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  • 1 fly off the handle

    • riehaantua
    • kimpaantua
    * * *
    (to lose one's temper.) menettää malttinsa

    English-Finnish dictionary > fly off the handle

  • 2 handle

    automatic data processing
    • olion käsittelytunnus
    • otin
    • painike
    • ripa
    • numerotunnus
    • johtaa
    • hoitaa
    • varsi
    • vedin
    • veivi
    • veruke
    • väline
    • ponsi
    automatic data processing
    • tiedostonkäsittelytunnus
    • kohdella
    • kannike
    • kahva
    • kampi
    • pidellä
    • sanka
    • käsitellä
    • käsittelytunnus
    • käytellä
    • kädensija
    • kosketella
    • korva
    * * *
    'hændl 1. noun
    (the part of an object by which it may be held or grasped: I've broken the handle off this cup; You've got to turn the handle in order to open the door.) kahva, kädensija
    2. verb
    1) (to touch or hold with the hand: Please wash your hands before handling food.) käsitellä
    2) (to control, manage or deal with: He'll never make a good teacher - he doesn't know how to handle children.) käsitellä
    3) (to buy or sell; to deal in: I'm afraid we do not handle such goods in this shop.) käydä kauppaa
    4) (to treat in a particular way: Never handle animals roughly.) käsitellä
    - handler
    - handlebars

    English-Finnish dictionary > handle

  • 3 turn

    • palvelus
    • tulla joksikin
    • tuuri
    • työvuoro
    • heilahtaa
    • huki
    • vinkkeli
    • vaihtua
    • vaihde
    • väänne
    • vuoro
    • vääntyä
    • vääntää (kampea)
    • vääntö
    • vääntää(mekaniikka)
    • vääntää
    • polveke
    • pyrkiä
    • pyöriä
    • pyörittää
    • pyöriminen
    • pyörähdyttää
    • pyöräyttää
    • pyörtää
    • pyörähdys
    • retki
    • kiemurtaa
    • kieppua
    • kiepsahtaa
    • kierähdys
    • kierähtää
    • kiehkura
    • kerta
    • kierrellä
    • kiertyä
    • kiertää
    • kierto
    • kierros
    • kohdistaa
    • kaarros
    • kaartua
    • kaarre
    • kaartaa
    • kaari
    • kaatua
    • hapattaa
    • hapata
    • hapantua
    • mielenlaatu
    • mennä
    • muuttaa suuntaa
    technology
    • muuntaa
    • myllätä
    • muuttaa
    • mutka
    • muoto
    • muuttua
    • pelästys
    • sananvuoro
    • sorvata
    • suunnata
    • survata
    • suuntautua
    • suunnanmuutos
    • taive
    • taipumus
    • taipua
    • taittaa
    • taite
    • kurvi
    • kulma
    • kääntää
    • kääntyminen
    • kääntäminen
    • kääntää nurin
    • käydä
    • kääntyä
    • kytkentä-
    • käännähdys
    • käännähtää
    • käänne
    • käännös
    • käännyttää
    • poiketa
    • kolaus
    • lyhyt kävely
    * * *
    tə:n 1. verb
    1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) kääntyä, kääntää
    2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) kääntyä
    3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) kääntyä
    4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) suunnata
    5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) kääntyä
    6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) muuttaa, muuttua
    7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) tulla joksikin
    2. noun
    1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) kierto
    2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) kierros
    3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) risteys
    4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) vuoro
    5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) ohjelmanumero
    - turnover
    - turnstile
    - turntable
    - turn-up
    - by turns
    - do someone a good turn
    - do a good turn
    - in turn
    - by turns
    - out of turn
    - speak out of turn
    - take a turn for the better
    - worse
    - take turns
    - turn a blind eye
    - turn against
    - turn away
    - turn back
    - turn down
    - turn in
    - turn loose
    - turn off
    - turn on
    - turn out
    - turn over
    - turn up

    English-Finnish dictionary > turn

  • 4 screw

    • panna
    • palkka
    • ruuvi
    • ruuvata
    • nussia
    technology
    • irrottaa
    • tötterö
    technology
    • potkuri
    • kiertää
    • kierreheitto
    • kierrepallo
    • kierrelyönti
    technology
    • kierre
    • kitupiikki
    law
    • kiristää
    • kiinnittää ruuvilla
    • saituri
    • koni
    * * *
    skru: 1. noun
    1) (a type of nail that is driven into something by a firm twisting action: I need four strong screws for fixing the cupboard to the wall.) ruuvi
    2) (an action of twisting a screw etc: He tightened it by giving it another screw.) kiertäminen
    2. verb
    1) (to fix, or be fixed, with a screw or screws: He screwed the handle to the door; The handle screws on with these screws.) ruuvata, ruuvautua
    2) (to fix or remove, or be fixed or removed, with a twisting movement: Make sure that the hook is fully screwed in; He screwed off the lid.) kiertää
    3) ((slang, vulgar) to fuck; to have sex (with).)
    4) ((slang) to cheat or take advantage of: They screwed you - these are not real diamonds.)
    - be/get screwed
    - have a screw loose
    - put the screws on
    - screw up
    - screw up one's courage

