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  • 21 any

    ['eni] 1. pronoun, adjective
    1) (one, some, no matter which: `Which dress shall I wear?' `Wear any (dress)'; `Which dresses shall I pack?' `Pack any (dresses)'.) οποιοσδήποτε
    2) ((in questions and negative sentences etc) one, some: John has been to some interesting places but I've never been to any; Have you been to any interesting places?; We have hardly any coffee left.) κανένας, καθόλου
    2. adjective
    (every: Any schoolboy could tell you the answer.) οποιοσδήποτε
    3. adverb
    (at all; (even) by a small amount: Is this book any better than the last one?; His writing hasn't improved any.) καθόλου
    - anyone
    - anyhow
    - anything
    - anyway
    - anywhere
    - at any rate
    - in any case

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  • 22 arguable

    adjective (able to be put forward in argument: It is arguable that he would have been better to go.) συζητήσιμος

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  • 23 beyond expectation

    (much more or much better than expected: The plan succeeded beyond all expectations; The hotel was beyond our expectations.) απροσδόκητος

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  • 24 brain drain

    (the loss of experts to another country (usually in search of better salaries etc): As a result of the brain drain Britain does not have enough doctors.) διαρροή επιστημόνων

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  • 25 break

    [breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb
    1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) σπάζω, κομματιάζω
    2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) χωρίζω, ανοίγω
    3) (to make or become unusable.) χαλώ
    4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) αθετώ, παραβιάζω
    5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) καταρρίπτω, σπάζω
    6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) διακόπτω
    7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) σπάζω
    8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) ανακοινώνω
    9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) χοντραίνω, «βαθαίνω»
    10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) ανακόπτω, κοπάζω
    11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) ξεσπώ
    2. noun
    1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) παύση, διακοπή, διάλειμμα
    2) (a change: a break in the weather.) αλλαγή
    3) (an opening.) άνοιγμα
    4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) ευκαιρία
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    3. noun
    ((usually in plural) something likely to break.) εύθραυστο αντικείμενο
    - breaker
    - breakdown
    - break-in
    - breakneck
    - breakout
    - breakthrough
    - breakwater
    - break away
    - break down
    - break into
    - break in
    - break loose
    - break off
    - break out
    - break out in
    - break the ice
    - break up
    - make a break for it

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  • 26 buck up

    1) (to hurry: You'd better buck up if you want to catch the bus.) κάνω γρήγορα
    2) (to cheer up: She bucked up when she heard the news.) εμψυχώνω/-ομαι

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  • 27 capable

    ['keipəbl]
    1) (clever especially in practical ways: She'll manage somehow - she's so capable!) ικανός
    2) ((with of) clever enough to; likely to; able to: He is capable of doing better; He is quite capable of cheating us.) ικανός, άξιος
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    - capability

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  • 28 carry

    ['kæri]
    1) (to take from one place etc to another: She carried the child over the river; Flies carry disease.) μεταφέρω
    2) (to go from one place to another: Sound carries better over water.) μεταφέρομαι
    3) (to support: These stone columns carry the weight of the whole building.) φέρω, βαστώ
    4) (to have or hold: This job carries great responsibility.) συνεπάγομαι
    5) (to approve (a bill etc) by a majority of votes: The parliamentary bill was carried by forty-two votes.) εγκρίνω
    6) (to hold (oneself) in a certain way: He carries himself like a soldier.) φέρομαι
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    ((slang) a fuss; excited behaviour.) σαχλαμάρισμα, καμώματα

    ((of bags or cases) that passengers can carry with them on board a plane.) (αποσκευές) που μπορώ να έχω μαζί μου κατά την διάρκεια πτήσης

    - carry-cot
    - be/get carried away
    - carry forward
    - carry off
    - carry on
    - carry out
    - carry weight

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  • 29 clear up

    1) (to make clean, tidy etc: Clear up this mess!) τακτοποιώ
    2) (to become better etc: If the weather clears up, we'll go for a picnic.) ξανοίγω

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  • 30 comfort

    1) (a pleasant condition of being physically or mentally relaxed, happy, warm etc: They now live in comfort.) άνεση
    2) (anything that provides a little luxury, or makes one feel happier, or better able to bear misfortune: He enjoyed the comforts of the hotel; Her presence was a comfort to him in his grief; words of comfort.) ανακούφιση, παρηγοριά, άνεση
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    - comfortably
    - comforting
    - be comfortably off

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  • 31 contrast

    1. verb
    1) (to show marked difference from: His words contrast with his actions.) έρχομαι σε αντίθεση
    2) (to compare so as to show differences: Contrast fresh and frozen vegetables and you'll find the fresh ones taste better.) συγκρίνω
    2. noun
    1) (difference(s) in things or people that are compared: The contrast between their attitudes is very marked.) αντίθεση
    2) (a thing or person that shows a marked difference (to another): She's a complete contrast to her sister.) αντίθετο

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  • 32 cool

    [ku:l] 1. adjective
    1) (slightly cold: cool weather.) δροσερός
    2) (calm or not excitable: He's very cool in a crisis.) ψύχραιμος
    3) (not very friendly: He was very cool towards me.) ψυχρός
    4) ((slang) great; terrific; fantastic: Wow, that's really cool!; You look cool in those jeans!) εξαίρετος, πρώτης ποιότητας
    2. verb
    1) (to make or become less warm: The jelly will cool better in the refrigerator; She cooled her hands in the stream.) κρυώνω, δροσίζω
    2) (to become less strong: His affection for her has cooled; Her anger cooled.) περνώ
    3. noun
    (cool air or atmosphere: the cool of the evening.) ψύχρα
    - coolness
    - cool-headed
    - cool down
    - keep one's cool
    - lose one's cool

