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1 make one's living by
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2 eke out
• jatkaa• lisätä* * *1) (to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it: You could eke out the meat with potatoes.)2) (to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc): The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.) -
3 shine
• paiste• paahtaa• paistaa• paistaa (aurinko)• paistatella• tuikkia• hehkua• helottaa• hohtaa• hohde• hohto• valaista• välkehtiä• välke• välkkyä• porottaa• päivänpaiste• kiiltää• kiillottaa• kiilto• kiilua• kimmeltää• kimallella• kimaltaa• kajastaa• meteli• säkenöidä• säteillä• sädehtiä• säihkyä• kumottaa• kuulto• kuultaa• komeilla• loistaa• loisto• loiste• läikkyä* * *1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb1) (to (cause to) give out light; to direct such light towards someone or something: The light shone from the window; The policeman shone his torch; He shone a torch on the body.) paistaa, valaista2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) kiiltää3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) kiillottaa4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) olla erittäin hyvä2. noun1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) kiilto, paiste2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) kiillotus•- shining- shiny
- shininess -
4 live
• olla elossa• oleilla• olla hengissä• oleskella• olla olemassa• olla• palava• ilmielävä• jollakin• jännitteinen• hehkuva• viettää• asustaa• asua• elävä• elollinen• eloisa• elinvoimainen• elää• elellä• puuhakas• majailla• suorana lähetyksenä• tarmokas• ladattu• pitää majaa* * *I 1. liv verb1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) elää2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) jäädä henkiin3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) asua4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) elää5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) hankkia elatuksensa•- - lived- living 2. noun(the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) elatus- live-in
- live and let live
- live down
- live in
- out
- live on
- live up to
- within living memory
- in living memory II 1. adjective1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) elävä2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) suora3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) toimiva4) (burning: a live coal.) hehkuva2. adverb((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.)- lively- liveliness
- livestock
- live wire -
5 tailor
• räätäli• vaatturi• valmistaa• harjoittaa vaatturinammattia• muovata• sovittaa* * *'teilə 1. noun(a person who cuts and makes suits, overcoats etc: He has his clothes made by a London tailor.) räätäli2. verb1) (to make and fit (suits, coats etc): He has his suits tailored in London.) ommella mittatilaustyönä2) (to make (something) fit the circumstances; to adapt: He tailored his way of living to his income.) sopeuttaa• -
6 anglicise
(to make English or more like English: After living in England for ten years, he had become very anglicized.) englantilaistaa -
7 anglicize
(to make English or more like English: After living in England for ten years, he had become very anglicized.) englantilaistaa -
8 animate
• innostaa• innoittaa• innostuttaa• henkevöittää• herättää• vilkastuttaa• elostuttaa• elävä• elävöittääfinance, business, economy• elvyttää• elähdyttää• elollinen• kiihottaa• piristää* * *1. 'ænimeit verb(to make lively: Joy animated his face.) elävöittää2. -mət adjective(living.) elävä- animated- animation -
9 decorate
• dekoroida• sievistää• antaa kunniamerkki• remontoida• kaunistaa• somistaa• kruusata• komistaa• koristella• koristaa* * *'dekəreit1) (to add some kind of ornament etc to (something) to make more beautiful, striking etc: We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls.) koristella2) (to put paint, paper etc on the walls, ceiling and woodwork of (a room): He spent a week decorating the living-room.) kunnostaa3) (to give a medal or badge to (someone) as a mark of honour: He was decorated for his bravery.) myöntää kunniamerkki•- decorative
- decorator -
10 elixir
• eliksiiri• elämäneliksiiri* * *i'liksə(a liquid that would supposedly make people able to go on living for ever, or a substance that would turn the cheaper metals into gold: the elixir of life.) eliksiiri -
