing something
    - get into / out of the way of something
    - go out of one's way
    - have a way with
    - have it one's own way
    - in a bad way
    - in
    - out of the/someone's way
    - lose one's way
    - make one's way
    - make way for
    - make way
    - under way
    - way of life
    - ways and means

    English-Finnish dictionary > way

  • 5 love

    • palvoa
    • nolla
    • ihailla
    • intohimo
    • jumaloida
    • helliä
    • hellyys
    • viehtymys
    • rakastettu
    • rakkaus
    • rakas
    • rakkaani
    • rakastaa
    • kiintymys
    • lempiä
    • lemmitty
    • lempi
    • mieltymys
    • sympatia
    • kultaseni
    • kullanmuru
    • kunnioittaa
    • kulta
    • pitää paljon jostakin
    • pitää
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (a feeling of great fondness or enthusiasm for a person or thing: She has a great love of music; her love for her children.) rakkaus
    2) (strong attachment with sexual attraction: They are in love with one another.) rakkaus
    3) (a person or thing that is thought of with (great) fondness (used also as a term of affection): Ballet is the love of her life; Goodbye, love!) rakkaus, rakas
    4) (a score of nothing in tennis: The present score is fifteen love (written 15-0).) nolla
    2. verb
    1) (to be (very) fond of: She loves her children dearly.) rakastaa
    2) (to take pleasure in: They both love dancing.) pitää
    - lovely
    - loveliness
    - lover
    - loving
    - lovingly
    - love affair
    - love-letter
    - lovesick
    - fall in love with
    - fall in love
    - for love or money
    - make love
    - there's no love lost between them

    English-Finnish dictionary > love

  • 6 hang

    • olla riipuksissa
    • olla epävarma
    • riippuminen
    • riiputtaa
    • ripustaa
    • riippua
    • roikuttaa
    • roikkua
    • tulla hirtetyksi
    • jumiutua
    • jumiuttaa
    • heittää
    • hirttää
    • hirttäytyä
    • verhota
    • viipyä
    • raakakypsyttää
    • repsottaa
    • reuhottaa
    • killua
    finance, business, economy
    • kiinnittää
    • lerppua
    • paperoida
    * * *
    hæŋ
    past tense, past participle - hung; verb
    1) (to put or fix, or to be put or fixed, above the ground eg by a hook: We'll hang the picture on that wall; The picture is hanging on the wall.) ripustaa, riippua
    2) (to fasten (something), or to be fastened, at the top or side so that it can move freely but cannot fall: A door hangs by its hinges.) riippua
    3) ((past tense, past participle hanged) to kill, or to be killed, by having a rope put round the neck and being allowed to drop: Murderers used to be hanged in the United Kingdom, but no-one hangs for murder now.) hirttää, joutua hirteen
    4) ((often with down or out) to be bending, drooping or falling downwards: The dog's tongue was hanging out; Her hair was hanging down.) roikkua
    5) (to bow (one's head): He hung his head in shame.) riiputtaa
    - hanging
    - hangings
    - hangman
    - hangover
    - get the hang of
    - hang about/around
    - hang back
    - hang in the balance
    - hang on
    - hang together
    - hang up

    English-Finnish dictionary > hang

  • 7 throw

    • paiskata
    • paiskoa
    • räväyttää
    • heittää
    • heitellä
    • heittäytyä
    • heitto
    • heittää arpaa
    • heittomatka
    • heilahdus
    • heittovuoro
    • heittää satulasta
    • viskoa
    • viskata
    • sinkauttaa
    • singota
    • punoa
    • rajaheitto
    • rakentaa
    • leiskauttaa
    • lingota
    • lennättää
    • nakata
    • muovata
    • saattaa
    • suistaa
    • syöstä
    • syytää
    • poikia
    • luoda
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    Ɵrəu 1. past tense - threw; verb
    1) (to send through the air with force; to hurl or fling: He threw the ball to her / threw her the ball.) heittää
    2) ((of a horse) to make its rider fall off: My horse threw me.) heittää selästään
    3) (to puzzle or confuse: He was completely thrown by her question.) saattaa ymmälle
    4) ((in wrestling, judo etc) to wrestle (one's opponent) to the ground.) paiskata maahan
    2. noun
    (an act of throwing: That was a good throw!) heitto
    - throw doubt on
    - throw in
    - throw light on
    - throw oneself into
    - throw off
    - throw open
    - throw out
    - throw a party
    - throw up
    - throw one's voice
    - throwaway

