Finnish-English translations for valloittaa

conquer
us
To my ears the word conquer has the wrong associations. Sana "valloittaa " aiheuttaa minusta aivan väärää assosiaatiota. The only excuse we have now is that 'pax americana' wants to fight the whole world and conquer it. Nyt tekosyynä on se, että pax americana haluaa sotia koko maailmaa vastaan ja haluaa valloittaa kaiken. Mr President, thanks to science and technology, mankind has begun to conquer space and has walked on the moon. Arvoisa puhemies, tieteen ja tekniikan ansiosta ihminen on alkanut valloittaa avaruutta ja kävellyt kuussa.
take
us
If the EU renders it necessary to take the north from the Turkish population, war will follow. Jos EU katsoo velvollisuudekseen 40 vuoden jälkeen valloittaa saaren pohjoisosan turkkilaiselta väestöltä, se johtaa sotaan. They took Charltons gun from his cold, dead handsIll take that plate off the table

take by storm
us
The soldiers took the castle by storm.
take overHe took the car over to the garage.He will take over the job permanently when the accountant retiresMy husband is taking over the accounts department during the holiday period, while the chief accountant is away

Dictionary