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1 give the go-by
(to ignore in an unfriendly way: I think we'll give all his stupid suggestions the go-by.) sivuuttaa -
2 give the show away
(to make known a secret, trick etc.) paljastaa juoni -
3 give the alarm
• hälyttää -
4 give the glad eye
• iskeä silmää -
5 give the lie to
• osoittaa vääräksi -
6 give the name of
• nimittää -
7 give the road
• väistää -
8 give the slip
• päästä livahtamaan -
9 the gist
(the main points (of an argument etc): Just give me the gist of what he said.) pääkohdat -
10 give away
• paljastaa• ilmaista• jakaa• ilmiantaa• antaa• lahjoittaa* * *1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) antaa pois2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).) -
11 give up
• jättää sikseen• herpaantua• heittää• hellittää• heittää sikseen• hylätä• alistua• antautua• antaa myöten• antaa periksi• päästää• resignoitua• keskeyttää• kieltäytyä• jättää• taipua• lakata• luopua jostakin• luopua kruunusta• lopettaa• luopua• luovuttaa* * *1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) lopettaa2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) luopua3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) luovuttaa, antautua4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) omistaa5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) pitää jonakin -
12 give way
• hellitä• hellittä• horjua• antaa perään myöten• antaa perään• väistää• väistää liikenteessä• väistyä• myöntyä• murtua• sortua• taipua• luhistua* * *1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) väistää2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) pettää3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) antaa periksi -
13 give in
• nujertua• nöyrtyä• tyytyä• alistua• antautua• antaa periksi• antaa myöten• resignoitua• leppyä• jättää• mukautua• myöntyä• periksi• pettää• suostua• sopeutua• taipua (antaa myöten)• taipua• luovuttaa• luopua* * *1) (to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield: The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.) antautua2) (to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority): Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) jättää -
14 give out
• ilmoittaa• jakaa• julkistaa• annostella• loppua* * *1) (to give, usually to several people: The headmaster's wife gave out the school prizes.) luovuttaa2) (to come to an end: My patience gave out.) loppua3) (to produce: The fire gave out a lot of heat.) synnyttää -
15 give or take
(allowing for the addition or subtraction of: I weigh sixty-five kilos, give or take a little (= approximately sixty-five kilos).) niillä main -
16 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) livahtaa jonkun käsistä -
17 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) livahtaa jonkun käsistä -
18 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) vapauttaa mieluummin kuin tuomitaEnglish-Finnish dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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19 give (someone) the cold shoulder
( also coldshoulder verb) (to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person): All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends.) kääntää selkänsä jollekulleEnglish-Finnish dictionary > give (someone) the cold shoulder
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20 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) vapauttaa mieluummin kuin tuomitaEnglish-Finnish dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
См. также в других словарях:
give the devil his due — {v. phr.} To be fair, even to someone who is bad; tell the truth about a person even though you don t like him, * /I don t like Mr. Jones, but to give the devil his due, I must admit that he is a good teacher./ … Dictionary of American idioms
give the devil his due — {v. phr.} To be fair, even to someone who is bad; tell the truth about a person even though you don t like him, * /I don t like Mr. Jones, but to give the devil his due, I must admit that he is a good teacher./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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give the bounce — or[give the gate] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. or[give the air] To stop being a friend or lover to (a person); separate from. * /Mary gave John the bounce after she saw him dating another girl./ * /Bill and Jane had an argument and Bill is giving her… … Dictionary of American idioms
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give the air — See: GIVE THE BOUNCE(1) … Dictionary of American idioms
give the gate — See: GIVE THE BOUNCE … Dictionary of American idioms
give the hook — See: GIVE THE BOUNCE(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
give the sack — See: GIVE THE BOUNCE(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
give the air — See: GIVE THE BOUNCE(1) … Dictionary of American idioms
give the gate — See: GIVE THE BOUNCE … Dictionary of American idioms
