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  • 1 chance

    1. noun
    1) (luck or fortune: It was by chance that I found out the truth.) τύχη
    2) (an opportunity: Now you have a chance to do well.) ευκαιρία
    3) (a possibility: He has no chance of winning.) πιθανότητα
    4) ((a) risk: There's an element of chance in this business deal.) ρίσκο
    2. verb
    1) (to risk: I may be too late but I'll just have to chance it.) ρισκάρω
    2) (to happen accidentally or unexpectedly: I chanced to see him last week.) τυχαίνω
    3. adjective
    (happening unexpectedly: a chance meeting.) τυχαίος
    - chance on
    - upon
    - by any chance
    - by chance
    - an even chance
    - the chances are

    English-Greek dictionary > chance

  • 2 wish

    [wiʃ] 1. verb
    1) (to have and/or express a desire: There's no point in wishing for a miracle; Touch the magic stone and wish; He wished that she would go away; I wish that I had never met him.) εύχομαι, κάνω ευχή
    2) (to require (to do or have something): Do you wish to sit down, sir?; We wish to book some seats for the theatre; I'll cancel the arrangement if you wish.) επιθυμώ, θέλω
    3) (to say that one hopes for (something for someone): I wish you the very best of luck.) εύχομαι
    2. noun
    1) (a desire or longing, or the thing desired: It's always been my wish to go to South America some day.) επιθυμία
    2) (an expression of desire: The fairy granted him three wishes; Did you make a wish?) ευχή
    3) ((usually in plural) an expression of hope for success etc for someone: He sends you his best wishes.) ευχές
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    - wishing-well

    English-Greek dictionary > wish

  • 3 charm

    1. noun
    1) ((a) pleasant quality or attraction: Her charm made up for her lack of beauty.) γοητεία
    2) (a magical spell: The witch recited a charm.) μάγια
    3) (something believed to have the power of magic or good luck: She wore a lucky charm.) φυλαχτό
    4) (a small ornament that is worn on a chain or bracelet.) χαϊμαλί, γούρι
    2. verb
    1) (to attract and delight: He can charm any woman.) γοητεύω
    2) (to influence by magic: He charmed the snake from its basket.) σαγηνεύω
    •
    - charmingly

    English-Greek dictionary > charm

  • 4 down

    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) κάτω
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) κάτω(στο έδαφος)
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) από γενιά σε γενιά
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) προς τα κάτω
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) νότια,στο κέντρο
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) (προς τα)κάτω
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) κατά μήκος
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) κατεβάζω
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright     4. adjective
    He is a downright nuisance!) απόλυτος
    - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground     II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) πούπουλα
    - downy

    English-Greek dictionary > down

  • 5 ill

    [il] 1. comparative - worse; adjective
    1) (not in good health; not well: She was ill for a long time.) άρρωστος
    2) (bad: ill health; These pills have no ill effects.) βλαβερός,άσχημος
    3) (evil or unlucky: ill luck.) κακός
    2. adverb
    (not easily: We could ill afford to lose that money.) δύσκολα
    3. noun
    1) (evil: I would never wish anyone ill.) κακό
    2) (trouble: all the ills of this world.) δεινό,βάσανο
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    - illness
    - ill-at-ease
    - ill-fated
    - ill-feeling
    - ill-mannered / ill-bred
    - ill-tempered / ill-natured
    - ill-treat
    - ill-treatment
    - ill-use
    - ill-will
    - be taken ill

    English-Greek dictionary > ill

  • 6 mercy

    ['mə:si]
    plural - mercies; noun
    1) (kindness towards a person, especially an enemy, who is in one's power: He showed his enemies no mercy.) έλεος
    2) (a piece of good luck or something for which one should be grateful: It was a mercy that it didn't rain.) ευτύχημα
    •
    - mercifully
    - merciless
    - mercilessly
    - at the mercy of
    - have mercy on

    English-Greek dictionary > mercy

  • 7 strike lucky

    (to have good luck in a particular matter.) μου χαμογελά η τύχη

    English-Greek dictionary > strike lucky

  • 8 superstition

    [su:pə'stiʃən]
    1) ((the state of fear and ignorance resulting from) the belief in magic, witchcraft and other things that cannot he explained by reason.) δεισιδαιμονία
    2) (an example of this type of belief: There is an old superstition that those who marry in May will have bad luck.) δεισιδαιμονία, πρόληψη
    •
    - superstitiously

    English-Greek dictionary > superstition

  • 9 tough

    1. adjective
    1) (strong; not easily broken, worn out etc: Plastic is a tough material.) σκληρός, γερός, ανθεκτικός
    2) ((of food etc) difficult to chew.) σκληρός
    3) ((of people) strong; able to bear hardship, illness etc: She must be tough to have survived such a serious illness.) δυνατός, σκληρό καρύδι
    4) (rough and violent: It's a tough neighbourhood.) άγριος, βίαιος
    5) (difficult to deal with or overcome: a tough problem; The competition was really tough.) δύσκολος, ζόρικος
    2. noun
    (a rough, violent person; a bully.) κακοποιός, τραμπούκος
    - toughen
    - tough luck
    - get tough with someone
    - get tough with

    English-Greek dictionary > tough

  • 10 Fortunately

    adv.
    P. and V. εὐτυχῶς, εὐδαιμόνως, μακαρίως.
    ( Turn out) fortunately: use also P. and V. εὖ, καλῶς, V. αἰσίως.
    As luck would have it: P. κατὰ τύχην. (Thuc. 3, 49).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Fortunately

  • 11 Luckily

    adv.
    P. and V. εὐτυχῶς, εὐδαιμόνως, μακαρίως.
    As luck would have it: P. κατὰ τύχην (Thuc. 3, 49).
    Auspiciously: P. and V. εὖ, καλῶς, V. αἰσίως.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Luckily

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  • Luck (short story) — Luck is an 1886 short story by Mark Twain which was first published in 1891 in Harper s Magazine. It was subsequently reprinted in 1892 in the anthology Merry Tales; the first British publication was in 1900, in the collection The Man That… …   Wikipedia

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  • luck of the draw — To have the Luck of the draw is to win something in a competition where the winner is chosen purely by chance …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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