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1 strange
• omituinen• omalaatuinen• outo• tottumaton• ihmeotus• ihmeellinen• tuntematon• vieras a.• vieras• eriskummallinen• epätavallinen• arvoituksellinen• merkillinen• muukalainen• kumma• kummallinen* * *strein‹1) (not known, seen etc before; unfamiliar or foreign: What would you do if you found a strange man in your house?; Whenever you're in a strange country, you should take the opportunity of learning the language.) vieras2) (unusual, odd or queer: She had a strange look on her face; a strange noise.) omituinen•- strangeness
- stranger
- strange to say/tell/relate
- strangely enough -
2 seize
• ottaa haltuun• panna takavarikkoon• ottaa saaliiksi• ottaa kiinni• rosvota• ryöstää• riistää• näpistää• jahdata• juuttua• varastaa• viedä• siepata• anastaalaw• ulosmitata• vallata• vangitseminen• pölliä• repiä• leikkautua• leikkautua kiinni• kaapata• napata• tarrata• tarttua• tarttua kiinni• takertuafinance, business, economy• takavarikoida• kukistaa• kääntää• kähveltää• leikata kiinni• pihistää• kouraista* * *si:z1) (to take or grasp suddenly, especially by force: She seized the gun from him; He seized her by the arm; He seized the opportunity of leaving.) siepata, tarttua2) (to take, especially by force or by law: The police seized the stolen property.) takavarikoida•- seizure- seize on
- seize up -
3 watch
• tuijottaa• tähystää• tutkailla• tähyillä• hoitaa• vartiointi• varoa• vartiovuoro• vartio• vartioaika• vartioida• seurata• vahtimiehistö• vahti• vahdata• vahtivuoro• vahtia• valvoa• valvoa(tarkkailla)• valvoa (pitää silm.)• väijyä• katsoa• katsella• kello• tasku- rannekello• tarkastellabookkeeping• tarkastaa• tarkkailu• tarkata• tarkkailla• pitää silmällä* * *wo 1. noun1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) kello2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) yövartio3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) vahtivuoro2. verb1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) katsoa2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) tähystää3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) varoa4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) vahtia5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) kärkkyä•- watcher- watchful
- watchfully
- watchfulness
- watchdog
- watchmaker
- watchman
- watchtower
- watchword
- keep watch
- watch one's step
- watch out
- watch over -
4 exercise
• ruumiinharjoitus• ruumiinliikunta• treenaus• jaloittelu• jaloitella• juhlallisuudet• jumpata• juhlavuudet• juhla• juoksutus• aseharjoitus• askarruttaa• ulkoiluttaa• vaivata• valmennus• voimisteluliike• ponnistella• ponnistus• tehtävä• koetella• liikunta• harjaannuttaa• harjoituskirjoitus• harjaannus• harjoitustehtävä• harjoitus• hankkia liikuntaa• harjoittaa• harjoitelma• harjoitella• harjoittelu• harjoituskappale• nautinto• kuntoilu• käyttö• käyttää• laskutehtävä* * *1. noun1) (training or use (especially of the body) through action or effort: Swimming is one of the healthiest forms of exercise; Take more exercise.) liikunta2) (an activity intended as training: ballet exercises; spelling exercises.) harjoitus3) (a series of tasks, movements etc for training troops etc: His battalion is on an exercise in the mountains.) harjoitukset2. verb1) (to train or give exercise to: Dogs should be exercised frequently; I exercise every morning.) harrastaa liikuntaa, ulkoiluttaa2) (to use; to make use of: She was given the opportunity to exercise her skill as a pianist.) käyttää -
5 grasp
• oivaltaa• ote• ottaa• iskostua• juuttua• hoksata• huomata• tavoitella• kiinnike• kiinnipito• kahmaisu• jäädä kiinni• kahmaista• napata• tarttua• tarrautua• tarrata• tartunta• takertua• tajuta• tarttua ahnaasti• ymmärrys• älytä• ymmärtää• äkätä• käydä käsiksi• käydä kiinni• käsitys• käsittää• käsityskyky• leikata• pitää kiinni jostakin• kouraista• luja ote* * *1. verb1) (to take hold of especially by putting one's fingers or arm(s) round: He grasped the rope; He grasped the opportunity to ask for a higher salary.) tarttua2) (to understand: I can't grasp what he's getting at.) käsittää2. noun1) (a grip with one's hand etc: Have you got a good grasp on that rope?) ote2) (the ability to understand: His ideas are quite beyond my grasp.) ymmärrys•- grasping -
6 make the most of (something)
(to take advantage of (an opportunity etc) to the greatest possible extent: You'll only get one chance, so you'd better make the most of it!) ottaa kaikki irti -
7 make the most of (something)
(to take advantage of (an opportunity etc) to the greatest possible extent: You'll only get one chance, so you'd better make the most of it!) ottaa kaikki irti -
8 miss
• neiti* * *mis 1. verb1) (to fail to hit, catch etc: The arrow missed the target.) lyödä ohi2) (to fail to arrive in time for: He missed the 8 o'clock train.) myöhästyä3) (to fail to take advantage of: You've missed your opportunity.) menettää4) (to feel sad because of the absence of: You'll miss your friends when you go to live abroad.) ikävöidä5) (to notice the absence of: I didn't miss my purse till several hours after I'd dropped it.) kaivata6) (to fail to hear or see: He missed what you said because he wasn't listening.) mennä ohi korvien7) (to fail to go to: I'll have to miss my lesson next week, as I'm going to the dentist.) jättää väliin8) (to fail to meet: We missed you in the crowd.) olla huomaamatta9) (to avoid: The thief only just missed being caught by the police.) välttää10) ((of an engine) to misfire.) katkoa2. noun(a failure to hit, catch etc: two hits and two misses.) ohilyönti- missing- go missing
- miss out
- miss the boat -
9 snatch
• ottaa• riuhtoa• riistää• riuhtaista• näpistää• nipistys• nyhtää• nyhtäistä• nykiä• nykäistä• nyppiä• varastaa• vetää• vetäistä• sieppaus• siepata• anastaa• repiä• riipaista• tempaisu• tempaista• tempaus• tempoa• temmata• katkelma• kiskaista• kiskoa• kaapata• napata• tarttua• tarrautua• kähveltää• pihistää• kopata• koukata* * *snæ 1. verb1) (to (try to) seize or grab suddenly: The monkey snatched the biscuit out of my hand.) siepata2) (to take quickly, when one has time or the opportunity: She managed to snatch an hour's sleep.) sallia itselleen2. noun1) (an attempt to seize: The thief made a snatch at her handbag.) sieppausyritys2) (a short piece or extract eg from music, conversation etc: a snatch of conversation.) katkelma
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