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Usages of selkä
Pitkän työpäivän jälkeen selkää särkee, jos en venyttele.
After a long workday my back aches if I do not stretch.
Sunnuntaina kirjoitan päiväkirjaan, millainen työpäivä oli ja missä kohdassa selässä tuntui kipua.
On Sunday I write in the diary what the workday was like and where in the back I felt pain.
Illalla selkää särkee, koska olin laiska.
In the evening my back aches because I was lazy.
Minä venyttelen selkää illalla.
I stretch my back in the evening.
Selässä on kipeä kohta.
There is a sore spot in the back.
Pitkän päivän jälkeen väsymys tuntuu selässäni.
After a long day, I can feel the tiredness in my back.
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