    English-Finnish dictionary > screw

  • 5 fly

    • onkiperho
    • ovela
    • näyttämön ylinen
    • ilmailla
    • hulmuta
    • hurahtaa
    • huristaa
    • viilettää
    • etuhalkio
    • singahdella
    • singahtaa
    • sinkoilla
    • singota
    • valpas
    • pyrähtää
    • rientää
    • riehaantua
    • teltan ovivaate
    • karata
    • kiitää
    • lennättää
    • lento
    • liehua
    • liihottaa
    • liihotella
    • liitää
    • liidättää
    • leuhahdella
    • litsi
    • leuhottaa
    • lennellä
    • liehuttaa
    • lentää
    • lennähtää
    • liidellä
    • kahahtaa
    • halkio
    • peittävä lista
    • perho
    • pelmahtaa
    • sepalus
    • syöksähtää
    • yksivaljakko
    • kärpänen
    • kärpäshaavi
    • lehahtaa
    • leijailla
    • leijata
    • leijua
    * * *
    I plural - flies
    nou)
    1) (a type of small winged insect.)
    2) (a fish hook made to look like a fly so that a fish will take it in its mouth: Which fly should I use to catch a trout?)
    3) ((often in plural) a piece of material with buttons or a zip, especially at the front of trousers.)
    II past tense - flew; verb
    1) (to (make something) go through the air on wings etc or in an aeroplane: The pilot flew (the plane) across the sea.) lentää
    2) (to run away (from): He flew (the country).) paeta
    3) ((of time) to pass quickly: The days flew past.) kiitää
    - flier
    - flying saucer
    - flying visit
    - frequent flyer/flier
    - flyleaf
    - flyover
    - fly in the face of
    - fly into
    - fly off the handle
    - get off to a flying start
    - let fly
    - send someone/something flying
    - send flying

    English-Finnish dictionary > fly

  • 6 snap

    • paikoilleen napsautettava
    • painonappi
    • pamauttaa
    • tiuskahtaa
    • tiuskia
    • tiuskaista
    • näykkäys
    • näpätä
    • näpsäyttää
    • näykkäistä
    • näykätä
    • niksahdus
    • näykkiä
    • niksahtaa
    • jousilukko
    • tuokiokuva
    • haukata
    • vauhti
    • siepata
    • valokuva
    • valokuvata
    • puraista
    • puraisu
    • purra
    • puuskahtaa
    • raksahtaa
    • rapsaus
    • raksahdus
    • rapsahtaa
    • katketa
    • katkaista
    • kiinnike
    • kohdistuspiste
    • kiinnityskohta
    • kivahtaa
    • napsauttaa
    • napsaus
    • napsahtaa
    • napsahdus
    • napautus
    • napauttaa
    • napaus
    • naksua
    • naksautus
    • naksaus
    • naksuttaa
    • naksahtaen
    • naksahtaa
    • naksahdus
    • neppari
    • naksauttaa
    • taittua
    • äyskäistä
    • yllätys
    • ärähtää
    • äkillinen
    • piparkakku
    • loksauttaa
    • loksahtaa
    * * *
    snæp 1. past tense, past participle - snapped; verb
    1) ((with at) to make a biting movement, to try to grasp with the teeth: The dog snapped at his ankles.) näykkäistä
    2) (to break with a sudden sharp noise: He snapped the stick in half; The handle of the cup snapped off.) napsauttaa poikki, katketa
    3) (to (cause to) make a sudden sharp noise, in moving etc: The lid snapped shut.) napsahtaa, napsauttaa
    4) (to speak in a sharp especially angry way: `Mind your own business!' he snapped.) tiuskaista
    5) (to take a photograph of: He snapped the children playing in the garden.) napata valokuva
    2. noun
    1) ((the noise of) an act of snapping: There was a loud snap as his pencil broke.) napsahdus
    2) (a photograph; a snapshot: He wanted to show us his holiday snaps.) valokuva
    3) (a kind of simple card game: They were playing snap.) (eräs korttipeli)
    3. adjective
    (done, made etc quickly: a snap decision.) pikainen
    - snappily
    - snappiness
    - snapshot
    - snap one's fingers
    - snap up

