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1 worse and worse
• huonommin• yhä huonompi -
2 downhill
• rinne• viettävä• alamäki• alamäkeä• mäkeä alas• myötämäki• syöksylasku* * *1) (down a slope: The road goes downhill all the way from our house to yours.) alaspäin2) (towards a worse and worse state: We expected him to die, I suppose, because he's been going steadily downhill for months.) huonompaan suuntaan -
3 the
• sitä• sellainen• se* * *ðə, ði(The form ðə is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union ðə'ju:njən; the form ði is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour ði 'onə)1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.)3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).)4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.)5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.)6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.)•- the...- the... -
4 spoil
• pahentua• runnella• rumentaa• saalis• tuhota (pilata)• tuhota• hävittää• turmella• tärvellä• turmeltua• hemmotella• vaurioittaa• vioittaa• viedä• vahingoittaa• tärveltyä• valtion virat• voitot• raiskata• lellitellä• haaskata• saattaa tärviölle• sotasaalis• pilaantua• pilata* * *spoilpast tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) pilata2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) hemmotella•- spoils- spoilt
- spoilsport -
5 still
• tislauskattila• tislauslaite• jatkuvasti• tyyni• tyynnyttää• tyven• hidastuttaa• hiljaa• hidastaa• hillitä• hiljentää• hiljainen• viivyttää• viinapannu• vitkastuttaa• vielä• edelleen (vielä)• edelleen• sittenkin• silti• silti (siitä huolimatta)• vaientaa• vakaa• rauhallinen• liikkumaton kuva• liikkumaton• pidättää• sentään• äänetön• yksittäiskuva• yhä• kuitenkin• kuitenkaan* * *I 1. stil adjective1) (without movement or noise: The city seems very still in the early morning; Please stand/sit/keep/hold still while I brush your hair!; still (= calm) water/weather.) hiljainen, paikallaan2) ((of drinks) not fizzy: still orange juice.) hiilihapoton2. noun(a photograph selected from a cinema film: The magazine contained some stills from the new film.)- stillborn II stil adverb1) (up to and including the present time, or the time mentioned previously: Are you still working for the same firm?; By Saturday he had still not / still hadn't replied to my letter.)2) (nevertheless; in spite of that: Although the doctor told him to rest, he still went on working; This picture is not valuable - still, I like it.)3) (even: He seemed very ill in the afternoon and in the evening looked still worse.) -
6 malignant
• pahantapainenmedicine, veterinary• pahanlaatuinen• hävittävä• ilkeä• kiukkuinenmedicine, veterinary• maligni• maligni• tappava• pitkävihainen* * *1) ((of people, their actions etc) intending, or intended, to do harm: a malignant remark.) pahansuopa2) ((of a tumour, disease etc) likely to become worse and cause death: She died of a malignant tumour.) pahanlaatuinen -
7 statistics
• tilasto• tilastot• tilastotiede• tilastotiedot• statistiikka* * *stə'tistiks 1. noun plural(figures giving information about something: There were 900 deaths and 20,000 injuries on the roads last year, but the statistics for the previous year were worse.) tilastot2. noun singular(the study of such figures.)- statistically
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8 tighten one's belt
(to make sacrifices and reduce one's standard of living: If the economy gets worse, we shall just have to tighten our belts.) kiristää vyötä -
9 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 suuntaatechnology• 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. verb1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) kääntyä, kääntää2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) kääntyä3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) kääntyä4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) suunnata5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) kääntyä6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) muuttaa, muuttua7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) tulla joksikin2. noun1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) kierto2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) kierros3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) risteys4) (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.) vuoro5) (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
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