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1 look for
• odottaa• etsiä• etsiskellä• aavistaa• katsoa• kaivata• kalastaa• kalastella• haeskella• hakea* * *(to search for: She lost her handbag and wasted ten minutes looking for it.) etsiä -
2 look for work
• hakea työtä -
3 try to look for
• haeskella -
4 look
• näyttää joltakin• näyttää• ilme• ilmaantua• hyvä tilaisuus• tähystellä• tuntua• tähyillä• tyyli• vilahdus• vilkaista• vilkaisu• virtaus• etsiä• silmäys• ulkoasu• ulkomuoto• vaikuttaa• katsella• katsaus• katsahtaa• katse• katsoa• kas• katsahdus• hakea• mahdollisuus• tarkastella• käväisy• käynti• pikavisiitti* * *luk 1. verb1) (to turn the eyes in a certain direction so as to see, to find, to express etc: He looked out of the window; I've looked everywhere, but I can't find him; He looked at me (angrily).) katsoa2) (to seem: It looks as if it's going to rain; She looks sad.) vaikuttaa3) (to face: The house looks west.) olla päin2. noun1) (the act of looking or seeing: Let me have a look!) vilkaisu2) (a glance: a look of surprise.) ilme3) (appearance: The house had a look of neglect.) ulkonäkö•- - looking
- looks
- looker-on
- looking-glass
- lookout
- by the looks of
- by the look of
- look after
- look ahead
- look down one's nose at
- look down on
- look for
- look forward to
- look here!
- look in on
- look into
- look on
- look out
- look out!
- look over
- look through
- look up
- look up to -
5 for all the world
(exactly, quite etc: What a mess you're in! You look for all the world as if you'd had an argument with an express train.) aivan kuin -
6 look up
• etsiä• katsoa• hakea* * *1) (to improve: Things have been looking up lately.) kohentua2) (to pay a visit to: I looked up several old friends.) käydä tapaamassa3) (to search for in a book of reference: You should look the word up (in a dictionary).) katsoa4) (to consult (a reference book): I looked up in the encyclopedia.) katsoa -
7 look out
• olla varuillaan• jäljittää• tähystää• tähyillä• tähytä• varoa• etsiä• etsiskellä• katsoa• katsella• katsella ulos• hakea• haeskella• tarkastella• pitää varansa* * *1) ((usually with for) to watch: She was looking out for him from the window.) katsoa2) (to find by searching: I've looked out these books for you.) kaivaa esiin -
8 look forward to
• odottaa• iloita ennakolta• aavistaa* * *(to wait with pleasure for: I am looking forward to seeing you / to the holidays.) odottaa -
9 look everywhere for
• haravoida -
10 look out for
• varoa -
11 care for
• hyysätä• helliä• hoitaa (pitää huolta)• hoitaa• hoivata• huoltaa• huolehtia• holhota• vaalia• välittää• haluta• pitää huolta* * *1) (to look after (someone): The nurse will care for you.) pitää huolta2) (to be fond of: I don't care for him enough to marry him.) välittää -
12 fend for oneself
• huolehtia itsestään* * *(to look after oneself: He is old enough to fend for himself.) pitää huolta itsestään -
13 do
• riittää• tulla toimeen• toimiafinance, business, economy• toimittaa• näytellä osaa• järjestää• hommailla• huijaus• voida• siistiä• ajaa• askarrella• askaroida• valmistaa• välttää• tehdä• kelvata• kemut• kammata• harjoittaa• mennä• petkuttaa• matkustaa• menestyä• menetellä• suorittaa• sopiaautomatic data processing• suorittaa(haku)• laittaa• pirskeet* * *du: 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; ðo sit down)3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) tehdä6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.)7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.)8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?)9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.)10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) voida, pärjätä11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) asetella, järjestää12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) toimia13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) osoittaa14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) aiheuttaa15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) nähdä, kiertää nähtävyydet2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) juhlat- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
- what are you doing with -
14 search
