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1 be on the offensive
• hyökkäyskannalla* * *(to be making an attack: She always expects people to criticize her and so she is always on the offensive.) hyökkäys -
2 offend
• pahastuttaa• rikkoa• rikkoa jtkn vastaan• närkästyttää• häväistä• tympäistä• vihoittaa• haavoittaa• suututtaa• loukuta• loukata (henk)• loukata* * *ə'fend 1. verb1) (to make feel upset or angry: If you don't go to her party she will be offended; His criticism offended her.) loukata2) (to be unpleasant or disagreeable: Cigarette smoke offends me.) häiritä•- offence- offender
- offensive 2. noun(an attack: They launched an offensive against the invading army.) hyökkäys- offensiveness
- be on the offensive
- take offence -
3 black
• tummageography• Niger• nigeriläinen• hämärä• kiillottaa• musta• musta väri• mustata• musta-• neekeri• mustaihoinen• musta puku• synkkä• laiton• pimeä* * *blæk 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) musta2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) pimeä3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) musta, likainen4) (without milk: black coffee.) musta5) (evil: black magic.) musta6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) mustaihoinen7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) värillinen2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) musta2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) musta väri3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) musta3. verb(to make black.) mustata- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) merkitä mustaan listaan5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) kiristys- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
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4 shit
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5 rat
• vaihde• välitys* * *1. noun1) (a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger: The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour.) rotta2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person.) petturi2. verb1) (to break an agreement, promise etc.) rikkoa2) (to betray one's friends, colleagues etc: The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted.) ilmiantaa•- rat race- smell a rat -
6 obnoxious
• inhottava• vastenmielinen* * *əb'nokʃəs(offensive: an obnoxious man; The smell of that mixture is really obnoxious.) vastenmielinen
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go on the offensive — or take the offensive to begin to attack or criticize someone who you think is attacking you Under pressure from his critics, the minister decided to go on the offensive … English dictionary
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