    English-Finnish dictionary > snap

  • 7 stock

    finance, business, economy
    • osake
    • osakkeet
    • panna varastoon
    • rotu
    textile industry
    • tukki
    • normaali
    • jalkapuu
    • juurakko
    • varasto
    • varastoida
    • varustaa
    • arvopaperi
    • arvopaperit
    • täydentää
    • vakio
    • pölkky
    • raaka-aine
    finance, business, economy
    • pääoma
    finance, business, economy
    • tavaravarasto
    • karja
    • kanto
    • kanta
    • leukoija
    • liemi
    • lihaliemi
    finance, business, economy
    • kalusto
    • kahva
    • perusliemi
    • suku
    • sukujuuri
    • kuhilas
    forest and paper industry
    • kuitumassa
    • pitää varastossa
    • kova kaulus
    * * *
    stok 1. noun
    1) ((often in plural) a store of goods in a shop, warehouse etc: Buy while stocks last!; The tools you require are in / out of stock (= available / not available).) varasto
    2) (a supply of something: We bought a large stock of food for the camping trip.) varastot
    3) (farm animals: He would like to purchase more (live) stock.) karja
    4) ((often in plural) money lent to the government or to a business company at a fixed interest: government stock; He has $20,000 in stocks and shares.) obligaatiot
    5) (liquid obtained by boiling meat, bones etc and used for making soup etc.) lihaliemi
    6) (the handle of a whip, rifle etc.) varsi
    2. adjective
    (common; usual: stock sizes of shoes.) tavallinen
    3. verb
    1) (to keep a supply of for sale: Does this shop stock writing-paper?) pitää varastossa
    2) (to supply (a shop, farm etc) with goods, animals etc: He cannot afford to stock his farm.) hankkia
    - stocks
    - stockbroker
    - stock exchange
    - stock market
    - stockpile
    4. verb
    (to accumulate (a supply of this sort).) varastoida
    - stock-taking
    - stock up
    - take stock

    English-Finnish dictionary > stock

  • 8 hilt

    • kahva
    * * *
    hilt
    (the handle, especially of a sword.) kahva
    - up to the hilt
    - to the hilt

    English-Finnish dictionary > hilt

  • 9 rotate

    • panna kiertämään
    • pyörähtää
    • pyöriä
    • pyöräyttää akselin ympäri
    • pyöräyttää
    • pyöriä akselin ympäri
    • pyörittää
    • kierrellä
    • kieppua
    • kiertää
    • kieriä
    • kierto
    • kääntää akselin ympäri
    * * *
    rə'teit, ]( American) 'routeit
    verb (to turn like a wheel: He rotated the handle; The earth rotates.) pyörittää, pyöriä

    English-Finnish dictionary > rotate

  • 10 tiller

    • ruorinkampi
    • viljelijä
    • muokkaaja
    • peräsinvarsi
    * * *
    'tilə
    (the handle or lever used to turn the rudder of a boat.) peräsintanko

    English-Finnish dictionary > tiller

  • 11 pen-knife

    noun (a pocket-knife with blades which fold into the handle.) linkkuveitsi

    English-Finnish dictionary > pen-knife

  • 12 wind

    • rullata
    • ryömiä
    • tuivertaa
    • ilma
    • jonninjoutava puhe
    • tuuli
    • tuulla
    • henki
    • hengästyttää
    • henkäys
    • hengitys
    • veivata
    • vetää
    • vihi
    • viima
    • aaltoilla
    • vainuta
    • vainu
    • vääntää
    • puikkelehtia
    • puolata
    • polveilla
    • puhaltaa
    • puhaltimet
    • raahautua
    • kehiä
    • kehiörakenne
    • kelata
    • kietaista
    • keriä
    • kietoa
    • kiemurrella
    • kiertää
    • kielenpieksäntä
    • kiemurtaa
    • kiertyä
    • kietoutua
    • lietsoa
    • leyhyä
    • lepuuttaa
    • kaarrella
    • kaartua
    • kaasu
    • meuruta
    • myrskytä
    • mutka
    • mutkitella
    • madella
    • mataa
    • suikertaa
    • kumpuilla
    • kähertää
    • käämiä
    • kääntää
    • kääriä
    • pikakelaus(eteenpäin)
    • poimuilla
    • pohottaa
    • koukerrella
    • koukertaa
    • luikertaa
    • luikerrella
    * * *
    I 1. wind noun
    1) ((an) outdoor current of air: The wind is strong today; There wasn't much wind yesterday; Cold winds blow across the desert.) tuuli
    2) (breath: Climbing these stairs takes all the wind out of me.) hengitys
    3) (air or gas in the stomach or intestines: His stomach pains were due to wind.) ilmavaivat
    2. verb
    (to cause to be out of breath: The heavy blow winded him.)
    3. adjective
    ((of a musical instrument) operated or played using air pressure, especially a person's breath.)
    - windiness
    - windfall
    - windmill
    - windpipe
    - windsurf
    - windsurfer
    - windsurfing
    - windscreen
    - windsock
    - windsurf
    - windsurfer
    - windsurfing
    - windswept
    - get the wind up
    - get wind of
    - get one's second wind
    - in the wind
    - like the wind
    II past tense, past participle - wound; verb
    1) (to wrap round in coils: He wound the rope around his waist and began to climb.) kietoa
    2) (to make into a ball or coil: to wind wool.) keriä
    3) ((of a road etc) to twist and turn: The road winds up the mountain.) kiemurrella
    4) (to tighten the spring of (a clock, watch etc) by turning a knob, handle etc: I forgot to wind my watch.) vetää
    - winding
    - wind up
    - be/get wound up

