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• ripotella• ripeksiä• vihma• vesi• vihmoa• vesisade• vuodattaa• tihuttaa• tihutella• tihuuttaa• sadella• sade• sataa• pisaroida• pisarrella* * *rein 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) sade2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) sade2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) sataa2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) syytää, sadella•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain -
2 retain
• palkata• hillitä• vuokrata• pysyttää• muistaa• pidättää• pidätellä• pidellä• säilyttää• säilyttää entisellään• pitää* * *rə'tein1) (to continue to have, use, remember etc; to keep in one's possession, memory etc: He finds it difficult to retain information; These dishes don't retain heat very well.) pitää mielessään, varata2) (to hold (something) back or keep (something) in its place: This wall was built to retain the water from the river in order to prevent flooding.) pitää loitolla
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