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escape+(noun)

  • 1 escape

    [i'skeip] 1. verb
    1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) δραπετεύω
    2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) ξεφεύγω,γλιτώνω
    3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) διαφεύγω
    4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) διαρρέω
    2. noun
    ((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) απόδραση,διαφυγή,διαρροή
    - escapist

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  • 2 fire-escape

    noun (a means of escape from a building in case of fire, usually in the form of a metal staircase on the outside of the building: Hotels should have fire-escapes.) έξοδος κινδύνου

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  • 3 blowout

    1) (the bursting of a car tyre: That's the second blowout I've had with this car.) κλατάρισμα, σκάσιμο
    2) ((on eg an oil rig) a violent escape of gas etc.) διαφυγή αερίου

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  • 4 captor

    noun (a person who captures someone: He managed to escape from his captors.) αυτός που κρατά κάποιον αιχμάλωτο

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  • 5 checkmate

    noun (in chess, a position from which the king cannot escape.) (ρουά) ματ

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  • 6 escapism

    noun (the tendency to escape from unpleasant reality into day-dreams etc.) τάση φυγής από την πραγματικότητα

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  • 7 getaway

    noun (an escape: The thieves made their getaway in a stolen car; ( also adjective) a getaway car.) φυγή

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  • 8 sell-out

    1) (an event, especially a concert, for which all the tickets are sold: His concert was a sell-out.) ξεπούλημα
    2) (a betrayal: The gang realized it was a sell-out and tried to escape.) προδοσία

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  • 9 slip

    I 1. [slip] past tense, past participle - slipped; verb
    1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) γλιστρώ(και πέφτω)
    2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) γλιστρώ
    3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) λαθεύω,χάνω
    4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) (ξε)γλιστρώ
    5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) ξεγλιστρώ
    6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) χώνω στα κλεφτά/φορώ βιαστικά
    2. noun
    1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) γλίστρημα,γλίστρα
    2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) μικρολάθος,παραδρομή,ολίσθημα
    3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) μεσοφόρι,κομπινεζόν
    4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) ναυπηγική κλίνη
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    - slippery
    - slipperiness
    - slip road
    - slipshod
    - give someone the slip
    - give the slip
    - let slip
    - slip into
    - slip off
    - slip on
    - slip up     II [slip] noun
    (a strip or narrow piece of paper: She wrote down his telephone number on a slip of paper.) λωρίδα χαρτί

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  • 10 break out

    1) (to appear or happen suddenly: War has broken out.) ξεσπώ
    2) (to escape (from prison, restrictions etc): A prisoner has broken out (noun breakout).) δραπετεύω

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  • 11 chimney

    [' imni]
    (a passage for the escape of smoke etc from a fireplace or furnace: a factory chimney.) καπνοδόχος

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  • 12 corner

    ['ko:nə] 1. noun
    1) (a point where two lines, walls, roads etc meet: the corners of a cube; the corner of the street.) γωνία
    2) (a place, usually a small quiet place: a secluded corner.) γωνία
    3) (in football, a free kick from the corner of the field: We've been awarded a corner.) κόρνερ
    2. verb
    1) (to force (a person or animal) into a place from which it is difficult to escape: The thief was cornered in an alley.)
    2) (to turn a corner: He cornered on only three wheels; This car corners very well.)
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    - cut corners
    - turn the corner

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  • 13 estimate

    1. ['estimeit] verb
    1) (to judge size, amount, value etc, especially roughly or without measuring: He estimated that the journey would take two hours.) (προ)ϋπολογίζω, κάνω εκτίμηση
    2) (to form an idea or judgement of how good etc something is: I estimated my chances of escape as very good.) εκτιμώ,αποτιμώ
    2. [-mət] noun
    (a calculation (eg of the probable cost etc of something): He gave us an estimate of the cost of repairing the stonework; a rough estimate.) εκτίμηση,προϋπολογισμός

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  • 14 fire

    1. noun
    1) (anything that is burning, whether accidentally or not: a warm fire in the kitchen; Several houses were destroyed in a fire.) φωτιά,πυρκαγιά
    2) (an apparatus for heating: a gas fire; an electric fire.) θερμάστρα
    3) (the heat and light produced by burning: Fire is one of man's greatest benefits.) φωτιά
    4) (enthusiasm: with fire in his heart.) έξαψη
    5) (attack by gunfire: The soldiers were under fire.) πυρ,πυρά
    2. verb
    1) ((of china, pottery etc) to heat in an oven, or kiln, in order to harden and strengthen: The ceramic pots must be fired.)
    2) (to make (someone) enthusiastic; to inspire: The story fired his imagination.)
    3) (to operate (a gun etc) by discharging a bullet etc from it: He fired his revolver three times.)
    4) (to send out or discharge (a bullet etc) from a gun etc: He fired three bullets at the target.)
    5) ((often with at or on) to aim and operate a gun at; to shoot at: They suddenly fired on us; She fired at the target.)
    6) (to send away someone from his/her job; to dismiss: He was fired from his last job for being late.)
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    - firearm
    - fire-brigade
    - fire-cracker
    - fire-engine
    - fire-escape
    - fire-extinguisher
    - fire-guard
    - fireman
    - fireplace
    - fireproof
    - fireside
    - fire-station
    - firewood
    - firework
    - firing-squad
    - catch fire
    - on fire
    - open fire
    - play with fire
    - set fire to something / set something on fire
    - set fire to / set something on fire
    - set fire to something / set on fire
    - set fire to / set on fire
    - under fire

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  • 15 let down

    1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) κατεβάζω
    2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) απογοητεύω, εγκαταλείπω, ρίχνω
    3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) ξεφουσκώνω
    4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) μακραίνω

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  • 16 maroon

    I [mə'ru:n] noun
    (a dark brownish-red colour: a deep shade of maroon; ( also adjective) a large maroon car.) μπορντό
    II [mə'ru:n] verb
    1) (to put (someone) on shore on a lonely island from which he cannot escape.) εγκαταλείπω(σε ερημονήσι)
    2) (to leave (someone) in a helpless, lonely or uncomfortable position: I was marooned on a lonely country road.) αφήνω αβοήθητο/μόνο κι έρημο

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  • 17 watch

    [wo ] 1. noun
    1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) ρολόι (χεριού, τσέπης)
    2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) σκοπιά
    3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) βάρδια, σκοπιά
    2. verb
    1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) παρακολουθώ
    2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) προσέχω μη φανεί
    3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) προσέχω, φυλάγομαι από
    4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) προσέχω, επιβλέπω
    5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) καιροφυλαχτώ
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    - watchful
    - watchfully
    - watchfulness
    - watchdog
    - watchmaker
    - watchman
    - watchtower
    - watchword
    - keep watch
    - watch one's step
    - watch out
    - watch over

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