Finnish English Dictionary

suomen kieli - English

huvi in English:

1. fun fun


Have fun!
Our vacation was so much fun that we decided to stay an extra week.
My kind of holiday fun is skiing, not watching TV
I went to the movie thinking that it would be fun, but it left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures.
Didn't you ever put on rubber boots as a kid and have fun splashing water in puddles?
The fun thing about this job is that the technology is continually advancing so it continues to be stimulating.
Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.
This sort of thing, it's buying stuff that's fun. Whether you use it or not is secondary.
Although the pressure of studying at the University of Cambridge is very high, many students still have time to go out and have fun.
As a consequence of its fun factor, Tatoeba contains random bits of factual information.
Christopher Columbus despised pirates, but he loved their eyepatches. Sometimes, he would wear one - just for fun.
Just one look at the amusing dispenser, colorful animal tiles, two-sided bingo cards, and transparent monkey chips and you know you're in for some serious fun.
I have amongst my relatives, a single one who sincerely lives righteously, has strict principles and pursues an ideal, but all my other relatives speak ill and make fun of him.
You're having so much fun doing what you are that you can't see what's going on around you.

English word "huvi"(fun) occurs in sets:

Top 1000 Finnish Nouns 101 - 150

2. pleasure pleasure


When we are away from home, nothing gives us more pleasure than to receive a parcel from home.
One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain.
My pleasure!
Throughout my life, I've had the great pleasure of travelling all around the world and working in many diverse nations.
Pleasure is always in the past or in the future, never in the present.
The close-cropped lawn is beautiful in the eyes of a people whose inherited bent it is to readily find pleasure in contemplating a well-preserved pasture or grazing land.
Robinson considers nature a mere object of scientific study to exploit for his own uses and pleasure.
Human beings usually have two basic desires: to get away from pain and to arrive at pleasure.
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
Pleasure is a general term for good feelings. People get pleasure from eating, sleeping, watching TV, or anything else they enjoy.
I think it is an honour and a pleasure that we, specifically, are able to hold the final dialogue.
all pleasure is mine / to give pleasure to sb / with pleasure / to enjoy sth, to find pleasure in sth / I am learning for pleasure
Never were finer women or more accomplished men seen in any Court, and Nature seemed to have taken pleasure in lavishing her greatest graces on the greatest persons.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own.

English word "huvi"(pleasure) occurs in sets:

Top 1000 Finnish Nouns 251 - 300