11 hustle
• pakottaa• touhuta• tunkea• tungos• tungeskella• työntää• tuuppia• hoputtaa• kiire• patistella• patistaa• sysiä* * *1. verb1) (to push quickly and roughly: The man was hustled out of the office.) tuuppia2) (to make (someone) act quickly: Don't try to hustle me into making a sudden decision.) hoputtaa3) ((American) to swindle; to obtain something dishonestly or illegally: to hustle money from old ladies; the car dealer tried to hustle us.)4) ((American) to sell or earn one's living by illegal means: hustling on the streets; hustle drugs.)5) ((American) (slang) to work as a prostitute; to solicit clients.)2. noun(quick and busy activity.) hyörinä- hustler -
12 model
• näyte• ideoida• ihanne• tyyppi• asu• esimerkillinen• esimerkki• esikuva• esikuvallinen• alkumuoto• valokuvamalli• vuosimalli• kehitellä• kaava• kaavailla• hahmotella• hahmottaa• muotoilla• muodostaa• muovata• muoto• muovailla• muotoilu• perikuva• mallikappale• mannekiini• mallikelpoinen• malli• sommitella• suunnitella• kuosi• pienoismalli• konstruoida• luonnostella* * *'modl 1. noun1) (a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale: a model of the Taj Mahal; ( also adjective) a model aeroplane.) pienoismalli, malli2) (a particular type or design of something, eg a car, that is manufactured in large numbers: Our car is a 1999 model.) malli3) (a person who wears clothes etc so that possible buyers can see them being worn: He has a job as a male fashion model.) mannekiini4) (a person who is painted, sculpted, photographed etc by an artist, photographer etc: I work as an artist's model.) malli5) (something that can be used to copy from.) malli6) (a person or thing which is an excellent example: She is a model of politeness; ( also adjective) model behaviour.) perikuva2. verb1) (to wear (clothes etc) to show them to possible buyers: They model (underwear) for a living.) esittää2) (to work or pose as a model for an artist, photographer etc: She models at the local art school.)3) (to make models (of things or people): to model (the heads of famous people) in clay.)4) (to form (something) into a (particular) shape: She modelled the clay into the shape of a penguin; She models herself on her older sister.)• -
13 stimulus
• impulssi• heräte• virkiste• virike• elvyke• alkusysäys• aihe• kiihoke• kiihotus• kiihote• kiihotin• kiihdyke• kannustin• stimulanssi• stimulus• sysäys• yllyke• ärsyke• piriste• piristysaine* * *'stimjuləsplural - stimuli; noun1) (something that causes a reaction in a living thing: Light is the stimulus that causes a flower to open.) ärsyke2) (something that rouses or encourages a person etc to action or greater effort: Many people think that children need the stimulus of competition to make them work better in school.) virike -
14 tame
• tyynnyttää• hillitä• asettaa• vaisu• ponneton• rauhoitella• rauhoittaa• kesyttää• kesy• kesytetty• lepyttää• lepytellä• mielenkiinnoton• maltillinen• sovinnollinen• sovitella• säyseä• sävyisä• tasoittaa• taltuttaa• kukistaa• laimea• lauhduttaa• lauhkea• laannuttaa* * *teim 1. adjective1) ((of animals) used to living with people; not wild or dangerous: He kept a tame bear as a pet.) kesy2) (dull; not exciting: My job is very tame.) tylsä2. verb(to make tame: It is impossible to tame some animals.) kesyttää- tamely- tameness
- tameable -
15 tighten one's belt
(to make sacrifices and reduce one's standard of living: If the economy gets worse, we shall just have to tighten our belts.) kiristää vyötä
См. также в других словарях:
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make a living — {v. phr.} To earn one s livelihood. * /If you re good at your job, you can make a better living than if you don t know what you re doing./ * /It is easier to make a living in the United States than in many other countries./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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make a living — earn enough money to live on, make your way You can make a living at farming, but you won t be rich! … English idioms
make a living — earn enough money to live He cannot make a living by only doing a part time job … Idioms and examples
make a living — earn a living, earn money by working … English contemporary dictionary
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