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• rinnalla• saakka• jotakin kohti• jonnekin• jollekin• jotta• tykö• verrata• asti• siirtyä• vaihtua• vailla• päin• kanssa• kohtaan• kohti• kohden• liki• likelle• myöten• per• marssikäsky• matkalla• taipumus• lähelle• luokse• lähettyville• luo* * *1. tə,tu preposition1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) johonkin2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) saakka3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) asti4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) jollekin5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) johonkin6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) ksi7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) verrattuna8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.)9) (tə used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.)10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.)2. tu: adverb1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) kiinni2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).)• -
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• jättää jälkeensä• distanssi• ero• etäisyys• välimatka• väli• kaukaisuus• matka• matka (etäisyys)• taival• taipale* * *'distəns1) (the space between things, places etc: Some of the children have to walk long distances to school; It's quite a distance to the bus stop; It is difficult to judge distance when driving at night; What's the distance from here to London?) matka, välimatka2) (a far-off place or point: We could see the town in the distance; He disappeared into the distance; The picture looks better at a distance.) etäisyys•- distant
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