unravel

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unravel

purkautua, olla silmäpako, hajota, peruuttaa, kumota, purkaa, erottaa, jakaa.

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Englannin sanakirja

unravel (englanti > suomi)

1. purkaa transitive, purkautua intransitive

unravel englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To separate the threads (of); disentangle.

Stop playing with the seam of the tablecloth! Youll unravel it.''

Mother couldnt unravel the ball of wool after the cat had played with it.''

2. puhekieltä To become undone; to collapse.

3. 2010, Ian Cowie, http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ianmcowie/100006636/state-pension-ponzi-scheme-unravels-with-retirement-at-70/ "State pension Ponzi scheme unravels with retirement at 70", The Telegraph, June 24th, 2010,

The great Ponzi scheme that lies behind our State pension is unravelling – as they all do eventually – because money being taken from new investors is insufficient to honour promises issued to earlier generations.

4. puhekieltä To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve.

to unravel a plot

to unravel a mystery

to unravel the confusion

5. puhekieltä To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.

6. Dryden

Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unravelled.

''to unravel the global compromise achieved in the Constitutional Treaty

''to unravel the broad consensus which was created

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