week 43, 2021
käydä kiivaana = to become heated, to heat up, in a metaphorical sense, such as a topic, conversation, sales, etc.
Keskustelu kävi kiivaana. = The conversation became heated.
Mökkikauppa kävi alkuvuonna kiivaana, hinnat kipusivat yli 20 prosenttia. = Cottage-sales (the "mökki" market) heated up during the start of the year, prices soared by over 20 percent.
week 42, 2021
1. to go around an obstacle:
Hän kiersi sen. = He went around it.
2. to orbit (a planet or similar):
Se kiersi kuun 7 kertaa. = It went around the moon 7 times.
3. to avoid or dodge something (can be metaphorical, like a topic):
Eilen hän kiersi aihetta. = Yesterday he avoided the topic.
Kopiosuojaus voidaan kiertää. = You can get around copy protection.
4. to tour, to go around:
Hän kiersi Eurooppaa. = He went around / toured Europe.
Hän kiersi seitsemän vuoden ajan Suomen kansallispuistoja. = During a 7 year period he toured Finland's national parks.
week 41, 2021
Literally: as in to just drop something, for it fall from your hands
Vasara kirposi kädestään. - The hammer slipped from his hand.
And also metaphorically:
Onko Putinin ote kirpoamassa? = Is Putin's grasp slipping?
