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1 sit down for a while
• istahtaa -
2 sit
• opasteääni* * *sitpresent participle - sitting; verb1) (to (cause to) rest on the buttocks; to (cause to) be seated: He likes sitting on the floor; They sat me in the chair and started asking questions.) istua, istuutua, panna istumaan2) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) olla3) ((with on) to be an official member of (a board, committee etc): He sat on several committees.) toimia4) ((of birds) to perch: An owl was sitting in the tree by the window.) istua5) (to undergo (an examination).) suorittaa tentti6) (to take up a position, or act as a model, in order to have one's picture painted or one's photograph taken: She is sitting for a portrait/photograph.) istua mallina7) ((of a committee, parliament etc) to be in session: Parliament sits from now until Christmas.) pitää istuntoa•- sitter- sitting
- sit-in
- sitting-room
- sitting target
- sitting duck
- sit back
- sit down
- sit out
- sit tight
- sit up -
3 sit up
• nousta istumaan• nousta istualleen• valvoa* * *1) (to rise to a sitting position: Can the patient sit up?) nousta istumaan2) (to remain awake, not going to bed: I sat up until 3 a.m. waiting for you!) valvoa -
4 sit for an examination
• olla tentissä• mennä tenttiin -
5 sit for one's picture
• istua mallina -
6 baby-sit
verb (to remain in a house to look after a child while its parents are out: She baby-sits for her friends every Saturday.) toimia lapsenvahtina -
7 seat
• paikka• palli• osoittaa istumapaikka• pakarat• tuhto• istumapaikka• istuinpaikka• istumalihastechnology• istukka• istunta• jakkara• istuttaa• istuin• tyyssija• tuoli• varustaa istuimilla• edustajanpaikka• sijainti• sijoittaatechnology• ahjo• asettaa istumaan• antaa istuamilitary• asema• kansanedustajan toimi• pesäpaikkamedicine, veterinary• pesäke• penkki• takapuoli• takamus• kotipaikka* * *si:t 1. noun1) (something for sitting on: Are there enough seats for everyone?) istumapaikka2) (the part of a chair etc on which the body sits: This chair-seat is broken.) istuinosa3) ((the part of a garment covering) the buttocks: I've got a sore seat after all that horse riding; a hole in the seat of his trousers.) takamus4) (a place in which a person has a right to sit: two seats for the play; a seat in Parliament; a seat on the board of the company.) paikka5) (a place that is the centre of some activity etc: Universities are seats of learning.) keskus2. verb1) (to cause to sit down: I seated him in the armchair.) osoittaa istumapaikka2) (to have seats for: Our table seats eight.) olla istumatilaa•- - seater- seating
- seat belt
- take a seat -
8 rest
• ripe• rääppeet• tuki• tukea• nojata• nokkaunet• nojautua• noja• nukkua• jäte• tähde• haudan lepo• hengähtää• henkäistä• huilata• huokaista• huoahtaa• huilia• virkistyä• viipyä• siesta• antaa levätä• vapaa-aika• rentoutua• rauha• taukomerkki• tauko• levätä• lepo• lepuuttaa• lepotauko• lepopaikka• lepo-• lepohetki• levollisuus• levähdys• levähtää• lepoaikafinance, business, economy• jäämä• jäänne• jäädä• jäännös• mielenrauha• muu• muut• paussi• perustaa• perustua• maata• sopusointu• säilymä• säästymä• ylijäämä• koti• luottaa• loput• loppu• loppuosa* * *I 1. rest noun1) (a (usually short) period of not working etc after, or between periods of, effort; (a period of) freedom from worries etc: Digging the garden is hard work - let's stop for a rest; Let's have/take a rest; I need a rest from all these problems - I'm going to take a week's holiday.) lepo2) (sleep: He needs a good night's rest.) lepo3) (something which holds or supports: a book-rest; a headrest on a car seat.) tuki4) (a state of not moving: The machine is at rest.) pysähdyksissä2. verb1) (to (allow to) stop working etc in order to get new strength or energy: We've been walking for four hours - let's stop and rest; Stop reading for a minute and rest your eyes; Let's rest our legs.)2) (to sleep; to lie or sit quietly in order to get new strength or energy, or because one is tired: Mother is resting at the moment.)3) (to (make or allow to) lean, lie, sit, remain etc on or against something: Her head rested on his shoulder; He rested his hand on her arm; Her gaze rested on the jewels.)4) (to relax, be calm etc: I will never rest until I know the murderer has been caught.)5) (to (allow to) depend on: Our hopes now rest on him, since all else has failed.)6) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.)•- restful- restfully
- restfulness
- restless
- restlessly
- restlessness
- rest-room
- at rest
- come to rest
- lay to rest
- let the matter rest
- rest assured
- set someone's mind at rest II rest- the rest -
9 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 -
10 wish
• toivomus• toivotella• toivottaa• toive• toivoa• toivotus• odottaa hartaasti• ikävöidä• janota• havitella• himoita• hinkua• vetoomus• elättää toivoa• esittää toivomus• anomus• pyyntö• pyytää• pyyde• tavoitella• halu• haave• halata• haluta• mieliä• mieltymys• mielihalu• mieliteko• mieli• tahtoa• tahto• kärkkyä* * *wiʃ 1. verb1) (to have and/or express a desire: There's no point in wishing for a miracle; Touch the magic stone and wish; He wished that she would go away; I wish that I had never met him.) toivoa2) (to require (to do or have something): Do you wish to sit down, sir?; We wish to book some seats for the theatre; I'll cancel the arrangement if you wish.) haluta3) (to say that one hopes for (something for someone): I wish you the very best of luck.) toivottaa2. noun1) (a desire or longing, or the thing desired: It's always been my wish to go to South America some day.) haave2) (an expression of desire: The fairy granted him three wishes; Did you make a wish?) toivomus3) ((usually in plural) an expression of hope for success etc for someone: He sends you his best wishes.) toivotukset, terveiset•- wishing-well -
