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21 cutting
1) (a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.) μόσχευμα2) (an article cut out from a newspaper etc: She collects cuttings about the Royal Family.) απόκομμα3) (a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built.) εκχωμάτωση -
22 dice with death
(to do something very risky (and dangerous): He diced with death every time he took a short cut across the main railway line.) παίζω με το θάνατο -
23 electrify
1) (to convert (a railway etc) to the use of electricity as the moving power.) εξηλεκτρίζω2) (to excite or astonish: The news electrified us.) διεγείρω, εξάπτω, `ηλεκτρίζω` -
24 embankment
[im'bæŋkmənt](a bank or ridge made eg to keep back water or to carry a railway over low-lying places etc.) ανάχωμα -
25 engine
['en‹in] 1. noun1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) μηχανή,κινητήρας2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) ατμομηχανή•- engineer 2. verb(to arrange by skill or by cunning means: He engineered my promotion.) μηχανεύομαι -
26 engine-driver
noun (a person who drives a railway engine.) μηχανοδηγός -
27 escalator
(a moving staircase in a shop, underground railway etc.) κυλιόμενη σκάλα -
28 explain
[ik'splein]1) (to make (something) clear or easy to understand: Can you explain the railway timetable to me?; Did she explain why she was late?) εξηγώ2) (to give, or be, a reason for: I cannot explain his failure; That explains his silence.) (επ)εξηγώ,ερμηνεύω•- explanatory
- explain away -
29 funicular
[fju'nikjulə]- funicular railway- funicular -
30 gang
[ɡæŋ]1) (a number (of workmen etc) working together: a gang of men working on the railway.) ομάδα, συνεργείο2) (a group (of people), usually formed for a bad purpose: a gang of jewel thieves.) συμμορία, σπείρα•- gangster- gang up on
- gang up with -
31 gantry
['ɡæntri]plural - gantries; noun(a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc.) ικρίωμα, γέφυρα -
32 gauge
[ɡei‹] 1. verb1) (to measure (something) very accurately: They gauged the hours of sunshine.) (κατα)μετρώ2) (to estimate, judge: Can you gauge her willingness to help?) υπολογίζω2. noun1) (an instrument for measuring amount, size, speed etc: a petrol gauge.) μετρητής, δείκτης2) (a standard size (of wire, bullets etc): gauge wire.) (σταθερή) διάμετρος3) (the distance between the rails of a railway line.) πλάτος σιδηροδρομικής γραμμής -
33 grade
[ɡreid] 1. noun1) (one level in a scale of qualities, sizes etc: several grades of sandpaper; a high-grade ore.) βαθμίδα, βαθμός2) ((American) (the pupils in) a class or year at school: We're in the fifth grade now.) τάξη3) (a mark for, or level in, an examination etc: He always got good grades at school.) βαθμός4) ((especially American) the slope of a railway etc; gradient.) κλίση2. verb1) (to sort into grades: to grade eggs.) ταξινομώ2) (to move through different stages: Red grades into purple as blue is added.) αλλάζω βαθμιαία•- grader
- grade school
- make the grade -
34 gradient
['ɡreidiənt]1) (the amount of slope (eg of a road, a railway): a gradient of 1 in 4.) κλίση2) (a slope.) πλαγιά -
35 halt
[ho:lt] 1. verb(to (cause to) stop walking, marching, running etc: The driver halted the train; The train halted at the signals.) σταματώ2. noun1) (a complete stop: the train came to a halt.) στάση2) (a short stop (on a march etc).) στάση(σαν παράγγελμα)/αλτ3) (a small railway station.) μικρός σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός•- call a halt to- call a halt -
36 level crossing
(a place where a road crosses a railway without a bridge.) ισόπεδη διάβαση -
37 locomotive
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38 northbound
adjective (travelling northwards: the northbound railway-line.) προς βορρά -
39 overpass
(a bridge-like part of a road etc which passes over another road, a railway etc.) ανισόπεδη διάβαση -
40 platform
['plætfo:m]1) (a raised part of a floor eg in a hall, for speakers, entertainers etc: The orchestra arranged themselves on the platform.) εξέδρα2) (the raised area between or beside the lines in a railway station: They waited on the platform for their train to arrive; The London train will leave from platform 6.) αποβάθρα(σταθμού)
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