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  • 1 bite

    1. past tense - bit; verb
    (to seize, grasp or tear (something) with the teeth or jaws: The dog bit his leg; He was bitten by a mosquito.) δαγκώνω
    2. noun
    1) (an act of biting or the piece or place bitten: a bite from the apple; a mosquito bite.) δαγκωματιά
    2) (the nibble of a fish on the end of one's line: I've been fishing for hours without a bite.) τσίμπημα δολώματος από ψάρι
    - bite the dust

    English-Greek dictionary > bite

  • 2 time

    1. noun
    1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) ώρα
    2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) χρόνος
    3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.) καιρός, ώρα
    4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') (διαθέσιμος) χρόνος
    5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) κατάλληλη στιγμή / περίσταση
    6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) φορά
    7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) περίοδος, στιγμή
    8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) χρόνος, ρυθμός
    2. verb
    1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) χρονομετρώ
    2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) επιλέγω το χρόνο, διαλέγω την ώρα μου (για)
    - timelessly
    - timelessness
    - timely
    - timeliness
    - timer
    - times
    - timing
    - time bomb
    - time-consuming
    - time limit
    - time off
    - time out
    - timetable
    - all in good time
    - all the time
    - at times
    - be behind time
    - for the time being
    - from time to time
    - in good time
    - in time
    - no time at all
    - no time
    - one
    - two at a time
    - on time
    - save
    - waste time
    - take one's time
    - time and time again
    - time and again

    English-Greek dictionary > time

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  • end */*/*/ — I UK [end] / US noun [countable] Word forms end : singular end plural ends Get it right: end: People often confuse the phrases at the end and in the end. In the end is similar to finally or eventually. Use it when you are saying what happens… …   English dictionary

  • end — end1 ender, n. /end/, n. 1. the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope. 2. a point, line, or limitation that indicates the full extent, degree, etc., of… …   Universalium

  • End time — End time, End times, or End of days are the eschatological writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other non Abrahamic religions. In Abrahamic religions, End times are often depicted as a time of tribulation …   Wikipedia

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