Minusta tuntuu, että pahoista tavoistaan ei pääse eroon kuin toisen ihmisen avulla, Aurora sanoi. – On joku, jonka takia haluaa muuttua. Vielä parempi, jos hän tukee muutosta.
I feel that no one can get rid of their bad habits as they can with another person's help, Aurora said. There's somebody, because of whom one wants to change. Even better if they support the change.
* paha : bad
* tapa : habit
* päästä : (intransitive) to get to, reach, arrive at/in (with illative)
* ero : separation, parting
* päästä eroon jostakin/jostakusta : to get rid of something/somebody
* apu : help
* takia : (postposition) because of, due to (with genitive and/or possessive form)
* muuttua : (intransitive) to change, alter (become different)
* vielä : even (to an even greater degree; emphasizing a comparative)
* tukea : (transitive, usually atelic) to support
* muutos : change (process of making or becoming different)
Pelko on koko ajan läsnä, mutta sitä ei saa eikä voi päästää vallalle. Se on poljettava pois mielestä.
Fear is always present, but no one must and can let it be prevalent. One must tread it away from their mind.
* pelko : fear, dread
* koko ajan : all the time
* läsnä : present (being in the immediate vicinity)
* päästää : (transitive) to let
* valta : power, authority, rule
* vallalle : into being prevalent or dominating
* polkea : to tread
* Passive Present Participle (-(t)tava/-(t)tävä) : It is used to express necessity. This construction always uses the verb olla. If the sentence has a subject, it will appear in the genitive case.