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1 diplomacy
[di'plouməsi]1) (the business of making agreements, treaties etc between countries; the business of looking after the affairs of one's country etc in a foreign country.) διπλωματία2) (skill and tact in dealing with people, persuading them etc: Use a little diplomacy and she'll soon agree to help.) διπλωματικότητα•- diplomat- diplomatic
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2 persist
[pə'sist](to keep doing, thinking etc in spite of opposition or difficulty; to continue asking, persuading etc: It will not be easy but you will succeed if you persist; He didn't want to tell her, but she persisted (in asking).) επιμένω- persistently
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3 persuasion
[-ʒən]noun (the act of persuading: He gave in to our persuasion and did what we wanted him to do.) πειθώ -
4 salesmanship
['seilz-]noun (the art of persuading people to buy things.) τέχνη του καλού πωλητή,τεχνική πωλήσεων -
5 succeed
[sək'si:d]1) (to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose: He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.) πετυχαίνω(προκόβω/καταφέρνω)2) (to follow next in order, and take the place of someone or something else: He succeeded his father as manager of the firm / as king; The cold summer was succeeded by a stormy autumn; If the duke has no children, who will succeed to (= inherit) his property?) διαδέχομαι•- success- successful
- successfully
- succession
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6 Persuade
v. trans.Join in persuading: P. συμπείθειν (absol. or with acc.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Persuade
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7 Without
prep.Outside: P. and V. ἔξω (gen.), ἐκτός (gen.), V. ἔξωθεν (gen.). ἐκποδών (gen.) (also Xen. but rare P.).Apart from: P. and V. ἄνευ (gen.), χωρίς (gen.), V. δίχα (gen.), νόσφι(ν) (gen.) (Æsch., Supp. 239, but rare), ἄτερ (gen.), ἄτερθεν (gen.); see also free from.With a clause. Going hence without persuading the city: P. ἀπιόντες ἐνθένδε... μὴ πείσανπες τὴν πόλιν (Plat., Crito 49E).We shall not be able to get Oropus without allowing the Lacedaemonians to subdue the Peloponnese: P. μὴ Λακεδαιμονίους ἐῶντες τὴν Πελοπόννησον καταστρέψασθαι οὐχ οἷοί τε ἐσόμεθα Ὠρωπὸν λαβεῖν (Dem. 206).It is possible to humble the Thebans without making the Lacedaemonians powerful: P. ἔστι Θηβαίους ταπεινοὺς ποιεῖν ἄνευ τοῦ Λακεδαιμονίους ἰσχυροὺς καθιστάναι (Dem. 208).——————adv.P. and V. ἔξω, ἐκτός, ἐκποδών, V. ἔκτοθεν.From without: P. and V. ἔξωθεν, V. θύραθεν, ἔκτοθεν.Those without: P. and V. οἱ ἔξω, οἱ ἔξωθεν, V. οἱ θύραθεν.Do without be lacking in, v.: P. and V. δεῖσθαι (gen.).Dismiss: P. and V. χαίρειν ἐᾶν (acc.).Let go: P. and V. ἐᾶν (acc.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Without
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