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1 up and down
• edestakaisin -
2 up-and-down
• edestakainen -
3 up-and-down stroke
• kaksoisisku -
4 up-and-down working
• simpleksiliikenne -
5 down
• nurin• nukka• nujertaa• iskeä• jäljempänä• tyhjentää• heittää• alhaalla• allapäin• alaspäin• alaspäin suunnattu• alas• untuvapeite• untuva• pudottaa maahan• haiven• hahtuva• haituva• partahaivenet• kumoon• kumpuileva kangasmaa• kumossa• pitkin• pois pääkaupungista• kokoon* * *I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) alas, alhaalla2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) maassa, maahan3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.)4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) alaspäin5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) eteläänpäin2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.)2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.)3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.)3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.)- downward- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) suoranainen- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) untuva- downie®- downy -
6 down-and-out
• kerjuri* * *noun, adjective ((a person) having no money and no means of earning a living: a hostel for down-and-outs.) tyhjätasku -
7 down the drain
• roskikseen joutuva* * *(wasted: We had to scrap everything and start again - six months' work down the drain!) hukkaan mennyt -
8 down-to-earth
• asiallinen• realistinen• maanläheinen• käytännöllinen* * *adjective (practical and not concerned with theories, ideals etc: She is a sensible, down-to-earth person.) maanläheinen -
9 down tools
• tehdä lakko• lopettaa työ* * *(to stop working: When the man was sacked his fellow workers downed tools and walked out.) keskeyttää työnteko -
10 down-at-heel
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11 down-and-outs
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12 settle down
• asettautua• asettua• asettua asumaan• vakiintua• vakaantua• rauhoittua* * *1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) rauhoittua, saada rauhoittumaan2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) asettua3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) keskittyä -
13 break down
• romahtaa• romuttua• rikkoa• rikkoontua• rikkua• rikkoutua• jakaa• jakautua• vaurioitua• vioittua• eritellä• vahingoittua• puhjeta• revetä• rakoilla• ratketa• repeytyä• katketa• hajottaa• haljeta• hajota• mennä rikki• mennä poikki• murskautua• murentua• murtaa• murtua• mureta• pettää• säröytyä• särkyä• taittua• lannistua• pirstoutua• lohjeta• luhistua* * *1) (to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.) murtaa2) (to stop working properly: My car has broken down.) mennä rikki3) (to fail: The talks have broken down.) epäonnistua4) (to be overcome with emotion: She broke down and wept.) murtua -
14 bear down on
1) (to approach quickly and often threateningly: The angry teacher bore down on the child.) syöksyä kimppuun2) (to exert pressure on: The weight is bearing down on my chest.) painaa -
15 boil down to
(to amount to; to indicate as a final analysis or judgement: It all boils down to money; What it boils down to is that you have to make a choice between family and career.) -
16 touch down
• laskeutua maahanaviation• laskeutua* * *1) ((of aircraft) to land: The plane should touch down at 2 o'clock.) laskeutua2) (in rugby and American football, to put the ball on the ground behind the opposite team's goal line (noun touch-down).) tehdä maali -
17 dust down
(to remove the dust from with a brushing action: She picked herself up and dusted herself down.) pyyhkiä pölyt -
18 get down to brass tacks
(to deal with basic principles or matters: Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks.) käydä itse asiaan -
19 put one's foot down
• toimia päättäväisesti* * *(to be firm about something: I put my foot down and refused.) pysyä lujana -
20 set down
((of a bus etc) to stop and let (passengers) out: The bus set us down outside the post-office.) jättää
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