11 slave
• orja• oheis-• sivu-• alistaa• uurastaa• raataa• kauko-ohjattu• seurain* * *sleiv 1. noun1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) orja2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) orja2. verb(to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) raataa- slavery -
12 lament
• pahoitella• itkeä• ulvoa• vaikeroida• vaikertaa• valitus• valittaa• päivitellä• kaduttaa• haikailla• surra• taivastella* * *lə'ment 1. verb(to feel or express regret for: We all lament his death; He sat lamenting over his past failures.) surra2. noun1) (a poem or piece of music which laments something: This song is a lament for those killed in battle.) valitusvirsi2) (a show of grief, regret etc: I'm not going to sit listening to her laments all day.) valitusvirsi• -
13 brood
• idätellä• idättää• jälkeläiset• hautoa• hauduttaa• mietiskellä• mietiskellä (hautoa)• pesue• pentue• poikue* * *bru:d 1. verb1) ((of birds) to sit on eggs.) hautoa2) (to think (about something) anxiously for some time: There's no point in brooding about what happened.) hautoa2. noun(the number of young hatched at one time.) pesue -
14 cushion
• imeä• tyyny• hiusvalkki• varustaa pieluksella• valkkiphysics• vaimennus• vaimentaa• puskuri• päänalunen• päänalus• pehmike• pehmustaa• pielus* * *'kuʃən 1. noun1) (a bag of cloth etc filled with soft material, eg feathers etc, used for support or to make a seat more comfortable: I'll sit on a cushion on the floor.) tyyny2) (any similar support: A hovercraft travels on a cushion of air.) tyyny2. verb(to lessen the force of a blow etc: The soft sand cushioned his fall.) vaimentaa -
15 dream
• toiveunelma• nähdä unta• tuulentupa• fantisoida• unelma• unennäkö• unelmoida• uni• uneksia• unikuva• utukuva• rakentaa pilvilinnoja• rakentaa tuulentupia• rakennella tuulentupia• rakennella pilvilinnoja• kangastus• haaveksia• haihatella• haaveilla• haave• kuvitelma• kuvitella• pilvilinna* * *1. dri:m noun1) (thoughts and pictures in the mind that come mostly during sleep: I had a terrible dream last night.) uni2) (a state of being completely occupied by one's own thoughts: Don't sit there in a dream!) unelma3) (something perfect or very beautiful: Your house is a dream!) unelma4) (an ambition or hope: It's my dream to win a Nobel Prize.) unelma2. dremt verb((sometimes with of) to see visions and pictures in the mind, especially when asleep: For years I dreamed of being a great artist; I dreamt last night that the house had burnt down.) nähdä unta, unelmoida- dreamer- dreamless
- dreamy
- dreamily
- dreaminess
- dream up -
16 lady
• rouva• rouvashenkilö• hienohelma• hieno nainen• daami• aatelisnainen• täti• nais• naistenhuone• nainen• lady* * *'leidi1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) nainen, rouva2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) hieno nainen3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) lady•- ladylike- Ladyship
- ladybird -
17 shade
• rullaverho• nyanssi• hämärä• himmentää• hiven• hivenen verta• varjostaa• varjostin• varjopaikka• varjo• vivahde• vivahdus• siimes• väri• värivivahdus• värivivahde• värisävy• katve• kierrekaihdin• kaihdin• sävy• kupu• pimento* * *ʃeid 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) varjo2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) varjo3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) varjo, varjostin4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) sävy5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) hitusen2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) varjostaa2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) varjostaa3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) muuttua vähitellen, sulautua•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade -
18 still
• tislauskattila• tislauslaite• jatkuvasti• tyyni• tyynnyttää• tyven• hidastuttaa• hiljaa• hidastaa• hillitä• hiljentää• hiljainen• viivyttää• viinapannu• vitkastuttaa• vielä• edelleen (vielä)• edelleen• sittenkin• silti• silti (siitä huolimatta)• vaientaa• vakaa• rauhallinen• liikkumaton kuva• liikkumaton• pidättää• sentään• äänetön• yksittäiskuva• yhä• kuitenkin• kuitenkaan* * *I 1. stil adjective1) (without movement or noise: The city seems very still in the early morning; Please stand/sit/keep/hold still while I brush your hair!; still (= calm) water/weather.) hiljainen, paikallaan2) ((of drinks) not fizzy: still orange juice.) hiilihapoton2. noun(a photograph selected from a cinema film: The magazine contained some stills from the new film.)- stillborn II stil adverb1) (up to and including the present time, or the time mentioned previously: Are you still working for the same firm?; By Saturday he had still not / still hadn't replied to my letter.)2) (nevertheless; in spite of that: Although the doctor told him to rest, he still went on working; This picture is not valuable - still, I like it.)3) (even: He seemed very ill in the afternoon and in the evening looked still worse.)
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