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  • 1 for hours

    (for a very long time: We waited for hours for the train.) για ώρες,επί μακρόν

    English-Greek dictionary > for hours

  • 2 come on

    1) (to appear on stage or the screen: They waited for the comedian to come on.) εμφανίζομαι
    2) (hurry up!: Come on - we'll be late for the party!) βιάσου
    3) (don't be ridiculous!: Come on, you don't really expect me to believe that!) ασ'τα αυτά, έλα τώρα

    English-Greek dictionary > come on

  • 3 just

    I adjective
    1) (right and fair: not favouring one more than another: a fair and just decision.) δίκαιος
    2) (reasonable; based on one's rights: He certainly has a just claim to the money.) λογικός, δικαιολογημένος
    3) (deserved: He got his just reward when he crashed the stolen car and broke his leg.) αυτός που αξίζει ή αρμόζει σε μία περίσταση
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    - justness II adverb
    1) ((often with as) exactly or precisely: This penknife is just what I needed; He was behaving just as if nothing had happened; The house was just as I'd remembered it.) ακριβώς
    2) ((with as) quite: This dress is just as nice as that one.) ακριβώς
    3) (very lately or recently: He has just gone out of the house.) μόλις, τώρα δα
    4) (on the point of; in the process of: She is just coming through the door.) μόλις, αυτή τη στιγμή
    5) (at the particular moment: The telephone rang just as I was leaving.) ακριβώς
    6) ((often with only) barely: We have only just enough milk to last till Friday; I just managed to escape; You came just in time.) μόλις
    7) (only; merely: They waited for six hours just to get a glimpse of the Queen; `Where are you going?' `Just to the post office'; Could you wait just a minute?) μόνο (και μόνο), απλώς
    8) (used for emphasis, eg with commands: Just look at that mess!; That just isn't true!; I just don't know what to do.) απλώς (για έμφαση)
    9) (absolutely: The weather is just marvellous.) σκέτα
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    - just now
    - just then

    English-Greek dictionary > just

  • 4 at fever pitch

    (at a level of great excitement: The crowd's excitement was at fever pitch as they waited for the filmstar to appear.) σε παροξυσμό

    English-Greek dictionary > at fever pitch

  • 5 catch up

    (to come level (with): We caught him up at the corner; Ask the taxi-driver if he can catch up with that lorry; We waited for him to catch up; She had a lot of schoolwork to catch up on after her illness.) προλαβαίνω

    English-Greek dictionary > catch up

  • 6 eternity

    1) (time without end.) αιωνιότητα
    2) (a seemingly endless time: He waited for an eternity.) αιωνιότητα
    3) (the state or time after death.) αιωνιότητα

    English-Greek dictionary > eternity

  • 7 fuse

    I 1. [fju:z] verb
    1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) (συν)τήκω, συγχωνεύω
    2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) καίω,καίγομαι
    2. noun
    (a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.) ασφάλεια ηλεκτρικού κυκλώματος
    II [fju:z] noun
    (a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) φιτίλι

    English-Greek dictionary > fuse

  • 8 lag

    [læɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - lagged; verb
    ((often with behind) to move too slowly and become left behind: We waited for the smaller children, who were lagging behind the rest.) μένω πίσω, καθυστερώ
    2. noun
    (an act of lagging or the amount by which one thing is later than another: There is sometimes a time-lag of several seconds between our seeing the lightning and our hearing the thunder.) καθυστέρηση, χρονική υστέρηση

    English-Greek dictionary > lag

  • 9 settle down

    1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) καταλαγιάζω,τακτοποιούμαι,νοικοκυρεύομαι
    2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) βολεύομαι
    3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) στρώνομαι

    English-Greek dictionary > settle down

  • 10 show up

    1) (to make obvious: This light shows up the places where I've mended this coat.) αποκαλύπτω,κάνω να φανεί
    2) (to reveal the faults of: Mary was so neat that she really showed me up.) ντροπιάζω
    3) (to stand out clearly: The scratches showed up on the photograph.) ξεχωρίζω,φαίνομαι
    4) (to appear or arrive: I waited for her, but she never showed up.) προσέρχομαι,εμφανίζομαι

    English-Greek dictionary > show up

  • 11 platform

    ['plætfo:m]
    1) (a raised part of a floor eg in a hall, for speakers, entertainers etc: The orchestra arranged themselves on the platform.) εξέδρα
    2) (the raised area between or beside the lines in a railway station: They waited on the platform for their train to arrive; The London train will leave from platform 6.) αποβάθρα(σταθμού)

    English-Greek dictionary > platform

  • 12 suspense

    [-s]
    noun (a state of uncertainty and anxiety: We waited in suspense for the result of the competition.) αγωνία, `σασπένς`

    English-Greek dictionary > suspense

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