    English-Finnish dictionary > throw

  • 8 backward

    • jälkijättöinen
    • jälkeenjäänyt
    • heikkolahjainen
    • epäajanmukainen
    • alkeellinen
    • alkukantainen
    • kehittymätön
    • takaperin
    • takaperoinen
    • taantuva
    • takapajuinen
    • takapajulla oleva
    • taaksepäin
    • takapaju
    • taka-
    • käänteinen
    * * *
    'bækwəd
    1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) taaksepäin
    2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) jälkeenjäänyt
    3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) takapajuinen
    - backwards
    - backwards and forwards
    - bend/fall over backwards

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  • 9 crash

    automatic data processing
    • ohjelman kaatuminen
    • ryskää
    • rysähdys
    • ryske
    • rysähtäen
    • rysähtää
    • rysäys
    • romahtaa
    • ryskyä
    • rytistä
    • romahdus
    • rytinä
    • iskeytyä
    • isku
    • jyrähdys
    • jyske
    • järjestelmän kaatuminen
    • turma
    • epäonnistuminen
    • törmäys
    • törmätä yhteen
    • täräys
    • tärähdys
    • törmätä
    • yhteenajo
    • yhteentörmäys
    • putoaminen
    • liikenneonnettomuus
    • liikenneturma
    • kaataa
    • kaatua
    finance, business, economy
    • kaatuminen
    • paukkua
    • maahansyöksy
    • syöksyä
    • syöksy
    • syöksyä maahan
    automatic data processing
    • kovalevyn kaatuminen
    • kolari
    * * *
    kræʃ 1. noun
    1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) rysähdys
    2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) kolari
    3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) romahdus
    4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) pudottaa, pudota räsähtäen
    2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) törmätä
    3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) syöksyä maahan
    4) ((of a business) to fail.) romahtaa
    5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) työntyä
    6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)
    3. adjective
    (rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) intensiivi-
    - crash-land

    English-Finnish dictionary > crash

  • 10 ease

    • pakottomuus
    • höllentää
    • hyvä olo
    • tyytyväisyys
    • tyynnyttää
    • hellittää
    • helpottaa
    • helppous
    • hiljentää
    • helpottua
    • huolettomuus
    • huojennus
    • hoitaa
    • huojentaa
    • auttaa
    • asettua
    • rauhoittaa
    • rauha
    • keventyä
    • keventää
    • kevennys
    • kevetä
    • keveys
    • kepeys
    • lientää
    • lievennys
    • lientyä
    • lepo
    • lievittää
    • levitys
    • lievitys
    • lieventää
    • lievimmin
    • lieventyä
    • liennyttää
    • mukavuus
    • nautinto
    • löyhätä
    • sujuvuus
    • sulavuus
    • laukaista
    • laueta
    • luontevuus
    * * *
    i:z 1. noun
    1) (freedom from pain or from worry or hard work: a lifetime of ease.) mukavuus
    2) (freedom from difficulty: He passed his exam with ease.) helppous
    3) (naturalness: ease of manner.) luontevuus
    2. verb
    1) (to free from pain, trouble or anxiety: A hot bath eased his tired limbs.) lievittää, rentouttaa
    2) ((often with off) to make or become less strong, less severe, less fast etc: The pain has eased (off); The driver eased off as he approached the town.) hellittää
    3) (to move (something heavy or awkward) gently or gradually in or out of position: They eased the wardrobe carefully up the narrow staircase.) siirtää varovasti
    - easiness
    - easy
    3. interjection
    (a command to go or act gently: Easy! You'll fall if you run too fast.) älä hosu
    - easy-going
    - at ease
    - easier said than done
    - go easy on
    - stand at ease
    - take it easy
    - take one's ease

    English-Finnish dictionary > ease

  • 11 flake out

    • häipyä
    * * *
    ((slang) to fall asleep straight away because one is extremely tired.)