    English-Finnish dictionary > wind

  • 13 with

    • ohessa
    • oheen
    • ohella
    • jonkin avulla
    • jonkun kanssa
    • seurassa
    • vaivata
    • yhdistää
    • kanssa
    • kera
    • keskuudessa
    • keralla
    • mukana
    • mukaan
    • myötä
    • parissa
    • samanlainen
    • sekoittaa
    • sulautua
    • ynnä
    • luona
    * * *
    wið
    1) (in the company of; beside; among; including: I was walking with my father; Do they enjoy playing with each other?; He used to play football with the Arsenal team; Put this book with the others.) kanssa, joukossa
    2) (by means of; using: Mend it with this glue; Cut it with a knife.)
    3) (used in expressing the idea of filling, covering etc: Fill this jug with milk; He was covered with mud.)
    4) (used in describing conflict: They quarrelled with each other; He fought with my brother.) kanssa
    5) (used in descriptions of things: a man with a limp; a girl with long hair; a stick with a handle; Treat this book with care.)
    6) (as the result of: He is shaking with fear.)
    7) (in the care of: Leave your case with the porter.) huostaan
    8) (in relation to; in the case of; concerning: Be careful with that!; What's wrong with you?; What shall I do with these books?) kanssa
    9) (used in expressing a wish: Down with fascism!; Up with Manchester United!)

    English-Finnish dictionary > with

  • 14 rake

    • nuuskia
    • irstailija
    • tutkia tarkoin
    • hummaaja
    • viettää
    • elostelija
    • ampua pitkittäin
    • pyyhkäistä
    • rietastelija
    • kerätä
    • kaltevuus
    • kallistuma
    • kaavin
    • kallistua taaksepäin
    • kaapia
    • harata
    • hanko
    • haravoida
    • haravakone
    • harava
    • poimuri
    technology
    • kola (tek.)
    • kola(tekniikka)
    technology
    • kola
    * * *
    reik 1. noun
    1) (a tool which consists of a usually metal bar with teeth at the end of a long handle, used for smoothing earth, gathering eg leaves together etc.) harava
    2) (any similar tool: a croupier's rake in a casino.) harava
    3) (the act of raking: to give the soil a rake.) haravoida
    2. verb
    1) (to smooth or gather with a rake: I'll rake these grass-cuttings up later.) haravoida
    2) ((often with out) to remove the ashes from (a fire) with a poker etc.) kaapia tuhkat
    3) (to fire guns at (a target) from one end of it to the other: The soldiers raked the entire village with machine-gun fire.) tulittaa luotisuihkuin
    - rake up

    English-Finnish dictionary > rake

  • 15 switch

    • irtopalmikko
    • heilahdus
    • huiskia
    • virrankatkaisin
    electricity
    • virtakytkin
    • virrankatkaisija
    • vitsa
    • vaihde (rautat.)
    • vaihde(tietotekn)
    • vaihtaa
    • valitsija
    • vaihde (raut)
    • vaihto
    • vapa
    • vaihde(kiskoissa)
    • vaihtokytkin
    automatic data processing
    • vaihde (ATK)
    • vaihde
    • vaihdella
    • raidevaihde
    • katkaisin
    • katkaisija
    • muuttaa
    • nappula
    • muutto
    • kytkeytyä
    • kytkeä
    • kytkin
    • kääntää
    • piiska
    • piiskata
    • piestä
    * * *
    swi  1. noun
    1) (a small lever, handle or other device eg for putting or turning an electric current on or off: The switch is down when the power is on and up when it's off; He couldn't find the light-switch.) katkaisin
    2) (an act of turning or changing: After several switches of direction they found themselves on the right road.) muutos
    3) (a thin stick.) vitsa
    2. verb
    (to change, turn: He switched the lever to the `off' position; Let's switch over to another programme; Having considered that problem, they switched their attention to other matters.) vaihtaa, kytkeä, siirtää
    - switchboard
    - switch on/off