• nuohota• nuuskia• jäljittää• tähyillä• tutkiminen• tutkiskella• tutkia• etsiä (hakea)• etsintäautomatic data processing• etsiä (ATK)• etsiminen• etsiä(jotakin)• etsiskely• etsiskellä• etsiä• tiedustella• haeskelu• haeskella• hakea• haku(tietotekn)• hakea(tietotekn)automatic data processing• hakea (ATK)• hakea(jotakin)• hakeminen• haku• hapuillaautomatic data processing• haku (ATK)• haravoida• hakea tarkoin• naarata• penkoabookkeeping• tarkastaabookkeeping• tarkastus• pikahaku• koluta* * *sə: 1. verb1) ((often with for) to look for something by careful examination: Have you searched through your pockets thoroughly?; I've been searching for that book for weeks.) etsiä2) ((of the police etc) to examine, looking for eg stolen goods: He was taken to the police station, searched and questioned.) tutkia2. noun(an act of searching: His search did not take long.) etsintä, tarkastus- searcher- searching
- searchingly
- searchlight
- search party
- search warrant
- in search of -
15 refer
• ohjata• neuvoa• vedota• viitata• viitata johonkin• etsiä jostakin• esittää• alistaa• katsoa johtuvan• katsoa• jättää• mainita• tarkoittaa• kääntyä puoleen• koskea• lykätä• lähettää* * *rə'fə: 1. past tense, past participle - referred; verb( with to)1) (to talk or write (about something); to mention: He doesn't like anyone referring to his wooden leg; I referred to your theories in my last book.) mainita2) (to relate to, concern, or apply to: My remarks refer to your last letter.) koskea3) (to send or pass on to someone else for discussion, information, a decision etc: The case was referred to a higher law-court; I'll refer you to the managing director.) jättää jonkun päätettäväksi4) (to look for information (in something): If I'm not sure how to spell a word, I refer to a dictionary.) tarkistaa•- referee2. verb(to act as a referee for a match: I've been asked to referee (a football match) on Saturday.) toimia erotuomarina- reference book
- reference library -
16 culprit
• rikoksentekijä• rikollinen• illegaalinen• syyllinen• konna* * *(a person responsible for something wrong, unpleasant etc: As soon as he saw the broken window he began to look for the culprit.) syyllinen -
17 initiative
• omatoimisuus• oma-aloitteisuus• oma-aloitteinen• aloitekyky• aloitteikkuus• aloiteoikeus• aloite• aloitteellisuus• aloitekykyisyys• alullepano* * *- ʃətiv1) (a first step or move that leads the way: He took the initiative in organizing a search party to look for the girl; A move to start peace talks is sometimes called a peace initiative.) aloite2) (the ability to lead or make decisions for oneself: He is quite good at his job, but lacks initiative; My son actually went to the hairdresser's on his own initiative!) aloitekyky -
18 hide
• panna piiloon• verhoutua• vetäytyä• vuota• väijyä• naamioida• nahka• peitellä• peittää• salailla• salata• talja (nahka)marine• talja• kätkeytyä• kätkeä• piiloutua• piilotella• piilottaa• piillä• piileksiä• pimittää• piileskellä• lymytä* * *I 1. past tense - hid; verb(to put (a person, thing etc) in a place where it cannot be seen or easily found: I'll hide the children's presents; You hide, and I'll come and look for you; She hid from her father; He tries to hide his feelings.) piilottaa, mennä piiloon2. noun(a small concealed hut etc from which birds etc can be watched, photographed etc.)- hidden- hide-and-seek
- hide-out- hidingII noun(the skin of an animal: He makes coats out of animal hides; cow-hide.) vuota, nahka- hiding -
19 mudskipper
noun (a small fish found in shallow coastal waters, able to jump about and climb low rocks to look for food.) liejuryömijä -
20 quality
• olemus• ominaisuus• hyvälaatuinen• hyvyys• hyvä laatu• avu• attribuutti• ensiluokkainen• äänenväri• kvaliteetti• laadukas• laatu• laji• piirre• korkeatasoinen• kokoomus• koostumus• luonne• luonteenominaisuus• luonto• luokka• luonteenpiirre* * *'kwolətiplural - qualities; noun1) (the extent to which something has features which are good or bad etc, especially features which are good: We produce several different qualities of paper; In this firm, we look for quality rather than quantity; ( also adjective) quality goods.) laatu2) (some (usually good) feature which makes a person or thing special or noticeable: Kindness is a human quality which everyone admires.) piirre
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