Aihepiiri 3 (communication)
Phones, email and the internet
careline | a phone service that you can call to get advice or information, for example on a company’s products, or on a medical condition, etc. | Call our customer careline for advice. | Puhelinpalvelu josta saat ohjeita |
cut off | to interrupt somebody who is speaking on the phone by breaking the connection | We were cut off in the middle of our conversation | katkaista puhelu kesken keskustelun |
draft | draft something to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law | Members of Parliament are busy drafting new legislation. | Kirjoittaa ylös ensimmäinen versio jostain asiasta |
cookie | a small flat sweet cake for one person, usually baked until hard and dry | Give me a cookie | keksi |
handset | the part of a phone that you hold close to your mouth and ear to speak into and listen | You must use handset to be able to speak on phone | Osat puhelimessa jota käytetään puhumiseen |
dial up | using a phone line and a modem to connect your computer to the internet | Did you dial up your laptop? | Yhdistää tietokone nettiin |
ego-surfing | the activity of searching the internet to find places where your own name has been mentioned | Have you ever ego-surfed? | Etsiä netistä paikkoja jossa nimesi on mainittu |
domain name | a name that identifies a website or group of websites on the internet | You will need to register a domain name. | Käyttäjänimi |
instant massage | a written message sent using a system on the internet that allows people to communicate with each other very quickly | to send an instant message | pikaviesti netissä |
payphone | a phone, usually in a public place, that is operated using coins or a card | Im at a payphone | Puhelin joka toimii kolikoilla tai kortilla |
abbreviation | abbreviation (of/for something) a short form of a word, etc | What's the abbreviation for ‘Saint’? | Lyhennetty |
ablative | (in some languages) in the form that a noun, a pronoun or an adjective can take to show, for example, who or what something is done by or where something comes from | kielioppi | |
affirmative | an affirmative word or reply means ‘yes’ or expresses agreement | an affirmative response to the question | "kyllä" |
antithesis | the opposite of something | Love is the antithesis of selfishness. | vastakohta |
archaism | a thing that is very old or old-fashioned, especially a word or a style of language or art; the use of such a word or style | You are using a very archaism language. | Vanhanaikainen |
bullet point | an item in a list in a document, that is printed with a square, diamond or circle in front of it in order to show that it is important. The square, etc. is also called a bullet point. | Please see the first and second bullet points on the first page. | Merkattu tärkeä kohta jossain dokumentissa. |
binomial | an expression that has two groups of numbers or letters, joined by the sign + or − | It's called binomial in mathematics | Numerot tai kirjaimet jossa on + tai - |
chiasmus | a technique used in writing or in speeches, in which words, ideas, etc. are repeated in the opposite order | She used the chiasmus tehchnique | Tekniikka jossa sanoja toistetaan päinvastaisessa järjestyksessä |
deritative | a word or thing that has been developed or produced from another word or thing | ‘Happiness’ is a derivative of ‘happy’. | sana tai asia joka on kehittynyt tai tehty toisesta sanasta tai asiasta |
bilabial | a speech sound made by using both lips, such as /b/, /p/ and /m/ in buy, pie and my | I heard bilabial | Puheen ääni |
acces provider | a business company that provides a service to customers, especially one that connects customers to the internet | Yhtiö joka hankkii palveluja asiakkaille erityisesti netistä | |
ad-blocker | a piece of software that removes the advertisements from a web page when you view it | Do you use ad-blocker | Mainoksen estäjä |
area code | the numbers for a particular area or city, which you use when you are making a phone call from outside the local area | What is your areas code? | Alueen koodi. |
attachment | a document that you send to somebody using email | You can sent the attachment about that in my gmail. | Dokumentti jonka lähetät sähköpostin kautta |
carrier | a company that carries goods or passengers from one place to another, especially by air | Finnair is a carrier. | Kuljetusyhtiö |
beep | (of an electronic machine) to make a short high sound | The microwave beeps to let you know when it has finished. | Lyhyt ja korkea ääni sähkölaitteesta. |
bandwitdh | a band of frequencies used for sending electronic signals | bandwidths in the range of 50–70 Hz | kaistanleveys |
courtesy call | a formal or official visit, usually by one important person to another, just to be polite, not to discuss important business | It's just a courtesy call | Yleensä jokin tärkeä henkilö vierailee kohteliaisuuden vuoksi |
blue pages | the blue pages in a phone directory that give a list of government departments and their phone numbers | You can check the number from the blue pages | Sivut joissa on hallituksen osastojen yhteystiedot (jenkeissä) |
callback | a phone call that you make to somebody who has just called you | Im going to callback | Soittaa takaisin |