    English-Finnish dictionary > switch

  • 16 shaft

    • ruoto
    • runko
    • ruoti
    • nuoli
    • hissikuilu
    • varsi
    technology
    • epäkeskoakseli
    • aisa
    • akseli
    • pylväs
    • pyöränakseli
    • pylvään varsi
    • telki
    technology
    • kara
    • kanki
    • kaivoskuilu
    building / construction industry
    • peruskuoppa
    • kuilu
    technology
    • kuilu-uuni
    • pilari
    * * *
    1) (the long straight part or handle of a tool, weapon etc: the shaft of a golf-club.) varsi
    2) (one of two poles on a cart etc to which a horse etc is harnessed: The horse stood patiently between the shafts.) aisa
    3) (a revolving bar transmitting motion in an engine: the driving-shaft.) akseli
    4) (a long, narrow space, made for eg a lift in a building: a liftshaft; a mineshaft.) kuilu
    5) (a ray of light: a shaft of sunlight.) säde

    English-Finnish dictionary > shaft

  • 17 tap

    • ottaa välistä
    • tulppa
    • näppäillä
    • juoksuttaa
    • varustaa salakuuntelulaitteella
    • vesihana
    • urkkia
    • valuttaa
    electricity
    • väliotto
    technology
    • kierteitystappi
    • hana
    electricity
    • haaroitin
    • nakuttaa
    • naputtaa
    • naputus
    • salakuuntelulaite
    • salakuunnella
    • taputtaa
    • tappi
    • kuunnella salaa
    • kuunnella
    • laatu
    • laskea
    • koputus
    • kopauttaa
    • kolkuttaa
    • kosketella
    • koputtaa
    • kolkutus
    * * *
    I 1. tæp noun
    (a quick touch or light knock or blow: I heard a tap at the door.) kopautus
    2. verb
    ((often with at, on or with) to give a light knock (on or with something): He tapped at/on the window.)
    - tap-dancer II 1. tæp noun
    ((American faucet) any of several types of device (usually with a handle and valve that can be shut or opened) for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel etc: Turn the tap off/on!) hana
    2. verb
    1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.)
    2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.)

    English-Finnish dictionary > tap

  • 18 lever

    • nostokanki
    technology
    • nostovipu
    • nostaa
    • varsi
    • vipu
    • vipuvarsi
    • siirtää vivulla
    • vääntövarsi
    • vääntää
    • kanki
    * * *
    'li:və, ]( American) 'levər 1. noun
    1) (a bar of wood, metal etc used to lift heavy weights: A crowbar is a kind of lever; You must use a coin as a lever to get the lid of that tin off.) vipu
    2) (a bar or handle for operating a machine etc: This is the lever that switches on the power.) vipu
    2. verb
    (to move with or as if with a lever: He levered the lid off with a coin.) vivuta

    English-Finnish dictionary > lever

  • 19 cup

    • booli
    • eristimen vaippa
    • kippo
    • kalkki
    • malja
    • kuppi
    • kupata
    • kärsimys
    • pokaali
    • pikari
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (a usually round hollow container to hold liquid for drinking, often with a handle: a teacup; a cup of tea.) kuppi
    2) (an ornamental vessel, usually of silver or other metal, given as a prize in sports events etc: They won the Football League Cup.) pokaali
    2. verb
    1) (to form (one's hands) into the shape of a cup: He cupped his hands round his mouth and called.) panna kädet torvelle
    2) (to hold (something) in one's cupped hands: He cupped the egg in his hands.) pitää kämmenellään
    - cupboard
    - cup final
    - cup-tie
    - one's cup of tea

    English-Finnish dictionary > cup

  • 20 drop off

    • torkahtaa
    • nukahtaa
    • varista
    • vähetä
    • pudota
    • rapista
    • karsiutua
    • karista
    * * *
    1) (to become separated or fall off: The door-handle dropped off; This button dropped off your coat.) irrota, pudota
    2) (to fall asleep: I was so tired I dropped off in front of the television.) nukahtaa
    3) (to allow to get off a vehicle: Drop me off at the corner.) jättää pois

    English-Finnish dictionary > drop off

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