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1 a bee in one's bonnet
(an idea which has become fixed in one's mind: She has a bee in her bonnet about going to America.) έμμονη ιδέα -
2 lodge
[lo‹] 1. noun1) (a small house, especially one at a gate to the grounds of a large house.) σπιτάκι, περίπτερο2) (a room at a college gate etc for an attendant: the porter's lodge.) θυρωρείο2. verb1) (to live in rooms for which one pays, in someone else's house: He lodges with the Smiths.) νοικιάζω δωμάτιο2) (to make or become fixed: The bullet was lodged in his spine.) σφηνώνω3) (to make (an objection, an appeal etc) formally or officially.) υποβάλλω•- lodger- lodging -
3 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) χώνω,μπήγω2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) είμαι καρφωμένος/μπηγμένος3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) κολλώ4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) χώνομαι,μαγκώνω,φρακάρω,κολλώ•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) ξυλαράκι2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) ραβδί,μπαστούνι3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) κλαδί, ματσούκι•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick -
4 wedge
[we‹] 1. noun1) (a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood etc or in fixing something tightly in place: She used a wedge under the door to prevent it swinging shut.) σφήνα2) (something similar in shape: a wedge of cheese.) φέτα2. verb(to fix or become fixed by, or as if by, a wedge or wedges: He is so fat that he got wedged in the doorway.) σφηνώνω / -ομαι -
5 set
[set] 1. present participle - setting; verb1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) τοποθετώ,βάζω,αφήνω2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) στρώνω(τραπέζι)3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) ορίζω4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) αναθέτω/δίνω5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) προκαλώ,βάζω,κάνω6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) δύω,βασιλεύω7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) πήζω,δένω8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) ρυθμίζω9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) φιξάρω10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) δένω11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) ανατάσσω,βάζω στη θέση του2. adjective1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) καθορισμένος,σταθερός2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) αποφασισμένος3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) εσκεμμένος4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) σταθερός,μόνιμος5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) στερεότυπος,αμετακίνητος6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) δεμένος,διακοσμημένος3. noun1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) σύνολο,σειρά2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) δέκτης,συσκευή3) (a group of people: the musical set.) κύκλος4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) χτένισμα,φιξάρισμα5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) σκηνικό/χώρος γυρίσματος6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) παρτίδα,σετ•- setting- setback
- set phrase
- set-square
- setting-lotion
- set-to
- set-up
- all set
- set about
- set someone against someone
- set against someone
- set someone against
- set against
- set aside
- set back
- set down
- set in
- set off
- set something or someone on someone
- set on someone
- set something or someone on
- set on
- set out
- set to
- set up
- set up camp
- set up house
- set up shop
- set upon -
6 steady
['stedi] 1. adjective1) ((negative unsteady) firmly fixed, balanced or controlled: The table isn't steady; You need a steady hand to be a surgeon.) σταθερός2) (regular or even: a steady temperature; He was walking at a steady pace.) σταθερός,αμετάβλητος3) (unchanging or constant: steady faith.) σταθερός,ακλόνητος4) ((of a person) sensible and hardworking in habits etc: a steady young man.) προκομμένος2. verb(to make or become steady: He stumbled but managed to steady himself; His heart-beat gradually steadied.) σταθεροποιώ/-ούμαι- steadily- steadiness
- steady on! - steady ! -
7 Informally
adv.Without restraint: P. ἀνέδην.Informally they fixed the dates when all who refused to become parties to the treaty should be declared enemies to both sides: P. χρόνους προὔθεντο ἄνευ συγγραφῆς, ἐν οἷς χρῆν τοὺς μὴ εἰσιόντας ἀμφοτέροις πολεμίους εἶναι (Thuc. 5, 35).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Informally
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