    English-Finnish dictionary > flake out

  • 12 flat

    • ohut
    • rähmällään
    • rypytön
    • rähmälleen
    • nimenomainen
    • ikävä
    • ikävystyttävä
    • tympeä
    • huoneisto
    • asuinhuoneisto
    • asunto-osake
    • asunto
    • avara
    • ehdoton
    • silkoinen
    • sileä
    • soinnuton
    • siloinen
    finance, business, economy
    • alentaa
    • alava maa
    • alennusmerkki
    • aava
    • alennettu
    • vaisu
    • yhdenmukainen
    • väljähtynyt
    • rieska
    • karstalevy
    • kerrostaloasunto
    • litistynyt
    • lituskainen
    • leveä
    • litteä puoli
    • litteä
    • littana
    • matalakorkoinen
    • matala
    • lättänä
    • mauton
    • tasainen
    • tasanko
    • ytimetön
    • kumea
    • kulissi
    • lappeelleen
    • lattea
    • laakea
    • latuska
    • laaja
    • lakea
    • lappeellaan
    • latuskainen
    • laaka
    • lape
    • laimea
    * * *
    flæt 1. adjective
    1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) tasainen, litteä
    2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) tylsä
    3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) ehdoton
    4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) puhjennut, tyhjennyt
    5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) väljähtynyt
    6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) alennettu, alavireinen
    2. adverb
    (stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) pitkin pituuttaan
    3. noun
    1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) kerrostaloasunto, huoneisto
    2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) alennusmerkki
    3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) lape, kämmen
    4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) tasanne
    - flatten
    - flat rate
    - flat out

    English-Finnish dictionary > flat

  • 13 giddy

    • huikentelevainen
    • huimausta tunteva
    • huikenteleva
    • huimaava
    • ajattelematon
    • pyörryttävä
    • pyörryksissä
    * * *
    'ɡidi
    (feeling that one is going to fall over, or that everything is spinning round: I was dancing round so fast that I felt quite giddy; a giddy feeling.) pyörällä päästään, huimaava
    - giddiness

    English-Finnish dictionary > giddy

  • 14 snowflake

    noun (one of the soft, light flakes composed of groups of crystals, in which snow falls: A few large snowflakes began to fall from the sky.) lumihiutale

    English-Finnish dictionary > snowflake

  • 15 spiral

    • venkura
    • silmukka
    • kiertyä
    • kierukka
    • kierteinen
    • kierre-
    • kierukkamainen
    • kiemura
    • kiemurainen
    • kierre
    • kiehkura
    • kierukkainen
    • kierä
    • kaartua
    • mutka
    • spiraalimainen
    • spiraali
    • kutri
    • käämi
    • koukero
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) kierre-
    2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) kierteinen
    2. noun
    1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) kierre
    2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) spiraali
    3. verb
    (to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) kiertyä, nousta nopeasti

    English-Finnish dictionary > spiral

  • 16 stumble

    • nikotella
    • tyriä
    • horjahdus
    • horjahtaa
    • astua harhaan
    • pyllähtää
    • kellahtaa
    • kellistyä
    • kangerrella
    • kangertaa
    • kaatua
    • mennä kumoon
    • munaus
    • sotkeutua
    • takerrella
    • takertaa
    • kupsahtaa
    • langeta
    • laota
    • kompuroida
    • kompastua
    • kompastella
    * * *
    1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) kompastua
    2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) kompuroida
    3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) kangerrella
    - stumble across/on

    English-Finnish dictionary > stumble

  • 17 trip

    • astua harhaan
    • erehtyä
    • sipsutus
    • sipsuttaa
    • reissu
    • retki
    • kampittaa
    • kamppi
    • kamppaus
    • kampata
    • hairahtua
    • matka
    • kulkea kevein askelin
    • laukaista
    • kompastua
    * * *
    trip 1. past tense, past participle - tripped; verb
    1) ((often with up or over) to (cause to) catch one's foot and stumble or fall: She tripped and fell; She tripped over the carpet.) kompastua
    2) (to walk with short, light steps: She tripped happily along the road.) sipsuttaa
    2. noun
    (a journey or tour: She went on / took a trip to Paris.) matka

    English-Finnish dictionary > trip

  • 18 watch

    • tuijottaa
    • tähystää
    • tutkailla
    • tähyillä
    • hoitaa
    • vartiointi
    • varoa
    • vartiovuoro
    • vartio
    • vartioaika
    • vartioida
    • seurata
    • vahtimiehistö
    • vahti
    • vahdata
    • vahtivuoro
    • vahtia
    • valvoa
    • valvoa(tarkkailla)
    • valvoa (pitää silm.)
    • väijyä
    • katsoa
    • katsella
    • kello
    • tasku- rannekello
    • tarkastella
    bookkeeping
    • tarkastaa
    • tarkkailu
    • tarkata
    • tarkkailla
    • pitää silmällä
    * * *
    wo  1. noun
    1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) kello
    2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) yövartio
    3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) vahtivuoro
    2. verb
    1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) katsoa
    2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) tähystää
    3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) varoa
    4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) vahtia
    5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) kärkkyä
    - watchful
    - watchfully
    - watchfulness
    - watchdog
    - watchmaker
    - watchman
    - watchtower
    - watchword
    - keep watch
    - watch one's step
    - watch out
    - watch over

    English-Finnish dictionary > watch

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