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121 get one's hands on
1) (to catch: If I ever get my hands on him, I'll make him sorry for what he did!) saada käsiinsä2) (to get or obtain: I'd love to get my hands on a car like that.) saada -
122 go back
• palata• pyörtää• perääntyä• takautua* * *(to return to an earlier time, topic of conversation etc: Let's go back for a minute to what we were talking about earlier.) palata -
123 go on
• jatkua• jankuttaa• jatkaa• jankata• jauhaa• kestää• syttyä• tapahtua• kulua* * *1) (to continue: Go on reading - I won't disturb you.) jatkaa2) (to talk a great deal, usually too much: She goes on and on about her health.) puhua puhumistaan3) (to happen: What is going on here?) tapahtua4) (to base one's investigations etc on: The police had very few clues to go on in their search for the murderer.) nojautua -
124 grace
• hipaista• viehkeys• viehätys• siunaus• sipaista• armonaika• armo• pyyhkäistä• pöytärukous• kaunistella• kaunistaa• kauneus• kepeys• kajota• maksunlykkäys• sulous• suosio• suoda• sulo• kunnioittaa• kosketella• koristaa• koskettaa• koskea* * *ɡreis 1. noun1) (beauty of form or movement: The dancer's movements had very little grace.) sulous2) (a sense of what is right: At least he had the grace to leave after his dreadful behaviour.) säädyllisyyden taju3) (a short prayer of thanks for a meal.) pöytärukous4) (a delay allowed as a favour: You should have paid me today but I'll give you a day's grace.) jatkoaika5) (the title of a duke, duchess or archbishop: Your/His Grace.) armo6) (mercy: by the grace of God.) armo•- graceful- gracefully
- gracefulness
- gracious 2. interjection(an exclamation of surprise.) laupias taivas- graciousness
- with a good/bad grace
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125 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 -
126 here you are
• tässä saat• kas tässä* * *(here is what you want etc: Here you are. This is the book you were looking for.) kas tässä!, ole hyvä -
127 hip
• ruusunen• nivuset• uuma• vyötärö• taite• kuve• lantio• lanne• lonkka* * *I hip noun1) ((the bones in) either of the two sides of the body just below the waist: She fell and broke her left hip.) lonkka2) ((the measurement round) the body at the level of the widest part of the upper leg and buttocks: This exercise is good for the hips; What hip size are you?) lanneII hip adjective((slang) (of people) up-to-date; following the latest fashion in music, clothes etc.) -
128 how come
• kuinka niin* * *(for what reason: How come I didn't get any cake?) miksi
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