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narrow escape

  • 1 Narrow

    adj.
    P. and V. στενός, V. στενόπορος.
    met., illiberal: P. μικρόψυχος.
    Narrow means: P. and V. πενία, ἡ, ἀπορία, ἡ); see Poverty.
    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).
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    v. trans.
    P. and V. συνάγειν.
    Cut down: P. and V. συστέλλειν, συντέμνειν.
    V. intrans. P. and V. συνάγεσθαι, συστέλλεσθαι.

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

  • 2 Escape

    v. trans. or absol.
    P. and V. φεύγειν, ἐκφεύγειν, διαφεύγειν, ἀποφεύγειν, παρέρχεσθαι, ἐκδιδράσκειν (Eur., Heracl. 14) (absol.), Ar. and P. ἀποδιδράσκειν, διαδιδράσκειν (absol.), V. φυγγάνειν, ἐκφυγγάνειν, ἀλύσκειν, ἐξαλύσκειν, ὑπεκτρέχειν, ἐκκυλίνδεσθαι (gen.) (also Xen.).
    Escape notice of: P. and V. λανθάνειν (acc.), V. λήθειν (acc.), P. διαλανθάνειν (acc.).
    Slip through the fingers: see under Slip.
    It escapes my memory: P. διαφεύγει με.
    Slip out of: P. and V. ἐκδύεσθαι (acc. or gen.), V. ὑπεκδύεσθαι (acc.) (Eur., Cycl.); see also back out. V. intrans. Get off: P. and V. ἀπαλλάσσειν, ἐξαπαλλάσσεσθαι.
    Escape in safety to: P. and V. σώζεσθαι εἰς (acc.), V. ἐκσώζεσθαι εἰς (acc.).
    Escape privily: P. and V. ὑπεκφεύγειν.
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    subs.
    P. and V. φυγή, ἡ, P. διαφυγή, ἡ, ἀποφυγή. ἡ.
    Way of escape: P. and V. ἀποστροφή, ἡ, ἔξοδος, ἡ, V. ἐκτροπή, ἡ, ἄλυξις, ἡ, ἔκβασις, ἡ.
    Have a narrow escape: see under Narrow.
    Escape is not easy: V. ἐστὶ δʼ οὐκ εὐέξοδον (Æsch., Pers. 688).

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

  • 3 narrow

    ['nærəu] 1. adjective
    1) (having or being only a small distance from side to side: a narrow road; The bridge is too narrow for large lorries to cross.) στενός
    2) (only just managed: a narrow escape.) δύσκολος
    3) ((of ideas, interests or experience) not extensive enough.) περιορισμένος
    2. verb
    (to make or become narrow: The road suddenly narrowed.) στενεύω
    - narrows
    - narrow-minded

    English-Greek dictionary > narrow

  • 4 Shave

    v. trans.
    P. and V. ξυρεῖν.
    Cut the hair: P. κείρειν.
    Cut off one's own hair: P. and V. κείρεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀποκείρεσθαι.
    Shaved: V. ξυρήκης, Ar. and V. κεκαρμένος.
    With head shaved: V. κρᾶτʼ ἀπεσκυθισμένη (Eur., Tro. 1026).
    ( You see) my head and hair shaved with the razor: (ὁρᾶς) κρᾶτα πλόκαμόν τʼ ἐσκυθισμένον ξυρῷ (Eur., El. 241).
    Wont you look ridiculous with only one-half of your face shaved? Ar. οὔκουν καταγέλαστος δῆτʼ ἔσει τὴν ἡμίκραιραν τὴν ἑτέραν ψιλὴν ἔχων; (Thesm. 226).
    Shave off: Ar. ἀποξυρεῖν.
    Graze, touch: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.),
    Always just shaving past in their ships: P. ἐν χρῷ ἀεὶ παραπλέοντες (Thuc. 2, 84).
    Have narrow shave: see narrow escape, under Narrow.

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

  • 5 close call/shave

    (a narrow (often lucky) escape: That was a close shave - that car nearly ran you over.) παρά τρίχα

    English-Greek dictionary > close call/shave

  • 6 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

    English-Greek dictionary > slip

  • 7 Hairbreadth

    subs.
    Have a hairbreadth escape: use V. ἐπὶ ξυροῦ, βεβηκέναι (perf. of βαίνειν); see Narrow.

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

  • 8 Narrowly

    adv.
    With difficulty, only, just: P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς; see under Difficulty.
    Narrowly escape: see under Narrow.
    Minutely: P. and V. ἀκριβῶς.

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

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