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hyökkääjä
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eteenpäin
puhekieltä agreement Agreement; covenant.
Toward the front or at the front.
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The fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
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the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet
Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- (..) the lady conceived the same desires with himself, and was on her side contriving how to give the captain proper encouragement, without appearing too forward; for she was a strict observer of all rules of decorum.
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1999: "Would you think it forward of me to kiss you?" asked Tristran. — Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 44 (2001 Perennial paperback edition).
puhekieltä Expected in the future.
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The stock price is currently 12 times forward earnings.
Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.
Bible, Gal. ii. 10
- Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Shakespeare
- Nor do we find him forward to be sounded.
Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
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The grass is forward, or forward for the season. We have a forward spring.
- The most forward bud / Is eaten by the canker ere it blow.
Towards the front or from the front.
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- A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
In the usual direction of travel.
Into the future.
(quote-book)
puhekieltä To advance, promote.
1941, (w), Up at the Villa, Vintage 2004, p. 26:
- Mary had a suspicion that this plan had been arranged beforehand, for she knew how the lewd old woman loved to forward love affairs ….
puhekieltä To send (a letter, email etc.) to a third party.
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Ill be glad to forward your mail to you while you're gone.''
puhekieltä one of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
puhekieltä A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
puhekieltä An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
puhekieltä The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
puhekieltä The front part of a vessel.
puhekieltä An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
2004, Tamara Stevens, What Is Snail Mail?: The Lost Art of Letterwriting (page 27)
- When you receive your new pen-pal's email address, do not automatically put it in your address book and use the email Addy to send 'forwards' to. Not every pen pal likes 'forwards', especially jokes and meaningless emails.
2009, Joli Ballew, Windows 7 for the Over 50s in Simple Steps
- This method attaches the files to a new email, which is fine if you want to create a new email. The only problem with this is that it doesn't work if you'd rather send forwards or replies.
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puhekieltä (l)
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