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1 Narrow
adj.P. and V. στενός, V. στενόπορος.met., illiberal: P. μικρόψυχος.Have a narrow escape from: use P. and V. μόλις φεύγειν (acc.).So narrow was your escape: V. ὧδʼ ἔβητʼ ἐπὶ ξυροῦ (Eur., H.F. 630).So narrow an escape had Mitylene: P. παρὰ τοσοῦτον ἡ Μυτιλήνη ἦλθε κινδύνου (Thuc. 3, 49).I had a narrow escape from being killed: P. παρὰ μικρὸν ἦλθον ἀποθανεῖν (Isoc. 388E).——————v. trans.Cut down: P. and V. συστέλλειν, συντέμνειν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Narrow
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2 close call/shave
(a narrow (often lucky) escape: That was a close shave - that car nearly ran you over.) παρά τρίχα -
3 slip
I 1. [slip] past tense, past participle - slipped; verb1) (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.) γλιστρώ3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) λαθεύω,χάνω4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) (ξε)γλιστρώ5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) ξεγλιστρώ6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) χώνω στα κλεφτά/φορώ βιαστικά2. noun1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) γλίστρημα,γλίστρα2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) μικρολάθος,παραδρομή,ολίσθημα3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) μεσοφόρι,κομπινεζόν4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) ναυπηγική κλίνη•- slipper- 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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