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  • 33 crawl

    [kro:l] 1. verb
    1) (to move slowly along the ground: The injured dog crawled away.) έρπω, σέρνομαι
    2) ((of people) to move on hands and knees or with the front of the body on the ground: The baby can't walk yet, but she crawls everywhere.) μπουσουλώ
    3) (to move slowly: The traffic was crawling along at ten kilometres per hour.) προχωρώ με βήμα σημειωτόν
    4) (to be covered with crawling things: His hair was crawling with lice.) είμαι γεμάτος
    2. noun
    1) (a very slow movement or speed: We drove along at a crawl.) αργός ρυθμός
    2) (a style of swimming in which the arms make alternate overarm movements: She's better at the crawl than she is at the breaststroke.) κολύμβηση κρόουλ

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  • 34 cure

    [kjuə] 1. verb
    1) (to make better: That medicine cured me; That will cure him of his bad habits.) θεραπεύω
    2) (to get rid of (an illness etc): That pill cured my headache.) θεραπεύω
    3) (to preserve (bacon etc) by drying, salting etc.) διατηρώ (παστώνω, καπνίζω, κλπ.)
    2. noun
    (something which cures: They're trying to find a cure for cancer.) θεραπεία
    - curative

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  • 35 day by day

    (every day: He's getting better day by day.) μέρα με τη μέρα

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  • 36 deserving

    1) (worthy or suitable (to be given charity etc): I only give money to deserving causes.) που το αξίζει
    2) ((with of) worthy of: He is deserving of better treatment than this.) άξιος

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  • 37 distance

    ['distəns]
    1) (the space between things, places etc: Some of the children have to walk long distances to school; It's quite a distance to the bus stop; It is difficult to judge distance when driving at night; What's the distance from here to London?) απόσταση
    2) (a far-off place or point: We could see the town in the distance; He disappeared into the distance; The picture looks better at a distance.) βάθος,μακρία
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  • 38 eclipse

    [i'klips] 1. noun
    (the disappearance of the whole or part of the sun when the moon comes between it and the earth, or of the moon when the earth's shadow falls across it: When was the last total eclipse of the sun?) έκλειψη
    2. verb
    1) (to obscure or cut off the light or sight of (the sun or moon): The sun was partially eclipsed at 9 a.m.) προκαλώ έκλειψη
    2) (to be much better than: His great success eclipsed his brother's achievements.) επισκιάζω

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  • 39 employ

    [im'ploi]
    1) (to give (especially paid) work to: He employs three typists; She is employed as a teacher.) απασχολώ,προσλαμβάνω
    2) (to occupy the time or attention of: She was busily employed (in) writing letters.) απασχολώ
    3) (to make use of: You should employ your time better.) χρησιμοποιώ
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    - employee
    - employee
    - employer
    - employment

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  • 40 emulate

    ['emjuleit]
    (to try hard to equal or be better than.) μιμούμαι

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  • Better — Bet ter, a.; compar. of Good. [OE. betere, bettre, and as adv. bet, AS. betera, adj., and bet, adv.; akin to Icel. betri, adj., betr, adv., Goth. batiza, adj., OHG. bezziro, adj., baz, adv., G. besser, adj. and adv., bass, adv., E. boot, and prob …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Better — is the comparative form of the adjective good .Better may also refer to: * to better as a verb means that someone or something has undergone betterment *better, an alternate spelling of bettor, as a noun, is someone who bets (gambles) *Better, a… …   Wikipedia

  • better — better1 [bet′ər] adj. [ME bettere, betere < OE betera: see BEST] 1. compar. of GOOD 2. of a more excellent sort; surpassing another or others 3. more suitable, more desirable, more favorable, more profitable, etc. 4. being more than half;… …   English World dictionary

  • better — adj Better, superior, preferable mean more worthy or more pleasing than another or others. Better, which often serves as the comparative of good, in this sense implies a quality or character in a person or thing that surpasses or exceeds that in… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Better — Bet ter, adv.; compar. of {Well}. 1. In a superior or more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, courage, virtue, advantage, or success; as, Henry writes better than John; veterans fight better than recruits. [1913 Webster] I could have… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • better — 1. had better. This common idiom is used in the form We had better go home or We d better go home; the negative form is We d better not go home and the interrogative Hadn t we better go home?. Informally (but not in more formal contexts), the… …   Modern English usage

  • Better — Bet ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bettered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bettering}.] [AS. beterian, betrian, fr. betera better. See {Better}, a.] 1. To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of. [1913 Webster] Love betters what is best.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • better — [adj1] excelling, more excellent bigger, choice, exceeding, exceptional, finer, fitter, greater, higher quality, improved, larger, more appropriate, more desirable, more fitting, more select, more suitable, more useful, more valuable, preferable …   New thesaurus

  • Better — Bet ter, n. 1. Advantage, superiority, or victory; usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy. [1913 Webster] 2. One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; usually in the plural. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Better — Bet ter, v. i. To become better; to improve. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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