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1 collect
[kə'lekt] 1. verb1) (to bring or come together; to gather: People are collecting in front of the house; I collect stamps; I'm collecting (money) for cancer research; He's trying to collect his thoughts.) συγκεντρώνω/-ομαι, συλλέγω2) (to call for and take away: She collects the children from school each day.) πηγαίνω και παίρνω•- collection
- collective 2. noun(a farm or organization run by a group of workers for the good of all of them.) κολλεκτίβα- collector -
2 hit
[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) χτυπώ2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) χτυπώ3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) πλήττω4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) βρίσκω,πιάνω2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) χτύπημα2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) εύστοχο χτύπημα,επιτυχία3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) επιτυχία,σουξέ•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
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3 idle
1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) αργόσχολος,άπρακτος/αχρησιμοποίητος2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) τεμπέλης3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) κενός4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) αβάσιμος,άσκοπος2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) χασομερώ,τεμπελιάζω2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) δουλεύω στο ραλαντί•- idler- idleness
- idly
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4 Chase
v. trans.P. and V. διώκειν, P. καταδιώκειν, ἐπιδιώκειν.Hunt: P. and V. θηρᾶν (or mid.) (Xen., also Ar.), θηρεύειν, ἀγρεύειν (Xen.), κυνηγετεῖν (Xen., also Ar.), V. ἐκκυνηγετεῖν.met., seek eagerly: P. and V. θηρεύειν, V. θηρᾶν (or mid.).Drive in pursuit: P. and V. ἐλαύνειν, V. ἐλαστρεῖν, τροχηλατεῖν.Chase away: Ar. and P. ἀποδιώκειν; see drive away.Run after: P. μεταθεῖν.Join in chasing: P. συνδιώκειν (absol.).Emboss: P. ἔκτυποῦν.——————subs.Pursuit: P. δίωξις, ἡ, V. δίωγμα, τό (also Plat. but rare P.), διωγμός, ὁ, μεταδρομή, ἡ (also Xen.).Give chase: see Pursue.Hunt: P. and V. θήρα, ἡ (Plat.), ἄγρα, ἡ (Plat.), V. κυνήγια, ἡ.Art of the chase, hunting: P. ἡ θηρευτική, κυνηγέσιον, τό.Trophies of the chase: V. ἀγρεύματα, τά.Fond of the chase: P. φιλόθηρος (Plat.).Good at the chase: V. εὔθηρος.Eager pursuit, subs.: met., P. and V. θήρα, ἡ.Search: P. and V. ζήτησις, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Chase
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